Governance

The Institute’s governance structure aligns with Policy 44 and is highlighted in the chart below.

The GI’s Advisory Board acts as its Governing Body as defined in Policy 44, with the Vice-President, Research and International, as its Responsible Officers. The primary responsibility of the Advisory Board is to ensure the appropriate governance of the institute, the fulfilment of its goals and vision, to provide direction and advice on the development of strategic directions for the Institute, and the promotion of collaborative inter-and transdisciplinary research.

The Advisory Board’s membership includes the GI Executive and Associate Directors, three Waterloo Deans, GI researchers, and representatives of the GI’s industry and academic partners.

University of Waterloo Members

Chair
Charmaine Dean Vice-President, Research and International - ex officio

Arts
Neil Randall € Executive Director, Games Institute - ex officio	Sheila Ager Dean of Arts –€“ represented by Douglas Peers, Interim Dean of Arts - ex officio
Kristina Llewellyn Assistant Professor, History/Social Development Studies (Renison)	Shana MacDonald Associate Professor, Communication Arts (Arts)
Lai-Tze Fan Associate Professor, Sociology & Legal Studies (Arts)

Engineering
Mark Hancock Associate Director, Games Institute - ex officio	Mary Wells Dean of Engineering – represented by David Clausi, Associate Dean of Research, Engineering - ex officio
Oliver Schneider Assistant Professor, Management Science and Engineering	Karim Sallaudin Karim Associate Vice-President, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship

Health
Lili Liu Dean of Health - ex officio	Michael Barnett Cowan Associate Professor, Kinesiology

Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business
Lennart Nacke Associate Director, Graduate Studies, Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business	Cayley MacArthur Associate Professor, Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business

Math
Anita Layton Associate Dean of Research, Mathematics (note: representing herself, not Math faculty)

External Academic Members
Kishonna Gray Associate Professor, Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, University of Kentucky	Aynur Kadir Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies and Lifeways in Indigenous Asia, University of British Columbia
Bart Simon Institute Director, Milieux Institute, Concordia University

External Industry Members
Evan Jones Founder and Creative Director/Producer, Stitch Media, Toronto	Andrea Kerswill Assistant Vice President Innovation, The Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan

The Executive Committee consists of the Executive and Associate Directors, Associate Director, Strategic Planning and Administration (acting as Managing Director), the Chair of the Anti-Racism, Decolonization, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, and two representatives from the Student Council and two representatives from the Games Institute faculty.

The student and faculty members of the Executive Committee must represent different Waterloo Faculties. The Executive Committee will make recommendations to the Games Institute leadership pertaining to the planning of the annual budget, research directions and programs, outreach and expansion of membership, day-to-day operations, etc.

Faculy Representatives
Jennifer Whitson Associate Professor, Sociology and Legal Studies	Jim Wallace Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences

Student and Postdoctoral Representatives
Nicholas Tibert Kinesiology and Health Sciences	Nicholas Hobin English Language and Literature
Abhishesh Homagain Kinesiology and Health Sciences

Ex-Officio Members
Gerald Voorhees Associate Professor, Communication Arts	Agata Antkiewicz Associate Director, Strategic Planning and Administration
Mark Hancock Associate Director, Games Institute - ex officio	Neil Randall Executive Director, Games Institute - ex officio