GDC Festival of Gaming
March 1-5, 2027
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
Independent

Elvira Björkman
Two Feathers Studio

Ian Baverstock
Tenshi Ventures

Louis Castle
Childlike Wonder Games

Mark Cerny
Cerny Games Inc.

Chris Charla
ID@Xbox

Brie Chin-Deyerle
Stealth Studios

M.E. Chung
teamLFG

Adele Cutting
Soundcuts Ltd

Osama Dorias
Heart Loop Games

Kate Edwards
Geogrify / SetJetters

Geoff Evans
Nvidia

Liz England
Independent

Andreas Fredriksson
Insomniac Games

Jeff Hanna
Nvidia

Clint Hocking
BuildMachine Games

Celia Hodent
Independent

Chelsea Howe
Sunblink

Claire Hummel
Independent

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
Delphi Interactive

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
Bad Robot Games

Angie Smets
PlayStation Studios

Naoko Takamoto
Independent

Justin Thavirat
Corpus Canyon

Steve Theodore
Santa Monica Studios

Victoria Tran
Innersloth

Walter Williams
Independent

Lindsey Williamson Christy
Independent

Alan Yu
edenic

Chris Zimmerman
Sucker Punch