Since becoming PBA's sixth president in July 2003, Dr. David W. Clark has overseen the University's dramatic growth. The University built and opened
debt-free the $7.2 million Gregory School of Pharmacy in 2004 and in 2003 purchased Lakeview Apartments for $4.2 million to provide additional housing for the University's growing enrollment. Dr. Clark has led the effort to build a new $25.4 million library that will open in Early 2007.

In addition, he negotiated the purchase of nearly 100 acres just minutes from the University's West Palm Beach campus, which will become the home of Sailfish Athletics in 2007. Deed restricted for use as recreational, sports and park purposes only, development of the site for University intercollegiate and intramural sports also will benefit neighborhood families by providing recreational opportunities for the public. Dr. Clark also guided the University's transition from athletic competition in NAIA to provisional member status in the NCAA Division II.

During Dr. Clark's tenure, the University has graduated the first class from the Gregory School of Pharmacy and was granted full accreditation for its doctor of pharmacy program by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. In 2004, the University announced its first complete online degree program in organizational management and in 2005 welcomed its first class to the new School of Nursing, which uses state-of-the-art equipment to prepare future nurses.

Dr. Clark possesses a wide range of professional, ministerial and academic experience. Prior to coming to PBA, he served as president of FamilyNet, a commercial television network located in Fort Worth, Texas.

Dr. Clark began at FamilyNet in 1997, and at the same time served as vice president of the Broadcast Communications Group of North American Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Prior to his presidency at FamilyNet, Dr. Clark was the president of KMC Media, beginning in 1991.

From 1977 to 1981, and again from 1988 until 1991, Dr. Clark served as the Dean of the College of Communication and the Arts at Regent University. While there, he launched the university's first Ph.D. program. From 1981 to 1987, he served as director of research and vice president of marketing at the Christian Broadcasting Network. He also has served as an adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary in 1985, and as an assistant professor of speech at Bowling Green State University from 1972 to 1977.

Dr. Clark’s professional experience includes being a pastor of churches in Illinois and Iowa. Other experience includes serving as president of Communication Analysts, Inc., as a senior news analyst at Reymer and Gersin Associates, and as a Federal Bankruptcy trustee.

Dr. Clark has been a board member of the National Religious Broadcasters from 1980 to 2003, and also served as chairman and CEO from 1991 to 1994, and 1997 to 2000. He has been a member of the National Association of Evangelicals, the Fellowship of European Broadcasters, the Broadcast Education Association, the International Communication Association, the International Institute of Communications, the International Christian Media Council, the Speech Communication Association and the American Marketing Association.

He has written and spoken widely on the role of broadcasting in culture in more than 50 countries, and has been the producer of many award-winning radio and television programs. He and his wife, Lois, have two married sons and a married daughter.