(September 25, 2025 – Toronto, Ontario) – Interactive Ontario announced today the appointment of four new members and the re-election of six others to its Board of Directors, effective September 24, 2024.
Interactive Ontario is pleased to announce the election of Allison Francis, SVP, Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives, Hyper Hippo Games; Heather Steele, Head of Studio Marketing and Communications, Haven Interactive Studios; Jeremy Nelson, Founder, Little Buffalo Studios; Nathan Sellyn, Chief of Staff and VP Strategy, Behaviour Interactive, to its Board of Directors. We also congratulate six returning Directors on their re-election: Jeffrey Elliott, CEO, TableRock Media; Denise Cooper, Principal, Denise Cooper Legal; Rob Elsworthy, Game Director, Resistr Interactive; Ryan Andal, President & Founder, Secret Location & Partner, Illuminarium at the Distillery District; Trang Nguyen, Head of Operations, Soft Rains and Vikas Gupta, CEO, AVARA Media.
Interactive Ontario would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to four board members whose terms on our Board of Directors have concluded: Lydia Sani, Managing Partner, Redwood Performance Group, Redwood Performance Group; Mark Laframboise, Co-Founder & President, Lightning Rod Games; Mojdeh Gharbi; and Sean Skelton, MTS Software Development Engineer, AMD. Their years of dedication, invaluable insights, and contributions have left a lasting impact on the organization.
We extend our sincere appreciation to our returning board directors, Jamie Barron, Partner, Technology & Life Sciences at BDO Canada; George Geczy, Co-Founder & Technical Lead, BattleGoat Studios; Kelsey McLaren, Director, Public Policy & Government Affairs, Electronic Arts (EA); Julien Lavoie, Director of Corporate Affairs, Ubisoft; Ramona Pringle, Director, The Creative Innovation Studio, Associate Professor at TMU; Jean-Sylvain Sormany, Regional Director, Keywords Studios & Studio Head, Snowed In Studios; Mary Sorrenti, VP Operations & Finance, Game Pill, Zina Rahman, CEO and Co-Founder, Transitional Forms; and our returning Officer Max Rothschild, Partner, Stohn Hay Cafazzo Heim Finlay LLP.
With the insight of our new directors and the steady leadership of our returning directors and officers, Interactive Ontario will continue to drive the growth of Ontario’s video game and interactive entertainment sector.
