2020 Annual Report

Download The Strong’s 2020 Year in Review PDF.

Government Grants

Institute of Museum and Library Services
$250,000 Museums for America grant to implement a major new exhibit gallery devoted to the history and cultural impact of video games

New York State’s Empire State Development and the I ♥ NY Division of Tourism under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council Initiative
$225,000 in Market New York grant funds to support The Strong’s Play Rochester Marketing Project

National Science Foundation and Purdue University
$149,999 sub-grant to support the new Play Lab in the museum expansion

New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services
$98,000 grant to support museum security equipment upgrades

New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature
$47,000 for museum general operating support

Humanities New York
$10,000 CARES Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal CARES Act

New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature
$500 for museum staff profesisonal development

Foundation Support

$50,000+
Davenport-Hatch Foundation, Inc.

$25,000–$49,999
Toy Association and Foundation
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation

$10,000–$24,999
Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
Zeke and Jane Duda Family Foundation

$2,500–$9,999
William & Sheila Konar Foundation
Jane Henson Foundation
Rubens Family Foundation
NYSCA/TDF TAP Plus
Riedman Foundation
Charles J. and Burton S. August Family Foundation
Ralph and Eleanor Cantisano Family Foundation

$500–$2,499
Corky and Rick Steiner Family Foundation
Popli Family Fund
Massie Family Fund

Game Changing Partners and Sponsors

ESL Federal Credit Union
LeChase Construction Services, LLC

Visionary Partners and Sponsors

Brown & Brown of New York, Inc.
Fidelis Care
Monroe County (COMIDA)
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

Presenting Partners and Sponsors

M & T Bank

Executive Partners and Sponsors

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
HB Cornerstone
LaBella Associates, P.C.
Microsoft

Ambassador Partners and Sponsors

GUND Spin Master

Associate Partners and Sponsors

Autism Learning Partners
Conifer Realty, LLC.
DDS Construction, LLC
LiDestri Food & Beverage
To-Jo Mushrooms, Inc.

Supporting Partners and Sponsors

Del Monte Hotel Group
Endless Highway
Fowler Bros. Inc.
M/E Engineering, P.C.
Monroe Piping & Sheet Metal, LLC
Netflix
Paychex, Inc
Perry’s Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Stenzel Family Donor Advised Fund

Community Partners and Sponsors

Action for a Better Community, Inc.
Bill Gray’s Restaurants
Diamond Packaging
Entre Computer Services (in honor of Aaron C. Newman)
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
Lonza
Monroe Veterinary Associates
Pepsi Beverages Company
Rochester Regional Health
Stern Pinball
The Bonadio Group
The Goddard School
The Pike Companies, LTD.
Trane
UBS Financial Services

Visionary Donors

Guha Bala
Karthik Bala
Bernard Birnbaum and Lisa Birnbaum
Chris Czarnecki and Jill Czarnecki
Steve M. Dubnik and Claire Dubnik
Bonnie Erickson and Wayde Harrison
Joan L. Feinbloom
Ed Fries
Suzanne Goodman and Tony Goodman
Nan Hildebrandt and A. Thomas Hildebrandt
Martin Mucci and Darcy Mucci
Aaron C. Newman
Cathy Kaman Ryan and Fred G. Aten
Laura Saxby Lynch and John R. Lynch
Harvey D. Simmons (Woodbury Society Member)
David Swinford and Bonnie Swinford
Mary C. Valentine

Presidential Members and Donors

John H. Bruning and Barbara H. Bruning
David J. Burns and Margaret M. Burns
James Costanza and Andrea Costanza
Zeke Duda and Jane Duda
William H. Goodrich and Rhonda Goodrich
Warren H. Heilbronner and Joyce Heilbronner
Wayne LeChase and Beverly LeChase
William L. Mack and Sharon Mack
David Mitchell and Jean Mitchell
Nancy Sands (in honor of Kylee Fassler)
Kyle Sayers and Nicole Sayers
Anne M. Sevier-Buckingham
Fred W. Smith and Jo Anne Smith (Woodbury Society Members)
Mee F. Wing and Jerry McSpadden

