Lujene G. Clark President & Co-Founder lujene@nomercury.org (417) 358-2331

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Lujene attended Tift College (part of the Mercer University System) where she majored in business administration and minored in accounting.  She also completed training as a CMA.  She launched her career in medicine as an office manager and physician's office nurse in family practice and OB-GYN. She served as Vice President of Southeast Medical Resources in the 80's and moved to Southwest Missouri with her husband in 1993.  She became active in local politics and served two terms on her local city council.  She earned a reputation of holding government accountable for its fiscal policies. She is active in The American Business Women's Association - Peace Star Chapter and served as President in 2003-2004.  She was named Woman of the Year in 2002.  As a mother of a child born in the mid-90s and damaged by mercury in vaccines, Lujene has become a vanguard for the establishment of safe vaccines, making numerous trips to state and national legislative bodies to help educate policymakers on the danger of mercury as a vaccine preservative.