Meet Dennis P. Clark - Candidate for DuPage Forest Preserve President

Dennis built his home in Winfield, Illinois over 21 years ago and resides there with family members, Christine and Alyssa.

Alyssa, Dennis, and Christine

When looking for land upon which to build a home in 1987, Dennis chose Winfield because it is in the heart of the land holdings of the Forest Preserve District. This was the driving force in the decision on where to live.

Dennis is an avid runner, tennis player, bicyclist, gardener and scuba diver. Some of the other activities that he often participates in include whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking, horseback riding, swimming, cross-county skiing, sailing and hang gliding. He has completed three horseman education and riding classes at Danada Equestrian Center, holds an Advanced Skipper Ocean Certificate and a Class 2 Hang Glider Rating.

Occupation and Professional Experience:

Dennis owns and manages Clark Property Consultants, Inc. This is a firm that specializes in real estate, property due diligence and construction monitoring for national and regional banks and insurance companies. Development of a residential real estate business is also in the works.

Dennis Clark

Dennis has over 25 years of engineering design, construction and project management experience with projects in excess of $70 million. Projects included green field and retrofits both domestically and internationally. Dennis interviewed and hired in-house staff, consultants and engineering firms to complete varying work load demands. He has over seven years of field supervision of craft labor and participation in acquisition teams to determine viability of purchasing assets rather than constructing new facilities.

Dennis served as President for the North American division of an upstart German conglomerate, developed sales and marketing plans and oversaw all aspects of the firm. His responsibilities included profit and loss, engineering, sales, human resources, accounting and all out-sourcing. He has been a Project Manager of industrial, commercial and medical projects with up to 3 year life cycles. Design Manager of 22-person Mechanical Engineering Department. Oversaw preparation of facility plans for multi-million dollar projects, development of standards to improve accuracy and productivity and implemented education and mentoring programs for project engineers and design personnel.