For the past four years, Claire has represented the 30th district, advocating for accessible early education, safe and healthy communities, comprehensive sex ed, accessible transportation, environmental protections and more. She also serves as an advisory board member on the Washington State Family and Community Trust Organization and as a Senate member to the Department of Children, Youth, and Family (DCYF) Oversight Board.
Claire also has taken a leadership role advocating for kids and families in Federal Way as the School Board President of the Federal Way Public Schools Board of Education, on the State Advisory Committee for Head Start State Collaboration Office (HSSCO), on the Expanded Learning Opportunities Council (ELOC) representing WSSDA’s 295 School Board’s across the state, and as a board member of Region 2 King County, Washington State School Directors Association (WSSDA), and Building Better Futures (BBF) Partnership of Greater Kent Community.
Claire has extensive volunteer experience in South King County and beyond and currently serves as an advisor to the Washington State Leadership Board and the WA State LGBTQ Commission, and as a member of FUSION Federal Way Advisory Council. She has also served on the Advisory Board of the Washington Family Engagement Trust and in South King County on her local PTA, as a member of Citizens for Federal Way Schools, and as a Board member of The Sidekick Collective.