HOUSTON, TX – Clark's Strategic Partnership Program (SPP) has empowered 38 small and diverse business leaders in the Houston area to enhance their firms' capabilities.

Established in 2006, SPP offers executive MBA-style classes tailored for minority-, women-, and veteran-owned firms in construction.

Participants engaged in intensive courses covering financial management, project estimation, and networking skills, culminating in a capstone project presentation to industry experts.

Eleazar Botello of Botello Builders Corporation praised SPP for enhancing his skills and fostering crucial industry connections. Clark aims to bolster inclusive growth by committing $2.5 billion in contracts to SPP alumni over the next decade.

Clark’s inaugural Strategic Partnership Program cohort in the Greater Houston area includes:

• Kym Adams, The Business Team
• Nicole Baldwin, Verde Global Corporation
• Sergio Banuet, TidyPro Partners LLC
• Jorge Bassante, Jeb Air Solutions
• Eleazar Botello, Botello Builders Corporation
• Rodrick Boykin, W&B Logistics LLC
• Chaunquila Brooks, PCW Unlimited
• Roque Campos, Montgomery Heavy Equipment
• Marlon Cooper, Mayan Staffing LLC
• Anthony Curtis, Teksync Technologies, Inc
• Rima Damani, Frontier Construction and Remodeling
• Keith Davis, Jerrold Construction
• Olusola Dosunmu , Dominion Engineering LLC
• Shanna Doucet, Bloomin Blinds of Richmond
• Ahmad Drumgo, Perpetual Development LLC
• Maurice Edwards, Edwards Enterprise Roofing and Construction
• Sara Esther, Evita Cabinets
• Rosalyn Francis, Global Supplier LLC
• Luz Gomez, Rice Military Group
• Jeronimo Gutierrez, VEP Properties, LLC
• Marqueta Harris, Phoenix Global Group
• Stanley Holland, Prime Elevator Corp
• Stanley Isawode, Delta Electrical Solution LLC
• Katy Lopez, KAJ Construction Inc.
• Kirk Martin, Houston Giant Construction
• Juan Medrano, Ceiling Crafters
• Jules Moor, A. Alexander & Associates
• Stevenson Moore, The Wire Connect
• Aderonke Okeleye, T.R.E.P.I.C LLC
• Jonathan Pete, Metropolitan Cleaning Solutions
• John Preston, Legion Construction
• Nathaniel Prevost, Glass Doctor of Greater South Houston
• Gerald Reece, EDP Engineers & Inspectors, LLC
• Gylenda Robertson, G.U.R Services LLC
• Irela Romero, Emerald Standard Services
• Liz Sturgill, Maximus Construction LLC
• Nancy Villatoro, YZ Builders LLC
• Kedrick Winfield, NRG FREIGHT & LOGISTICS