Phyllis Clark

Phyllis Clark served as the Vice-President (Finance and Administration) and Chief Financial Officer at the University of Alberta, from 2002 to 2016. Previously, she spent five years as Vice-President (Finance and Administration) at York University, and prior to that, she was Assistant Deputy Minister of Ontario’s Management Board Secretariat. Between 1991 and 1992, Ms. Clark was the Province of Ontario’s Chief Economist and Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance. She was the Chair of the Audit Committee for the Bank of Canada for four years.

Ms. Clark currently chairs the Board of Directors for the Royal Canadian Mint, is Audit Chair for TEC Edmonton and serves on the Board of Directors for the Inuvialuit Investment Corporation. She also chairs the Edmonton Symphony and Concert Hall Foundation Board. Ms. Clark was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics. She went on to complete her Doctorial Candidacy and Master of Arts in Economics at the University of Michigan in 1973.