Liz Claman
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Elizabeth Kate "Liz" Claman (born December 12, 1963) is the anchor of the Fox Business Network
show Countdown to the Closing Bell
at 3pm ET and co-anchor at 2pm ET and 4pm ET of Fox Business on the Fox Business Network
alongside co-anchor David Asman
. She was previously the co-anchor of the CNBC
morning television program Morning Call
. Before that, Claman was the co-host of the programs Wake Up Call and Market Watch
and the anchor of the CNBC newsmagazine program Cover to Cover. Claman also served as a substitute anchor for The News with Brian Williams
before Williams
left MSNBC
for NBC News
in 2004.
, United States
. Her paternal grandparents are Russian Canadian. Her late father, Dr. Morris Claman, was a renowned urologist and associate clinical professor of urology at the UCLA School of Medicine. Her mother is actress June Claman. For her early education, Claman went to Phillips Academy
in Andover, Massachusetts
where she was a disc jockey
for the school radio station, WPAA
, and to Beverly Hills High School
. She has been friends with fellow Fox News
reporter Claudia Cowan
since the second grade.
After a brief stint at UC Santa Cruz, Claman transferred to UC Berkeley where she earned a bachelor of arts
degree in French language. She also has a Certificat Supérieur de Français from the Sorbonne
.
KCBS-TV
. Claman's first on-the-air reporting job was at WSYX-TV
(Columbus, Ohio
) followed by a stint hosting a morning talk show, Morning Exchange, at WEWS-TV
(Cleveland). Later, Claman served as a weekend anchor at WHDH-TV
(Boston
).
While working in local television, Claman won several local Emmy Awards.
In April 1998, Claman began her CNBC career as a freelancer, based in Fort Lee, New Jersey
and later in neighboring Englewood Cliffs
. Six weeks into her 13-week trial period, CNBC gave Claman a long-term contract.
In November 2006, Claman made her debut as an author with her book, The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received.
On July 19, 2007, Claman announced her departure from CNBC effective immediately. Claman started at Fox Business Network
on October 18, 2007, 3 days after the expiration of her no-compete contract clause with CNBC. She is appearing from 2-5 PM ET where for the latter two hours of the time slot she will compete against CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo
. Her first Fox Business Network assignment was an interview with Warren Buffett
. Claman first interviewed Buffett in November 2006 when she was at CNBC
. Since she joined Fox Business she has conducted interviews with global political and business leaders such as Bill Gates
, Warren Buffett
, Mario Gabelli
, Eric Schmidt, Steve Forbes
, Sarah Palin
, Jack Kemp
, Robert Diamond
, Richard Branson
, Alan Mulally
, Dennis Kozlowski
, Tom J. Donohue
, Ivanka Trump
, and Robert James Thomson
; Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton; Secretary of Treasury Lawrence Summers
, Paul H. O'Neill, John W. Snow
, and Timothy Geithner; former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker
; former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich
; S.E.C. Chairman Harvey Pitt
and Mary Schapiro
; London
Mayor Boris Johnson
; Israel's Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz
; Israeli President Shimon Peres
; and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar
. In addition to her daily three hours on Fox Business, she now appears regularly on CBS's The Early Show
and has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America
. She has been a guest on Fox News late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
, and also been interviewed by Jon Stewart
on Comedy Central
's The Daily Show
.
with her husband Jeff Kepnes, a senior producer for CNN
, and their two children. Claman's oldest sister Danielle is an executive for Showtime, another older sister is a Hollywood studio musician, and her younger brother is also a musician.
Claman is a member of the charitable organization
Hadassah
and has been featured in an article in that organization's magazine. Claman is a Big Sister in the Big Brother/Big Sister program at the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services of Manhattan.
Claman is an active public speaker. She has given speeches and moderated discussions regarding women and mothers in the workplace.
Despite having been born with mild scoliosis
, Claman is an avid runner who completed the New York City Marathon
in 2005 and she completed her first Triathlon in New York City in July 2009, finishing the Nautica Olympic-distance Triathlon in under 3.5 hours. She is also a skier
. In 2006 and 2007, Claman participated in the Jerry Ford Celebrity Cup Ski Race in Vail, Colorado
sponsored by the Vail Valley Foundation charity. In 2007, Claman's ski team made the race finals.
In 1999, the author Matthew Klam
, writing in The New York Times Magazine
, referred to Claman as "the swimsuit model in a tight skirt and sweater set".
Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network is an American cable news and satellite news television channel that began broadcasting on October 15, 2007. It is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
show Countdown to the Closing Bell
Countdown to the Closing Bell
Countdown to the Closing Bell is an American financial program airing on the Fox Business Network from 3-4pm ET. Hosted by Liz Claman, this program, which debuted May 12, 2008, covers the final hour of trading on Wall Street...
at 3pm ET and co-anchor at 2pm ET and 4pm ET of Fox Business on the Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network is an American cable news and satellite news television channel that began broadcasting on October 15, 2007. It is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
alongside co-anchor David Asman
David Asman
David Asman is an American television news anchor for the Fox Business Network and the Fox News Channel.Joining Fox News in 1997, Asman presently hosts Forbes on Fox and other numerous Fox News Specials...
. She was previously the co-anchor of the CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
morning television program Morning Call
Morning Call (CNBC)
The Call was an American TV business program on CNBC, aired from 11AM to 12 noon ET weekdays. Previous programs shown in the same time slot were The Money Wheel with Ted David and Martha MacCallum and Market Watch and Morning Call....
. Before that, Claman was the co-host of the programs Wake Up Call and Market Watch
Market Watch
Market Watch is a show on CNBC that aired from 10AM to 12noon ET, hosted by Martha MacCallum and Tyler Mathisen , and Bob Sellers and Consuelo Mack . It was replaced by Midday Call on Feb 4, 2002....
and the anchor of the CNBC newsmagazine program Cover to Cover. Claman also served as a substitute anchor for The News with Brian Williams
The News with Brian Williams
The News with Brian Williams, first shown on July 15, 1996 , was the former flagship signature news broadcast on both MSNBC and CNBC. The show's host was Brian Williams...
before Williams
Brian Williams
Brian Douglas Williams is the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network, a position he assumed in 2004...
left MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
for NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
in 2004.
Early years
Claman was born to Canadian parents in Beverly Hills, CaliforniaBeverly Hills, California
Beverly Hills is an affluent city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a population of 34,109 at the 2010 census, up from 33,784 as of the 2000 census, it is home to numerous Hollywood celebrities. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Her paternal grandparents are Russian Canadian. Her late father, Dr. Morris Claman, was a renowned urologist and associate clinical professor of urology at the UCLA School of Medicine. Her mother is actress June Claman. For her early education, Claman went to Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...
in Andover, Massachusetts
Andover, Massachusetts
Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was incorporated in 1646 and as of the 2010 census, the population was 33,201...
where she was a disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
for the school radio station, WPAA
WPAA
WPAA is a radio station, broadcasting from the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.Founded using Phillips alum and then-NBC president Robert Sarnoff's gift of $15,000, the station was launched in 1965 by a host of famous personalities, including Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, David...
, and to Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills High School is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. Beverly is part of the Beverly Hills Unified School District and located on on the west side of Beverly Hills, at the...
. She has been friends with fellow Fox News
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
reporter Claudia Cowan
Claudia Cowan
Claudia Cowan born July 31, 1963, USA, is an American news reporter for the Fox News Channel. She began her career at KTTV-TV in Los Angeles, where she worked her way up from being a messenger to an on-air reporter, then moved to KMST-TV in Monterey where she began as a desk assistant, worked her...
since the second grade.
After a brief stint at UC Santa Cruz, Claman transferred to UC Berkeley where she earned a bachelor of arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree in French language. She also has a Certificat Supérieur de Français from the Sorbonne
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
.
Career
Described by Vanity Fair (November 2008) as "..one of television's top business reporters and anchors," Claman got her start in television as a production assistant for Paula Zahn and Jim Lampley at Los Angeles television stationTelevision station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
KCBS-TV
KCBS-TV
KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...
. Claman's first on-the-air reporting job was at WSYX-TV
WSYX
WSYX, channel 6, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Columbus, Ohio. WSYX is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also operates Fox affiliate WTTE through a local marketing agreement...
(Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
) followed by a stint hosting a morning talk show, Morning Exchange, at WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio. WEWS has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of the ABC television network...
(Cleveland). Later, Claman served as a weekend anchor at WHDH-TV
WHDH-TV
WHDH, digital channel 42 , is an NBC-affiliated television station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest NBC station not owned by the network. Owned by Sunbeam Television, WHDH is a sister station to CW affiliate WLVI...
(Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
).
While working in local television, Claman won several local Emmy Awards.
In April 1998, Claman began her CNBC career as a freelancer, based in Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 35,345. Located atop the Hudson Palisades, the borough is the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge...
and later in neighboring Englewood Cliffs
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Englewood Cliffs is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 5,281. The borough houses the world headquarters of CNBC and the American headquarters of Unilever, and is home to both Ferrari and Maserati North America.Englewood Cliffs...
