Terrence Clark serves as the President and CEO of the New York New Jersey Minority Supplier
Development Council. At the Council, Terrence provides operational oversight and carries out
full management and operational responsibilities for the Council staff including personnel,
administration, work delegation and performance evaluations. He also provide supervision and
direction related to the Council program areas and activities in the Council’s market areas
which
are the State of New York and New Jersey up to the Trenton area.
Prior to this position, he served as the Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Business
Development for the National Urban League, where he was responsible for the management of
all of the small business and entrepreneurship programs. Terrence also served as the Senior
Vice President, Knowledge Sharing for Opportunity Finance Network, where he was responsible
for the management consulting, training and annual conference lines of business for
community
development financial institutions nationwide.
Over the course of his career, he has served in a variety of leadership positions for
community
and economic development organizations over the past twenty five years. He served as the
Executive Director of the 47 th Street Business Improvement District for nine years
assisting the
2,600 business owners in New York’s Diamond District in improving economic conditions in the
district and marketing its services to a wider client base. He also served as the Executive
Director
of the Manhattan Minority Business Development Center, Bronx Small Business Development
Center and the Pace University Minority and Women Business Development Center, where he
managed and provided management consulting and business training services to small, minority
and women business owners.
Terrence began his career with the United States Small Business Administration, where he
served as the Assistant District Director for Management Assistance managing and providing
management consulting and training services to SBA clients in the downstate 14 counties of
New York. He is a graduate of Hunter College of the City University of New York, with a
bachelor’s degree in Economics.
He serves as a board member of TruFund Financial Services, the Supplier Diversity Development
Council of New Jersey, the New York New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council and
sits
on the Economic Impact Committee of Stonehenge Capital. He is also a member of the
Economic Club of New York and sits on the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Advisory
Councils for the NYC Comptroller Scott Springer and Governor Andrew Cuomo. He is named as
one of the Notable Black Leaders and executives by Crain’s New York in 2021.
