Claudia Kirk Barto
West Palm Beach

Claudia Kirk Barto is the Executive Director of the Palm Beach Office of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Her primary responsibility is to help fund cystic fibrosis research through events such as the Jeb Bush Florida Classic, the Sixty-Five Roses Ball, the Mike Schmidt Fishing Tournament, the Joe Namath Fore CF Golf Classic, the Arthur's Jam and the Great Strides Walks. In addition, Commissioner Barto co-chairs the Heroes in Medicine Luncheon for the Palm Beach County Medical Society.

She previously served as Deputy Executive Director for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society were she began her crusade to inspire her generation to give back. Prior to that she spent six years with the United Way of Palm Beach County learning the intricacies of area nonprofits and the many needs that go unmet in her community. Claudia grew up in Palm Beach where philanthropy is a way of life.

She received her degree in communications from Florida State University. In April 2000, she was appointed to the Florida Commission on the Status of Women by Comptroller Bob Milligan and recently reappointed by Commissioner of Agriculture Charles Bronson. Claudia and her husband Stephen W. Barto, Jr. live in West Palm Beach with their two sons, five-year-old Wen and two-year-old Kirk, and baby daughter Marina born in the spring of 2007.