Hills For Everyone

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CEO/Executive Director

Claire Schlotterbeck

CEO/Executive Director Experience

Claire Schlotterbeck has been involved in preservation of the Puente-Chino Hills for over four decades, playing a key role in the formation of the 14,100+ acre Chino Hills State Park. She earned her bachelor's degree in Political Science from UCLA and a Master of Science from Purdue University. Active in her own community, she helped create the Brea Senior Center and the Brea Community Center. Former Republican Assemblyman Dick Ackerman selected Claire as "Woman of the Year in the 72nd Assembly District" in 1998 and former Democratic Senator Josh Newman selected her as "Woman of the Year for the Environment" in the 29th Senate District in 2018. In November 2019, she was selected to be "Woman of the Year for the Environment" by Republican Assemblymember Phillip Chen (District 55). In August 2001, she was honored as one of six nationwide recipients of the Chevron Corporation Conservation Award. In March 2002, she was honored by the California State Park Ranger Association as the Honorary State Park Ranger of the Year. Claire has received many other honors including, but not limited to: Sea and Sage Audubon Society, Whittier Audubon Society, Orange County League of Conservation Voters, and Women For: Orange County, Whittier Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. She serves as a Secretary of the Governing Board of UCLA UniCamp, UCLA's official student charity where student volunteers take underserved youth to the mountains for a week throughout the summer. Claire credits UniCamp for her conservation work where, as a student counselor, she witnessed first hand the power of nature to heal.

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