About

Need help telling your story? Best Communications provides project-based freelance writing and editing services to engage, inform, and persuade your audiences.

Jessica Best

Before founding Best Communications, Jessica Best was the Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives at Stanford Medicine. Prior to her seven years at Stanford, Jessica was Senior Advisor to the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Johns Hopkins University. Earlier in her career, she held positions in Government Affairs and Development.

Jessica received her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and master’s from Johns Hopkins University. Born in West Virginia and raised in Colorado, Jessica lives in Hunt Valley, Maryland with her three sons. She is a PEN America Prison Writing Mentor and a 2022 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Contributor.