HEAL Food Alliance

2026 School of Political Leadership 

Reconnecting Foodways

Claire Groebner

(she/her)

Associate Director 

We are living in a moment of intersecting challenges - increasingly racist and exclusionary policy agendas, growing race and class tensions, deepening climate crisis, and an unstable food system to name a few. Building power and solidarity is critical to moving beyond these crises and creating systems that actually work for our community. SoPL will help our team to strengthen relationships, develop strategies to improve our local food system, and advance a food and farm justice movement in San Diego that celebrates and uplifts BIPOC communities.

Meet Claire

Claire Groebner is the Associate Director at Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center, where she has been a part of the staff team for 11 years after starting out as a volunteer. She oversees Olivewood's community-centric resource generation activities, supports communications, strategic planning and partnerships, staff development, and program development; and engages in community advocacy and food and environmental justice work. She is a co-founder and organizer for the San Diego Solidarity Network, co-founder and former co-steward of the Community-Centric Fundraising San Diego Chapter, and is passionate about social justice, values-aligned resource organizing, and community care. In her free time, you can find her hiking the trails of San Diego with her pup, chopping it up in the kitchen, and connecting with friends and family over tasty food and drinks.
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