Meet Claire:
A New Kind of
Energy Economist
I've spent nearly two decades inside some of the most complex organizations in the world and I've watched the same pattern repeat itself every time: The people who care the most carry the most. Not because they're asked to. Because systems rely on it.
I work at the intersection of organizational effectiveness, business operations, and strategic communications. I've partnered with Fortune 500 companies across healthcare and enterprise strategy, designing and leading initiatives that produced double-digit growth in employee morale, stakeholder satisfaction, and organizational performance. I know how to build systems that work. I also know what it costs the people running them.
That tension is what this work is built on.
I'm a systems thinker by training and a storyteller by nature. My approach has always been the same: blend data with empathy, operational rigor with human insight, because you can't build something sustainable if you only measure what's visible. The invisible costs matter just as much. Sometimes more.
Reserve & Release is where those two things finally met. It's the framework I built because the one I needed didn't exist: a research-driven, systems-level guide for how individuals and organizations can audit, budget, and protect energy the way sound financial systems protect capital.
Less than 2% of women make it to director level or above within the Fortune 10. I am one of them. I don't say that to impress. I say it because it means I've lived the math this framework is built on and I refused to turn it into another conversation about resilience.
Why This Work?
In every environment, corporate, nonprofit, personal, Claire noticed the same pattern:
The people who cared the most often carried the most.
Not because they were weak. But because systems quietly relied on their labor to stay functional.
This work exists to name that reality and give people a framework for responding to it.
Experience
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Master of Business Administration
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Master of Sport Business Management
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Bachelor of Public Relations
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Minor, Sociology
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Mental Health First Aid Practitioner, MHA
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RYT 200
Oct 2025 - Present
Fortune 9 | Director, Business Operations & Effectiveness
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Responsible for all aspects of managing Corporate Strategy department org effectiveness, including but not limited to learning & development, team engagement and communications, work process management, and the execution of initiatives and events to support our “Great Place to Work” efforts.
Oct 2021 - May 2025
Fortune 9 | Senior Manager, Operations
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Led cross-functional teams to design the organization’s first enterprise-wide narrative and onboarding system, improving strategic alignment and role clarity across functions.
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Designed and operationalized immersive learning experiences to translate enterprise strategy into consistent employee and stakeholder experiences.
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Partnered with senior leaders to shape and deliver executive-level presentations, supporting decision-making, investment prioritization, and organizational alignment.
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Implemented a new operating model for the Experience Center, increasing team efficiency, throughput, and execution consistency.
Mar 2018 - Sep 2021
Co-Founder & Director, Content & Operations
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Co-Founded employee benefits mental health application
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Helped negotiate first brand partnership with Talkspace and Ginger; eventually acquired by Headspace
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Served as primary curriculum developer and facilitator working alongside trained therapists and psychologists
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Led team responsible for market research, competitor analysis, product launch and operations, generating $4M, year one.
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Translated product engineering requirements for agency creative briefs ensuring successful and relevant campaigns.
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Managed budgets, JIRA backlog, and additional business operations as needed, creating processes and protocols at scale.
2008 - 2018
Marketing & Events Operations, Various
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Led end-to-end marketing and event sponsorship operations, overseeing planning, execution, and post-event performance analysis to ensure alignment with brand strategy, audience engagement goals, and business outcomes.
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Built and optimized cross-functional operating models across marketing, partnerships, and events, streamlining workflows, vendor management, and budget governance to improve efficiency and execution quality at scale.
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Translated sponsorship and event investments into measurable impact, developing reporting frameworks that connected spend to brand lift, pipeline influence, stakeholder value, and long-term relationship growth.
If you’re looking for language, clarity, and a better way to think about capacity and cost, you’re in the right place.
