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Jimmy D. Clark, of Greensboro, NC, is the President/Owner of Guy M. Turner, Inc., the largest privately-owned crane, rigging, and heavy haul/oversized trucking company in North America. A registered Professional Engineer (PE), Clark transformed the business into a large, diversified company with more than 12 locations - serving the entire USA - that has become the leader in the handling and moving of the heaviest equipment and machinery in the rigging, millwright, machinery moving/installation, crane rental, and heavy haul/oversized trucking fields.

Clark was a past chair and member of the Board of Trustees at North Carolina State University. In addition, he was a former chair and member of the Board of Visitors at NC State University, previously sat on the NC State Engineering Foundation Board of Directors, former member of the NC State Alumni Association Board of Directors, former chair of the NC State Magazine Advisory Board, and served as a member of the Park Scholars Selection Committee. He is part of the William Joseph Peele lifetime giving society, and is a lifetime member of the NC State Alumni Association and the NC State Student Aid Association (The Wolfpack Club). Clark is additionally the 2012 recipient of the NC State College of Engineering Distinguished Engineering Alumnus award. In 2016, Clark was awarded the prestigious North Carolina Outstanding Engineer of the Year by the North Carolina Society of Engineers.

A longtime supporter of the NC State University College of Engineering, Clark has further contributed by establishing the Jimmy D. Clark Distinguished Professorship in the Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering. Clark and his wife, Vickie, are additionally supporters of the College of Engineering's Leadership Fund and Dean's Circle, the NC State Alumni Association's Caldwell Scholarship program, the Chancellor's Residence, and were co-chairs of the university's Think and Do the Extraordinary endowment campaign, which recently exceeded its $1.6 billion goal.

Clark resides in Greensboro, NC, and is an active member of the Greensboro community as well, supporting the Family Services of Greensboro and of the Piedmont and the Children's Home Society of North Carolina, among other organizations.

Clark earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University and is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.).

He and his wife have two sons - Lynn and Christopher.