Bill Clark

Bill Clark joined National Vision as its first Chief People Officer in 2019. Bill leads the organization’s Human Resources and Organizational Development functions, using his deep experience in attracting, developing and retaining great retail talent. He also oversees Transformation, Enterprise PMO and Change Management.

Bill is an accomplished human resources leader with a strong emphasis on people, team and organizational development. Before joining National Vision, Bill served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Five Below, Inc. where he led all areas of human resources.

Prior to Five Below, Bill served as Vice President of Retail HR at Dollar General Corporation, supporting the human resource needs for over 12,000 stores and 100,000 associates. He spent the prior decade in executive leadership roles with Walmart and Sam’s Club, including VP of Field Human Resources, VP of Talent Management and VP of HR Administration and Strategy.

He obtained both a master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. He is also active in the HBCU Entrepreneurship and Innovation organization.