Claire serves as the Vice President and Market Executive for Wexford’s first development in California- Aggie Square. She is responsible for overseeing the design, construction, leasing, operations and deal management. Aggie Square is a 1 million SF development on UC Davis’ Sacramento campus. With two 7-story lab buildings, one academic office tower, a mixed-use residential component and parking- the Project is estimated to bring over $1.1 billion of development to the Sacramento market. This development will also showcase Connect Labs by Wexford, Wexford’s marquee shared lab and office offering.
Prior to joining the Wexford team, Claire was a Senior Program Manager at Arizona State University; leading the place-based innovation efforts for the Entrepreneurship + Innovation team. This included the oversight of design & construction of new spaces for the program; programmatic and operational design & daily oversight of the existing portfolio sites; leading a team of six; and launching a premier, community-facing makerspace. Before her time at ASU, Claire worked at CIC (the Cambridge Innovation Center), curating a diverse portfolio of clients for the CIC Boston location; helping to design and implement data analytics for the company-wide sales goals; and eventually leading the expansion into Providence, Rhode Island.
She received her Bachelor of Science and of Arts in Operations Management and in Spanish from the University of North Carolina- Asheville and a Masters of Global Affairs in Innovation Ecosystems from the University of Toronto.