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Advisory Board
Aggie Clark
Aggie Clark is a seasoned financial services executive with 30+ years of leadership experience. As COO of Covenantz, Inc., she collaborates with a team of dedicated built-environment professionals to change how the world builds. As CEO of Symbol Advantage, a rising star in the home and community building space, she is applying her time and energy to creating affordable single-family housing options for families looking to launch their dream of home ownership and generational wealth building.
As a passionate UW alum, she recently served as President of the University of Washington Alumni Association and Advisory Board Co-Chair for the UW Foster School's Consulting and Business Development Center (CBDC). She continues to serve the CBDC on its Advisory Board and as a professional advisor for its various student consulting programs, including the nationally-known Ascend Program.
Her experience steering company operations through growth and contraction business cycles, combined with navigating ongoing regulatory changes, gives her a multi-pronged perspective on the challenges growing businesses face. Her versatile communication skills, combined with the ability to learn and synthesize information quickly, operate successfully in a complex and ambiguous environment, and efficiently implement solutions, make her an effective contributor.
Jackie Smith
Jackie LaJoie has over 30 years of experience creating, developing and successfully leading Supplier Diversity programs. In her role, she developed world class programs and driving impressive results supported by sound program strategies throughout the enterprise as well as supplier sustainability in areas such as environmental social governance and conflict minerals. Jackie believes that for a program to grow and succeed, it must be based on sound best practices that create jobs for supplier partners, economic growth for local communities, and customers for life.
Most recently, Jackie partnered with the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce to create and facilitate a series of workshops to prepare small businesses to do business with corporations and the Federal Government. Jackie was the senior manager at Ingersoll Rand / Trane Technologies, vice president of the Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council, director of Supplier Diversity at Merck and senior manager of Supplier Diversity at legacy AT&T.
Jackie is also the co-founder of Diversity Alliance for Science in 2007, a non-profit organization focused on supplier diversity in the life science and healthcare industries. The organization unites healthcare, pharmaceutical, academic and government entities with industry diversity leaders to promote economic growth of small and diverse companies.
She has a B.S. in Accounting and Business Administration and a B.S. in Economics from High Point University and an MBA from Wake Forest University.
John Doe
Since retiring, I have actively mentored new entrepreneurs and seasoned business owners worldwide, with a primary focus on renewables. My expertise was recognized when I was invited to mentor for a program sponsored by the World Bank, Micro Mentor, and the Caribbean Climate Innovation Center. Besides DuckPunk, I also have joined an advisory board for a solar energy company.
Throughout my 30+ year career, I have consistently delivered results by increasing sales and developing sales territories. I am adept at developing training materials to elevate productivity and uniquely able to turn concepts into viable and profitable realities by collaborating with the necessary parties.
I have a track record of successfully nurturing new hires and experienced employees, guiding them to advance into management roles. My experience has taught me that effective organization and strategic planning are the keys to managing a single report or over seventy.
The most crucial lesson I have learned throughout my career is that regardless of one's position, whether sweeping floors or leading a Fortune 500 company, it is essential to listen, show respect, and demonstrate the value of each individual and their contributions.