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Stephen is the CEO and a board member of Summit Technology Laboratory (STL), a deep tech projection mapping start-up based out of Irvine CA. Stephen serves on the boards of Education Loan Finance (ELFi), a not-for-profit student loan financial holding company, Support Systems Associates INC (SSAI) a medium size defense contractor and the Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation (JAJF), a national charity. Stephen served 32 years in the United States Air Force Special Operations community retiring as a Major General. He is a combat pilot with multiple deployments in Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, Afghanistan and Iraq with leadership tours at the squadron, group, wing and Task Force level.

• Organizational Leadership
• Leadership development
• Decision making
• Strategic Planning
• Board Communications

• Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors
• Command pilot with over 3300 hours primarily in the AC-130H/U gunship

• BA in Political Science from the University of Tennessee
• MA in Public Administration from Troy State University
• MA in National Security from the Naval War College
• National Defense Fellow at Harvard University's Center for International Relations
• Center for Creative Leadership
• Graduate Air War College

Fly fishing, snow skiing, road biking, hiking, cooking with a bottle of red wine and spending time in the mountains or on a lake.

Stephen Clark joined IANS in 2020. As a member of our Faculty, Stephen delivers deep domain-level expertise to clients across the following areas: organizational leadership, leadership development, decision making, strategic planning and board communications.