Clark Mercer is the Director of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and former Chief of Staff for Governor Ralph Northam. With over twenty years of senior management experience at the state, federal, and local levels, and passionate about driving transformative change across public safety, affordable housing, clean and water, commercial real estate, the regional economy and other civil issues, Clark explains how COG is uniting a complex tapestry of 24 local governments across the DMV to work together towards regional growth.

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