2021 Annual Report

Download The Strong’s 2021 Year in Review PDF.

Government Grants

National Endowment for the Humanities
$300,300 American Rescue Plan Grant to reinstate two collections-focused positions eliminated during the pandemic and create two new positions: an Artifact Photographer and a Research Specialist in Black Play and Culture

New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy C. Hochul and the New York State Legislature
$35,000 for museum general operating support

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

Foundation Support

$1 Million+
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Riedman Foundation

$100,000–$999,999
Zeke and Jane Duda Family Foundation

$50,000–$99,999
Waldron Rise Foundation

$25,000–$49,999
Lisk Morris Foundation, Inc.
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation

$10,000–$24,999
Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
Rochester Area Community Foundation

$2,500–$9,999
Jane Henson Foundation
Hallowell Fund
Ralph and Eleanor Cantisano Family Foundation
Charles J. and Burton S. August Family Foundation

$500–$2,499
Stenzel Family Fund
Rubens Family Foundation
Popli Family Fund
Corky and Rick Steiner Family Foundation
Westminster Barrington Foundation
Massie Family Fund

Game Changing Partners and Sponsors

ESL Federal Credit Union
Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation
M&T Bank
Fidelis Care

Visionary Partners and Sponsors

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Monroe County (COMIDA)
Paychex Charitable Foundation

Presenting Partners and Sponsors

Spin Master Ltd.
Evans Bank

Executive Partners and Sponsors

LaBella Associates, P.C.
Cabot Cheese
Brown & Brown of New York, Inc.
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
To-Jo Mushrooms, Inc.

Ambassador Partners and Sponsors

GUND Spin Master

Associate Partners and Sponsors

DDS Construction, LLC
HB Cornerstone
Indus Hospitality Group
LiDestri Food & Beverage
Conifer Realty, LLC.
Fenwick and West LLP

Supporting Partners and Sponsors

Fowler Bros. Inc.
Perry’s Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Canandaigua National Bank & Trust (Genesee Valley Trust)
Digital Development Management
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
LeChase Construction Services, LLC
M/E Engineering, P.C.
Rochester Regional Health
The Pike Companies, LTD.
Alstom Signaling Foundation

Community Partners and Sponsors

Stern Pinball
Action for a Better Community, Inc.
Arxada
Bill Gray’s Restaurants
Diamond Packaging
First American Equipment Finance
Harris Beach PLLC
Klein Steel Service, Inc.
Monroe Veterinary Associates
Pepsi Beverages Company
Power Management Company
The Bonadio Group

Contributing Partner

Sony Interactive Entertainment
Datto, Inc.
Hillyard, Inc.
Homelight

Visionary Donors

Anonymous
Guha Bala
Bernard Birnbaum and Lisa Birnbaum
David J. Burns and Margaret M. Burns
Chris Czarnecki and Jill Czarnecki
Alexander Del Monte and Claire Del Monte
Dennis Denenberg
Steve M. Dubnik and Claire Dubnik
Bonnie Erickson and Wayde Harrison
Patrick Fulford and Barbara Fulford
Suzanne Goodman and Tony Goodman
Bruce Hack
Alan G. Hassenfeld
Warren Heilbronner and Joyce Heilbronner
Arthur M. Hengerer (Woodbury Society Member)
Nan Hildebrandt and A. Thomas Hildebrandt
Cathy Kaman Ryan and Fred G. Aten
Christine Klos and Donald White
William L. Mack and Sharon Mack
Martin Mucci and Darcy Mucci
Aaron C. Newman
Iris November
William J. O’Connor
Anne Sevier- Buckingham and William Buckingham
Harvey D. Simmons (Woodbury Society Member)
Jay M. Tummelson
Jeff Valentine and Jennifer Valentine
Mary C. Valentine
Mike Vorhaus

