The James Beard Foundation: Where Pleasure Meets Purpose

Clare Reichenbach

Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer of the James Beard Foundation (JBF), the country’s preeminent culinary arts organization. Reichenbach’s responsibilities include overseeing a wide range of the JBF programs such as the James Beard Foundation Awards; the JBF Women’s Leadership Programs; the James Beard House dinners and events around the United States; the non-profit’s scholarship programs; and the JBF Impact Programs, all in pursuit of a more equitable and sustainable food system. Before joining the James Beard Foundation, Reichenbach founded CJJR Consulting, where her clients included New York Public Radio, NBCU, and Samsung. Prior to that, Clare worked at the BBC for over 10 years, where she was executive vice president of strategy and business development, a position she also held at AMC Networks. Her accolades include being named one of CableFAX’s “Most Powerful Women in Cable,” Multichannel News’s “Women to Watch,” and Management Today’s “35 Women Under 35.” Reichenbach has a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University and completed the advanced management program from Harvard Business School.