Claire joined Sweet Briar College in 2015 as the director of major gifts in the Office of Alumnae Relations and Development before becoming the department’s senior director in 2017 and vice president in 2024.
Claire was the managing director of Direct Hits Education for 11 years organizing SAT, PSAT, and ACT prep classes for high school students and helping families work through the college admissions process. She also managed the marketing and distribution of the Direct Hits Vocabulary series. She was on the board of a non-profit, Student Aid Foundation, which loaned money for college and graduate school to girls that live or go to school in Georgia.
After graduating from Sweet Briar with a degree in Economics, Claire joined Merrill Lynch in the Corporate Intern Executive Training Program and then spent six years in the as an assistant vice president of the Special Transactions Group in Equity Trading. Claire was the Sweet Briar Club president in New York City, New Jersey, and Atlanta and served on the Alumnae Association Board.