Claire Ramsbottom

Claire A. Ramsbottom is Executive Director of Colleges of the Fenway, Inc. (COF) in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1996, she was hired to help create the newly formed COF. Formally incorporated in 2003, COF is a collaboration among five Boston institutions of higher education (Emmanuel College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MCPHS, Simmons University, and Wentworth Institute of Technology) formed to enhance opportunities for students and find ways to mitigate the rising costs of higher education. She works closely with the institutions’ presidents and senior leadership in identifying and implementing opportunities to strengthen the individual institutions and the collective through collaboration.