Clare Johnson is the vice president of community services for Central Alabama Community Foundation (CACF). Prior to joining CACF in January 2020, Clare served as the community economic development coordinator in the Mayor’s Office of the City of Montgomery from 2011 to 2019.

Prior to that position, she worked in the Montgomery Planning & Development Department for 21 years and served as the site coordinator for two U.S. Department of Justice Weed and Seed sites from 2000 to 2010.

She is a graduate of Auburn University, and in 2010 she obtained a Master of Science degree in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University, while participating in a DOJ training cohort.

Clare serves as a member of the Friends of the Freedom Rides Museum Board and the OUR Montgomery Steering Committee.