G. F. "Bud" Clark, CEO/Chairman

G.F. “Bud” Clark, Managing Partner, brings over 35 years of executive leadership in agriculture, logistics, and large-scale operations, including serving as CEO of a major U.S. wholesale foliage company generating approximately $68 million in annual revenue with integrated tissue culture and commercial planting capabilities.

In 2015, he led the execution and delivery of millions Paulownia saplings supporting international reforestation initiatives with the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the United States Agency for International Development, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency,

2019: Mr. Clark was engaged through senior government contacts to present PURA Forestry in Paraguay, where he met directly with ministerial leadership across forestry, environmental, agricultural, and central banking sectors, establishing ongoing relationships and initiating project development and land opportunity discussions.

Mr. Clark is a decorated U.S. Army veteran, having served in Vietnam as a Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP), and is the recipient of a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars for Valor, and two Purple Hearts.