About

Claire S. Walton is the owner/operator of CSW Advisory Services, specializing in providing strategic guidance to non-profit organizations. With a career rooted in the non-profit sector since her early days as a Counselor-in-Training at YMCA summer camp, Claire is driven by a profound belief in fostering connections and friendships to catalyze positive community impact.

As the Founding Director of Girls on the Run South Georgia, Claire launched and expanded the program significantly, overseeing its growth from 27 to over 300 girls across five counties within five years. In 2021, she established CSW Advisory Services, with Girls on the Run South Georgia as its inaugural client. Under her leadership, more than $750,000 in foundation and grant funding has been secured for initiatives in South Georgia.

Claire’s expertise spans program management, evaluation, strategic planning, grant writing and administration, fundraising and event management for non-profits.

She serves as the Volunteer Advisor for the Valdosta Lowndes County YMCA Teen Leaders Club and YMCA Blue Ridge Leader School Volunteer Staff. Her leadership roles include being a member of the 2024-2025 South Georgia Women’s Leadership Initiative, 2023 Class of Leadership Georgia and the 2017 Class of Leadership Lowndes, as well as VP-Communications for Leadership Lowndes from 2020 to 2023. Claire also serves on the Board of Directors for CASA of Lowndes and Echols Counties and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Valdosta.

In addition to her role at CSW Advisory Services, Claire works independently as a Travel Advisor with Palm Travel Group Georgia. Claire lives in Valdosta, Ga. with her husband Randall and four children.

Claire graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1999 with a B.A. in Journalism and is currently working on her Master’s in Public Administration from Valdosta State University.