Speedball + Lesson — Amber Lin

A 90-minute private play lesson at a mutually convenient time and platform: Speedball plus 30 minutes of discussion. Date and time to be mutually agreed after the upcoming NABC.

Amber Lin of Millbrae, California is a World Champion and junior bridge advocate. Her accomplishments include gold at the 2023 Mixed World Championships, silver at the 2022 Mixed World Championships, an NABC win in the 2022 Mixed Board-a-Match, and the 2023 European U31 Pairs Championship. She has represented the USA on Mixed, Women’s, and Junior teams.

Amber mentors juniors and organizes junior bridge events with the USBF, ACBL Educational Foundation, and Silicon Valley Youth Bridge. She is an ACBL Bulletin It’s Your Call panelist and was Queen of Bridge in 2015 for her bridge teaching efforts in high school. She advocates for a more welcoming bridge community for young female players.

She learned bridge from her dad in middle school and began playing on junior women’s teams. Her game developed after moving to California in 2019, joining the Bay Area bridge community, and meeting top player Kevin Rosenberg. With partner Emma Kolesnik, she earned a place on the 2022 USA1 Women’s Team. She also stepped in as a late substitute on the 2022 USA1 Mixed Team when original team members contracted COVID, helping the team finish second.

After graduating from Princeton in 2019, Amber joined Bain & Company as a consultant working on energy and sustainability. She is also a classically trained pianist and vocalist, has served as musical director for musical theatre and opera productions, and performs pop-rock songs with her company band.

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