Chris Clark
President
Chris Clark is the executive director of the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA). GEFA serves as the state bank by providing financing for water and sewer infrastructure projects, reservoirs, weatherization, state fuel tanks, recycling and solid waste projects. GEFA is home to Conserve Georgia, the Governor’s Energy Challenge 2020, the Georgia Land Conservation Program, the State Energy Office and Georgia’s Energy Innovation Center
Clark is a member of Georgia Water Council and the Georgia Drought Command. Additionally, he is Governor Sonny Perdue’s proxy on the Southern Growth Policy Board and represents Georgia as a commissioner on the Southeast Compact Commission for Low-Level Radioactive Waste.
Clark is an advisory board member for the University of Georgia’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, a graduate of Georgia’s first executive leadership program and serves as vice president of the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) board of directors.
Clark was previously the deputy commissioner for global commerce at the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the marketing arm of the state of Georgia. During his tenure, the state recorded record years with more than 40,000 new jobs and more than $8 billion in new investment. Clark also supervised Georgia’s eleven international offices.
Prior positions include president & CEO of the Fayette County Development Authority in metro Atlanta, and president & CEO of the Hawkinsville-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce and Development Association.
A native of Fitzgerald, Ga., Clark earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University and received a master’s degree in public administration from Georgia College and State University. In 2000, Georgia College and State University named him the “Recent Alumni of the Year,” and in 2006, Georgia Trend Magazine named him to its annual “40 Under 40” list of state leaders. He is a member of the 2008 Leadership Georgia class.
Clark, his wife Tiffany and son Christian reside near Peachtree City in Fayette County, Georgia and attend Dogwood Baptist Church.