Nika Nour

Nika Nour is the executive director of the International Game Developers Association Foundation and the leading voice on diversity and inclusion in the video game industry. Nour also operates as the Chief Strategy Officer of Liminal esports and is an Informatics PhD student at the University California of Irvine. With more than a decade of experience working with Internet and video game companies on social and cultural impact, she collaborated on issue advocacy, coalitions, corporate social responsibility. As the former Head of Public Affairs for the Entertainment Software Association, she took a leading role in emphasizing the video game industry’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. In that capacity, Nika led public affairs messaging, gamer community outreach, and corporate social responsibility for the trade association, which included leveraging relationships with key policy leaders and government officials.