Suzanne Seggerman

Suzanne Seggerman
Photo by MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito
Spouse(s)	Michael R. Meyer[1]

Suzanne Seggerman is the co-founder of Games for Change and is a public speaker and adviser on new media and social impact.

Career

She is co-founder and former president of Games for Change (G4C),^[2] a non-profit that promotes and supports the emerging uses of video games in the public interest.^[3] She ran G4C since its inception in 2004^[4] until her resignation in 2010, acting as the curator of the Games for Change Festival, and a frequent speaker and advisor on video games and social impact.

Seggerman also co-founded PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab), a public interest design and research lab at Parsons The New School for Design, supported by grants from MTV and the MacArthur Foundation.^[5]

Her speaker resume includes Sundance Film Festival,^[6] PopTech,^[7] and TEDx.^[8] As an invited expert on various new media projects, she has advised on Microsoft’s Imagine Cup,^[9] Scholastic Art and Writing Awards^[10] and the Innovation for Healthy Kids Challenge at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy^[11]

Known for her expertise in games and social impact, she has often been featured in the press.^{[4][9][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Before co-founding Games for Change, Seggerman was a director at new media think tank Web Lab,^[18] where she worked since its inception, with its founder Marc Weiss,^[3] the creator of the PBS Independent film series P.O.V.. Web Lab started as an early think tank dedicated to exploring and funding serious issues at the outset of the World Wide Web^[19] While at Web Lab, Seggerman also co-curated Provocations in 2003, an exhibition dedicated to digital games and social issues, featuring artists Natalie Jeremijenko, Tamiko Thiel, Michael Mateas, Brody Condon, Eddo Stern and Anne-Marie Schleiner.

Previous to her work in new media, Seggerman was production manager for the PBS documentary series by Ken Burns and Stephen Ives called "The West".^[3]

Early life and education

Seggerman grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut,^[20] the daughter of Harry G. A. Seggerman, who had been vice chairman of Fidelity, and Anne Crellin Seggerman.^[21] She has five siblings; Patricia Seggerman, Marianne Seggerman, Yvonne Seggerman, Henry Seggerman, and Edmund Seggerman.^[1][21] Seggerman received a B.A. from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio,^[20] and a Masters degree from New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).^[22]

Personal life

Seggerman is married to Michael Meyer, Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Communications at Aga Khan University's Nairobi, Kenya campus.^[23][24][25]

Legal issues

In October 2010, Seggerman pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax fraud related to hiding her inheritance in a Swiss bank.^[26][27] As of September 9, 2014, her sentencing has been postponed pending the outcome of the family adviser, Michael Little's, trial.^[28]

References

1. Elstein, Aaron (2013-09-22). "Meet the Seggermans, New York's first family of tax evasion | Crain's New York Business". Crainsnewyork.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
2. "Mike Musgrove - Not the Usual Game Application". Washingtonpost.com. 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
3. Bio at Games for Change] web site
4. Watson, Tom. "Are You A Social Entrepreneur? 5 Key Questions You Need to Ask". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
5. "The New School News Releases". Newschool.edu. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
6. "Filmmakers at Sundance look to indie video game industry - CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
7. "PopCasts : Suzanne Seggerman - PopTech 2008". PopTech.org. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
8. "Watch "TEDxBinghamtonUniversity - Suzanne Seggerman - Games are Growing Up" Video at TEDxTalks". Tedxtalks.ted.com. 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
9. "Mike Musgrove - Not the Usual Game Application". Washingtonpost.com. 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
10. "The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards" (PDF). D3kino9lsjew8j.cloudfront.net. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
11. "Innovations for Healthy Kids Challenge Workshop" (PDF). Whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
12. Thompson, Clive (2006-07-23). "Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
13. "Moving beyond 'shoot 'em up'". CSMonitor.com. 2005-12-22. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
14. "'Ethical' computer games take on the shoot-'em-up classics". Tmcnet.com. 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
15. "Nation: For a virtual dose of reality, a different kind of video game". Natcath.org. 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
16. "Lab aims for video games with a conscience - Technology & science - Games". Nbcnews.com. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
17. "Activists Build Video Games". Newsweek.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
18. "Connecting People and Ideas". Weblab.org. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
19. "Web Development Fund Announces Grant Recipients". Weblab.org. 1998-05-04. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
20. Elstein, Aaron (2014-09-08). "Sentencing near for Seggerman heir | Crain's New York Business". Crainsnewyork.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
21. Schwartz, John (2001-05-23). "Harry G. A. Seggerman, 73, a Pioneer Investor in Asian Companies". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
22. "News & Events » ITP at Pop!Tech 2008". Itp.nyu.edu. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
23. Archived November 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
24. "Dr Alex Awiti and Dean Michael Meyer". Aku.edu. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
25. "Michael Meyer". Project-syndicate.org. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
26. Voreacos, David (2013-11-01). "Offshore Tax Scorecard: UBS, Credit Suisse, HSBC, Baer - Bloomberg Business". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
27. Archived May 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
28. Elstein, Aaron (2014-09-09). "Seggerman sentencing postponed pending adviser, Michael Little's trial | Crain's New York Business". Crainsnewyork.com. Retrieved 2015-05-28.

External links

• Suzanne Seggerman's website