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Ashley Lynn Priore

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Founder & President & CEO at Queens Gambit
📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Ashley Lynn Priore is a nationally recognized strategist and entrepreneur who uses chess as a framework for leadership and social impact. As the Founder & CEO of Queens Gambit and Queenside Ventures, she has been honored by Forbes 30 Under 30. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pittsburgh.

Ashley is a fierce advocate for youth empowerment and serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Women & Girls Foundation. A former nationally ranked chess player, she now works with NFL teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns, translating chess strategies into on-field decision-making. She is also an author.

She founded her first nonprofit, Queens Gambit, at the age of 14 to make chess more inclusive and accessible.

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Current Role
Founder & President & CEO
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Priorities

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Leadership Through Chess
Her entire career is built on transforming chess from a game into a powerful framework for strategic leadership, advising CEOs and even NFL players.
Women's Empowerment
Through Project d4, she is leading a global initiative to teach one million women to play chess, fostering confidence and strategic leadership skills.
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Career

Work history

2-2014
Founder & President & CEO
Queens Gambit
10-2017
Curator, Pittsburgh Chess Week
Queens Gambit
10-2023
Founder & CEO
Queenside Ventures
Host & Executive Producer, Queen Me!
Queenside Ventures
Creator, Project d4
Queenside Ventures
In the press

Media appearances

Ashley Lynn Priore – Chess for NFL Teams, Queens Gambit. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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#31: Chess as a Tool for Change: Queens Gambit. Featured in Spreaker
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Education
8-2018 - 5-2022
Bachelor of Arts - BA
University of Pittsburgh
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