About

Author Jen Dary is a highly sought-after leadership coach, entrepreneur, brain tumor survivor, podcast host, and mom. As founder of the coaching firm Plucky, she has coached professionals from over 200 companies, including Google, Facebook, Slack, Code for America, The New York Times, and many more. She has shared her expertise with the Wall Street Journal, and as guest on multiple podcasts including Harvard Business Review's Women at Work. She has written for Harvard Business Review online and was published in Harvard Business Review's Work Smart Series. Jen was a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts resident and is active in the Washington, DC area writing scene.

Jen's first book I Believe in Everything: A Memoir of Illness, Motherhood and Magic was released January 2026 (Daring House). Jen lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and two young sons.