Harden Communications Partners, LLC
Patricia L. Harden, Managing Partner

Patricia (Pat) Harden founded Harden Communications Partners, LLC, to provide high-quality communications services in a boutique-style format for organizations that seek leadership and heightened visibility in their industries.

In a career that includes senior corporate and agency roles, Pat has designed and led scores of successful PR campaigns for national firms such as Fidelity Investments and Fireman's
An expert in messaging and creating award-winning PR campaigns, Pat ran corporate communications inside larger companies and start-ups before her agency career.
Fund Insurance, as well as for local and regional businesses, start-ups and non-profits. An accomplished media trainer and corporate strategist, Pat works with management teams to create compelling messaging for new product launches, crisis issues, positioning and annual reports. 

Prior to forming Harden Partners, Pat was general manager of the San Francisco office of Peppercom, where she oversaw PR programs for West Coast clients in healthcare, financial services and professional services. In her corporate career, Pat was SVP of Corporate Marketing for OffRoad Capital and headed communications for American Century. She directed corporate communications at SunAmerica and headed the Western Regional office for Fidelity Investments.

Pat serves on the board of the San Francisco Public Relations Roundtable and is a member of the Financial Women's Association of San Francisco, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and the Arthur Page Society.

A graduate of Southern Methodist University, she holds master's degrees in English literature and journalism from UCLA. In 2001 she completed the Advanced Management Program at the Haas Business School at the University of California at Berkeley.

A native Midwesterner, Pat lived in Los Angeles, San Diego and Kansas City, before settling in Northern California.  She enjoys hiking in the East Bay hills with her dogs, yoga, aerobics and wine (not usually simultaneously), and is an avid reader and theater-goer.  She lives with her husband Jeff King, an attorney specializing in personal injury, in the Oakland hills.