Harden Communications Partners, LLC
Peggy Jara, Account Director

Peggy Jara has excelled at integrated marketing communications for more than 20 years with a broad range of client and agency-side experience including: Intuit, SBC, Andersen Consulting, OffRoad Capital and several start ups. Her dual strengths are in results-oriented, proactive media outreach and in project/account management.

As Director of Communications at Posit Science, Peggy managed dozens of stories with The New York Times, ABC World News Tonight, The Today Show, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Vogue, and Good Housekeeping.
Since 2009, Peggy has been consulting with financial services and healthcare companies with a special interest in neurotechnology. Prior to consulting, Peggy was Director of Communications at Posit Science where she was responsible for public relations and events. In this role, Peggy managed dozens of stories with reporters and producers including The New York Times, ABC World News Tonight, The Today Show, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Vogue, and Good Housekeeping.

She managed marketing communications at OffRoad Capital, an online marketplace for private equity. Prior to this, Peggy served as the Director of Marketing Communications and Director of Strategic Planning for Marketing Communications at SBC/Pacific Bell. In these roles, Peggy developed a keen sense for recognizing consumer insights and applying them to communications strategies.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from California State University, Chico.

In her spare time Peggy enjoys making wine, boating and watching her sons play football and sail.