Jennifer MacLean is Chief Executive Officer at 38 Studios, an independent game developer. She was previously the Vice President and General Manager of Games at Comcast

Comcast

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...

 Corporation.

After beginning her career working with Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier

Sid Meier

Sidney K. "Sid" Meier is a Canadian programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games, most notably Civilization. He has won accolades for his contributions to the computer games industry...

 at Microprose Software in 1992, she joined AOL

AOL

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 in 1996, where she became Programming Director for the Games Channel.

She is a frequent speaker at interactive entertainment industry events, and has earned a BA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...

 and an MBA with a concentration in International Business from the Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School is the business school of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students...

. MacLean was named one of the "Game Industry's 100 Most Influential Women" by Next Generation, one of the top 20 Women in Games by Gamasutra

Gamasutra

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, and is Chair of the Board of Directors for the International Game Developers Association

International Game Developers Association

International Game Developers Association is the professional society for over 10,000 video and computer game developers worldwide.It is incorporated in the United States as a non-profit organization....

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