2.18.09 — Clearfield CEO to Speak on Company’s ‘Turnaround of the Year’

Cheri Beranek Podzimek addresses success strategies at 360 Degree Look at Leadership Conference, February 25, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS (February 17, 2008) — Clearfield Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) President and CEO Cheri Beranek Podzimek will be a keynote speaker at the 360 Degree Look at Leadership Conference, February 25, 2009. The conference, which provides Minnesota executives an opportunity to learn from business leaders and experts, will focus on creating strategies to succeed in today’s economy.

Ms. Podzimek will speak about her role in Clearfield’s successful turnaround, which resulted in the company being named the “Business Turnaround Story of 2008” and winning a Stevie Award for Women in Business.

The conference will also feature Author Bruce Roselle, Roselle Leadership Strategies and Executive Director Chip Laingen, Defense Alliance of Minnesota. Panelists will include Executive Vice President Jeanne Crain, M & I Bank; President Joel Wittenbraker, MacTech; and Principal Rob Tracy, LarsonAllen.

For questions or more information, email or call 612-455-4239.

About Clearfield, Inc.
Clearfield, Inc., designs and manufactures the FieldSmart fiber management platform, which includes its latest generation Fiber Distribution System (FDS) and Fiber Scalability Center (FSC). The FDS and FSC product lines support a wide range of panel configurations, densities, connectors and adapter options, and are offered alongside an assortment of passive optical components. Clearfield provides a complete line of fiber and copper assemblies for indoor-plant and outside plant environments. Clearfield is a public company, traded on Nasdaq:CLFD.