Grace Chen has spent the last 20 years of her career in the tech industry, building technology products and businesses. She has developed software and hardware products for consumers, small businesses, and enterprise companies at tech companies like, including Google, Meta, and Square. In 2016, she co-founded a start-up that provided an affordable high-speed internet alternative to cable; she sold the company to Meta in 2020. Grace began her career as an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She holds a B.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

Grace currently lives in Camden, Maine with her husband and two kids who both attend Camden-Rockport Elementary School. She supports a number of Maine businesses and organizations as a Board Member/Observer, including American Unagi (Waldoboro), PenBay Soccer Club (Five Towns), Whole Trees (Ashland), Abierto Networks (Biddeford), and others. Grace was a volleyball player but now focuses her competitive energy into pickleball. She loves playing all sports.