Robert G. Clark is a U.S. businessman. He is chief executive officer and chairman of Clayco Inc., one of the nation's largest privately owned real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build, and construction firms, which he founded in July 1984. In 2016, Clayco had more than 1,785 employees and revenue of $1.69 billion. In 2015, Engineering News Record (ENR) named Clayco the 17th largest U.S. design-builder and 52nd-largest contractor.
Member, Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA)
National Finance Committee Member for Senator Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign and served as the Missouri chair for "Committee for Change"
Greater Chicago Food Depository Board of Directors
Presidential Appointment to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House
Member of the Economic Club of Chicago
Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Member, Young Presidents Organization (Past Chapter Chair)
World Business Chicago
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Board Member, Central Institute for the Deaf (Past President of The Board)
Scientific Advisory Council for Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Advisory Board Member, Urban Health Initiative - University of Chicago
Board of Trustees, University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC)
Council of Regents, Loyola University Chicago
Former Saint Louis University Trustee
Board Member, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Board Member, Forest Park Forever
Business Council of the Art Institute of Chicago
Named Construction Man of the Year in 1997 and Entrepreneur of the Year by the AFL-CIO Building Trades Council of St. Louis
NAACP – Commitment to St. Louis – 2008
St. Louis Business Journal – Heroes of the Planet – 2008, Sustainable Communities Winner
Engineering News-Record – Top 100 Green Contractors – 2007-2008
Focus St. Louis – What’s Right with the Region Awards – 2007, for Improving Racial Equality and Social Justice
St. Louis Business Journal – St. Louis Influentials – 2005 - 2011
March of Dimes – Building the Community Lifetime Achievement Award – 2003, for on-going commitment to the St. Louis community
St. Louis Chapter of the American Jewish Committee - John D. Levy Human Relations Award – 2003, for leadership and commitment through volunteer activities that have improved human relations within the St. Louis region
