Background
Jaffe, Jan Paynter was born on September 23, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Gilman Caldwell and Helen Jean (Hepner) Paynter.
Jaffe, Jan Paynter was born on September 23, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Gilman Caldwell and Helen Jean (Hepner) Paynter.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1964; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1966; Master of Arts, New School Social Research, 1987.
Staff executive development program, Tatham-Laird & Kudner, Inc., Chicago, 1966-1967; vice president, New York City, 1968-1973; vice president, marketing director, Smith/Greenland Company, Inc., New York City, 1973; vice president, associate research director, McCann-Erickson, Inc., New York City, 1973-1979; group product director, Airwick Consumer Products division Ciba-Geigy, Teterboro, New Jersey, 1979; senior vice president, Backer & Spielvogel, New York City, 1979-1985; senior vice president, Backer & Spielvogel, Chicago, 1986-1987; executive vice president, Bayer Bess Vanderwarker, 1987-1988; president, Jan Jaffe & Associations, Inc., Aptos, California, since 1988. Consultant Volunteer Urban Cons. Group, 1973-1985.
Board of directors League School, 1976-1979, New York Jazz Museum, 1976, Off-Off Broadway Alliance, 1976, Cultural Council Santa Cruz, 1990-1997, Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, 1990-1994. Chairman of the Board Encompass Theatre, 1976-1979. Member Advertising Research Foundation, American Marketing Association.
Married Harris S. Jaffe, June 21, 1965 (divorced August 1969).