Kess Clark

Chief Business Transformation Strategy Officer

Kess Clark brings more than 25 years of experience leading complex, global transformations across regulated and high-stakes environments. She is known for building and scaling change management systems, aligning leadership to strategy, and helping organizations move from vision to execution with clarity and confidence.

As a strategist and organizational force, Kess works at the intersection of people, risk, and performance. She’s led enterprise change and transformation functions for several Fortune 25 to 250 companies and smaller independent firms and non-profits. Her expertise spans leadership change and adoption, strategic planning and competitive advantage, crisis mitigation, risk management, operational excellence, and high-risk regulatory implementation. Through innovative problem solving, process design, learning and development, and strategic communication, she enables lasting behavioral and organizational transformation.

Kess leads with a human-centric, data-informed approach and a global perspective. She partners closely with executives and teams to navigate disruption, strengthen culture, and build resilient, high-performing organizations positioned for long-term growth, impact, and legacy.

Lisa Thomas