Jessica Shortall

Jessica Shortall’s career is dedicated to the intersection of business and doing good. She has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Uzbekistan, a non-profit co-founder, the first director of giving at TOMS Shoes, and a social entrepreneur in a number of fields. She is the managing director of Texas Competes, a coalition of businesses making the economic case for LGBT inclusion in Texas. She is the author of Work. Pump. Repeat: The New Mom’s Guide to Breastfeeding and Going Back to Work (Abrams, 2015). She is also a vocal advocate for paid parental leave. Jessica has an MBA from Oxford, and is married with two small children. You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.