Farmer Merchant Community Banquet: Thursday, March 10th, 7pm @ Madison High School!

Come Join and support the community of Rexburg at the Farmer Merchant Community Banquet on Thursday, March 10th, at the Madison High School Gymnasium. The main speaker at the even is Rexburg’s own James Clarke of Clarke Capital Partners!

Bio: James Clarke is the CEO of Clarke Capital Partners, a Growth Equity and Alternatives Firm. In 2001, James founded and ran CLEARLINK, based in Salt Lake City, and after roughly 10 years in online retail, it was acquired in 2011 by Pamlico Capital (formerly Wachovia).
James serves on the boards of various companies in the US and abroad. In his community, James has served on the Board of Advisors at Kingsbury Hall, BYU-Idaho’s Presidents Advancement Council, as a Trustee on the Board of the Utah Symphony, The Utah Opera, and Mountain West Capital Network. He has been a member of the Utah Technology Council & YPO. Currently, James is a Trustee at Utah Valley University—Utah’s largest university—where he serves as Chairman of the Foundation Board. He is a Founder at BYU’s Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology and serves as Co-Chair at the Brigham Young University Center for Ethics, where he is a lecturer. The Clarke’s also direct the “Labor & Honor” Foundation for Education, the Arts and Global Humanitarian efforts.
James has been recognized as a Peak Capital 100 Entrepreneur, an MWCN “Utah 100” multi-year Honoree, and as a Utah Business Magazine “40 Under 40”.  CLEARLINK has been named as one of Utah’s fastest growing companies for over 10 years, is a multi-year INC. 500 honoree and has been voted consistently as one of Utah’s Best Places to Work. In 2013, the Utah State Bar named Clarke as the Technology Pioneer of the Year and in 2015, one of “Utah’s 10 Coolest Entrepreneurs.”
James is married to the former Andrea Earl of Holladay, Utah and they are parents to three children. He is a Alumnus of Ricks College, BYU, Harvard Business School and holds a Masters Degree in Management from the University of Oxford, but still calls Madison High his favorite and Rexburg home.

Farmer Merchant Community Banquet! Thursday, March 10, at the Madison High School Gymnasium! Silent Auction begins at 6:15 p.m., with Dinner beginning at 7:00 p.m.! There will be Community Awards & more! Get your tickets now! $25 a seat or $200 for a table. Call 208-356-5700 or come into the Chamber of Commerce at 127 East Main Street.