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Claire Bernard

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Claire Bernard is an American philanthropist and writer. She is President of the Mariposa Foundation and a Trustee and Development Chair for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Bernard devotes much of her time to advocating for humanitarian and environmental matters. She has contributed articles to Vanity Fair, Vogue, and the Huffington Post.

Early life[edit]

Claire Bernard was born in New York City. Her grandfather was Herbert C. Bernard, owner of a successful manufacturing company, served as a Trustee for Congregation Temple Emanu-El for over 50 years and was chief benefactor of the Hubert Bernard Museum. Bernard’s father, Lewis W. Bernard, is a financier, philanthropist, and former Morgan Stanley executive. He served as the Chief Administrative and Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley where he retired in 1991. He is the Chairman and founder of Classroom, Inc., serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the American Museum of Natural History, serves on the Board of Trustees at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He founded Central Park Conversancy where he is a life Trustee. Lewis Bernard was the Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.. He also served as Director of John and Mary R Markle Foundation.

Claire Bernard attended Town School, Manhattan and graduated from Riverdale Country School with honors and was senior class president. In 1999, Claire Bernard received her B.A.,with honors, from Brown University in Art History, Art Semiotics, and Modern Culture and Media. In 2009, she also earned an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Columbia University.[citation needed]

Philanthropy[edit]

Bernard is the President of the Mariposa Foundation, a private family foundation working to fund local and national organizations in order to find solutions to end generational poverty. She is an advocate for humanitarian and environmental issues across the world, while also bringing attention to locally-based, social service organizations in need. Bernard’s work with Mariposa aims to address environmental and humanitarian issues, with a focus on national policy, social services, clean water, sanitation, and disaster relief. In New York City, the foundation has provided aid for Hurricane Sandy recovery; in New Orleans, they supported relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[citation needed] Bernard oversees the Mariposa Foundation's grant-making and the endowment's investments, and also serves as a Trustee on the board. She regularly conducts site visits for her grantees to countries around the world, including nations such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Liberia, Colombia, and Bangladesh.[citation needed]

In 2013, Claire Bernard joined the Board of Trustees for the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), as the youngest board member, a non-profit international environmental advocacy group at the forefront of the environmental movement. Bernard is the Chair of the NRDC’s Development Committee and also serves on the Finance, Investment, and Governance & Nominating committees.

Bernard has served on International Rescue Committee's Children's Committee, the Global Fund for Women's Philanthropy Committee, the advisory board of Narrative Magazine, NRDC’s Global Leadership Council, and Friends of NYers for Children, and most recently as an Oxfam GB Ambassador and their Programme Review Board. Bernard has also spent many years fundraising for and organizing events at the American Museum of Natural History, notably chairing and revitalizing the Winter Dance 2000-2010, ELL 2013-2015, and currently chairing the Family Party. Bernard currently serves on the Committee to Protect Planned Parenthood.

Writing[edit]

Bernard is a freelance writer, she writes about entertainment and relationships for publications such as Maxim, FHM, Penthouse, and Vice. Bernard was the Resident Philanthropist for Vanity Fair, contributing to the magazine and authoring a column on the website “One-Click Tip of the Day”.

Personal life[edit]

Bernard currently lives in New York with her young son. She is an environmentalist, activist and vegan.


Published articles[edit]

  • "Poop-Eating Worm", The Huffington Post, July 18, 2014
  • "One-Click Tip of the Day: Join City Harvest's Facebook Page", Vanity Fair, October 1, 2010
  • "One-Click Tip of the Day: The Human Soul is Not For Sale",Vanity Fair, August 22, 2010
  • "One-Click Tip of the Day: Help Adrian Grenier Ban Plastic Bags in California (Non-Residents Welcome",Vanity Fair, August 11, 2010
  • "One-Click Tip of the Day: Watch These Three Indigenous-Made Film",Vanity Fair, August 9, 2010
  • "One-Click Tip of the Day: Pakistan's Flood Victims Need Your Help",Vanity Fair, August 4, 2010
  • "Flying over the Oil-Spill Site", August 4, 2010
  • "Checking in on West Virginia's Mountaintop-Removal Mining Crisis",Vanity Fair, July 21, 2010
  • "One-Click Tip of the Day: Continue to Support Haiti",Vanity Fair, July 12, 2010
  • "One-Click Tip of the Day: The Other Side of South Africa",Vanity Fair, July 2, 2010
  • "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Angry About the Oil Spill? Plant a Flag!",Vanity Fair, June 23, 2010
  • "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Help Refugees in Kyrgyzstan",Vanity Fair, June 22, 2010
  • "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Be Proactive on World Refugee Day",Vanity Fair, June 18, 2010
  • "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Be Like Obama and Support Clean Energy",Vanity Fair, June 14, 2010
  • "Do-Gooder Tip of the Day: Help David de Rothschild Eliminate Waste",Vanity Fair, June 11, 2010
  • "How to Help the Victims of the Oil Spill",Vanity Fair, June 8, 2010
  • "Many Toilet Lines Have No End", The Huffington Post, May 31, 2010
  • "Lobbying in Washington, D.C.: A Primer",Vanity Fair, May 27, 2010
  • "Click Your Way to a Greener Planet",Vanity Fair, April 22, 2010

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