Claire Lachance serves as the CEO of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, leading a team of world renowned scientists and experiential program professionals located at the IONS EarthRise campus in Northern California.

Prior to joining IONS in 2016, Claire was founder and president of Inspiration Quest, Inc. where she led the delivery of comprehensive management consulting services to hundreds of nonprofit organizations, foundations, public agencies, and social entrepreneurs. Earlier in her career, Claire held executive positions at Pacific Bell and MetLife. She earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA magna cum laude in Economics from Tufts University.

With a deep passion for values-driven strategy, organizational sustainability, and servant leadership, Claire is a self-proclaimed spiritual explorer fascinated by how the mystical manifests in cultures and organizations around the world. Claire is leading the development of the Noetic Leadership Model for Professional and Organizational Success combining leading-edge business practices with valuable learnings from science and ancient wisdom traditions.