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Elizabeth "Liz" Kate Claman (born December 12, 1963) is the co-anchor of the CNBC morning television program Morning Call. Previously, 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.

Education and career

Claman was born to Canadian parents in Beverly Hills, California. 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.

Claman earned a bachelor of arts degree in French language from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985 and has a Certificat Supérieur de Français from the Sorbonne. She speaks fluent French, some Italian, Farsi and Hebrew.

Claman got her start in television as a production assistant for Paula Zahn at Los Angeles television station 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. (CNBC is now in 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. Claman also is writing a novel with a business theme that she expects to publish in 2007.

CNBC show history

• Morning Call (co-host from 2002 to present)
• Cover to Cover (anchor from 2003 to 2006)
• Wake Up Call (co-host fom 2002 to 2005)
• Market Watch (fill-in co-host from October 1998 to March 1999, co-host from March 1999 to 2002)
• Today's Business (co-host from 2000 to 2002)
• This Morning's Business (regular fill-in anchor)
• Before the Bell (regular fill-in anchor)

Personal

Claman resides in New Jersey with her husband Jeff Kepnes, a Senior Producer for Paula Zahn Now on CNN, and their two children. Her 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 . 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.

Claman is an avid runner who completed the New York City Marathon in 2005. 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.

An article in The New York Times Magazine referred to Claman as "the swimsuit model in a tight skirt and sweater".

Quotes

• "I'm not some delicate flower. I'm more like a Venus flytrap."

Bibliography

• The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received. Warner Business Books. 2006. ISBN 0-446-57847-9. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• CNBC.com Liz Claman biography
• The Morning Blog!

• 1963 births
• Living people
• Boston television anchors
• Broadcast news analysts
• American Jews
• Jewish American journalists
• People from Beverly Hills, California
• Television journalists