Tory Clark

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About Tory Clark

Tory Clark co-leads the firm’s Global Development, Advocacy, and Philanthropy Practice. Tory leads high-profile executive searches for social impact organizations across climate and environment, economic development, civil and human rights, advocacy, education access, and arts.She specializes in working with board search committees and senior management to optimize the succession planning for critical leadership positions. She advises organizations on governance and board effectiveness through times of transformation, culture change, and succession. In addition, Tory has extensive experience advising new philanthropists on building optimal leadership teams and established philanthropies enhancing their organizational effectiveness and strengthening their leadership teams.Before joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Tory was Vice Consul and Investment Officer for the United Kingdom's Department of International Trade. She previously helped to stand up a successful nonprofit, the World Trade Center Savannah.Tory graduated from Kenyon College, where she earned her BA in international studies with a concentration in political science. Following graduation, she received a Fulbright Scholarship to work and study in Kastamonu, Turkey, and a US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study at Izmir University of Economics in Turkey.Tory serves on the board of the Atlanta Beltline Partnership. The Atlanta Beltline is one of the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment programs in the United States. This network of public parks, multi-use trails, transit, and affordable housing along a historic 22-mile railroad corridor is enhancing mobility, connecting intown neighborhoods, and improving economic opportunity and sustainability.Tory is a dual citizen and spent many years volunteering with the Central Eurasian Leadership Academy and Middle East Leadership Academy.