Presidential Members and Donors

Jill Barad
Lauren Bauerlein
James Costanza and Andrea Costanza
Leslie DesMarteau and George DesMarteau
Joel Frater
Ed Fries
Ken Glazer
Cecilia G. Golden
Peggy Hammond
Christian Krapf and Christina Krapf
Laura Saxby Lynch and John R. Lynch
Sidney Marshall and Toni Marshall
David Mitchell and Jean Mitchell
Martin W. O’Toole and Brenda O’Toole
Nancy Sands
Gabby Schoff and Bryan Schoff
Fred W. Smith and Jo Anne Smith (Woodbury Society Members)
David Swinford and Bonnie Swinford
Anne D. Williams
Mee F. Wing and Jerry McSpadden

Leading Members and Donors

Christopher Bensch
Mark Blazey and Karen Blazey
Richard A. Bloom
Paula Briggs
Peter Briggs and Lauren Barker
David Brown and Anna Brown
Barbara H. Bruning and John H. Bruning
Collene M. Burns and McLean Bulmer
Daniel Burns and Denise Burns
Neal Burns
Gabe Chodak and Patricia Chodak
Todd Coopee and Daniel Leonard
Joyce Crofton
Paul DeCarolis
David DeJoy and Debby DeJoy
Amanda Donovan and Brian Donovan
Matt Drake and Jamie De la Rosa
Zeke Duda and Jane Duda
Stephen Dyson and Pauline Dyson
Matthew Emens and Lauren Emens
Hilda Rosario Escher
Lisa M. Feinstein
Kelly Gagan and Dennis Gagan
David Grenewetzki and Vicki S. Grenewetzki
Gail McGreevy Harmon
Christopher Harris and Christine Ferris
Martin Jarzebowski and Mahta Mortezavi
Tom Kalinske
Tim Maher and Ellen Maher
James Maurer and Nona Maurer
Reena Mehta and Dashiell Flynn
Ted Messner
William Michaelis
Duncan Moore
Benjamin Mudrick and Amanda Mudrick
Amber Paulsen
Joy Ryen Plotnik and Ronald Plotnik
Sara Poe and Mark Poe
Carole Postal
Patrick Purcell and Nicole Purcell
Trudy Quartley and Jeff Quartley
Bruce Raiffe and Meryl Raiffe
Donald Riley and Reva B. Riley
Karl Rosengren and Sarah Mangelsdorf
Steven O. Russell and Phyllis Rifkin-Russell
Amy Ryan and Alex Ryan
Stephen Schultz and Vicki Schultz
William Shaheen and Ivette Shaheen
Larry Steinwachs and Mary Louise Steinwachs
Christian Svensson
Jim Watters and Therese Hannigan
Irene Weinberg
Dawn Williams-Fuller and Hugh Fuller
Philip Yawman and Cheryl Yawman

Sustaining Members and Donors

Michael Bargmann and Susan Bargmann
Craig Beideman and Jenn Beideman
Jenn Beideman and Craig Beideman
Stuart Bobry and Betsy Bobry
Hillary Bobys and Paul Audi
Nancy Briggs and Joseph C. Briggs
John H. Bruning and Barbara H. Bruning
Thomas Caprio and Ann Caprio
Ashley Cheng
David M. Clinton
Elizabeth A. Coleman
Ben Dobrzynski and Larissa Dobrzynski
G. Edward Duckett, Jr. and Katherine Duckett
Brittany Genovese
Walter B. D. Hickey
Andrew D. Holt and Kathleen B. Holt
Ryan Hughes and Audra Webber
Danielle Johnson
Jeremy Kalinowski and Carmel Kalinowski
David A. Krotz
Vanessa Lewis
Robert Lowenthal, Jr.
Caryl Marchand (in honor of Cooper Richard Chambry)
Deborah McCoy and Lance Beyer
Bruce McLear and Eleanor McLear
John Moragne and Sarah Moragne
Kyra Padula and Peter Vars
Shane Rhinewald
Nancy Robbins
Amy Rosenfeld
Clinton Sugnet
Steven Swartout and Cheryl Swartout
Chaton Turner and Jeryn Turner
Susan Vogel-Vanderson and David Vanderson (in memory of Alan Illig)
Tab Whang and Josephine Whang
Kate Whitman and Patrick Whitman
Chrissy Wilcox and Liz Yohe

