ABOUT CLAIRE

Claire Pattee is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with over ten years of in-house event experience in the corporate, non-profit, and wedding spaces. Her deep understanding of the industry is sourced from her 4 years at Airbnb’s Events Team and Outline Productions. At Airbnb, Claire coordinated a range of recruiting events including Point Oh!, Brooklyn; SXSW, Austin; Cisco Live!, San Diego; Airbnb’s Summer Intern Program, San Francisco. She advised teams and Employee Resource Groups to create branding and event initiatives through design conception while managing the production teams to bring their visions to life. One such project she is especially proud of is the inception of the first annual Take Your Kids to Work Day for the company, which is now a revered and growing company tradition. Claire saw a need for more parent and family-focused events, so that all employees felt a greater sense of belonging at Airbnb. 

Claire has joined the Adventure Architects team as an Event Producer to assist our live events department in tackling the high demand for bringing people together again. She is a trusted partner in vendor, speaker, project management, and will be readily available for all questions and concerns throughout the planning process. 

Fun fact about Claire is she studied abroad at Université de Paris during her studies at University of Wisconsin Madison and has a B.A. in Communication and French!  the bottom of a pool!

CLAIRE’S ADVENTURE STORY

With a group of 10 young campers following behind me on the wooded trail in the Maine wilderness, I knew that we couldn’t be far from our final campground destination. I told the other counselor to stay with the campers while I ran ahead to confirm we were on the right path. Just as I reached a clearing, I saw what I thought was a large, black dog, lumbering away from me. I froze. That is not a dog, that is a bear! Luckily, my instinct was to clasp my hands over my mouth so as not to make a noise, pause until it was far enough away, and sprint as quietly as I could back the way I came. Adrenaline pumping, I ran as fast as I could back to the group of campers, and led them in a different direction to safety.