Nominee Name: Social Impact Award: Poker Power
Award category:Social Impact Award
About the nominee:Poker Power is a company led by women for women with the goal of teaching one million women how to play the game of poker and the game of life. Poker Power utilizes gameplay to help girls and women ranging from students to CEOs stack their skills and accelerate success through a global network of corporate leadership development workshops and lessons. By empowering women with key skills, Poker Power is changing the future for generations to come. Poker Power was founded by PEAK6 Co-founder and Managing Partner Jenny Just and is led by President Erin Lydon and a team of 25 poker experts and operational staff. To date, Poker Power has introduced 30K+ women and girls to the game of poker, spans 40 countries, and has partnered with more than 200 corporations and educational institutions.
Why they should win:Poker Power is empowering women and girls to build life skills and play life differently - at work, at home, and everywhere in between - through the game of poker. Poker Power’s expert instructors, proprietary curriculum, and first of its kind gender neutral poker app create a safe, fun, and supportive environment for women and girls to learn how to take risks, compete, and win, at any table they choose to sit at.