Claire is an Emmy Award-winning multimedia journalist and anchor turned consultant with more than a decade of experience telling stories. She founded Impressions Consulting Group (ICG) after her reporting career in Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Lexington, Kentucky; and mid-Missouri. She conducted thousands of interviews during her time in the broadcast industry and found herself coaching executives, politicians, business owners, parents, and everyone in between how to present themselves. From body language to crafting a sentence to fit the message and desired tone, that’s Claire’s specialty. 

While working in television, she covered the gamut: breaking state and city political news; the Covenant School shooting on the ground and from a helicopter in Nashville; a Governor's inditement; multi-part investigations exposing corrupt local education leaders and contractors; three Kentucky Derbies where she earned her Emmy Award; historic flooding, snow and tornado devastation; stories of social injustices; stories about people making a difference; and stories about the lives of those with special needs. 

Her reports about the disability community earned her the 2022 Arc Tennessee Public Awareness Award—specifically for a story that helped change a law to increase the number of adult sized changing tables in the state. While storytelling on a traditional news platform, Claire approached stories with a fresh take, always looking for ways to give viewers a peek behind the curtain to learn something new. Her work has been published by the Associated Press, CBS News, CBS Mornings, CBS Weekend Roundup, Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, Inside Edition and US News and World Report.

Claire is a media professional through and through with a multimedia and broadcast Journalism degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She’s mastered pinpointing the media medium that will garner the most impressions for countless topics and industries. From her reporting background, she knows the quotes a journalist will choose and the questions they’ll ask to lead to the answer they think they are looking for. She’s seen first hand which phrases an individual or business should avoid or include to control the message they want to convey. She believes everyone deserves the chance to tell their story well and through Impressions Consulting Group is passionate about helping individuals and companies alike sharpen and then deliver their mission statements in a conversational, impactful and approachable way.