Claire Greensfelder

Executive Director
Claire is a lifelong organizer/campaigner for peace, planet and justice who believes that art, eloquence and beauty are often the best means to get one’s message across. Born and raised in Oakland and San Francisco, California, she has spent 37 years of her life in Berkeley—embedded in community. Her work for people and the earth has included executive leadership, strategic consulting and producing/editorial positions with over 40 non-governmental organizations, social service and educational institutions, artistic exhibitions, media projects and electoral campaigns. Key posts include Coordinator, Washington DC installation of Conversations with the Earth – Indigenous Voices on Climate Change (Multi-media exhibition, Smithsonian/National Museum of the American Indian); Co-Founder Women’s Global Call for Climate Justice; Climate Solutions Advisor, The Lia Fund; Deputy Director, International Forum on Globalization; Consultant/Executive Director, Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Center-Oakland; Project Director/Board Member, INOCHI/Japanese-US citizens group (Berkeley); Senior Advisor, Women in Europe for a Common Future (Munich) / Women’s Environment and Development Organization (New York City); Director, Greenpeace USA Nuclear Free Future Campaign, Co-Founder/Co-Director, San Francisco-Leningrad Ecological Arts Collaboration; Director, 3220 Gallery—San Francisco hub for US/Soviet exhibitions/events;  Co-Chair, Peace Activists for Jesse Jackson, Director, CETA Youth Program Jane Addams Center/Hull House (Chicago), Environmental Educator, City of Berkeley, Berkeley Unified School District, (partial list). Claire is happiest when hanging out in nature, camping in the Sierra Nevada, painting landscapes along the Northern California coast, and/or cooking for friends in her Berkeley bungalow and backyard garden.