Benefactor Members and Donors

Steven Abramson
David Ahl and Betsy Ahl
Elizabeth Anderson
Thomas R. Argust and Carolyn Argust
Ricki Birnbaum
Victoria Brugger and David Brugger
Dave Capper (in honor of Bernie Tenenbaum)
Giselle Cigarroa and Ryan Holler
Alfred Clark, Jr. and Patricia A. Clark
Jerry Dougherty and Kim Dougherty
Jon-Paul Dyson and Ursula Dyson
Marjorie Elder and Steve Elder
Steven Erickson and Mary Erickson
Eugene Evans
Nancy Gardner
Judy Gehman and Bruce Gehman
Marybeth Gillan and Adam Gillan
Phillip Giola and Gillian Church
Mary Gleason and Michael Patric
Sandra C. Goldman and David Goldman
Tonilyn Gottschall and Brendan Gottschall
Michael D. Grossman and Eileen Grossman
Paul Guglielmo and Ryann Guglielmo
Jim Harisis and Cheryl Harisis
Jerusha Ladi Iya
Joshua Jacobs and Patrick O’Neill
Rachelle Johnson
Kathleen Landon and Robert Landon
Michael Lesher and Christy Lesher
Jennifer Lunsford and Scott Hildebrandt
William J. Mackey and Joan Mackey
Katherine Markert and Adam Markert
Janet McSweeney and Joseph McSweeney
Peggyann Munnick
Robert Myers and Jill Myers
Jason Oaks and Katherine Chiappinelli
Steve Pasierb and Wendy Pasierb
Robert Pease and Nicole Pease
David Perlman and Marjorie Perlman
James Pioli and Jennifer Pioli
Lindsay Rabitz
Jay J. Rachfal and Peg Rachfal
Sharyn Randall and Rickie Lee Hermann
Jane Reid
Jeremy Saucier and Tara Saucier
Joe Seymour
Emma Shoup (in memory of David Calvin Harrington)
Herb Skerker and Monica Skerker
John Slocum and Annie Slocum
Sidney Sobel and Barbara Sobel
Carol Spencer
Bob Steehler and Elizabeth Steehler
Barry L. Steinberg
Deborah Stendardi and Edward Stendardi
Taylor Veenema and Blair Veenema
Brian Weaver and Colleen Weaver
Heather Weins and Michelle Lessard
Chelsea Williams and Philip Williams
Steven Wolk and Katelyn Wolk

Contributing Donors

Eric Abate and Emily Abate
G. Rollie Adams and Diana G. Adams (Woodbury Society Members)
James Anderson
Lisa Baron and Jack Baron
Brian Bayer
John Bennett and Carol Bennett
Doris Bergen
Holly M. Bertsch and James A. Bertsch
Patricia A. Biasuzzi and John M. Biasuzzi
John Bowley and Nancy Bowley
Robert G. Burgio
Aidan Burke
Joseph Carello and Juliet Carello (in memory of Diane Pike)
Richard Cava and Robyn M. Holmes
Christian Claessens
Kathleen Cloonan
Dan Connors
Janice Daitz and Robert Cutting
William Dalton and Kathleen Sisson
SaraJane Deisinger and Erik Deisinger
Paul Dennen
Steve Desroches
Patrick DiCiaccio (in memory of Keith Kurz)
Carol DiMarsico and James DiMarsico
Michéle V. Dryer and Tyrrell Dryer
Samuel Dubay
Betsey Dufour
Deborah J. Dwyer and Philip J. Dwyer
Freddie Edelman and Bridget Edelman
Laureen Fassler (in memory of Diane Pike)
Kylee Fassler and Greg Fassler
Ken Fedesna and Brigitte Fedesna
Diane Fornasier (in memory of Troy Justin Fornasier)
Gail M. Fowler and Sue Ann Raymond
Renee Frazier
Edward Garrod
Winston E. Gaum and Helen Gaum
Laura Gilbert
William Goodrich and Rhonda Goodrich
Amanda Gozigian
Jennifer Gruenberg
Grace Gullo
Adrienne Hall and Brian Hall (in memory of Diane Pike)
Joyce Hampton (in memory of Dora Terry)
Lyndsey Herbert
Claudette Hercules
Robert C. Hoffman and Joan E. Hoffman
Shavonne Julien-Huang and Richard Huang
Joseph Huber
Greg Hyman
Barbara Isenberg
Sherrill Ison and James R. Ison
Malick S. Jeng and Saul Jeng
Judith W. Kaplan and Stuart L. Kaplan
John Klimek
Paul LaBella and Janice LaBella
Alfred Laitenberger and Kathleen Laitenberger
Stephen Lane and Gretchen Lane
Shawn Layden
Anthony LeBlanc
Daniel Liss
Judith S. Lynd and John Lynd
Grace MacBride
James M. Maher
Stefan Marcinek
Karal Ann Marling
Alex Marvez (in memory of David Calvin Harrington)
Keith McCullough and Elizabeth McCullough
Deanne Molinari
Bob Moog
Karen C. Mount
Umbereen Mustafa and Seth Clark
Cathy J. Nadelen and Lon R. Nadelen
Iris November (in honor of Christopher Bensch )
Diane H. Olin
Beth Orlowski and Gregory Wood
Peter Pagerey (in memory of Paul F. Pagerey)
Jeffrey Paille and Lisa Paille
John S. Pearsall and Edward P. Rosenberg
Kara Pederzolli and Andrew Pederzolli
Laurie Peslak and Scott Peslak
Darryl Pike (in memory of Diane Pike)
Ron Rabinowitz and Sally Rabinowitz
James G. Reed and Paul Reed
Lewis Rothberg and Shelby Nelson
William A. Russell and Ruth E. Russell
Carol Saulsgiver and Daniel Saulsgiver
Jesse Schell
Richard Schreiber and Joyce Schreiber
Patti A. Sheldon (in memory of Kate Foster Mercendetti, Ann O’Gorman, Lynn Reynolds, and Samuel Sheldon)
Adam Smith
William K. Stumbo and Nan Stumbo
Judith Tomkinson
Ronna Treier and George Treier
Rick Tucker
Ruth Van DerLinden and David Van DerLinden
W.J. Whelan and Sally-Ann Whelan
Philip White

AAA Western and Central New York
G. Rollie Adams
Adrian Jules
Aerial Arts of Rochester
Al Alcorn
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Patrick Aldrich
Alexander Eye Associates
Amazon Web Services
American Girl
Ape & Canary
Art’s Ideas
Craig and Jenn Beideman
Bella Rose Bed and Breakfast
Bitsy’s LLC
Black Button Distilling
Blizzard Entertainment
BOA Editions, Ltd.
Brothers International Food Corporation
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
Buffalo Museum of Science
David and Margaret Burns
Nolan Bushnell
Cabot Cheese
Clinton Sugnet
Compass Cycle & Flow
Corning Museum of Glass
David Cowles
Crayola Experience
Del Monte Hotel Group
Delta Sonic
Dennis Denenberg
Discord
Doug Schneider
Doug Weins
Steve and Claire Dubnik
Zeke and Jane Duda
Elite Island Resorts
Bonnie Erickson and Wayde Harrison
Hilda Rosario Escher
Ethan Allen
Everson Museum of Art
Eye Openers Optical Fashions
F.L.X. Table
Facehead Digital
Lisa M. Feinstein
Finger Lakes Licensing, LLC
Will Foster
Genesee Country Village & Museum
Geva Theatre Center
Suzanne and Tony Goodman
Peggy Hammond
Hampton Inn & Suites Rochester/Henrietta
Christopher Harris and Christine Ferris
Hasbro, Inc.
Trip Hawkins
Georgeann Hendrick
High Peaks Resort
Jay Hollis
Jembetat Gallery & Cafe
John Lawson
LeChase Construction Services
Legoland
Living Roots
Lollypop Farm
M/Body
Mars Candy
Gary Mauro
Joseph Mayernik
Victor McCarthy
Dan McGuire
Jim McKenna
Sid Meier
Memorial Art Gallery
Microsoft
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Naval and Military Park
New York Giants Football
Alain Nu
Popcorn Charlie’s
Richard Garriott de Cayeux
Ripley’s Believe It or Not
RIT Inn & Conference Center
Rochester Museum & Science Center
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Rockwell Museum of Western Art
Jason Rubin
Kyle and Nicole Sayers
Seneca Park Zoo Society
Fred and Jo Anne Smith
Spoke Cycle and Fitness
Toni Sprouse
Clinton Sugnet
Tantalo Photography
Target Webster
The Elite Training Studio
The Gem Lab
The Men’s Room Salon
The MOST
Thomas Austen Salon
Urban Lumberjax
Mary C. Valentine
Vault Cycle + Box + Move
Vega Plastic Surgery & Medspa
Water Wise of America Inc.
Watkins Glen
Rebecca Webster
Wegmans Food Markets
Roberta and Ken Williams
Will Wright
Writers & Books

