Stuart Clarke is the Program Director at Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice, where he guides strategy and grantmaking to build people power, phase out polluting energy, and accelerate the transition to equitable and clean energy in the U.S. South.

Stuart’s prior philanthropic experience includes Director of the Watershed Protection Program at the William Penn Foundation, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Executive Director of the Town Creek Foundation, Program Officer with the Turner Foundation, and Development Director of the Southern Partners Fund.

Stuart also served on the faculty of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts; as the Director of the Atlanta Outward Bound Center; and as Chief Operating Officer of Hands On Network, a national network of community-based centers for volunteerism and civic action. Stuart’s volunteer leadership includes service on the boards of Earthjustice, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and the Blue Mountain Center.