Leading Members and Donors

Joshua Berne and Amy Berne
Matthew Berry and Charlene Berry
Dennis S. Buchan and Mary B. Buchan
Daniel J. Burns and Denise Burns
Neal Burns
Paul DeCarolis
Matt Drake and Jamie De la Rosa
Eric M. Dreyfuss
Stephen Dyson and Pauline Dyson
Carla Engelbrecht
Kelly Fairley and Christopher Fairley
Brian Fargo
Lisa M. Feinstein
Patrick Fulford and Barbara Fulford
David Gardner
Kelly Gilligan
Cecilia G. Golden
Mike Hayes and Ann Jack
Arthur M. Hengerer
Tom Kalinske
Amanda Martin and Algernon Kelley
James Maurer and Nona Maurer
Gail McGreevy Harmon
Reena Mehta and Dashiell Flynn
John Messner and Tabitha Messner
William Michaelis
Joe Minton
Benjamin Mudrick and Amanda Mudrick
Martin W. O’Toole and Brenda O’Toole
Carole Postal
Patrick Purcell and Nicole Purcell
Trudy Quartley and Jeff Quartley
William D. Rice and Mary Ann Monley
Hilda Rosario Escher
Karl Rosengren and Sarah Mangelsdorf
Lewis Rothberg and Shelby Nelson
Joy Ryen Plotnik and Ronald Plotnik
Stephen Schultz and Vicki Schultz
William Shaheen and Ivette Shaheen
Steven Shemirani and Lisa Shemirani
Reid Smith and Franki Smith
Christian Svensson
Athena Thomas-Visel and Paul Thomas
Stephen Vega and Madelyn Garcia
Irene Weinberg
Anne D. Williams
Dawn Williams-Fuller and Hugh Fuller
Mark Wilson and Karen Wilson
Philip Yawman and Cheryl Yawman (in honor of Laura Saxby Lynch)
Iris Zimmermann and Kevin Nowack

Sustaining Members and Donors

Michael Bargmann and Susan Bargmann
Lisa Baron and Jack Baron
Craig Beideman and Jenn Beideman
Christopher Bensch
Ricki Birnbaum
Richard A. Bloom
Alexa Blue
Ashley Cheng
Hugh Chisholm and Shara Chisholm
Dan Connors
Todd Coopee and Daniel Leonard
Katherine Cove and Michael Madden
Alan Deuel and Erin Deuel
Erika Duthiers and Christopher Simmons
Margaret Freeman and Thomas Lennox
Kelly Gagan and Dennis Gagan
Andrew Gallina and Karen Gallina
Christopher Harris and Christine Ferris
Walter Hickey
Jeff Hilbert
Andrew D. Holt and Kathleen B. Holt
Patrick Hudson
Joshua Jacobs and Patrick O’Neill
David A. Krotz
Kathy Landers and Peter Landers
Vanessa Lewis
Sidney Marshall and Toni Marshall
Bruce McLear and Eleanor McLear
Jagat Mehta and Manjula Mehta
Hannalore Merritt and Zach Merritt
Jacqueline Mooney and John Mooney
Duncan Moore
Jason Oaks and Katherine Chiappinelli
William J. O’Connor
Kyra Padula
Steve Pasierb and Wendy Pasierb
Jennifer Patel and Jonah Patel
Michael Pinch and Karina Pinch
Jay J. Rachfal and Peg Rachfal
Shane Rhinewald
Nancy Robbins
John Schantz and Julie Schantz
TJ Shepard
Carol Spencer
Larry Steinwachs and Mary Louise Steinwachs
Clinton Sugnet
Mike Vorhaus
Matt Winslow and Courtney Winslow

