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Gordon BellamyCEOGay Gaming Professionals

Gordon Bellamy is a Professor of the Practice of Cinematic Arts at USC, faculty advisor for USC Esports, and leads career development and DEI&B efforts at USC Games, helping to cultivate the next generation of leaders in our craft. He has played key business and product leadership roles at Tencent, Electronic Arts, as a designer on Madden NFL Football, and MTV Networks. In 2020, Bellamy was honored by Games for Change as their Vanguard Award winner for his contributions to the craft. In 2019, he was awarded the first ever Jerry Lawson Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2018 he was featured in Nickelodeon's Black History Month. Currently, he is featured in Netflix's Game Documentary High Score, and on The World According to Jeff Goldblum on Disney+. Gordon serves as the Executive Director/CEO of the Gay Gaming Professionals and on the Board of Directors of Wave and has served as Executive Director of both the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and the International Game Developers Association. He is a graduate of Harvard College with a BA in Engineering, and resides with his husband Joe Heally in Los Angeles, California.

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