Don Clarke is a member of the Black River First Nation and is presently the Director of Economic Development for Skwah First Nation. Over the past thirty years, Don has worked in hundreds of First Nations and Indigenous communities throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Panama, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Philippines.
Don is a goal-focused executive with vast experience and expertise in building/optimizing education, training, communications, and sustainability programs to maximize community development success and business results worldwide.
At the same time, Don has worked with major forestry, mining, and energy companies throughout the Americas and Asia regions in the area of corporate capacity building with respect to building respectful relationships and working with companies for the inclusion of First Nations/Indigenous and marginalized peoples in their project areas.