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Board of Directors Jean Hoffman is a nonprofit consultant and educator. Jean has spent the majority of her career working to promote the benefits of chess to under-served and under-represented populations. From 2013-2017, she served as the Executive Director of the United States Chess Federation. Prior to that, Jean co-founded the nonprofit organization 9 Queens with Jennifer Shahade, the two time US Women’s Champion and FIDE Women’s Grandmaster. She also worked as the general manager for the online sites Wuchess/Chesspark.com, and for the New York city based non-profit organization Chess-in-the-Schools.