Digital media leader appointed to SFU board
A darling in the digital-media world and internationally known for her business acumen and passion for culture, Lynda Brown-Ganzert is the newest member of Simon Fraser University’s board of governors.
The provincial government has appointed Brown-Ganzert to the board for one year. The SFU graduate (B.Sc., 1990 and M.Ed., 1999) replaces Pauline Rafferty whose term has expired.
The digital-media industry has showered Brown-Ganzert with recognition over the last 17 years because of her accomplishments as a founder and promoter of its pioneers. Among her accolades are the title “Wondrous Wired Woman” bestowed by the national Wired Woman Society and being named a Canadian New Media advocate of the year and one of Vancouver’s Top 40 Under 40.
A co-founder and the current chief executive officer of start-up ZuluMe, Brown-Ganzert is developing a new mobile identity application and maintaining her consultancy practice.
Under her presidency, the New Media BC Association’s annual operating budget grew from $300,000 to more than $3 million in just over three years. Brown-Ganzert says it is her intense interest in building communities in meaningful ways that drives her digital media focus.
“As a board of governors member, I hope to combine my business and governance skills with this passion for community to help expand SFU’s reach and resonance with its many stakeholders,” says Brown-Ganzert. She plans to attend her first board meeting on Jan. 29.
From 2005-07, Brown-Ganzert was a director of the Great Northern Way campus in Burnaby where she played a key role in developing the Centre for Digital Media.
A prolific publisher and ardent cultural advocate, Brown-Ganzert published the first national study of the videogames industry in Canada in 2002. The SFU alumna founded National Digital Media Day in 2008 and is currently a director of Interactive Canada and the Vancouver International Film Festival.
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