All Star

Mary C. Valentine
Toy Association and Foundation
Wegmans Food Markets

Game Changer

Eugene G. Sackett Co., Inc.
Raw Fury
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.
ESL Charitable Foundation
Good Luck
LeChase Construction Services, LLC

Power Player

Konar Properties

Play Maker

Birnbaum Companies
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
M/E Engineering, P.C.
O’Donnell and Associates
Visit Rochester
Whitney & Company

Game Player

AAA Western and Central New York
Brinkman International Group, Inc.
Buckingham Properties
Constellation Brands
Del Monte Hotel Group
EthanMaya Development
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
HB Cornerstone
Messner Carpeting
Nazareth College
Nolan’s Rental, Inc.
Paychex, Inc.
Postler & Jaeckle Corp.
Laura Saxby Lynch and John Lynch
Rochester Institute of Technology
Shannon and Jimmy Wilmot
USI Insurance Services

Team Player

Bill Gray’s Restaurants
Brown & Brown of New York, Inc.
David and Margaret Burns
Canandaigua National Bank & Trust (Genesee Valley Trust)
Costanza Enterprises, Inc.
Cottone Auctions
Donovan Real Estate
Zeke and Jane Duda
First American Equipment Finance
Dr. Cecilia Griffin Golden
Henderson-Johnson
Indus Hospitality Group
JP Morgan Private Bank (NYC)
Kelly Schultz Antiques
Christine Klos and Donald White
LaBella Associates, P.C.
Magnatag Visible Solutions
Dr. Jagat and Manjula Mehta
Bob and Nicole Pease
QCI Asset Management
Roland Orthodontics
Kyle and Nicole Sayers
Fred and Jo Anne Smith
Technical Systems Group, Inc.
Tompkins Financial Advisors
University of Rochester

