Clare Mitchell is the Chief Information Officer at GiGi’s Playhouse.  With 46+ brick and mortar locations across the United States and Mexico and 200 inquiries to start new locations all over the world, GiGi’s Playhouse is the ONLY network of Down Syndrome Achievement Centers providing FREE, life-changing therapeutic, educational and career training programs for 30,000+ individuals with Down syndrome of all ages.  Clare began her tenure at GiGi’s Playhouse as a volunteer assisting a fledgling nonprofit in selecting and implementing its first database.  As GiGi’s evolved into a fast growing, entrepreneurial nonprofit, Clare and her team developed robust automation and integrated software encompassing every aspect of the business including donation management, marketing, program and volunteer management and participation, and recording critical outcomes from our purposeful and progressive programs.  Prior to GiGi’s Playhouse, Clare spent much of her career in the software industry specializing in business process consulting and automation.