Jenifer Clark - affectionately known as “The Gulfstream Lady”, has spent the last four decades studying, analyzing and forecasting the World’s Ocean Currents. After finishing her graduate studies in Oceanography at Johns Hopkins University, she quickly became the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA’s) expert in the Oceanographic Features Analysis of the Gulf Stream. Her work led to numerous applications that contributed significantly to improved commercial fishing, more efficient marine transportation and commerce, and improvements in navigational safety.
During her career, Jenifer has written more than 100 articles which have appeared in newspapers and various magazines in the field. The U.S. Coast Guard has consulted her on numerous occasions to aid in search and rescue missions, including the Haitian Boat Lift, the shuttle disaster, and plane crashes in the Gulf Stream.
In the mid-90’s after NOAA decided to cease the production of daily Gulfstream charts, she left NOAA and started her own company to continue to serve her clients and users with real-time Gulfstream information.
Jenifer has also continued to serve the oceanographic community with numerous private and public seminars including the National Women's Sailing Association, Ocean Navigator Magazine Seminars and yearly maritime seminars including the Naval Academy’s Safety at Sea Seminar. Her presentations include information on satellite interpretation of oceanographic features, inference of current velocities, and detailed sea surface temperatures. Her extensive background has enabled her to provide a history of the development of technology associated with the Gulf Stream interpretation.
Jenifer, along with her Meteorologist husband Dane Clark, have supported US Sailing Races for almost three decades including the: "Annapolis to Bermuda" and "Newport to Bermuda" and the "Marion to Bermuda” Yacht Races among others. In 2006, Jenifer and Dane provided special support to over 120 Racers in the 100th year anniversary of the Newport to Bermuda Sailboat Race.
Steve Black, founder of the Cruising Rally Association, was recently quoted in Soundings Magazine as saying : "We used her analysis for all the events and it was invaluable. I think she is probably the best in the world at it."