Ferlin Clark

Ferlin Clark is a member of the Navajo (Dine) Nation originally from Crystal, New Mexico.[3]

Clark received a bachelor's degree in English communications from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado 1988.[4] He received a master's degree in education from Harvard University in 1992[5] and a doctoral degree in American Indian studies from the University of Arizona[6] in 2009.[7]

In 1999, Ferlin Clark was vice president for development at Diné College.[8] In 2003, he became interim president of the college,[9] and in 2004, he assumed the position permanently.[10] Clark was removed as president by the Navajo Nation Supreme Court in 2010[11] amid an investigation into accusations of bullying and harassment of staff.[12]

He served as New Mexico Assistant Secretary of Indian Education from 2012[13] to 2014.[14]

In April 2018, Clark was named the new president of Bacone College.[15] Under his leadership, Bacone has sought tribal charters to become a tribally affiliated college and thus improve its financial stability.[16] Since Clark assumed the presidency, the college has been chartered by the Osage Nation,[17] the Kiowa tribe,[18] the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,[19] the Otoe–Missouria Tribe of Indians,[20] and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians.[21]

Clark has also served on the College Board.[22]