Fisher-Price, Inc.
John
Mattel, Inc.
McFarlane Toys
Pokémon Company International
Radio Flyer
Thinking Cup Learning
Carol Adler
Eric Alberta
Theresa Alvis
Jennifer Apy
Evelyn Bailey
Robert Bates
Daniel Benkwitt, Nicole Agnello, Billy Lagor, George Burtch, Jennie Long
Joel Benzel
Andrew Berton
John Boas
Bill Bradshaw
Eric Bridle
Patricia Brinkman
Trella Bromley
Gene Buckle
Terrence Bush
Gene Chorba
Robert Clardy
Peter Clark
Rhonda Clements
Bob Collins
Sandra Conheady
Daniel Coppola
Christy Crawford
Steven DeBenedictis
Doreen Deisenroth
Elizabeth Del Valle
Paul Dennen
Steve Desroches
Jack Dott
Sarah Duzynski
Jerry Erwin
Stefanie Eskander
Scott Fearing
Lisa Feinstein
Joanne Ferreri
Michael Field
Grant Fish
Alan Fogel
Byron Fogel
Rachel Franklin
Jill Frier
Emily Fuhrman
Rosario Fuschetto
Kyle Gabler
Kert Gartner
Judy Gehman
Glenda Giles-Luick
June Gizzi
Racquel Gonzales
Suzanne Goodman
Owen Gottlieb
Mary Graupman
Victoria Gray
Ken Green
Leslie Grimm
Miriam Gross
Josh Guers
Bruce Hack
Hal Halpin
Kim Hammann
Jerold Hamza
Christopher Harris
Gordon Hartley
Trip Hawkins
Annelise Heinz
Georgeann Hendrick
Kimberly Hess and Mark Toigo
Sean Higgins
Karen High
Margaret Hill
Andrea Hopelain
Lynda Hotra
Angela Hudak
Jennifer Jonason
Deborah Jones
Barry Josephs
Peter Kalenda
William Killgallon
John Kinchen
Virginia Kirch
Jim Koerner
David Kornack
David Kriedler and Leigh Albritton
Henry Kropf
Peter Landau
Linda Larson
John Lawson
Connor Lee
Loretta Lefler
Donna Lessard, Darryl Kelley, Megan Russo
Daniel Letzring
Ellen Liman
Gilman Louie
Ryan Lucas
Erica Luke
Nora Madrigal
T. Cregg Madrigal
Doreen Maisano
Kathleen Mangan
Kevin Maroney
Joyce Mason
Arlene Mathews
David Maynard
Phyllis Mazzaferro-Allebach
John McCarthy
Victor McCarthy
Lonnie McDonald
Josephine Mecca
Andrew Molloy
Marti Mowers
Brian Murphy
Eugenia Nichols
Michael Nighan
Rebecca Olson
Deirdre O’Moore
Philip Orbanes
Lisa Orman
Steve Peterson
Rosamond Rea
Alex Reid
Richard Reid
Daniel Reiff
Lizz Ricci
Michealene Risley
Tina Rivers Ryan
William Rooney
Lyn Rosen Springut
Alice Rutkowski
Prisciilla Ryder
Nancy Saddock
Jeremy Saucier
Kay Savetz
Travis Schembri
Ofer Schwarz
Yann Seznec
Fred Shippey
Tyler Sigman
Courtney Simmons
Vincent Simone
Jefferson Singer
Tom Sloper
Edward Smith
Betty Snell
Spin Master Toys
Peter St. John
Jeanne Starr Gater
Richie Sternfeld
David Stong
Jim Stormdancer
Jim Sutton
Doug Thomas
Mary Valentine
Nick Van Hoogstraten
Andrew Vestal
Kathy Vice
Mary Ellen Walkowicz
Mike and Peggy Watters
Joan Weetman
Joyce Weisbecker
Guy Welch
Jenni Werner
Bruce Whitehill
Patrick Whitman
Jon Wilcox
Eric Wilder
Kim Wilkinson
Anne Williams
Ian Woods
Melody Young
Miles Zatkowski
Rose Zielinski

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)

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
President
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
Director of Strategic Initiatives, University of Kentucky
Principal, Elam Consulting

Judith Ellis
Chairperson, Toy Design Department
Fashion Institute of Technology

Joe Fryer
West Coast Correspondent, NBC News

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.
Professor Emeritus, American Studies
Miami University

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

Gerard J. Puccio
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
Professor, College of Education
Director, Elementary Education MAT Program
James Madison University

Edwin J.C. Sobey
Northwest Invention Center

Timothy M. Stearns
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
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology
University of Oregon

Tim Walsh
Fearless Leader
The Playmakers

Bruce Whitehill
Games Historian

Arthur Yorinks
Writer and Director

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

Ian Bogost
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
Director of Research and Academics
edX
(United States)

Rachael 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)