Susanna Pollack
President of Games for Change
Cross-sector leader, public speaker, and social entrepreneur. She is the President of Games for Change and the annual Games for Change Festival. She has initiated dozens of programs to advance the games and immersive media for good sector serving clients such as American Express, Verizon, AARP, United Nations, Epic Games, Carnegie Foundation, and more.
In 2017, she launched XR for Change which builds a community of practice around radical new ways to improve lives using immersive technologies. As an Executive Producer, she spearheads impact media projects, bringing together award-winning creators with mission-oriented organizations. Current projects include The Morning You Wake, a partnership with renowned studios Archer’s Mark and Atlas V as well as Princeton University’s Science and Global Security Department, Oculus, and MacArthur Foundation.
Prior to Games for Change, she worked across both the commercial and public sector. This experience includes various senior positions at BBC Worldwide Americas, such as SVP of the US television distribution division where she led a team of 20 to raise $50m annually. She was also SVP of BBC Children’s.