INNER CIRCLE

Our inner circle is a diverse group of best-in-class specialists and organizations aligned to our mission and actively involved in different partnerships and projects initiated by big BOING.

  • Charlotte Albright: Food Scientist, nutritionist & product developer; founder of Route 29 Candies; developer of multi-million dollars brands and food lines for Williams Sonoma, Starbucks & Pete’s Coffee
  • Andrew Ayre and Mike Mika: Co-Founders of Other Ocean, a video game design & production company
  • Tim Bender: SVP Sony Playstation; former President of LeapFrog Consumer Division
  • Stuart Brown MD, Phd: Founder & President of National Institute for Play
  • Jeff Campbell: Professor University of San Diego; former CEO of Burger King and SVP Pepsi; former Chairman of Pillsbury Restaurant Group
  • Christine Carter, PhD: Executive Director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley sociologist who specializes in the childhood roots of happiness
  • Greg Easley: Founder and CEO of Mako Games
  • Randy Eckhardt: President Eckhardt Consulting, pioneer in music licensing and co-creator of Guitar Hero
  • Maria Giudice: Founder and CEO of Hot Studio, an interactive and experience design firm
  • Barr Hogan: Founder of Barr None Consulting; former Creative Chef at Odwalla; health, wellness and natural foods expert
  • Dacher Keltner, Phd: Professor of psychology at UC Berkeley; Director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
  • Kenn Lewis: Brand identity and design guru; founder of Kenn Lewis Design; former Creative Director of FutureBrand and The Coleman Group
  • Toni W. Linder EdD: Education & childhood development expert; Professor for the College of Education at the University of Denver
  • David Lipson: President Occam; Former President Ackerman McQueen advertising agency
  • Larry Lynch: Engineering & manufacturing xpert; former VP of Concept Development at LeapFrog Enterprises; former engineer at Worlds of Wonder and Atari
  • Richard D. Mccallum Phd: Professor at the Graduate School of Education, U.C. Berkeley
  • Mark Miller: Chef & food anthropologist; James Beard “Best Southwest Chef”, author of 9 cookbooks
  • Patrick Numair: Music artist & creator; founder of Saint Patrick Music
  • Ian O’Keefe: Co-owner Torque Athletic
  • Mark Williams: Engineer & manufacturing expert; President of Toy-Knowlogy; former Director/VP of Engineering for Sega, Milton Bradley, LeapFrog, Coleco, and Galoob
  • Robert Yang: President of Robert Yang Consulting; Certified nutritionist; faculty member the CHEK Institute; advisor to Titleist and the National Pitching Association