National Innovation Award Goes to Client CEO J. Lyell Clarke, III

May 15, 2025

Scott Pemberton

J. Lyell Clarke, III, the president and CEO of our longtime client, Clarke Company, received the 2011 National Membership Leadership Award for Innovation from Vistage International at the group’s national convention on November 4.

The Vistage Member Leadership Awards honor the inspiring business and community achievements of Vistage members who best exemplify the organization’s values and its six cultural imperatives of collaboration, courage, impact, innovation, judgment, and passion.

Clarke’s vision propelled the once regional environment products and services company to the premier leader in mosquito control. The company’s organic larvacide product, Natular, won the U.S. EPA 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. The company’s innovative products have stemmed outbreaks of devastating diseases both in the U.S. and worldwide.

In addition, in the Spring of 2011, the Clarke Cares foundation ( www.clarkecares.org ) began working with The Carter Center, established by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, to launch an ambitious bed-mosquito-net replacement program called the Net for Net Project. Millions of people in Nigeria suffer and die from these mosquito-borne diseases lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and malaria. The diseases are endemic in Nigeria, meaning they are sustained over time within the population and without external stimulus.

With the Net for Net Project , Clarke Cares aims to provide 50,000 DuraNets, a Clarke product, to communities in Nigeria fighting malaria and lymphatic filariasis. Reviewed and recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), Clarke DuraNets are among the most durable mosquito nets available, providing up to five years of continuous protection even after washings.

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