in various assignments in the LDS Church, including bishop, scoutmaster, elders quorum president, Sunday School teacher, and counselor in a stake mission presidency. From 2007 to 2014, Clark served as an area seventy in the church's Idaho Area. On April 4, 2015, Clark was sustained as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. On August 1, 2015, he succeeded Paul V. Johnson as the Commissioner of Church Education. He was designated as an emeritus general authority in October 2019. Clark and his wife, Sue, have seven children. Awards Eagle Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Eagle Scout Award by the National Eagle Scout Association Newcomen-Harvard Award for Best Paper Published in the Business History Review (1994) Works Abernathy, W.J. & Clark K.B., 1985. Innovation: Mapping the winds of creative destruction, Research Policy 14, pp. 3-22. Henderson, R.M. & Clark K.B., 1990. Architectural innovation: The reconfiguration of existing product technologies and the failure of established firms, Administrative Science Quarterly, v35, n1, pp9-30. Iansiti, M. & Clark, K.B., 1995. Integration and dynamic capability: Evidence from product development in automobiles and mainframe computers, Industrial and Corporate Change, v3, issue 3, pp.557-605. Baldwin, C.Y. & Clark, K.B., 2000. Design Rules: The Power of Modularity. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. See also List of general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chronological Listing of Church Commissioners of Education References Further reading External links General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Kim B. Clark 1949 births American general authorities (LDS Church) Brigham Young University alumni Harvard College alumni Harvard Business School faculty Living people Presidents of Brigham Young University–Idaho Area seventies (LDS Church) Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church) Business school deans Latter Day Saints from Utah Latter Day Saints from Washington (state) Latter Day Saints from Massachusetts Latter Day Saints from Idaho American university and college faculty deans Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni