Claudette earned a bachelor’s degree from Winthrop University and a master’s degree from the University of South Carolina, and she retired after 34 years in corporate human resources and administration with most of those years in executive leadership positions. Her last corporate role was Chief Human Resources & Administrative Officer for LendingTree where she aligned the company’s core principles to its business strategies and operations and led the company’s efforts in human resources strategy and management, real estate, facilities management, administration and philanthropy.