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Clark Lee is an award-winning public affairs strategist, communications and public engagement professional, policy advisor, and lawyer with more than two decades of high-impact, results-proven, and mission-driven experience in public, nonprofit, political, and private sectors.
Clark served in the Biden-Harris Administration as senior advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary (OS)/Office for Civil Rights (OCR), where he advised on the implementation and enforcement of civil rights and privacy laws and regulations, federal rulemaking, policy, congressional affairs, intergovernmental collaborations, communications, and public affairs, and performed the duties of principal deputy director and chief of staff in acting capacity.
Previously, Clark served as general counsel for a national voter engagement nonprofit; a director for two presidential nominating conventions; state director for a national climate action organization; and political director for a state party. He has held key roles for elected officials, candidates, ballot measures, and nonprofits advancing policy issues, civic engagement, and access to community and social services.
Clark was appointed to the Los Angeles County Information Systems Commission and the Assessment Appeals Board. He served on California Secretary of State's statutory Ballot Translation Advisory Group and the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Voting Systems Assessment Project Advisory Committee, Community Voter Outreach Committee, and Ballot Redesign Working Group.
Clark has been recognized for his professional and civic engagement work. He is a recipient of a California State Assembly Resolution; the Southwestern Law School Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Alumni Award; the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) inaugural national 40 Under 40 Award and more than a dozen AAPC Pollie Awards, hailed as the “Oscars in political advertising;" the Campaigns & Elections Reed Awards and Rising Star; the National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics and Public Affairs inaugural national 40 Under 40 recognition; the New Leaders Council 40 Under 40 Emerging Leaders Award; California Democratic Party John F. Kennedy Jr. Award for Outstanding Public Service; California Democratic Party Asian Pacific Islander Caucus Trailblazer Award; Los Angeles County Democratic Party Democrat of the Year; and Claremont McKenna College Philip Roland Prize for Excellence in Public Affairs.
A first generation American and community advocate, Clark has held leadership roles in advocacy, nonprofit, public, and political entities at national, state, and local levels.
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