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Jennifer Pahlka
President and Founder
Jennifer was recently director of the Game Group at CMP Media, where she was responsible for the company's position in the game development market across a wide variety of media. In her tenure at CMP/Miller Freeman, she oversaw the dramatic growth of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) from 1995 to 2003 and launched a number of new programs, including the Independent Games Festival, known as the Sundance of the game industry. Her roles included publisher of Game Developer magazine and Gamasutra.com, the premiere website for game developers, and executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), an independent non-profit association serving game developers around the world.
Jennifer's previous experience includes event and curriculum management in the software development and healthcare markets. She has served on the advisory boards of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and the GDC and held a board of directors position on the IGDA for three years. A graduate of Yale University, she lives in Oakland, CA. |
