CLAIRE WYCKOFF is a freelance editor, writer, and communications consultant based in New York City. Her experience in the business book field spans nearly three decades.

After a successful marketing career at Scholastic and then at AMACOM, Claire assumed the position of publisher at the American Management Association in 1976. She left AMA to start The Executive Summary Program for Macmillan Inc. Several years later Claire also created another new business book imprint, this time for Prentice Hall. She served as an Executive Editor for both houses.

Claire has also worked as a communications director for several nonprofit organizations, including Marble Collegiate Church, the Manhattan Institute, and NYU Medical Center and as a corporate trainer at Citigroup. She is currently an adjunct in the Publishing Center at NYU and a member of the Forbes Inc. editorial staff.

Claire holds a B.A. in history from Mount Holyoke College and an M.A. from NYU. She is a former director of the National Council of Teachers of English and is active in the Financial Women