Claire Spaht is co-founder of the Spaht Family Foundation, where her background in the arts and longstanding commitment to climate conservation help shape the organization’s focus. Her work is grounded in her board service with organizations such as the Northern Sierra Partnership, Headlands Center for the Arts, The Meadows Center for the Arts, SFFILM, and the Smithsonian National Board.

Claire earned a BFA dual degree in studio art and art history from SMU and went on to receive her MFA at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She pursued her art career in New York, working for Pamela Auchincloss Arts Management and exhibiting her paintings at Tricia Collins Gallery in Soho.