Board of Governors

Alan Gershenfeld
Founder & President, E-Line Media

Alan is Founder and President of E-Line Media, a publisher of digital entertainment that engages, educates and empowers with a core focus on computer and video games. Prior to E-Line, Alan was CEO of netomat, a leader in mobile-web community solutions. netomat originated as network-based art project and was selected as a Technology Pioneer at the 2007 World Economic Forum at Davos. Before netomat, Alan was member of the executive team that rebuilt video game publisher Activision from bankruptcy into an industry leader. As Senior Vice President of Activision Studios Alan oversaw titles such as Civilization: Call to Power, Asteroids, Muppet Treasure Island, Spycraft, Pitfall, Zork and Tony Hawk Skateboarding. Before Activision, Alan worked as a filmmaker and writer with credits on numerous feature films and documentaries.

Alan currently serves on the Board of FilmAid International and on the Advisory Boards of Creative Capital, Global Kids, Startl and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center (Sesame Workshop). He is also former Chairman of Games for Change, the leading global advocate for computer and video games in the public interest.