Benefactor Members and Donors

David Ahl and Betsy Ahl
Karen Alexander and Christine Irwin
Dominick Annese and Charlene Annese
Joseph C. Briggs and Nancy Briggs
Peter Briggs and Lauren Briggs
Collene M. Burns and McLean Bulmer
Owen Carpenter
Elizabeth A. Coleman
Martha Dennenmann (in memory of Frank H. Carman)
Richard J. DiMarco and Allison U. DiMarco
Michéle V. Dryer and Tyrrell Dryer
Marjorie Elder and Steve Elder
Eugene Evans
Nancy Gardner
Angelo Gentile and Krystle Gentile
Marybeth Gillan and Adam Gillan
Mary Gleason and Michael Patric
Deborah G. Goldman
Sandra C. Goldman and David Goldman
Andrew Grossman and Alyson Grossman
Jim Harisis and Cheryl Harisis
Joseph Huber
Jerusha Ladi Iya
Christine Klos and Donald White
Ernest Krug and Sarah Krug
Kathleen Lamborn
Kathleen Landon and Robert Landon
Anthony LeBlanc
John Lovenheim and Barbara Lovenheim
Peggy Martin
Deborah McCoy and Lance Beyer
John Palomaki and Lois Palomaki
Susie Park
Cassandra Peltzer and John Lewis
David Perlman and Marjorie Perlman
Michael Pill
Nathan J. Robfogel and Susan Robfogel
Amy Ryan and Alex Ryan
William Schmid and Samantha Schmid
Timothy Schmid
Bradley Selleck and Christine Fischer
Joe Seymour (in memory of Hildegard Armstrong)
Patti A. Sheldon (in honor of John O’Gorman and Joly Noto and in memory of Lynn Reynolds and Tracy Lee Stanek)
Sidney Sobel and Barbara Sobel
Barry L. Steinberg
Steven Swartout and Cheryl Swartout
Brian Weaver and Colleen Weaver
Daniel Whitman and Erin Whitman
Christine Wilcox and Helen Wilcox
Steven Wolk and Katelyn Wolk

Contributing Donors

G. Rollie Adams and Diana G. Adams (Woodbury Society Members)
Patricia Barry
Gabriel Baum
Susan Belias
Elyse Benedicto
Doris Bergen
Jennifer Berrios and Clifton Berrios
Holly M. Bertsch and James A. Bertsch
Eric Beyer and Anne Beyer
Patricia A. Biasuzzi and John M. Biasuzzi
Gerald Blume
Joanne Bond and Robert Bond
John Bowley and Nancy Bowley
Kevin Boyd and Erika Ramsdale
Cheryl Breitenbuecher
Robert G. Burgio
Kevin Cannan
Thomas Caprio and Ann Caprio
Melissa Castillo (in honor of Luna Marie Castillo)
Richard Cava and Robyn M. Holmes
Michael J. Cicero and Stephanie Cicero
Nicole Collins and Shaun Collins
Ashley Cotton
Jessica A. Cuculick and Christopher M. Cuculick
Don Daglow and Marta Daglow
Janice Daitz and Robert Cutting
William Dalton and Kathleen Sisson
Jessica Day
Brandon Dilmore and Stefani Dilmore
Terri DiMaggio and Richard DiMaggio
Karen Dodson
Kaitlin Doty and Bryce Doty
Jerry Dougherty and Kim Dougherty
Jon-Paul Dyson and Ursula Dyson
Matthew Emens and Lauren Emens
Kylee Fassler and Greg Fassler
Jeannie Fisher
Marc Fleming and Lisa Fleming
Gail M. Fowler and Sue Ann Raymond
Geraldine French
Raj Garg and Keya Garg
Winston E. Gaum and Helen Gaum
Myranda Gillow and Catherine Gillow
Dennis Gleason
Robert Gray (in memory of Jack Herrema)
James Guido and Michael Guido
Grace Gullo
Sean Gupta
Joe Gushen
John Hazzard and Ruth Hazzard
Scott Hilborn
Robert C. Hoffman and Joan E. Hoffman
Megan Hooper (in honor of Karen Hooper)
Theodore Horne and Penny Horne
Greg Hyman
James R. Ison and Sherrill Ison
Gregg Joss and Linda Joss
Hal Julius and Mary Julius
Denise Koser and Adam Koser
Teri Kotin and Lauren Kotin
Jonathan Krotz and Kathleen Krotz
Thomas Krugh and Rody Krugh
Paul LaBella and Janice LaBella
Alfred Laitenberger and Kathleen  Laitenberger
Stephen Lane and Gretchen Lane
Nancy Leidersdorff
Anthony J. Leone and Norma Leone
Heather Link and Kevan Sternberg
Daniel Liss
Tim Maher and Ellen Maher
James M. Maher
Marissa Malick
Kevin McDermott and Mary Rose McDermott
Rebecca Menendez and Matthew Menendez
Kirsten Milliken
David Mirsky
Jennie Morris
Daniel Mossien
Gary Muisus and Karen Muisus
Anne Mullen
Robert Myers and Jill Myers
Cathy J. Nadelen and Lon R. Nadelen
Helene Newman and Bruce Newman
Barbara O’Brien
Lucille O’Brien and Lucetta Sercu
Diane H. Olin
Beth Orlowski and Gregory Wood
Deborah Passmore
John S. Pearsall and Edward P. Rosenberg
Laurie Peslak and Scott Peslak
Jennifer Petruzzelli and Justin Petruzzelli (in honor of Laura Saxby Lynch)
Laura Phelps and Erik Phelps
Alex Philippone and Mary Philippone
Sara Poe and Mark Poe
Ron Rabinowitz and Sally Rabinowitz
Lindsay Rabitz
Mary Jane Ramsey
Brian Reynolds
Sam Rivoli and Jean Rivoli
Elise A. Rosenfeld and Stephen Rosenfeld
Lisa Rothrock and Mark Rothrock
Jeremy Saucier and Tara Saucier
Richard Schreiber and Joyce Schreiber
Michael Scozzafava and Nancy Scozzafava
David Shaffer and Tricia Shaffer
David J. Sharkey
Bruce Shelley
Judith Sims
Herb Skerker and Monica Skerker
Adam Smith
Mike Streb and Erin Streb
William K. Stumbo and Nan Stumbo
Rob Thornburg and Loralei Thornburg
Bill Towler and Mary Anna Towler
Ronna Treier and George Treier
Kyle Trenshaw and Michael Van Wert
Rick Tucker
Fiorella Valdesolo
Jeff Valentine and Jennifer Valentine
Nick Weiss
W.J. Whelan and Sally-Ann Whelan
John Whelan
Kate Whitman and Patrick Whitman
Nicholas Widzowski
William W. Wilcox
Lyndsey Williams (in memory of Patti “Mum” Warne)
Matthew Wolf
Yuanyuan Xiao

