[Update] Here is a revised organization chart, prepared by the ILB, including today's announcement.]
Per a press release dated 12/20/04, but just posted on the Daniels' website:
Governor-elect Daniels Taps Muncie Native to Handle Big Economic Development ProjectsPosted by Marcia Oddi at December 21, 2004 02:53 PMINDIANAPOLIS - Governor-elect Mitch Daniels announced today that John W. Clark will serve as Senior Advisor to the Governor for Growth Policy and Projects. Clark, 59, is a former government and utility executive with extensive energy, environmental and economic development experience.
"John brings state, national, and international credentials to our economic development efforts,” said Governor-elect Daniels. “He will help us grow Indiana jobs and incomes by focusing on major projects such as new ‘clean coal’ power plants, expansion of the Crane military facility's technology base, and seeing that state government becomes an enabler of new jobs, not an obstacle to them."
Clark recently retired as Senior Vice President of CMS Energy (NYSE) and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, Michigan's largest natural gas and electric utility. His 35-year career has included government service in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Department of Energy, and he was one of the founding staff members at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. At CMS, he was responsible for all public and governmental affairs—including economic development—and co-chaired the Michigan Economic Development Foundation with then-Governor John Engler. Clark was President of CMS's charitable foundation and served on the boards of both the U.S. and Michigan Chambers of Commerce.
"I look forward to joining Mitch's team to help grow Indiana jobs and incomes through solid, sustainable government policies and problem-solving at all levels of the economic development process," said Clark. "We have an historic opportunity to create good new jobs to benefit all Hoosiers and keep our 'best and brightest' here at home."
A graduate of Indiana University, Clark now serves on the Board of Visitors of IU's School of Public and Environmental Affairs and chairs its current capital campaign. A native of Muncie, John and his wife Carole, live in Bloomington.