• B.A., Languages - Translation, Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio De Janeiro, South Dakota State University
• Business Management, City College of San Francisco and University of San Francisco
• Minority Business Executive Program, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
• Masters in Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Work Experience:

Claudia joined Extension in 2006 after sixteen years in the business sector. She has worked in the fields of engineering and construction as well as real estate, and has been involved in management, communications, strategic leadership, advocacy, negotiation and program development.  At the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute, Claudia studied planning, facilitation, strategic causal mapping, shared power leadership, public participation processes, cost analysis and policy analysis.