Daniel Clark has been an Associate with AmericaSpeaks for 3 years. Recent projects and roles include Facilitator Recruiter and Sacramento Site Producer for CaliforniaSpeaks where over 3,500 Californians discussed statewide healthcare reform. He was Producer for the National Rural Assembly where close to 300 leaders working on rural issues across the country came together in Washington, DC for a 3-day conference to build a new and stronger national rural agenda. He served as Facilitator Recruiter and Area Facilitator for Shaping America’s Youth town meetings in Chicago and Iowa. He served as the Dallas Site Producer for the Unified New Orleans Plan Community Congresses II & III and Theme Team Captain for the Northeast Ohio Regional Town Meeting II. He served as an Assistant Producer for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) town meeting and provided keypad polling for six Citizen’s Healthcare Working Group meetings.

In addition to his work with AmericaSpeaks, Daniel has worked for six years with the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (now the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning) on its local and regional planning projects, including the 4-year Common Ground project to produce the award winning 2040 Regional Framework Plan for the Chicago metropolitan area which included unprecedented levels of public involvement in regional planning, greater communication between the 1,200 units of government in northeastern Illinois, and greater integration of land use and transportation planning, and helped lead to the reorganization of regional planning institutions.

Daniel has a Masters in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois in Chicago. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two young children.