NAME: Tarryl Clark
EMAIL: sen.tarryl.clark@senate.mn
TITLE: Senator

Senator Tarryl Clark represents District 15, which includes Saint Cloud, Waite Park, Haven Township, St. Augusta and Rockville in the Minnesota State Senate. She was elected on December 27, 2005, in a special election, and was sworn in on January 6, 2006.

In November 2006 she was elected by her caucus to serve as the Senate Assistant Majority Leader.

In the Senate, Tarryl is pushing for lower health care costs and insurance reform, to increase funding stability for local schools and find transportation and energy solutions for more cost-effective living. She currently serves on three committees: Rules (as Vice Chair), E-12 Education Budget and Higher Education Budget and Policy Division.

Senator Clark is a graduate of William Mitchell College of Law (J.D. Cum Laude 1992), Arizona State University (M.Ed. Counselor Education 1986), and Drake University (B.A. Sociology 1983).

She is married to Doug Clark and has two sons, Nathan and Colin.

Work Experience:

• Minnesota Community Action Association, Executive Director
• Northwest Area Foundation Devolution Project, Regional Coordinator
• Community Response Task Force
• Children's Defense Fund Minnesota, Senior Program Associate/Public Policy Director
• Mid Minnesota Legal Assistance, Attorney
• Land of Lakes Girl Scout Council, Affirmative Action Office/Human Relations Director
• Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, Law Clerk
• Children's Defense Fund Minnesota, Law Clerk
• Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Law Clerk
• St. Cloud Area Legal Services, Law Clerk
• St. Cloud Area Habitat for Humanity, Coordinator
• YWCA of Maricopa County, Program Coordinator
• Center for Youth Resources dba Tumbleweed, Young Adult Program Coordinator, Individual and Family Counselor

Community Experience:

• St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce
• St. Cloud Housing and Redevelopment Authority Commissioner and Board Member
• Youth Minister, St. John's Episcopal Church
• Rural Policy Research Institute Human Services Task Force
• Sheltering Arms Foundation Board, past President
• Great River Interfaith Partnership Organizing Committee
• School Levy Leader and Finance Study Group member
• Former vice chairwoman of the Minnesota DFL Party
• Mid-Community Action Association board member, past Treasurer
• National Community Action Partnership State Association Think Tank
• Citizens' Advocacy Committee
• Affirmative Options Coalition steering committee member
• Greater Minnesota Housing Fund Board member, past member
• Region V Regional Coordinating Council
• Great River Roundtable, Board member
• Early Care and Education Finance Commission
• Minnesota Council of Churches' Commission on Life and Work
• Big Leap for Early Learning
• Commissioner's Advisory Committee on Child Support
• Forum of Executive Women
• St. Cloud Area League of Women Voters, past Board member including Community Development Chair and Government Affairs Co-Chair
• Multiple other task forces and coalitions around family and children's issues
• School and church volunteer