(BIRMINGHAM, AL) – The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation proudly welcomes Emily Clark of State Farm Insurance to its Board of Directors. Ms. Clark is responsible for public affairs, community relations, safety and education initiatives in Alabama and Mississippi.
“We are delighted to welcome Emily into the Mattie C. Stewart Foundation family,” MCSF Founder and President Dr. Shelley Stewart said. “State Farm has been a strong national partner of the Foundation since its earliest days, and Emily has been a pacesetter in bringing innovation and leadership to our efforts to keep the nation’s children on track for education. We look forward to even brighter days ahead with her inclusion into the Board of Directors.”
Emily Clark
Clark is a graduate of Jacksonville State University with a degree in business management and received her master’s degree in advertising and public relations from the University of Alabama. She is on the board of directors for the Alabama JumpStart Coalition of Alabama and F.R.I.E.N.D.S. (Families Reaching, Influencing, Educating & Networking for Down Syndrome), and is a member of the Public Relations Society of America.
She joins fellow MCSF Board members Carmen J. Smith, vice president of Creative Development Inclusive Strategies for Walt Disney Imagineering; Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America, Inc.; Stan Lawler, president of Lawler Foundry Corporation; and Matthew Dent, president and chief operating officer of Buffalo Rock Company.
Shelley Stewart founded the MCSF in 2007 in honor of his late mother, Mattie C. Stewart. The Birmingham-based nonprofit has since reached some 17 million students, teachers, parents and community leaders in 49 states and Canada through tools such as The Choice Bus, the InsideOut documentary and toolkit, and the Learn2Earn financial curriculum. The recently published book Mattie C.’s Boy – the Shelley Stewart Story covers Stewart’s amazing life story, with proceeds going to the foundation (www.mattiecsboy.com).
About The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation
The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the dropout rate. The foundation was established in honor of Dr. Shelley Stewart’s late mother, Mattie C. Stewart, in the summer of 2007 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The mission of the foundation is to create tools and resources to help educators, community leaders and parents effectively address the dropout rate and increase the graduation rate. The foundation also partners with America’s Promise Alliance, Communities In Schools, Jobs for Alabama’s Graduates, the National Dropout Prevention Center, PepsiCo, Shelby County, State Farm and Verizon Wireless. For more information, visit www.mattiecstewart.org.
