Jennifer Shahade is a two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, writer, speaker and poker pro.  The first female to win the US Junior Open, Jennifer is passionate about empowerment and creative work around the games she loves most, chess and poker. She is the author of Chess Bitch/Chess Queens, Play Like a Girl, Play Like a Champion and the forthcoming Thinking Sideways: How To Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life. 

In 2023, she became a whistleblower of #MeToo in chess. According to the Telegraph, “Thanks to the actions of female stars like Jennifer Shahade, a dark side to the male-dominated-mind sport can no longer be hidden.”

A member of team PokerStars Pro, Jennifer believes that poker can help us make better decisions, and reveal deep-seeded emotional barriers to financial success and happiness. 

The host of the GRID podcast, Jennifer is a two-time Global Poker Award winner. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Reach Jennifer at jenshahade at gmail dot com and jenshahadeteam at gmail dot com.