Claire Conklin

Claire Conklin is the founder and principal of CHC Events, Inc., an event management firm specializing in corporate programming for clients spanning financial services, media, and cultural institutions. Over a 20-year career, she has built a reputation for producing high-calibre events for some of the world's most prominent brands and institutions.

Before founding CHC Events in 2015, Claire spent over a decade at NASDAQ, rising to Managing Director of Global Programs and Events, where she built and led a global team producing more than 250 events annually, from CEO investor conferences to NASDAQ's strategic programming at the World Economic Forum in Davos. She went on to serve as Vice President and Head of European Corporate Access for RBC Capital Markets in New York, developing the bank's platform connecting European corporate leadership with North American institutional investors.

Claire holds a B.A. in International Business Studies and French from Liverpool John Moores University, with study at the École Supérieure de Commerce in Lille, France. Originally from the UK, Claire moved to New York in 2009, where she met her husband, Todd. In 2020, the couple relocated to Jackson with their two children: George, who is part of the inaugural JHCS sixth-grade class, and Olivia, a student at Jackson Hole Middle School. Claire enjoys skinning up Snow King, cross-country skiing, hiking, horseback riding, and generally being outdoors and traveling with her family.