Claire Powell
About Claire Powell
With over ten years of communications experience in various industries, Claire is a strategic and creative leader who excels at delivering impactful messages to diverse audiences. She is currently the Mars Program Communications Manager at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she leads and manages a multi-disciplinary team focused on integrated communications planning and execution for the Mars Sample Return and the Mars Exploration Program. Claire is passionate about advancing women's leadership and national security. She is a co-founder of The Boardroom, an organization that helps women reach higher levels of leadership, serves on the Board of Advisors to the Women’s Aerospace Network, and a fellow of the International Women's Forum, a prestigious program that partners with Harvard Business School and INSEAD. She is also a Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leader at the Center for a New American Security, a selective and part-time professional development fellowship for emerging national security leaders. Claire is a graduate of Wesleyan University, the University of Chicago, and has multiple honors and awards in her field.