World of Coffee San Diego 2026

Claire Christensen
Executive Director
Gimme! Coffee


Claire Christensen is the Executive Director of Gimme! Coffee, a worker-owned coffee roaster with five cafes in Ithaca, New York. With a transition team, Claire shepherded Gimme from a sole proprietorship to a worker-owned cooperative: developing leadership within the company, encouraging cultural evolution, and engaging with cooperative developers and funders. Prior to her work at Gimme, Claire spent several years engaging with food systems as a zooarchaeologist.

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