MARRIOTT MARQUIS | WASHINGTON, DC | SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018
Marriott Marquis | Washington, DC | Sunday, January 28 – Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Speaker W. Clark Bunting

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W. Clark Bunting

Chairman & CEO

Digital Circus Media

With more than three decades as a senior leader in media and entertainment and championing environmental and conservation causes, Clark has successfully developed and managed comprehensive strategies for quality branded enterprises, incubating business units and cultivating talent.

In July 2017, Bunting launched media company, Digital Circus, with partner David Wheeler. The new strategic content and partnership company leverages their shared expertise in media development and production, game development, consulting, branding, design and digital planning. Digital Circus currently has several new development and production projects underway with partners including Discovery Channel and Vulcan Productions, among several others.

Formerly, Clark was CEO and President of the National Parks Conservation Association, a nonpartisan, non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the country’s National Park System.

Prior to joining the NPCA, Clark had a long and storied tenure with Discovery Communications, Inc. where he held numerous leadership roles, including three years as President and General Manager of Discovery Channel and from 2008-2009 lead the portfolio of Discovery’s Emerging Networks including Investigation Discovery, Science Channel, Military Channel, HD Theatre, Discovery Health, and Planet Green. His earlier roles at Discovery Communications span key leadership positions across channel management, production, production enterprise, and program acquisition, for which Clark also oversaw key programming and managed on-air talent

Under his watch, some of Discovery Network’s most memorable and critically-acclaimed series were borne including Deadliest Catch, MythBusters, Dirty Jobs, Gold Rush, American Chopper, The Crocodile Hunter series, Emergency Vets, and the mini-series Life and Frozen Planet, among many other titles. The deep programming portfolio created under his leadership has received 25 Emmy Awards, numerous Dupont and Peabody Awards, and one Oscar.

Clark is actively involved in the conservation, environmental, and academic communities where he has held board and leadership advisory roles.

Clark received an MA in Communications and a BA in Advertising from Michigan State University.

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