Jessica ShortallSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Today Jessica runs Texas Competes, Texas' first statewide coalition of businesses making the economic case for LGBT rights. She is also the author of a forthcoming book, Work. Pump. Repeat: The New Mom's Survival Guide to Breastfeeding and Going Back to Work (Abrams Books, September 2015). The threads through all of this? Entrepreneurship, innovation, smart and sustainable social change, and creative problem-solving with limited resources.

Jessica speaks to large and small groups, from corporations to young graduates, on topics including corporate social innovation, intelligent ways to change the world, the role of women in corporate and civic leadership, and the fast-changing landscape of business activism on a variety of social issues.

Jessica likes to surprise audiences, upending conventional wisdom and inviting them to be inspired with her, instead of by her. But she is not content with inspiration. Her mission is to equip people with the tools to be great at changing the world. She likes to challenge people to look at old problems with fresh eyes, and to reconsider how they can make a difference. She draws on her rich repository of global stories and stories that are at turns funny, surprising, and thought-provoking.

Jessica's experiences across the corporate, start-up, non-profit, and international worlds give her a unique perspective on leadership, innovation, culture, and personal growth.