Leadership
Claire Kaplan
Vice President of Strategic Development
Claire Kaplan has over fifteen years experience working in the non-profit and public sectors. Claire designed and led the technical assistance strategy for districts and schools planning for Expanded Learning Time and has led the development of the National Center on Time & Learning’s knowledge center to document best practices and resources on the topic. In addition, in 2005 she co-authored Massachusetts 2020’s report “Time for Change: The Promise of Extended Time Schools”. She is the founder and principal consultant of CEK Strategies, a small consulting company which works with non-profit organizations focused on education, community development and youth programming. CEK Strategies provides strategic planning, project management, program planning, writing, evaluation and facilitation services to schools, community-based organizations, and foundations.
Before starting CEK Strategies in March 2002, Claire served as a Vice President with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City a national non-profit organization founded by Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School to promote for-profit business growth in America’s inner cities. At ICIC, Claire co-developed and managed ICIC’s consulting arm, the City Advisory Practice (CAP), which advises cities on inner city business development and works with a broad constituency of leaders to develop tailored strategies for business growth.
Claire received a Masters in Public Policy and Urban Planning from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government where she was a Kennedy Fellow for two years. She received a BA cum laude from Princeton University. Claire currently lives in Brookline, MA with her husband and two daughters.