Renee Gittins

Renee Gittins is the Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) from July 2019, succeeding Jennifer MacLean.[1] She also serves as Creative Director at her indie game studio, Stumbling Cat, which is developing the game Potions: A Curious Tale.[2]

Renee Gittins
OccupationExecutive Director at IGDA

Biography

Renee Gittins is the daughter of Carol Gittins and the Olympian, Boyd Gittins.[3] She received her degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College in May 2012 and worked in biotechnology prior to joining the game industry.[2]

Prior to her appointment as Executive Director, Gittins served on the IGDA's executive board as secretary [4] and started her company, Stumbling Cat, in 2014.[2] As Executive Director, Gittins promised to focus on sustainable careers and inclusion within the game industry,[5] and has taken a strong stance against the significant overtime hours worked within the game industry.[6]

Gittins was named as part of the Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2020 in Games.[7]

References
  1. "IGDA Groups Appoint a New Generation of Leaders Archived 18 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine." VentureBeat. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. "How One Young Woman Became a Unicorn Indie Game Developer Archived 28 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine." VentureBeat. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. Wainwright, Steve (July 30, 1995). "Tracking The Dream". The Seattle Times.
  4. "IGDA Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Newly Appointed Board of Directors Archived 29 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine." Variety. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. Farough, Amanda (July 11, 2019). "IGDA new executive director to focus on 'sustainable careers', inclusion for all developers". GameDaily.biz.
  6. Brightman, James (December 3, 2019). "IGDA: 'A rested mind has an easier time performing creative and mentally challenging work'". GameDaily.biz.
  7. "Bugha, SonicFox and Ewok highlight Forbes' 30 under 30 gaming list". ESPN. December 3, 2019.


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