Craig is a 28-year public relations veteran and recipient of the West Michigan Public Relations Society of America's "Professional of the Year" Award. Craig Clark is the owner of Clark Communications, a Grand Rapids-based public relations consulting firm that has found a variety of creative and intelligent ways to communicate the right message for 500+ clients. Craig has served as a communications and marketing specialist for the nation’s largest health and human services agency; public relations supervisor for two West Michigan-based major medical facilities; local market relations and business development manager at a top ten U.S. CPA firm; public relations manager for one of West Michigan’s largest full-service marketing and communications firms; and communications coordinator for West Michigan’s largest employer. Dedicated to being an active member of West Michigan, Craig has made time to apply his expertise and creativity to various community service projects and organizations. Craig is also actively involved in several marketing-related associations. Craig also created several side initiatives over the years. He is a founder of: GR Marketing Match, which was an online portal that connected marketing/pr job seekers with employers; GR Media Match, which connected PR pro's with reporter's looking for sources; Indie PR, which was a consortium of freelance and small agency PR professionals in West Michigan. He also was a co-founder of virtual marketing agency Happen. Specialties: Media relations managementCrisis communicationsCommunity relations planningMarketing strategy