She authored the book, Peers Inc: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism.

The daughter of a US diplomat,[4] Chase spent her childhood moving around the Middle East and Africa.

[6] In February 2003, after difficulties in securing additional rounds of funding, Chase was replaced as CEO by the Zipcar board with Scott Griffith.

[15] In France she started Buzzcar, now Getaround.com a car sharing system See TED Talk Chase has won several awards.

She was listed as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2009,[16] received the Massachusetts Governor's Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit, Start-up Woman of the Year, Business Week’s top 10 designers, Fast Company's Fast 50 Champions of Innovation, technology and innovation awards from Fortune, CIO, and InfoWorld magazines, and numerous environmental awards from national, state and local governments and organizations.