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Clairemont CEO Honored with TBJ 2012 Women in Business Award

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Did you hear the news? Clairemont’s very own CEO Dana Hughens has been named a recipient of a 2012 Women in Business Award from the Triangle Business Journal, and we’re very proud! A few of the many reasons the TBJ chose Dana for the honor:

  • Dana successfully started a business (Clairemont, of course!) during an economic downturn.
  • She has grown Clairemont to create additional full-time and part-time jobs as well as solidify a strong internship program.
  • She was invited to join the executive committee of Counselors Academy, a special section of Public Relations Society of America, where she has been named the organization’s 2013 conference chair.
  • She is going into her third year of assisting Triangle Family Services, a local nonprofit, with marketing and raising awareness of its Annual Gingerbread Benefit.

To close, we’d like to end with this quote from Dana, which was featured in a recent article honoring all 2012 Women in Business Award winners:

“I see leadership as more of a marathon than a sprint. So I hope that my best example of leadership is a consistent display of my passion for public relations…”

Congrats again, Dana!

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Tuesday Mornings in Japan

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For the last several months, Clairemont team members have been joining others in our business community on Tuesday mornings at the Triangle Business Journal in attempts to answer a complex question: How can we best help people in Japan living with the aftermath of March’s tsunami?

We have formed Project Kokoro, and we have adopted our first community in Japan to help. Many weeks we Skype with our committee members who are visiting Japan to give us a first-hand assessment of needs and others who will literally put the funds we raise into action.

This photo slideshow compiled by one of  our committee members who just returned from Japan will give you an idea of the ongoing hardships the people of Japan are facing and some of the issues we are hoping to address. In the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing more information and photos as we announce the first project funded by Project Kokoro. In the meantime, please consider joining our efforts by making a donation.

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