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

N3TWORK

Chris Zimmerman

Sucker Punch