Clara Haskell Botstein
Clara serves as the Senior Director of Policy at the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education (DME), where she leads efforts to expand college and career pathways for students and the office's legislative and political priorities. Prior to the DME, Clara worked in leadership for nearly a decade at the Bard Early College, a multi-campus network of Bard College established to allow high school students to get a head start on college by earning credits up to an associate degree, free of charge, alongside a high school diploma. At the Bard Early College, Clara oversaw new school and program development and policy and advocacy work at the local, state, and federal levels.
Clara holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor's degree in history from Princeton University. She lives in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where she serves on the board of the local Main Street.