Our Team Members

SteveStephen B. Clark, Principal

Mr. Clark has been in the professional practice of public finance for over 35 years. During his career, Mr. Clark has served a variety of public entity and nonprofit clients both as a financial advisor and as an underwriter. He has participated in transactions totaling more than $10 billion.

Since forming S.B. Clark Companies in 2001, Mr. Clark has led the firm to establish financial advisory relationships with large healthcare providers, state universities, school districts, cities, state agencies, public housing authorities and for-profit developers.

Prior to forming S.B. Clark Companies, Mr. Clark was Managing Director and Regional Manager for Public Finance with Piper Jaffray & Co. for 11 years, helping launch and then overseeing their Denver office. Before that, Mr. Clark was employed with Boettcher & Co. for 13 years, the last three years of which he was Executive Vice President of Fixed Income overseeing the firm's public finance investment banking, its bond trading and sales operations and chairing the firm's commitment committee. During Mr. Clark's tenure as an investment banker he obtained National Association of Securities Dealers licenses Series 7, 8, 24, 53 and 63. Mr. Clark completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Prescott College and his Masters of Public Administration at the University of Colorado.

Mr. Clark has been an involved community member throughout his career and has served in board chair and treasurer roles for organizations including the Denver Health Foundation, Senior Housing Options, the Downtown Denver Partnership, Montana State University Foundation, and as a trustee of The Colorado Trust, a philanthropic foundation.

LauraLaura E. Clark, Vice President

Ms. Clark is a graduate of the University of Denver with additional graduate level work at the University of Colorado at Denver. She came to work with her father as a consultant with S.B. Clark Companies in 2003 and became a stockholder in 2011.

Ms. Clark specializes in structuring, soliciting, and negotiating equity investments and debt facilities for Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) partnerships for her clients. She leads interfacing with nearly all of the firm's LIHTC and NMTC clients, oversees their transactions including development of complex financial proformas for various development scenarios, submission of tax credit applications to the appropriate allocating agency or funding partner, solicitation and negotiation of the necessary debt and equity financing facilities, ending with financial close and follow-on tax credit filings. Recently, the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority appointed Ms. Clark to its Tax Credit Advisory Group.

Ms. Clark has completed the Downtown Denver Partnership's leadership program and has nearly completed her Rental Housing Development Finance Professional certification from the National Development Council. Ms. Clark has appeared on a number of conference panel discussions relative to NMTC and LIHTC. She has a strong history of active volunteerism and is currently Treasurer of her homeowner association. Ms. Clark's professional experience includes Project Assistant to the Denver HIV Resources Planning Council and Graphic Specialist at Mountain Financial Printing and Design Group.

BarrettBarrett L. Lucero, Associate

Ms. Lucero joined S.B. Clark Companies in 2008 and works with clients and their financing partners in managing the LIHTC application and closing due diligence processes.  She is experienced at preparing and responding to NMTC community benefit requests and CDE intake forms.  Ms. Lucero received her Rental Housing Development Finance Professional certification from the National Development Council in 2012.  She has been active on the planning committee for the Colorado chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) since 2008 and helps to coordinate workshops for the annual conference.

Ms. Lucero is a 2003 graduate of the University of Denver after which she served in the Peace Corps in Burkina Faso as a science teacher.  Returning to Denver, Ms. Lucero worked in volunteer management and foundation finance in the nonprofit sector before joining the S.B. Clark Companies team.

RobRobert N. Plimpton, Senior Underwriter

Mr. Plimpton joined S.B. Clark Companies as an associate in 2011 to complement the team's real estate portfolio analysis assignments and financial modeling capabilities. Prior to joining S.B. Clark Companies, he had over five years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Most recently, Mr. Plimpton spent three and a half years at ProLogis, the leading owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate globally, as an analyst in its Financial Planning & Analysis and Due Diligence groups. Mr. Plimpton has served as an executive management consultant at Grubb & Ellis, a commercial real estate advisory firm, and SiteStuff, an e-procurement company. He graduated from Boston College's Carroll School of Management in 2005 with dual degrees in Management - Economics and Philosophy.  Mr. Plimpton received his Rental Housing Development Finance Professional certification from the National Development Council in 2012.

Mr. Plimpton endeavors to be an active member in his community, volunteering for local institutions in need of his unique skill set. He has volunteered internationally in Nairobi, Kenya for the Boulder, CO based Global Education Fund, offers budgeting and financial modeling services to the Denver, CO based Lundy Foundation, and taught business basics to enterprising 5-12th grades through the Junior Achievement program.

MonicaMonica Clark Petersen, Associate

Ms. Petersen joined S.B. Clark Companies in 2012. Ms. Petersen is focused on meeting client and partner needs and has worked extensively with individuals, corporations and foundations as a former fundraiser for the University of Colorado Foundation focused on philanthropic investments at the University of Colorado Denver.

Embracing diverse perspectives, Ms. Petersen brings international experience as a former International Fellow at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore and through a one-year study abroad program with the University of Puget Sound in ten different Asian countries including Korea, Japan, China, India and more. Ms. Petersen graduated with honors and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Puget Sound.

Ms. Petersen stays connected with her alma mater as the Denver Regional Alumni Club co-chair and also volunteers with Colorado Bright Beginnings, Stand for Children, and the School of Public Affairs at CU Denver. In 2010 Ms. Petersen completed the Downtown Denver Partnership Leadership Class and in 2011 participated in the Denver Community Leadership Forum (DCLF) at the School of Public Affairs where she is also working to complete her Master's in Public Administration.

Emily Emily M. Kingsley, Office Manager

Ms. Kingsley joined S.B. Clark Companies in March 2012 to manage the firm's office administration, bookkeeping, and contracts. She joins the firm from the Center on Domestic Violence at University of Colorado Denver where she worked in administration and project coordination.

Previously, Ms. Kingsley offered her skills in office management and consulting at the Van Heyst Group in Boulder Colorado as an associate program coordinator. There, she planned, researched, and implemented program for multi-national conferences involving global thought leaders and senior executives. She has also worked as an intake legal assistant for Colorado Legal Services where she helped obtain legal representation for low income Coloradans.

Ms. Kingsley holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a double minor in philosophy and ethnic studies from the University of Colorado Denver and is also a licensed paralegal. While in college, she chaired the Hunger and Homelessness Campaign for the UCD student chapter of Co-PIRG as well as actively participated in other student organizations such as the New Voters Project and the University of Colorado Denver Pre-Law Society.