Joe Del Guercio served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation from 2016 to its sunset in 2025. With nearly two decades of experience in venture capital and private equity, Joe brought an investment perspective to his role. He led strategic direction for the Foundation and worked closely with grantees, staff and the Board of Directors to ensure alignment between the Foundation’s vision, grant-making and impact.  

Joe started his tenure at Clark Enterprises in 2004.  In addition to his role as CEO of the Foundation, Joe was Managing Director at CNF Investments, Mr. Clark’s private equity fund, as well as CEO of Clark Enterprises from 2020-2025, responsible for managing all investments across private equity, real estate and equity and fixed income as well as all family office operations. 

Joe lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two children. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree from Boston College. Joe sits on multiple public and private company boards and remains a venture partner at two DC based private equity funds.  Outside of the philanthropic work he led with the Foundation, he serves on the Investment Committee for the U.S. Soccer Foundation, is Head of the Investment Committee and a Trustee at Stevens Institute of Technology, serves on the board of the Sibley Hospital Foundation, and is actively involved with the National Youth Baseball Academy and Cycle for Survival.

Q: Do you have any projects or outcomes of which you are particularly proud?

A: I am proud of all the work we did at the Clark Foundation across engineering, veterans and the DC community.  However, as the son of Italian immigrants and a first-generation college student, our work with the Clark Scholars is incredibly important to me, especially when I get to see how proud the parents of the students are at graduation.  The hard work and desire to provide a better life for their children embodies what I saw with my own parents as well as what I know would have made Mr. Clark especially proud.