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Claire Barnett

Claire Barnett is a neurodiversity and disability advocate with a focus on empowerment in the workplace. She will graduate this May from the Full-Time MBA program at Kenan-Flagler Business School, where she founded the Carolina Disability Alliance to provide resources and community for Kenan-Flagler students with disabilities. While an MBA student, Claire also founded a non-profit organization called the Empwr Disability in Business Association (@empwr.mba), which hosted the first national recruiting conference for disabled business students and allies this past fall. She currently serves as executive director of the organization, which will host its second annual conference this November in Washington, D.C.