Pegah is the inaugural campus privacy officer at UC San Diego. She manages a complex portfolio of privacy initiatives related to employees, students, applicants, alumni, and research participants and provides guidance on privacy laws and regulations, such as the GDPR, FERPA, HIPAA, California privacy laws, and research privacy/Common Rule.

Prior to San Diego, Pegah was a privacy manager at Stanford University. She is an attorney and holds an MBA. In her spare time, she advises clients on immigration and asylum matters and serves with the UC San Diego Veterans Staff Association. She is an Army Veteran, who, among other things, was the Honor Grad of Truck Driver school.

She joined the Army as soon as she became a US Citizen in high school and served from 1999 through 2006. She started her Army career as a crane operator in the Reserves but spent most of her time as a Chemical Operations Specialist until she was reclassed as a Truck Driver.