Who We Are

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    Terry Redfield

    Terry Redfield is the founder of Pacific Sandbox, a Hawai'i-based incubator building game industry pathways for local and Native Hawaiian students. A nearly three-decade veteran of the games industry, she's held creative leadership roles at Riot Games, Niantic, Bungie, King, Wizards of the Coast, and Double Fine. She's also the founder and CEO of Wicked Fox Games, a women-led indie studio she launched in 2024, focused on creating original games and supporting emerging talent.

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    Leimomi Crisostomo-Ribeiro

    Leimomi Crisostomo-Ribeiro is the co-founder of Pacific Sandbox, a Hawai'i-based incubator building game industry pathways for local and Native Hawaiian students. An award-winning stage actor, she's now shifted her focus to game development in Hawai'i. Born and raised in Waianae, Oahu, and a graduate of Kamehameha Schools, she remains deeply committed to helping build a more inclusive and accessible game industry for local and Native Hawaiian students throughout the Hawaiian islands.

Our Advisors

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    Ed Fries

    Ed Fries is an American video game programmer and entrepreneur, born 1964 in Bellevue, WA. As Microsoft's VP of game publishing, he led creation of the original Xbox and helped acquire Bungie and Rare. Post-Microsoft, he founded Figure Prints and launched 1Up Ventures in 2019.

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    Pualeilani Kamahoahoa

    Pualeilani Kamahoahoa is COO and Poʻo Kumu of Ka Makani Kāʻili Koa, grounded in ʻike Hawaiʻi and Hawaiian values. A Brown University graduate and respected cultural practitioner and educator, she also serves as Hope Pelekikena of the Prince Kūhiō Hawaiian Civic Club.

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    Nyle Sky Kauweloa

    Dr. Nyle Sky Kauweloa is the University of Hawaiʻi System's first Director of Esports and faculty in Interdisciplinary Studies at UH Mānoa. He built UH Esports into a top-10 national program, taught one of the first college esports courses, and led the Overwatch League Grand Finals partnership.

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    John King

    John King has spent over 16 years in the video game industry as a Senior Producer at Netflix, Niantic, DeNA, and Wargaming America. Starting at LucasArts, he's worked on global franchises like Pokémon, Star Wars, and Marvel, bridging creative vision and execution through strategic planning and live operations.

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    Kellee Santiago

    Kellee Santiago is a Venezuelan American game designer, born in Caracas and raised in Virginia. She co-founded thatgamecompany, producing Flow, Flower, and Journey. A TED fellow and Indie Fund backer, she later worked at Ouya, Google Play Games, Niantic, and E-Line Media.

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    Auston Stewart

    Auston Stewart is a youth entrepreneurship evangelist and technologist based in Hilo, Hawaii, and a Brown University grad. He has served on Nalukai Foundation's board since 2018, plus stints as Executive Director and President. Previously, he was a Platform Engineer and Mobile Team Manager at Twitch.

Our Guest Instructors

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    Ashley Baker

    Technical Designer, Bungie

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    Alex Hogan

    Lead Technical Artist, KRAFTON Inc.

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    Andrew Marks

    Senior Producer, Riot Games

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    Lynwood Montgomery

    Senior Art Director, Microsoft

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    Thomas Randby

    Lead Concept Artist, Riot Games

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    Jimmy Sudekum

    Content Producer, Square Enix