Claire joined MassDevelopment's Real Estate Division in 2014 and manages a team of planners that support communities with economic development planning and technical assistance to reposition municipal surplus properties. Claire is also project manager for a multi-disciplinary team responsible for large scale redevelopment projects at Carriage Grove, Belchertown and Village Hill, Northampton. Prior to 2014, Claire gained municipal, state and consulting experience while serving as Community & Economic Development Director with the Town of Clinton, as a regional and statewide director with the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, and as a private consultant to municipalities and businesses. Between 2001 and 2005, she managed predevelopment and brownfields site assessment funding with the Agency and also supported Agency initiatives with state and federal grants writing and management. Claire has a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Modern History, Economic History and Politics from the University of London and a Master of Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.