Juanita Blount-Clark
Adjunct Faculty
Governmental Services and Research
542.3950 404.463.6805
jclarkcviog.uga.edu

Prior to joining the Institute, Ms. Blount-Clark spent 23 years as a public servant in state government. She served as an agency administrator, health and human services program development consultant, and coordinator for strategic planning and collaborative development for comprehensive community building initiatives.

She received her educational training at Spelman College and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health. Upon completion of her studies, she joined the staff of the Georgia Department of Human Resources where she served as a public health education consultant, director of the Offices of Human Resource Development and Personnel and Minority Health within the Division of Public Health. She provided strategic planning direction to Governor Zell Miller's Initiative for Children and Families, The Family Connection, and The Georgia Policy Council for Children and Families. In December of 1999 she was appointed director, Division of Family and Children Services. During her tenure as Division Director, she completed a seven-month assignment as Acting Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Human Resources.

Fields of interest: public policy, poverty as an issue of justice, community capacity building, community and organization strategic planning, community and not for profit leadership development and child serving systems reform.