Jennifer Fuqua

Senior Director, Business Development Operations

As Senior Director, Business Development Operations, Jennifer Fuqua brings to Jarrard Inc. more than 20 years of experience captaining marketing, communications and business development programs in a variety of industries.

Her expertise is positioning companies in their market, increasing their brand awareness and building their credibility using new media and traditional media strategies.

Fuqua joined the firm in 2017 from Meridian Surgical Partners where she had served as director of marketing and business development. There, she primed the start-up company for branded success. Prior to that position, she served as marketing manager for Alcott Routon, a direct marketing agency in Franklin, TN. Her career also has included four years working with healthcare companies to develop marketing, branding and communication strategies to bring them to the top of the industry.

Fuqua is an award-winning past president and longtime board member of the Nashville chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in advertising from Middle Tennessee State University.

Worth Knowing:

1. Has been a shutterbug since her first Kodak camera at age eight and has volumes of scrapbooks, photo albums and digital images to show for it
2. Took her first mission trip to Managua, Nicaragua, spending 10 days painting and repairing a school
3. Owns a vast chick-flick collection