Claire Saxton

Claire Saxton has led impactful change in nonprofit organizations for 3 decades.  She joined the Cancer Support Community (CSC) in 2016 and currently serves as the Executive VP, Insights & Impact.  As EVP, Claire oversees CSC’s Cancer Policy Institute, (psychosocial) Research & Training Institute, and Industry Partnership teams, enabling the sharing of CSC’s patient & caregiver insights externally and ensuring the patient & caregiver experience remains central to all that CSC does.  

During her first 5 years at CSC, Claire led national patient education and outreach efforts. Her team’s award-winning Frankly Speaking About Cancer education programs were co-created with cancer patients & caregivers. Programs were translated and culturally-adapted to meet the needs of specific populations and produced in a variety of print, digital, and in-person formats.

Claire came to CSC from the Urology Care Foundation, where she managed national patient education and disease awareness campaigns with partners, including the National Football League.  As Executive Director of the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, Claire developed the first National Bladder Cancer Awareness Day. While the Executive Director of the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Austin, she doubled their patient advocacy and outreach programs.  Claire began her work in health advocacy while part of the team that opened the National Domestic Violence Hotline in 1996.

Claire holds an MBA from the University of Oregon and an undergraduate degree from Rice University.