MELISSA YEAGER
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Claire’s Place Foundation
Melissa Yeager’s daughter Claire Wineland lived just 21 years, but her legacy will live on forever in the cystic fibrosis community, thanks to her mother. Yeager lost Claire to cystic fibrosis in 2018. Today, Yeager serves as co-founder and executive director of Claire’s Place Foundation, where she never stops fighting for the CF community. She co-founded the foundation with her daughter Claire when she was just thirteen. Claire’s Place Foundation, a nonprofit organization, provides heartfelt support to the families of children and to individuals diagnosed with CF. The foundation works to heighten awareness and provide education, skills, and financial and emotional support.
As the executive director and board member, Yeager works diligently with the board of directors. She is responsible She works each and every day to ensure no parent should have to decide between work and being by their child’s side during hospital stays.
