Melanca Clark

Melanca Clark is a non-profit leader and has served as President and CEO of the Hudson-Webber Foundation from 2016 to 2023. Under Clark’s leadership, the Foundation contributed more than $40 million to nonprofit organizations moving the city of Detroit forward.

She previously served in several senior positions in the Obama Administration, including Chief of Staff of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services at the U.S. Department of Justice and senior policy advisor with the White House Domestic Policy Council, and also served on the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team. Prior to her government service, Melanca held several positions as an advocate including at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Brown University. Today she is dedicating significant time to honouring her father, abstract painter, Ed Clark’s legacy. 

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