Claire McGuinness

Claire grew up alongside her tight-knit family in small towns on the Jersey Shore and in Dublin, Ireland, before receiving a B.S. in international relations from Seton Hall University. While in school, she held internship positions with the Clinton Foundation, Obama for America, and Advancing Human Rights. A social enterprise enthusiast, Claire spent the last four years working with a group called VisionSpring to expand access to affordable eyeglasses. In 2018 she joined the VisionSpring India team as a strategic projects manager in Delhi, where she spent six months working with the M&E and program reporting teams. This past summer, she completed her internship at Last Mile Health, in Monrovia, Liberia. Following graduation, she looks forward to continuing to apply innovative social enterprise solutions to development challenges. Claire is never happier than when reading a good book or digging into a new challenge on the rock-climbing wall.