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Karen Clark (politician)
Karen Clark may refer to: * Karen Clark (American politician) * Karen Clark (British politician) * Karen Clark (bassoonist) * Karen Clark (synchronized swimmer) * Karen Clark (rower) * Karen Clark Sheard, née Clark, American Gospel singer, musician and songwriter See also * Karen Clarke (other) {{hndis, Clark, Karen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Clark (American Politician)
Karen J. Clark (born July 23, 1945) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 62A, which included portions of the city of Minneapolis in the Twin Cities metropolitan area including portions of the Whittier, Phillips, Ventura Village, Seward, and Lyn-Lake neighborhoods. She was the longest serving openly lesbian member to serve in a state legislature in the United States. On December 8, 2017, Clark announced in a press release that she would not be running for reelection. Early life, education, and career Raised on a farm in southwestern Minnesota, Clark attended public schools in Edgerton, graduating from Edgerton High School in 1963. She earned her B.S. in nursing at the College of Saint Teresa in Winona. She later attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, earning her Master of Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Clark (British Politician)
Karen Anne Clark is a British politician who has served as the mayor of North Tyneside since 2025. A member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, she served as a member of North Tyneside Council for the Ward (electoral subdivision), ward of Benton, Tyne and Wear, Longbenton and Benton (formerly Longbenton) from 2015 to 2025. From 2021 to 2025, she served under former mayor Norma Redfearn as her cabinet member for public health and wellbeing. Early life and career Karen Anne Clark was born and raised in North Tyneside. She has two siblings, her brother Tom and her sister Julie. They grew up in a deprived area of the borough where they lived in poverty. Clark attended Northumbria University, where she studied social research and sociology. In 2007, Clark and her sister Julie founded Justice Prince Community Interest Company, a volunteering organisation which aims to tackle social and regional economic inequality in the North East of England. She is also a former teacher and y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Clark (bassoonist)
Karen Clark () is a Scottish classical bassoonist and music educator. Clark appeared on the 2007 BBC Two reality show, ''Classical Star''. Education Clark began studying the bassoon at the age of twelve at West Calder High School in West Calder with Russell Cowieson, having previously played the violin since the age of five. She later studied at the Junior Academy of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Janet Bloxwich. She won the Gilbert Innes Prize for woodwind and the 2004 Concerto competition, and in 2004 and 2005 was awarded the Wolfson Scholarship. Clark went on to study with John Orford at the Royal Academy of Music, where she received the Queen's Commendation for Excellence, the Louise Child Prize for Academic Achievement and the Irene Burcher Prize for Woodwind. Career In 2006 Clark gave a recital on BBC Radio Scotland, and also performed the Paul Hindemith, Hindemith Trumpet and Bassoon Concerto with John Wallace. She was a member of the National Youth O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Clark (synchronized Swimmer)
Karen Lynn Clark (born April 9, 1972) is a Canadian Olympic medalist and former synchronised swimming, synchronized swimmer. Career Clark began synchronized swimming at age six. She won three silver medals in solo, duet and team at 1989 FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships As a member of Team Canada she would win silver in the team events at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships and 1994 World Aquatics Championships. She won a silver medal in the solo event at the 1995 Pan American Games. Her most notable achievement was winning a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta with the Canadian team. Honours Clark was inducted into the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. References External links * * Alberta Sports Hall of Fame profile 1972 births Living people Swimmers from Montreal Canadian synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming Olympic silver medalists for Canada Synchronize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Clark (rower)
Karen Clark (born 6 April 1978) is a Canadian rowing (sport), rower. She competed in the Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's eight, women's eight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1978 births Living people Canadian female rowers Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Delta, British Columbia 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Clark Sheard
Karen Valencia Clark Sheard (née Clark; born November 15, 1960) is an American gospel singer and songwriter. Clark-Sheard is the youngest member of gospel group the Clark Sisters, which was formed in 1973. She is also the mother of contemporary gospel singer and actress Kierra "Kiki" Sheard, with whom she frequently collaborates. She has released five solo albums and 17 with the Clark Sisters. During the hiatus of the Clark Sisters, Clark-Sheard recorded her debut studio album '' Finally Karen'' (1997), which spawned the single, "Balm in Gilead" (a re-recording of a song she originally recorded as part of the Clark Sisters in the 1980s for their ''Heart & Soul'' album) the R&B-tinged singles "Just for Me" and "Nothing Without You" (with Faith Evans). ''Finally Karen'' was among the highest-selling gospel albums of that year, and earned Clark-Sheard a Grammy Award nomination and a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for "Best Female Vocalist". Clark-Sheard then was hospitalized in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |