Clark A. Todd

Clark Todd, the middle son in a family of three boys, was born and raised in Lufkin,

Texas. While growing up, he spent much of his spare time on the athletic fields

enjoying competitive sports. When he was not practicing or playing competitive

sports, he was in the woods hunting and fishing in his native East Texas and on his

family’s farm near Lufkin. Clark chose not to pursue a professional baseball career

after being drafted out of high school by the Chicago Cubs in the 1997 Major League

Baseball Amateur draft. Instead, he took his athletic and academic abilities to the

University of Texas at Austin where he played baseball for the Longhorns and

graduated in 2001 with a BS degree in Business Communications with an emphasis

in finance. Clark feels he made the right decision to pursue his college studies which

allowed him to start his business career with Blessey Marine Services in 2001.

While working with Blessey, Clark furthered his academic pursuits by earning his

MBA from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2006.

Clark was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Blessey Marine Services

in 2005 and CEO in 2020. He is one of the youngest executives in the industry and

with the support and guidance of Walter Blessey, Owner and Chairman of Blessey

Marine, he intends on working hard to maintain the core values that have allowed

the company to become an industry leader. It is Clark’s belief that Blessey Marine

is not just a company that he works for, it is a family of dedicated individuals with a

common goal, whose mission he will help to accomplish. He and his wife, Laura

Blessey Todd, have three children, Cooper (18), Caroline (15) and Cate (13). Along

with his duties as corporate president and father, Clark still makes time to coach his

kids in their respective sports. He also enjoys outdoor sports, hunting, cooking and

volunteering as a family within the community. Clark also enjoys aviation, piloting his

Cirrus SR22 around the country with his family watching them play their respective

sports.

Clark currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Spanish Peaks Mountain Club in

Big Sky, MT, Board Member of Junior Achievement of New Orleans (Past

Chairman). In addition, serves as the President of the Mandeville High Baseball

Booster Club, President of the St. Scholastica Academy Soccer Board, Executive

Board member and past Chairman of the Board of the American Waterways

Operators, Board Member for the National Waterways Foundation, Board Member

for the United States Coast Guard Foundation and member of The US Chamber of

Commerce’s Energy and Transportation committee. He is a member of the New

Orleans Country Club, The Boston Club, The Pontchartrain Club, The Santa Rosa

Golf and Beach Club, Whispering Pines Golf Club and Beau Chene Country Club.