G. Rollie Adams
Aerial Arts of Rochester
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Alexander Eye Associates
American Girl
Amigo Games Inc
Anonymous
Ape & Canary
Craig and Jenn Beideman
Bella Rose Bed and Breakfast
Bill Gray’s Restaurants
Black & Blue Steak and Crab
Bogarts Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles
Breathe Yoga Studio
Fran Brill
Sharon Brophy
David and Margaret Burns
Nolan Bushnell
William Cooper
David Cowles
Crayola Experience
Don Daglow
Delta Sonic
Downstairs Cabaret Theatre
Steve and Claire Dubnik
EA Games
Bonnie Erickson and Wayde Harrison
Ethan Allen
Eye Openers Optical Fashions
F.L.X. Table
Facehead Digital
Lisa M. Feinstein
Will Foster
Genesee Country Village & Museum
Givily
Dave Goelz
Google, Inc.
Hampton Inn & Suites Rochester/Henrietta
Rich Hilleman
Bob Hoffman
Holiday Inn Niagara Falls
Kathleen Holmes
Iron Smoke Distillery
Joshua Jacobs
Jembetat Gallery & Cafe
Jim Gould
Carol Jones
Just Juice
Tom Kalinske
Laughing Gull Chocolates
Tara A. Liddell
LiDestri Food & Beverage
Mack Trucks
Mary Therese Friel, LLC
Max Rochester
Joseph Mayernik
Lindsey Mease
Memorial Art Gallery
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Aaron C. Newman
Niantic, Inc.
Scott Orr
John Pupo
Andrea Reynolds
Rochester Fencing Club
Rochester Museum & Science Center
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Rooted Renderings
Salon Bello
Seneca Park Zoo Society
Sesame Workshop
Fred and Jo Anne Smith
Toni Sprouse
Squishable
Strathallan Hotel, A DoubleTree by Hilton
Tantalo Photography
The Gem Lab
The MOST
The Pokemon Company International
Toy Association and Foundation
Urban Lumberjax
Mary C. Valentine
Vega Plastic Surgery & Medspa
Jessica Watson
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Mee Wing and Jerry McSpadden
Will Wright
Writers & Books
WXXI
Zelinger Woodwork
Iris Zimmermann and Kevin Nowack

All Star

Mary C. Valentine
Wegmans

Game Changer

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.
LeChase Construction Services

Power Player

Birnbaum Companies

Play Maker

ESL Charitable Foundation
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
HCR Home Care
Konar Properties
M/E Engineering, P.C.
O’Donnell and Associates

