Elizabeth Shaughnessy was inducted into the Education Category in 2023.
Elizabeth Shaughnessy, two-term Berkeley School Board member and global chess champion, founded the Berkeley Chess School in 1982. Her love of the game propelled her to open the chess school which now serves over 7,000 youth annually. For over forty years Ms. Shaughnessy has been building the self-esteem and creative minds of youth by teaching the strategy and fun of the game of chess.
