Clark Jennings

Prior to joining Crowell Global Advisors, Clark served at the National Economic Council of the Obama White House, where he managed the West Wing “war room” to coordinate the administration’s strategy, outreach, and communications efforts on behalf of the president’s trade agenda, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Previously, Clark was chief of staff at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, where he helped guide strategic planning to fulfill the agency’s mission of linking U.S. businesses to infrastructure opportunities in emerging markets. In this role, he advised on deployment of foreign grant assistance, helped design and implement public-private partnerships to shape global policy in energy, aerospace, and telecommunications, and represented the U.S. government in bilateral settings and international events on five continents. Earlier in his career, Clark worked as a commercial litigation associate, was a federal law clerk in U.S. District Court, and served as deputy communications director to the Governor of Arkansas. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and received his Juris Doctor with high honors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.