Our Team Members

steve.jpgStephen B. Clark, Principal

Mr. Clark has been in the professional practice of public finance for over 30 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.

laura.jpgLaura 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 soliciting and negotiating LIHTC and NMTC equity and lending partnerships for clients. She develops complex financial proformas for various development scenarios. She oversees the submission of tax credit applications to the appropriate allocating agency.

Ms. Clark is working on her Rental Housing Development Finance Professional certification from the National Development Council and has completed the Downtown Denver Partnership's leadership program. 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.

barrett.jpgBarrett L. Lucero, Associate

Ms. Lucero joined S.B. Clark Companies in 2008 and coordinates tax credit applications, financial due diligence and closing activities. Ms. Lucero also manages the firm's office administration and bookkeeping. 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.

Rob's Bio PicRobert N. Plimpton, Associate

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 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.