Clare Payne Symmons

Background

Symmons, Clare Payne was born on March 3, 1962 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Roy Alpha and Anna Lee (Bozarth) Payne.

Education

Bachelor in English Literature, Bryn Mawr College, 1984.

Career

Assistant to director marketing and development Portland Opera Association, 1984-1986. Assistant foundation director Holladay Park Medical Center Foundation, Portland, 1987. Director finance development Young Women’s Christian Association of Central Jersey, New Brunswick, 1988.

Consultant Portland, 1990-1992. Executive director St. John's Lutheran Hospital Foundation, Libby, Montana, 1992-1996, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, since 1996.

Achievements

• Clare Payne Symmons has been listed as a noteworthy foundation administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Lincoln County Sustainability Task Force, Libby, Montana, 1993-1996. Chair board directors Literacy Volunteers American, Lincoln County, 1994. Board directors Montana Community Foundation, 1993-1996.

Member advisory board Habitat for Humanity, Lincoln, 1994. Member Society for Non-Profit Organizations, Western Montana Fund Raisers Association, Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, Montana Society Marketing and Community Relations, Rotary.

Interests

• Fly fishing, travel, reading, correspondence.

Connections

Married Michael Laurence Symmons, October 12, 1991.

Father:

Roy Alpha Payne

Mother:

Anna Lee (Bozarth) Payne

Spouse:

Michael Laurence Symmons