Claire Baker

As Director of Development for LivelyHoods, Claire Baker leads fundraising, communications, and partnerships and works closely with the operations team in project planning and monitoring. Since graduating from Durham University in England with a first class honors degree in Modern Languages, Claire has worked in the non-profit and social business sector in France, Spain, and Tanzania, and has taught English in rural communities in Mexico. She worked for two years in operations and communications management to promote disability rights for Jaccede.com,  an award-winning not-for-profit in Paris, and was part of a growing social business focused on access to solar energy in East Africa. Claire speaks fluent French and Spanish and is an active runner, dancer, and avid writer.