Claire Frazer graduated from Dartmouth College in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and a minor in Studio Art. Her studies were focused on international relations, comparative politics, and oil painting.

Prior to joining the McKee & Schalka team, she worked doing trail improvements on the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire, assisted a winemaker for the harvest season at a winery in Northern California, and spent a summer as a logistician at an Outward Bound basecamp in Mazama, WA.