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G4C Regional Chapters

The purpose of the Games for Change regional chapters is to share knowledge, resources, and provide support to individuals and organizations interested in using digital games for social change. Regional chapters extend the Games for Change community of practice and create local venues for discussion of the potential impact of social issue games.


Games for Change - Boston/New England
Leader: Gary Goldberger, Executive Vice President/Partner FableVision

Gary Goldberger is Executive Vice President and Director of Production at FableVision. He has been caretaking the company’s creative vision since 1996, when he and award-winning author Peter H. Reynolds founded the studio. Today Goldberger oversees production and technology related to the creation and distribution of educational media into schools, museums, and broadcast markets. In total, Goldberger has directed over 300 projects. These include PBS interstitials, Nickelodeon spots, Noggin spots, a William Steig animated film for Scholastic/Weston Woods, two animated original series pilots for Noggin, and PBS/ZOOM animated segment bumpers. He also helmed FableVision’s most recent successes: Animation-ish, GenerationCures.org, and Lure of the Labyrinth (a joint development effort between FableVision, MIT, and Maryland Public TV). The kid-friendly software Animation-ish has already garnered a Parents Choice Silver, NAPPA Gold, and Children's Technology Review Editors Choice Award. GenerationCures.org, a major transmedia development, models philanthropy to kids. Goldberger speaks nationally at conferences and on panels in both professional and educational settings.

FableVision, Inc.
308 Congress Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
www.fablevision.com
617.956.5707 phone
617.610.5086 cell
617.956.5766 fax


Games for Change - New York, Hudson Valley
Mark Grob, Managing Member, VRshell LLC

Founder of VRshell LLC, I have over 15 years in Virtual Reality and about 3 years in Casual Game Development. Just finished a DWI Simulator for Westchester. Currently developing on XNA, Mac, PC, Web and iPhone. I have built numerous other simulation for industry clients that are currently being used to train and educate. I am a guy that is passionate about simulations and games. I have always been interested in games as a tools for education. I am also a strong believer of sharing my passion to help promote other individuals own passions.

email: grobm [ at sign here ] vrshell.com
Phone: 845.313.6642


Games for Change - Puget Sound
Leader: Ruth Fruland, Research Associate, Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington (HITL-UW), Seattle, WA

Currently, Ruth works on interface, education, and game-related projects at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the University of Washington in Seattle, teaches part-time at the DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, WA, and promotes games and simulations in education. Her PhD studies and research in education made her realize that these are tools that embody effective and efficient teaching methods, promote systems and ecological thinking, sharpen metacognitive skills, and put the joy back in learning. With her new-found insights and a few like-minded grad students, she co-founded GaSworks, a student-run group at the University of Washington to learn and expand local and state academic and business interests in games. She is currently the G4C regional coordinator for the Puget Sound area, and a member of the UW-based Critical Game Project, another student-driven group focused on game theory and education.


email: rfruland [at sign here] gmail.com, fruland [ at sign here ] hitl.washington.edu


Games for Change - South Korea
Leader: Suzanna Samstag Oh, Director, Corporate Communications, Daesung Group (Seoul, Korea)

Suzanna has 28 years of experience living and working in Korea, with fluency in spoken Korean and expertise in Korean culture, publications, media, and cross-cultural events. She managed an internationally successful Korean performing arts ensemble which did national publicity in advance of the 1986 Asian Games and 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. She also managed the founding of the Korean-language edition of Newsweek and worked as an expert advisor on the English to Korean translation process, and ran the cultural and international exchange division of Korea’s world famous Nami Island. Currently, she is a senior advisor to Daesung Group, one of Korea's major energy conglemorates.

email: Jiyunsmom [ at sign here ] hotmail.com

Tel: +82-11-9269-2831