Tucker Ellis Director of Marketing & Business Development Carrie Clark has been elected to her second term as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Deaconess Foundation for 2023–2024. The Board of Trustees oversees all activities at the Deaconess Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to helping people build careers paying wages that sustain them and their families.

Ms. Clark has served on the Deaconess Foundation Board of Trustees since 2017. She previously chaired the Foundation’s Strategy Committee and currently serves on both its Governance and Finance/Audit Committees.

“I’m both honored and excited to serve in this role,” Ms. Clark said. “Deaconess Foundation is critical to our community in its efforts and successes in transforming our workforce system so that people have more and better opportunities to not only find employment, but to build real careers that pay wages sufficient to support both themselves and their families.”

In 2015, Ms. Clark joined Tucker Ellis, where she leads a team of six specialists who support the firm’s marketing and business development efforts. Throughout her career, she has dedicated herself to many nonprofit causes, including Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Northeast Ohio Affiliate and MedWorks, where she served as Executive Director. She also sits on the Board of Edna House for Women, where she chairs the PR/Marketing Committee. Ms. Clark is one of 65 leaders across Greater Cleveland to be selected for Leadership Cleveland Class of 2023, a 10-month program that challenges senior-level leaders by providing unique and meaningful opportunities for conversations and experiences that build knowledge, skills, and relationships.

About Deaconess Foundation

Deaconess Foundation is a private foundation in Cuyahoga County committed to helping people in need build careers that sustain them and their families. The Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations and contributes to the workforce development ecosystem. The goal of the Foundation is to partner with these organizations to build a community in which pathways to family-sustaining jobs and wages are visible and accessible to all. For more information, please visit deaconessfdn.org.