Agenia Clark

Dr. Agenia W. Clark currently serves as the eighteenth president of Fisk University, Nashville’s oldest institution of higher learning. In this role, Dr. Clark has been tasked with building a plan for the institution’s next 150 years focused on sustained growth. Before joining Fisk, Dr. Clark served as the CEO of the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee for 19 years, where she improved operational efficiencies, increased reserves, and built new facilities. Dr. Clark has served on the Board of Directors for First Bank for the past seven years. In 2021, Dr. Clark was recognized as “Nashvillian of the Year” and from 2015 to 2020, one of “Nashville’s 100 Most Powerful People,” by the Nashville Business Journal. Dr. Clark earned a B.S. and MBA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and her Doctorate in Leadership from Vanderbilt University. Originally from Mobile, Alabama, Nashville has been home to Dr. Clark for the past 30 years. Dr. Clark and her husband Charles Clark Jr. have two adult children and reside in Brentwood, Tennessee.