Jean L. Hoffman (born 1980) is a social entrepreneur, educator and long-time official in the non-profit community from Tucson, Arizona.
Hoffman built and has led numerous chess-related non-profit organizations and worked to extend the benefits of chess to underserved and underrepresented communities throughout the United States.
[1] Hoffman, born in Tucson, Arizona, attended the Gregory School from 1993 to 1999, later serving as a member of the board of trustees.
[citation needed] Jean attended Yale University earning a bachelor's degree in History.
[8] 9 Queens and its educational programing gained local, state and national attention appearing in articles in newspapers across the country including the New York Times [9] and NPR.