Game Changer

Brinkman International Group, Inc.
Buckingham Properties
Federated Investors
HB Cornerstone
Messner Carpeting
Partners + Napier
Paychex, Inc.
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Bonadio Group
Visit Rochester

Team Player

AAA Western and Central New York
American Packaging Corporation
Bill Gray’s Restaurants
Brown & Brown of New York, Inc.
CloudDOCX
Costanza Enterprises, Inc.
Cottone Auctions
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
Facehead Digital
First American Equipment Finance
Henderson-Johnson
Kelly Schultz Antiques
Prime, Buchholz & Associates, Inc.
QCI Asset Management
Ramar Steel Sales, Inc.
Sage Rutty and Company
Schuler-Haas Electric Corp.
Technical Systems Group, Inc.
The Pike Companies, LTD.
Tompkins Financial Advisors

Chizcomm
Create a Castle
Disney Theme Park Merchandise
Marti
Mattel, Inc.
WowWee
Zuru Products
Ann Aldrich
Todd Allen
Brian Beals
Jeff Black
Denise Bluett
Dan Blum
Andrew Borman
Mike Bowling
Jeff Braun
Duncan Brown
Denise Chaudhari
Robert Clardy
Laurie Clements
Bill Cooper
Martha Cooper
Tim Crist
Lea Culliton
William Dassero
Pam and Joe Davis
Steve Desroches
Carol Dilley, Jane Dilley, and Sally Scrimshaw
Brittany Dory
Jon-Paul Dyson
Hillary Ellis
Sueanne Fisher
William Fisher
Kyle Gabler
Ken Gagné
Ann Gawler
Dimitris Giannakis
Don Gilman
Suzanne Goodman
Joe Grand
Victoria Gray
Evan Grill
Scott Gurian
Susan Hale
Jan Harris
Janis Hartman
Georgeann Hendrick
Jennifer Henry
Marnie Herzfeld
Paul Hilt
Matthew Hocker
Robert Hoffman
John Hyde
Virginia Ignatowski
Jac Park Museum of Art
Keith Johnson
Ash Kapriélov
Thom Kobayashi
Chris Kohler
John Lawson
Ruth Leavitt Fallon
Judi Lebredo
Deborah Leo
Anne Lewis
Heathre Litz
Aly Lloyd
Joshua Marks
Nancy Mauer
Mark Merrall
Dianne Miller
Sarah Mills
Lynne Mitchell
Andrew Molloy
Kathleen Muehleck
Brian Murphy
Thomas Myers
Diane Olin
Philip Orbanes
Sandra Palmer
Michelle Parnett-Dwyer
David Peterson
Winifred Phillips
Robert Pierce
Jim Pressman
Martin Reinhardt
Learning Resources
Nicolas Ricketts
Linda Riddell
Matt Rogers
Peter Sabol
Jeremy Saucier
Leslie Scott
Adrienne Shaw
Carol Shaw
Matt Shoemaker
Gregory Short
Derek Smith
Louis Smith
Ogden Society
Todd St. Dennis
Sonam Targee
Arjan Terpstra
Terrell Touchstone
Scott Traylor
Josh Tsui
Kathy Vice
Chris Weaver
Terry Weaver
Guy Welch
Doug Whatley
Caroly Wilcox
Anne Williams
Bianca Wong
Geoffrey Zatkin
Rose Zielinski
Patricia Zuroski

Doris Bergen
Department of Educational Psychology
Miami University (Emerita)

Ian Bogost
School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Georgia Institute of Technology

Simon J. Bronner
American Studies Program
Pennsylvania State University–Harrisburg (Emeritus)

Gordon M. Burghardt
Department of Psychology
and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee

Garry Chick
Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Pennsylvania State University (Emeritus)

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 (Emeritus)

Mary Flanagan
Film and Media Studies
Dartmouth College

Miriam Forman-Brunell
Department of History
University of Missouri–Kansas City

Doris Pronin Fromberg
Teaching, Literacy, and Leadership
Hofstra University (Emerita)

Joe L. Frost
Child Development
University of Texas at Austin (Emeritus)

Kyra D. Gaunt
Department of Music and Theater
University of Albany

Peter Gray
Department of Psychology
Boston College

Thomas S. Henricks
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Elon University (Emeritus)

