Speaker

Kelli Clark is Emerson’s vice president, culture, employee experience and employee communications since July 2022. With more than 20 years’ experience in culture, employee engagement, and corporate communications, Clark leads efforts to build Emerson’s purpose-centric culture, develop effective internal communications and strengthen the employee experience. In this role, which is the first of its kind for Emerson, Clark also has responsibility for Emerson’s global learning & leadership development strategy; employee listening and engagement programs; and diversity, equity & inclusion strategy that includes the 12,000-member employee resource group community.

Clark specializes in creating comprehensive engagement, communications and change management programs that promote robust culture, encourage collaboration, build trust, and engage and enable teams to achieve business objectives. Before joining Emerson, Clark served as chief culture officer at Aon, a multi-national financial services firm with over 50,000 employees. She has also held leadership roles in human resources, change management and communications at Exelon, Sears Home Services, Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Clark earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Missouri State University and a master’s degree in international business from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. She and her family reside in Chicago, Illinois.