Doris Bergen
Department of Educational Psychology
Miami University
Simon J. Bronner
American Studies Program
Pennsylvania State University–Harrisburg
Stuart Brown
Founder
National Institute for Play
Gordon M. Burghardt
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee
Garry Chick
Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Pennsylvania State University
Howard Chudacoff
Department of History
Brown University
Rhonda Clements
School of Education
Manhattanville College
Gary Cross
Department of History
Pennsylvania State University
David Elkind
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Miriam Forman-Brunell
Department of History
University of Missouri–Kansas City
Doris Pronin Fromberg
Curriculum and Teaching
Hofstra University
Joe L. Frost
Child Development
University of Texas at Austin (Emeritus)
Thomas S. Henricks
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Elon University
Linda E. Homeyer
College of Education
Texas State University–San Marcos
Joan P. Isenberg
Graduate School of Education
George Mason University
Olga S. Jarrett
College of Education
Georgia State University
Vivian Paley
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (Emerita)
Jaak Panksepp
College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University
Anthony Pellegrini
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota
Charles E. Schaefer
School of Psychology
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Allan Schore
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
University of California at Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine
Dorothy G. Singer
Department of Psychology
Yale University
Jerome L. Singer
Department of Psychology
Yale University
Brian Sutton-Smith
Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Director, The Institute of Play
Marjorie Taylor
Psychology Department
University of Oregon
Ralph H. Baer
Founder, R. H. Baer Consultants
Ian Bogost
Associate Professor, Georgia Tech and Founding Partner,
Persuasive Games
Stewart Bonn
Interactive Entertainment Consultant
Brenda Braithwaite
COO, Cofounder, and Game Designer for Loot Drop
Warren Buckleitner
Editor, Children’s Technology Review
Mark Caldwell
CEO, Pacific Beach Digital
Simon Carless
Publisher, Gamasutra and Game Developer
and Chairman Emeritus, Independent Games Festival
Louis Castle
CEO, InstantAction, Inc.
Bob Christopher
President, InnerCircle1 Venture Forum
Don Daglow
President and Creative Director,
Daglow Entertainment
John Davison
Vice President of Programming for Games
and MetaCritic, CBS Interactive Inc.
Mark DeLoura
Vice President of Technology, THQ
Rusel DeMaria
Video Game Historian
Keith Feinstein
Creative Director, Eureka Exhibits
Ed Fries
CEO, FigurePrints
Bill Gardner
President and Managing Partner,
Digital Entertainment Insights, LLC
James Paul Gee
Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies,
Arizona State University
Hal Halpin
President, Crest Group, management company
for the Entertainment Consumers Association
Trip Hawkins
Founder and CEO, Digital Chocolate, Inc.
Robin Hunicke
Designer and Producer, thatgamecompany, LLC
Steve Jacobs
Associate Professor, Interactive Games and Media,
RIT and Editor-in-Chief, Computer Game Education Review
George Jones
Interactive Entertainment Consultant
Michael Katz
Former President, Sega of America
and Interactive Entertainment Consultant
Debra Kempker
President, Prima Games
Elizabeth Lane Lawley
Associate Professor of Information Technology
and Director, Lab for Social Computing, Rochester Institute of Technology
Nicole Lazzaro
President, XEODesign, Inc.
Carter Lipscomb
Senior Special Markets Manager, Strategic Business
Development for Sony Computer Entertainment America
Jennifer MacLean
Chair Emeritus, International Game Developers Association
and CEO, 38 Studios
Chris Melissinos
Founder, Past Pixels, LLC
R.J. Mical
Senior Manager of Software Technology,
Sony Computer Entertainment of America and Inventor
Jamil Moledina
Outreach Director, EA Partners, Electronic Arts
Joe Morici
Vice President of Sales, 505 Games
John Romero
Cofounder and Chief Officer, Loot Drop
Kellee Santiago
Cofounder, thatgamecompany, LLC
Courtney Brown Simmons
Senior Vice President of Publicity,
DC Entertainment at Warner Brothers
Robert Sirotek
Cofounder SirTech Software, Inc
Robert Stevenson
Senior Vice President of Interactive Entertainment,
Gaikai
Bernie Stolar
Former President, Sega of America
and Interactive Entertainment Consultant
Christian Svensson
VP, Strategic Planning & Business Development, Capcom
Tommy Tallarico
Executive Producer, Video Games Live
Chris Taylor
Founder and CEO, Gas Powered Games
Jon Van Caneghem
VP Production Strategy Games, EA LA
Will Wright
Founder, Stupid Fun Club
Joan Almon
Coordinator
Alliance for Childhood
Michael Berenstain
Author and Illustrator
Stuart L. Brown
President
The National Institute for Play
Mary Couzin
Executive Director
Chicago Toy and Game Group
Gary S. Cross
Distinguished Professor, Modern History
Pennsylvania State University
Tony Elam
Game Collector and Chair, Houston Games Research Consortium
Executive Director, Rice Center for Engineering Leadership, Rice University
Principal, Elam Consulting
Judith Ellis
Chairperson
Toy Design Department
Fashion Institute of Technology
Richard Gottlieb
Richard Gottlieb’s USA Toy Experts
Claire S. Green
President
Parents’ Choice Foundation
Clark T. King
Game and Toy Collector
Eugene Metcalf, Jr.
Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Miami University
Anthony D. Pellegrini
Professor of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota
Amy Rosenfeld
Producer
ESPN
Dorothy Justus Sluss
Associate Professor
Early, Elementary, and Reading Education
James Madison University
Edwin J.C. Sobey
Northwest Invention Center
Timothy M. Stearns
Director
Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
California State University, Fresno
Brian Sutton-Smith
Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Director, The Institute of Play
Marianne M. Szymanski
President
Toy Tips, Inc.
Marjorie Taylor
Professor and Head of Psychology
University of Oregon
Bruce Whitehill
Games Historian
Arthur Yorinks
Writer/Director
