MICAH A. CLARK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
American Family Association of Indiana
Micah Clark grew up in Tipton County, Indiana. In 1989 he graduated from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Micah then interned as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives’ Republican staff.
Micah then served as a legislative assistant for Citizens Concerned for the Constitution, which later became Advance America. He served as the Indiana Family Institute’s Director of Public Policy, and later as its Executive Director, throughout the 1990’s. Micah is the only person to have served with all three of Indiana’s top statewide pro-family organizations.
In November 2001, Micah became the Executive Director of the American Family Association of Indiana. His experience has helped AFA expand into an organization with a consistent state house presence while maintaining its role as Indiana’s leading decency and a major pro-family organization. Micah has conducted over 1,100 media interviews, first with IFI, and then through AFA of Indiana. For more than 25 years, and more than 1,300 times, Micah has written a weekly informational email that is read by thousands of Hoosiers. Micah has regularly testified before the Indiana General Assembly as a pro-family lobbyist on a wide variety of issues, in every legislative session since 1991.
Governor Frank O’Bannon appointed Micah to serve on his Education Roundtable. Micah was re-appointed for a second term by Governor Joe Kernan. In October 2007, Citizens for Community Values of Indiana named Micah its “Citizen of the Year” for his work for family values in the political arena as both the head of AFA of Indiana and the President of the AFA of Indiana Political Action Committee. In September 2008 Micah was given the Respect Life Award from Right to Life of Indianapolis for his leadership on life issues in Indiana. In 2012 Eagle Forum President, Phylliss Schlafly gave Micah their Eagle leader award. In 2022 AFA National gave Micah their Don Wildmon Cultural Transformation Award.
Micah, his wife and two children live in Noblesville, Indiana.
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