. Six weeks into her 13-week trial period, CNBC gave Claman a long-term contract.
In November 2006, Claman made her debut as an author with her book, The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received.
On July 19, 2007, Claman announced her departure from CNBC effective immediately. Claman started at Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network is an American cable news and satellite news television channel that began broadcasting on October 15, 2007. It is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
on October 18, 2007, 3 days after the expiration of her no-compete contract clause with CNBC. She is appearing from 2-5 PM ET where for the latter two hours of the time slot she will compete against CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo is an American television journalist, magazine columnist and author of three books. Bartiromo is a native of New York and attended New York University. She worked at CNN for five years before joining CNBC television...
. Her first Fox Business Network assignment was an interview with Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world. Often introduced as "legendary investor, Warren Buffett", he is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is...
. Claman first interviewed Buffett in November 2006 when she was at CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
. Since she joined Fox Business she has conducted interviews with global political and business leaders such as Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
, Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world. Often introduced as "legendary investor, Warren Buffett", he is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is...
, Mario Gabelli
Mario Gabelli
Mario Joseph Gabelli is an American stock investor, investment advisor, and financial analyst. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors a $30 billion dollar global investment firm headquartered in Rye, New York...
, Eric Schmidt, Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes, Jr. is an American editor, publisher, and businessman. He is the editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes as well as president and chief executive officer of its publisher, Forbes Inc. He was a Republican candidate in the U.S. Presidential primaries in 1996...
, Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...
, Jack Kemp
Jack Kemp
Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a collegiate and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st...
, Robert Diamond
Robert Diamond
Robert Edward "Bob" Diamond, Jr. is an American banker, currently Group Chief Executive of British bank, Barclays Plc. He is also Chief Executive of Corporate & Investment Banking and Wealth Management, comprising Barclays Capital, Barclays Corporate and Barclays Bank...
, Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....
, Alan Mulally
Alan Mulally
Alan Roger Mulally is an American engineer and business executive who is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company...
, Dennis Kozlowski
Dennis Kozlowski
Leonard Dennis Kozlowski is a former CEO of Tyco International, convicted in 2005 of crimes related to his receipt of $81 million in purportedly unauthorized bonuses, the purchase of art for $14.725 million and the payment by Tyco of a $20 million investment banking fee to Frank Walsh, a former...
, Tom J. Donohue
Tom J. Donohue
Thomas J. Donohue Sr. is the President and CEO of the United States Chamber of Commerce located in Washington, D.C. The Chamber of Commerce supports pro-business causes, and it is the largest and oldest trade association in the United States. He has been the Chamber's president since 1997.-...
, Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Marie Trump is an American businesswoman, socialite, heiress, and fashion model. The daughter of Ivana and Donald Trump, she is Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions at The Trump Organization...
, and Robert James Thomson
Robert James Thomson
Robert James Thomson is an Australian journalist and the managing editor of the Wall Street Journal. He is former editor of The Times newspaper in London, England. On 20 May 2008 News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch named Thomson as the paper's new managing editor, succeeding Marcus Brauchli...
; Secretary of State
Secretary of State
Secretary of State or State Secretary is a commonly used title for a senior or mid-level post in governments around the world. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple Secretaries of State in the Government....
Hillary Clinton; Secretary of Treasury Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Henry Summers is an American economist. He served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He was Director of the White House United States National Economic Council for President Barack Obama until November 2010.Summers is the...
, Paul H. O'Neill, John W. Snow
John W. Snow
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, and Timothy Geithner; former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker
Paul Volcker
Paul Adolph Volcker, Jr. is an American economist. He was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve under United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan from August 1979 to August 1987. He is widely credited with ending the high levels of inflation seen in the United States in the 1970s and...
; former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich is a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as the House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995 and as the 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999....
; S.E.C. Chairman Harvey Pitt
Harvey Pitt
Harvey Pitt was the 26th chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , serving from 2001-2003. He led the SEC in restoring the U.S...
and Mary Schapiro
Mary Schapiro
Mary L. Schapiro is the 29th chairperson of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission .She is the immediate past chairperson and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority , the securities industry self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers and exchanges in the United States, and...
; London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Mayor Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British journalist and Conservative Party politician, who has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008...
; Israel's Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz
Yuval Steinitz
Yuval Steinitz , is an Israeli academic and politician who has been a Knesset member for Likud since 1999. He is now the Finance Minister of Israel.-Biography:...
; Israeli President Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres
GCMG is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years...
; and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar
José María Aznar
José María Alfredo Aznar López served as the Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He is on the board of directors of News Corporation.-Early life:...
