Claire Leslie Johnson, Director of Development (she/her)

Claire Leslie Johnson is a graduate of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs with a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and ten years of nonprofit management experience. She has expertise in program development, evaluation, grant management, financial management, and leadership. Prior to working at Tools for Peace Claire was Co-Director of One Yoga, a non-profit yoga center in South Minneapolis committed to improving community health equity. Claire has 10+ years of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness experience and she is a trained facilitator of the STOP, BREATHE, & THINK curriculum. She cares deeply about Tools for Peace’s mission of inspiring kindness and compassion among youth, and believes in mindfulness as a tool for individual and community-level healing.