FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2015
DEP SECRETARY APPOINTS DEPUTY SECRETARY OF LAND AND RECREATION
TALLAHASSEE — Florida
Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson has appointed Gary
Clark as deputy secretary of land and recreation. In this role, Clark will
supervise the Divisions of State Lands and Recreation and Parks.
“Gary brings a broad range of management
experience, leadership skills and investment expertise to this position,” said
DEP Secretary Jon Steverson. “He will be a tremendous asset to the state and department."
Clark most recently served as vice
president of member services for the West Florida Electric Cooperative
Association, where he was responsible for managing all marketing,
communication, governmental affairs, public relations and economic development
programs for a 26,000 consumer rural electric cooperative. In addition, he is
director and shareholder of Community Bank in Chipley and co-owns several
enterprises.
A lifelong resident of Chipley, Clark
is the fourth generation to grow up living and working on his family’s 400-acre
farm. He also co-owns Hard Labor
Creek Shooting Sports, Inc., which is located within a 2600-acre southern pine
planation. He helps oversee the plantation’s land and hunting management
operations, including prescribed burning, planting and selective thinning.
Clark is extremely active in his
local community, serving as a governing board member of the Northwest
Florida Water Management District since 2013 and current member and
former chairman of the board of trustees for Chipola College. He’s also served
on the Washington County School Board, including two terms as chairman. A founding member of the Opportunity
Florida Regional Economic Development Council, Clark has been a member of the
Washington County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors since 1990.
Clark earned a bachelor’s degree in
business administration and is a certified energy manager and key account
executive.
Clark will begin on Monday, April 6.
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