Linda E. Homeyer
College of Education
Texas State University–San Marcos

Joan P. Isenberg
Graduate School of Education
George Mason University (Emerita)

Olga S. Jarrett
College of Education
Georgia State University (Emerita)

Jesper Juul
The School of Desgin
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Terry Marks-Tarlow
Private Practice, Santa Monica, California
Insight Center, Los Angeles

Amy Ogata
Department of Art History
University of Southern California

Anthony Pellegrini
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota (Emeritus)

Sergio Pellis
Department of Neuroscience
University of Lethbridge

Charles E. Schaefer
School of Psychology
Fairleigh Dickinson University (Emeritus)

Allan Schore
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
University of California at Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine

Marjorie Taylor
Psychology Department
University of Oregon (Emerita)

T.L. Taylor
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael Berenstain
Author and Illustrator

Stuart L. Brown, MD
President
National Institute for Play

Mary Couzin
Executive Director
Chicago Toy and Game Group

Gary S. Cross, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Modern History
Pennsylvania State University

Tony Elam
Game Collector
Director of Strategic Initiatives, University of Kentucky
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

Cheryl Henson
President
The Jim Henson Foundation

Clark T. King
Game and Toy Collector

Eugene Metcalf, Jr., PhD
Professor Emeritus, American Studies
Miami University

Anthony Pellegrini, PhD
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota (Emeritus)

Gerard J. Puccio, PhD
Chairperson and Professor
International Center for Studies in Creativity
Buffalo State

Amy Rosenfeld
Senior Coordinating Producer
ESPN

Deborah Ryan
Chairperson, Toy Design Department
Otis College of Art and Design

Dorothy Justus Sluss, PhD
Professor, College of Education
Director, Elementary Education MAT Program
James Madison University

Edwin J.C. Sobey, PhD
Northwest Invention Center

Timothy M. Stearns, PhD
Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies
Director, Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
California State University, Fresno

Marianne M. Szymanski
President
Toy Tips, Inc.

Marjorie Taylor, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology
University of Oregon

Tim Walsh
Fearless Leader
The Playmakers

Bruce Whitehill
Games Historian

Anne D. Williams
Professor Emerita
Bates College

Arthur Yorinks
Writer and Director

Jean-Michel Blottiére
Program Chair Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
(France/Germany)

Ian Bogost, PhD.
Professor, School of Literature, Media and Communications
Georgia Tech (United States)

James Brightman
Editor in Chief GamesIndustry.biz | Gamer Network (United States)

Peichi Chung
Associate Professor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mia Consalvo
Canada Research Chair, Games Studies and Design Concordia University (Canada)

Tristan Donovan
Author, Replay: The History of Video Games (United Kingdom)

Clara Fernández-Vara
Associate Arts Professor New York University Game Center (United States)

Christopher Grant
Editor in Chief Polygon (United States)

Raiford Guins
Associate Professor of Culture and Technology Stony Brook University (United States)

Nina B. Huntemann, PhD
Director of Research and Academics
edX
(United States)

Rachel Hutchinson
Associate Professor of Japanese Studies
Game Studies Research Group
University of Delaware

Stephen Jacobs
Professor, B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology (United States)

Darran Jones
Editor Retro Gamer Magazine (United Kingdom)

Jesper Juul
Associate Professor Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Denmark)

Yoshi Kishimoto
Tokyo University of Technology

Carly A. Kocurek
Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and Media Studies
Illinois Institute of Technology (United States)

Chris Kohler
Editor and Writer (United States)

Andreas Lange
Director Computerspielemuseum (Germany)

Elizabeth LaPensée
Game Designer and Writer (United States)

Henry Lowood
Curator, History of Science and Technology Collections; Film and Media Collections
Stanford University (United States)

Andy McNamara
Editor in Chief Game Informer (United States)

Aki Nakamura
Professor Ritsumeikan University (Japan)

James Newman
Professor Bath Spa University (United Kingdom)

Latoya Peterson
Writer and Digital Strategist (United States)

TreaAndrea Russworm
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Kiyoshi Shin
Associate Professor Digital Hollywood University (Japan)

Melanie Swalwell
Associate Professor ARC Future Fellow Flinders University (Australia)

Dean Takahashi
Lead Writer for GamesBeat Venturebeat (United States)