Tara Klein

Executive Vice President
As the Executive Vice President for Bateman Agency based in the San Francisco office, Tara Klein’s extensive communications expertise includes accomplishments in just about every aspect of the trade.

Tara has built, grown and managed multinational teams across a range of highly technical industries. She has demonstrated success working both in- house with major organizations including Lucent Technologies, Thales Group, and Rocketfuel, and leading teams at some of the industry’s most influential agencies.

Over her 25-year career, Tara has worked in industries spanning data security, enterprise software, networking, SaaS, digital media, telecommunications and fintech. In addition to some of the largest companies in tech, Tara has also led innovative communications campaigns for category-disrupting startups and mid-size companies such as Conviva, Mirapoint and Nutanix.

Tara is a graduate of Syracuse University’s prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and completed her Advanced Social Media Strategy Certification through the Newhouse School. Highly active in her community, Tara has served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in San Mateo County and for four years was on the board of PARCA Auxiliary, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of developmentally disabled children and adults. Tara currently holds a board position with the National Charity League’s Edgewood chapter.