Chiara (nee Berti) was born and raised in Avon, Connecticut. She attended Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1995 and obtained her BA in Political Science and Sociology in 1999. After graduation, she obtained her Master’s in Social Welfare from Hunter College. After working at Rosie’s Place for two years, creating and teaching a peer mediation curriculum, Chiara shifted gears and decided to move into marketing. She joined Carlson Marketing Group in New York as an Account Executive, where she worked exclusively on the British Airways Executive Club loyalty program. After leaving Carlson Marketing, Chiara spent the next eight years in public relations, handling clients such as Santiago Calatrava, Robert Indiana, and The Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative. After marrying Tom in June 2008, Chiara moved to Boston, where she worked as an Event Producer for the event firm Rafanelli. There, she handled such clients as Camp Harborview, The Boys & Girls Club of Boston, and the Boston Public Library (BPL).
After giving birth to her second daughter, Francesca, Chiara became a stay-at-home mother and
became highly involved in her children’s schooling and activities in her local community. She
served on the Board of the Gulf Stream School Parents’ Auxiliary Board for five years and as
President for two years. Chiara chaired many Gulf Stream Auxiliary events, including Founders’
Day, the Golf & Tennis Fundraiser, and the biannual Auction, raising record-breaking
numbers. Chiara also sat on the Blue & White Committee, GSS Annual Fund, receiving 100%
participation from her class for the three years she served. As well as her commitment to Gulf
Stream School, Chiara has been on the committee and/or volunteered for the Magnolia Society
for Bethesda Hospital, The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County, Achievement Centers
Foundation, and Impact100. Chiara also sat on the Board of the Delray Beach Public Library for
six years, chairing their annual fundraiser, Laugh with the Library, for five years. Chiara was an
active Board member of the Delray Beach Historical Society, where she sat on the Board for five
years. She still makes time to freelance events and other fundraisers and remains an active
donor for all the not-for-profits she has worked with professionally.