Ron is currently vice president of Environmental Design Group, a prominent local environmental engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying company known for its work on the Towpath Trail along the Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor.

Ron's specialty is soil and groundwater studies.   Much of his time these days is devoted to so-called "brownfield" (old industrial site) reclamations.  He played a prominent role in the development of the AES campus in south Akron, a job that won the first national Phoenix Award for industrial property recycling.

A civil engineering graduate of The University of Akron, Ron has also worked for the Ohio EPA and the B.F. Goodrich Company, where he was manager of environmental engineering.

Ron and his wife Jennifer live in West Akron.   They have a daughter who lives in Lakewood and two sons, one at Litchfield Middle School and the other at Firestone High School.

Ron's interest in environmental issues extends beyond the office.  One of his personal goals is to visit at least one new national park each year.  Last year the Clark family vacationed at Olympic national Park on the west side of Puget Sound.  He reports that life doesn't get much better than that!

Ron brings to the Board extensive knowledge of local land issues and experience in the revitalization of industrial landscapes and the creation of green space in our region.  His expertise will be a valuable aid to the work of the Conservancy.