Stacey Claessens

Stacey Claessens [pronounced Class ∙ ens] joined 3M over 28 years ago and has held a variety of positions with increasing responsibilities across the company. For 10 years, she served as the executive assistant and office supervisor to two of 3M’s Chairman, President and CEO’s, also leading a team of executive assistants who supported the company’s top leadership. In 2018, she joined 3M Community Impact – the philanthropic arm of 3M – a position she feels has enabled her to find her purpose. 

Stacey’s current 3M responsibilities include community and volunteer engagement activities with 3M’s global sites – skilled trades investments, skills-based and general volunteerism, community relations, grants management, and disaster and humanitarian relief. 

Describing herself as passionate and quite serious about connecting people to social impact – while at the same time finding ways to advocate for people who are under-resourced – Stacey is a Social Entrepreneur, having completed certification through the University of Texas at Austin. 

Stacey is a member of the Austin Texas-area Yaya’s, a group from the Austin tech industry that shares a common goal of corporate social responsibility, and a member of the Austin Texas Corporate Engagement Council, a group formed by Austin’s Mayor to bring civic leaders together with corporate funders to do good.  

Stacey and her husband, Pete, live in Austin, Texas – and have two grown children, as well as a Bichon, who affectionately runs their home and their lives.