About Krystal Clark

Krystal N. Clark, M.Ed., SHRM-CP, a native of Portsmouth, VA., earned her B.A. in Sociology/Psychology at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA and M.Ed. in College Student Personnel at the University of Maryland, College Park. From 2007-2011, she served as the Program Coordinator for Fraternity & Sorority Life at Duke University. In 2011, Clark moved to Nashville to take on the role of Associate Director of Greek Life at Vanderbilt University. In 2013, she was selected to be the inaugural Director of the newly created Office of Student Leadership Development. In 2020, Krystal became Director of Employee Learning and Engagement in Vanderbilt University Human Resources.

In 2020, she established Equip To Thrive, LLC to offer compassionate personal and professional development opportunities for ‘talented and imperfect’ people where she offers her services as a speaker, presenter, facilitator, and brand ambassador. Through Equip To Thrive, Krystal has spoken to teams at AMAZON, sorority women from San Diego to Syracuse, attorneys, nonprofit leaders, and fitness professionals, etc.

Clark is a Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths Coach, certified in Technology of Participation (ToP) Facilitation Methods, as a AAUW Start Smart Facilitator and served as a facilitator for Google’s #IamRemarkable initiative. She is a graduate of Nashville Emerging Leaders, New Leaders Council, and Leadership Nashville.

When she’s not working at Vanderbilt or with Equip To Thrive, Clark is active in the Nashville nonprofit community and served as the first Black president of the Junior League of Nashville in 2017. She served two terms as Chair of the Advisory Board of The Women’s Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and is wrapping up her term as Chair of the Board of Directors for The Belcourt Theater while beginning her role as a Board member for Book ‘em. Krystal is currently a Panhellenic Coordinator for Tri Delta.

When she’s not doing all the above, she’s learning how to play golf, cheering for F1 Grand Prix, traveling, serving as a concierge for most streaming services on Facebook, reading, playing with plus-size fashion, going to way too many concerts, and laughing loudly alone and with others. Follow her adventures over on IG @krystalnclark.