Her father, Donald Uhrbrock, was a photographer for Life Magazine, capturing historical moments that included the early Civil Rights Movement, reclusive To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee, and the NASA human spaceflight program.

[1] In 2005, Clutterbuck ran for Houston City Council District C, a seat held by term limited Mark Goldberg.

In December 2005, Clutterbuck won the Houston City Council District C race by over 58% of the vote, and has since been re-elected to a second and third term.

[citation needed] Since taking office in 2005, Clutterbuck has pledged to serve as a full-time advocate for the needs and interests of the residents of District C. At the beginning of January 2008, Mayor Bill White announced that Council Member Clutterbuck would serve as chair of the Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee and the Ethics Committee.

H-GAC is a 13-county regional consortium that works on finding solutions to issues affecting our collective areas, this includes: transportation, air quality, community and environmental issues, public safety and security, human services, cooperative purchasing and regional data and geographic information system (GIS) services.

The mayor pro tem position was vacated by former Council Member Adrian Garcia after his election to Harris County Sheriff.