Hired February 2007
The Bare Necessities
Born in Plymouth, Minn., moved to Seattle for three of the most memorable months of growing up and then swiftly returned to the plains of Minnesota – it must have been the rain.
Eating Her Crusts
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities(Graduates May 2007)
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication – Honors
Major: Strategic Communications – Advertising
Igniting The Fire
- The Minnesota Daily – Copywriter
- National Student Advertising Competition 2006 – Coca-Cola Campaign
- Lift Kids – Copywriter, helped develop an ad campaign for a revamped website that increased traffic by over 400%
- The Premier Dance Team – Co-founder and organizer
Diversions
Dance (Tap, Jazz, and Hip Hop), NSAC, Campus Orchestra
Favorite Candy at RAA
“Anything gummy”
The Unfamiliar
- Went road tripping on a suburban crawl around Milwaukee.
- Claire was chosen as the soloist performer in London with the touring orchestra; the song to be played was Eleanor Rigby – “How ironic, an American performing a British song in their home territory.” Her 11 years of ‘drawing the bow’ across the violin flashed before her eyes.
- She has a thing for babies and puppies, “Probably because they have the poof factor and are cuddly… although, I always fear getting too close for comfort with babies – you know, those accidents when parents roll over and suffocate the baby in their sleep...”