Abby Clobridge

Abby Clobridge is the founder of FireOak Strategies, a boutique consulting firm specializing in helping organizations enhance and improve their knowledge management, information management, and information security capabilities.

Abby has a unique background that includes over twenty years of professional experience at the intersection of knowledge management, information management, data/information governance, libraries, and technology. She has worked with a wide range of organizations, including United Nations agencies; colleges and universities; not-for-profit organizations; the news media; and private sector companies.

Before founding FireOak Strategies, Abby was the Associate Director of Research and Knowledge Services at Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government where she developed a knowledge management program and supported the school’s Open Access policy. From 2003-2009, Abby was the head of the digital initiatives program at Bucknell University (Pennsylvania) where she launched the university’s digital repository and supervised metadata initiatives. Earlier in her career, Abby worked as an investigative researcher and news librarian for CNN.

For FireOak Strategies, Abby oversees client engagements and serves as the lead consultant for many of the projects. She’s often traveling around the world to visit clients and speak at conferences.

Abby holds a B.A. (Cum Laude) in History from Tufts University and an M.S. in Library Science from Florida State University.