GDC Festival of Gaming
March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Advisory Board

GDC Advisory Board Members

The GDC Advisory Board is composed of extraordinary game industry professionals who help shape the GDC Festival of Gaming program. The Board's expertise and dedication are critical to the success of the conference, and they work to ensure that the quality of the content provided to attendees is high-level, relevant, and timely.

Amy Ackermann
Supercell

Elvira Björkman
Two Feathers Studio

Ian Baverstock
Tenshi Ventures

Jessica Brunelle
Sony Interactive Entertainment

Chris Butcher
Bungie

Louis Castle
Childlike Wonder Games

Mark Cerny
Cerny Games Inc.

Chris Charla
ID@Xbox

Brie Chin-Deyerle
Stealth Studio

M.E. Chung
teamLFG

Adele Cutting
Soundcuts Ltd

Osama Dorias
Brass Lion Entertainment

Kate Edwards
Geogrify / SetJetters

Geoff Evans
Nvidia

Liz England
System Era

Andreas Fredriksson
Insomniac Games

Jeff Hanna
Nvidia

Clint Hocking
Ubisoft Montreal

Celia Hodent
Independent

Chelsea Howe
Sunblink

Claire Hummel
Cyan

Soren Johnson
Mohawk Games

Mitu Khandaker
NYU Game Center

Trent Kusters
League of Geeks

David Lightbown
Ubisoft Montreal

Caroline Marchal
INTERIOR/NIGHT

Tülay McNally
Scopely

Julien Merceron
Bandai Namco Studio

Nika Nour
Savvy Games Group

Sunni Pavlovic
Windflower Games

Veronica Peshterianu
System Era

Lee Petty
Double Fine Productions

Dave Ranyard
Dream Reality Interactive

Wilbert Roget, II
RogetMusic, LLC

Elan Ruskin
Insomniac Games

Rebekah Saltsman
Finji

Brian Schmidt
Brian Schmidt Studios, GameSoundCon

Scott Selfon
Meta Reality Labs Research

Grant Shonkwiler
Shonkventures

Seth Sivak
Blizzard Entertainment

Angie Smets
PlayStation Studios

Naoko Takamoto
Double Fine

Justin Thavirat
Seeker Entertainment

Steve Theodore
Santa Monica Studios

Victoria Tran
Innersloth

Walter Williams
Brass Lion Entertainment

Lindsey Williamson Christy
Netflix

Alan Yu
edenic

Chris Zimmerman
Sucker Punch