International Regional Director
Carrie J. Clark currently serves as the International Regional Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®. She was installed in the role
during the 70th Boule in Orlando, Florida in July 2022 following the appointment of the International President & CEO Danette Anthony Reed.
She also served as the 29th Great Lakes Regional Director from 2018-2022.
Carrie was initiated into Xi Chapter at Eastern Michigan University in 1987. She is a proud Life Member and a Silver Star with 37 years of committed
service in the sorority. Carrie transitioned from undergrad into Lambda Pi Omega Chapter, in Detroit, Michigan and has been a dedicated member
ever since. She has held many leadership positions within the sorority. On the chapter level, Carrie has served as President, Vice President, Historian,
Member Liaison, Ivy Leaf Reporter and Parliamentarian. She also has served on numerous committees as either a chairman or member including the
Metropolitan Chapters Centennial Founders’ Day celebration, Art in the Park, and Lambda Pi Omega’s “Fabulous at Forty” Anniversary
celebration. In addition, she served as the President of the Pearls of Promise Foundation.
Regionally, she served on the Centennial Committee, Programs Committee and as the 2003 Michigan Cluster Chairman and the General Chairman of
the 81st Great Lakes Regional Conference. On the International level, Carrie served on the Heritage Committee, International Membership Committee,
and Undergraduate Transition Taskforce. During her previous term on the Directorate, Carrie was Chairman of the Sorority’s Code of Ethics
Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and was the Directorate liaison to the Sanctions and Investigations Committees and chaired the Eva
L. Evans, 24th International President virtual memorial tribute. She currently is a member of the International Finance Committee.
Currently, Carrie is the System Director of IT Operations which includes the following departments: Project Management Office (PMO), IT Asset/Software Management, IT Service Management Applications and IT Business Relationship Management at the renowned Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan. In addition, since 1995 Carrie has been an adjunct professor at Detroit area universities teaching in the areas of information technology, quality management and project management. She has received numerous sorority and professional awards including the Chapter of the Year award, President of the Year award, DRIVEN award, the PMO of the Year finalist award and she was named the Michigan Chronicle Woman of Excellence, Eastern Michigan University Distinguished Alumni Award, Women of the Word Excellence Award, and Black Alumni Eastern Elite Award and just recently, was given the premier Career Mastered National Women’s History Leadership in Action Award. Carrie holds BA and MSA degrees and currently is working on her second Master of Science in Health Administration. Carrie possesses certifications as a PMP, SCRUM Master, ITIL and CPM to name a few. She has many affiliations and memberships including the Project Management Institute (Great Lakes Chapter), American Heart Association – Go Red Passion Committee, an Associate of Jack and Jill of America, a former board member for the Youth Development Commission (YDC) and The Great Lakes (MI) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated. Carrie is a member of Second Ebenezer Church in Detroit and is very blessed and thankful to have the support of her beautiful family — husband, Mark of 28 years of marriage and two handsome sons (Ian Marc Clark and Noah Stone Clark). Mark, Ian, and Noah are active members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Ian graduated in 2019 from Michigan State University, and Noah graduated from the University of Toledo in 2022.
Carrie is honored to serve the members of the International Region because our sisterly bond transcends space and time.