Elizabeth Shaughnessy

Career

She has resided in Berkeley, California, United States for more than 30 years. By profession, she is a trained architect, having completed a 6-year course at the National University of Ireland, University College Dublin. Foreign several years she practiced architecture in Belgrade, London and Dublin, before marrying and moving to California.

She was twice elected to the Berkeley School Board.

Achievements

• Shaughnessy, a former Irish Women"s Chess Champion, runs the Berkeley Chess School which teaches chess in schools throughout the Bay Area and holds chess camps in the summer.