Claire Mooney

Claire Mooney, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP, is the Chief Projects and Conservation Officer with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Claire provides executive leadership for major park enhancement efforts, conservation and biodiversity initiatives, and momentum towards climate resilience.  

Since joining the Parks Conservancy in 2010, Claire has helped advance sustainable design and accessibility across the Bay Area’s national parks, including ecological restoration, trail construction and rehabilitation, cultural resource rehabilitation, visitor amenities, volunteer engagement, community science, and workforce development. Under her leadership, the Park Projects & Conservation branch has advanced large-scale park and conservation initiatives with the National Park Service, the Presidio Trust, and One Tam partners that deepen community connection, stewardship, and learning in parks. Park enhancements include Muir Beach restoration, Hawk Hill rehabilitation and community science, Mt. Tam’s Peak Health, Muir Woods Redwood Renewal, and Alcatraz Embarkation. 

As a landscape architect and design professional, Claire draws on a creative and participatory design approach in her work. She stewards many of the Parks Conservancy’s partnerships towards our goal of creating more just and resilient parklands. Claire currently serves as the executive lead for our One Tam partnership, leveraging the collective impact of the partnership. Claire holds a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Washington and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in the History of Art, with minors in Resource Management and Forestry. 

Claire and her two kiddos love exploring the foggy parks near their home in San Francisco and can often be found at Ocean and China beaches.