Claire Kummer
Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

Claire Kummer is executive vice president and chief quality officer, responsible for Arbitron’s product quality standards, policies and guidelines, as well as for the company’s internal quality control processes. 

For the past ten years Ms. Kummer has served as executive vice president, Operations, Integration & Manufacturing, where she was responsible for Arbitron’s data collection and data processing functions.

Prior to this assignment, Claire was vice president, Strategy and Project Management, from 1994 to 1997. In this role, she was responsible for facilitating strategic and functional planning.

Over her 33-year career with Arbitron, Claire has served the company in many other roles, including vice president, Research and Technology; vice president, Strategy and Project Planning; Radio Product manager; Television Technical Services manager; Television Product manager; and manager, Special Television Services.

Claire is a member of the National Council for the School of Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University. She is also the founder and executive director of The Melissa Foundation Inc., a private charitable organization. A graduate of The George Washington University, Claire holds a B.S. degree in economics.

Claire lives in Silver Spring, MD, and works out of the Columbia, MD, office.