. In addition to her daily three hours on Fox Business, she now appears regularly on CBS's The Early Show
The Early Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones air the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. ...
and has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
. She has been a guest on Fox News late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld is a late-night/early-morning satirical talk show on the Fox News Channel, airing at 3:00 am ET Tuesday through Saturday. The show features panelists and guests discussing the latest news in politics, pop culture, entertainment, business, sports, and religion...
, and also been interviewed by Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian...
on Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
's The Daily Show
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...
.
Fox Business Network
- Fox BusinessFox Business (TV program)Fox Business is a daily business programming block that is aired weekdays from 11am-3pm Eastern Time on the Fox Business Network.-About the program:...
(Co-Anchor, 2007–present) - Countdown to the Closing BellCountdown to the Closing BellCountdown to the Closing Bell is an American financial program airing on the Fox Business Network from 3-4pm ET. Hosted by Liz Claman, this program, which debuted May 12, 2008, covers the final hour of trading on Wall Street...
(Anchor, 2008-05-12 - present) - After the Bell (Co-Anchor, 2008-05-12 - present)
CNBC
- Morning CallMorning Call (CNBC)The Call was an American TV business program on CNBC, aired from 11AM to 12 noon ET weekdays. Previous programs shown in the same time slot were The Money Wheel with Ted David and Martha MacCallum and Market Watch and Morning Call....
(co-anchor from 2002 to 2007) - Cover to Cover (anchor from 2003 to 2006)
- Wake Up Call (co-anchor from 2002 to 2005)
- Market WatchMarket WatchMarket Watch is a show on CNBC that aired from 10AM to 12noon ET, hosted by Martha MacCallum and Tyler Mathisen , and Bob Sellers and Consuelo Mack . It was replaced by Midday Call on Feb 4, 2002....
(fill-in co-anchor from October, 1998 to March, 1999, co-anchor from March, 1999 to 2002) - Today's BusinessToday's BusinessToday's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. The show gives news that will probably affect the trading day ahead.Today's Business was the equivalent program on...
(co-anchor from 2000 to 2002) - This Morning's Business (regular fill-in anchor)
- Before the BellBefore the BellBefore the Bell is a morning business news talk show aired weekdays from 5:30 to 6AM ET on CNBC until circa 1999. Hosted by Felicia Taylor....
(regular fill-in anchor)
Personal life
Claman resides in Edgewater, New JerseyEdgewater, New Jersey
Edgewater is a borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 census, the borough had a population of 11,513...
with her husband Jeff Kepnes, a senior producer for CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, and their two children. Claman's oldest sister Danielle is an executive for Showtime, another older sister is a Hollywood studio musician, and her younger brother is also a musician.
Claman is a member of the charitable organization
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
Hadassah
Hadassah
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America is an American Jewish volunteer women's organization. Founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, it is one of the largest international Jewish organizations, with around...
and has been featured in an article in that organization's magazine. Claman is a Big Sister in the Big Brother/Big Sister program at the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services of Manhattan.
Claman is an active public speaker. She has given speeches and moderated discussions regarding women and mothers in the workplace.
Despite having been born with mild scoliosis
Scoliosis
Scoliosis is a medical condition in which a person's spine is curved from side to side. Although it is a complex three-dimensional deformity, on an X-ray, viewed from the rear, the spine of an individual with scoliosis may look more like an "S" or a "C" than a straight line...
, Claman is an avid runner who completed the New York City Marathon
New York City Marathon
The New York City Marathon is a major annual marathon that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is one of the largest marathons in the world, with 45,103 finishers in 2010...
in 2005 and she completed her first Triathlon in New York City in July 2009, finishing the Nautica Olympic-distance Triathlon in under 3.5 hours. She is also a skier
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
. In 2006 and 2007, Claman participated in the Jerry Ford Celebrity Cup Ski Race in Vail, Colorado
Vail, Colorado
The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,589 in 2005. The town was established and built as the base village to Vail Ski Resort, with which it was originally conceived...
sponsored by the Vail Valley Foundation charity. In 2007, Claman's ski team made the race finals.
In 1999, the author Matthew Klam
Matthew Klam
Matthew Klam is an American short-story writer and essayist. The New Yorker named him one of the 25 best fiction writers under 40, and he has won a Guggenheim fellowship, a Robert Bingham/PEN Award, a National Endowment of the Arts, a Whiting Writer's Award and an O. Henry Award...
, writing in The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors...
, referred to Claman as "the swimsuit model in a tight skirt and sweater set".