Shannon Loftis retired from Microsoft and is now becoming chair of the IGDA Foundation.
Shannon Loftis retired from Microsoft and is now becoming chair of the IGDA Foundation.
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IGDA Foundation appoints Shannon Loftis as new chair

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The International Game Developers Association Foundation (IGDA-F) has appointed former Microsoft exec Shannon Loftis as the new chair of its board of directors.

She replaces another fellow Microsoft alumni Ed Fries, who is stepping down after a successful 2 years leading the organization and will remain on the board.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.