Claudia Walters is founder and president of Chelsea Investor Relations, an international public relation firm. Chelsea works with growing companies to increase their international business and to help raise money for their expansion. Claudia Walters was an advisory board member of Commonwealth Associates, an investment and merchant bank that raises money for medium sized companies. She reported to the President and CEO of Commonwealth Associates . Walters was responsible for all foreign investments, specifically in Latin America and Europe. She held this position from 2003 until 2010. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, she is fluent in five languages: Spanish, French, English, Portuguese, and Italian, and is also proficient in German. She has a JD summa cum laude and a PhD in International Law, both from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Walters is a member of the Argentinean School of Lawyers . Currently residing in New York City, she is a member of the Council of the Americas, which is the premier forum dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas. She is an active member with the Silver Shield Foundation of New York, a charity dedicated to helping the widows and children of police officers and firefighters who were killed in the line of duty. Silver Shield Foundation provides educational services, tutoring, and health exams. She is married and the mother of four children.