10 Women Rising in Gaming celebrates 5 years with 2026 class – CDC Gaming

• Rege Behe, CDC Gaming

This 12 months’s class of 10 Women Rising in Gaming is perhaps probably the most geographically numerous.

The honorees hail from California and Illinois, Texas and Virginia. From Japan and Ireland, and, in fact, Las Vegas.

What they’ve in widespread is a litany of accomplishments which can be spectacular and illuminating.

“It is a true honor to recognize the 2026 Class of 10 Women Rising in Gaming during such a meaningful anniversary year for Global Gaming Women. We are grateful to CDC Gaming for its continued partnership in helping us celebrate outstanding women in gaming whose leadership, impact and commitment to lifting others reflect the very best of GGW’s mission and values,” mentioned Global Gaming Women Executive Vice President Pamela Buckley.

A collaboration between CDC Gaming and Global Gaming Women, 10 Women Rising in Gaming focuses on the accomplishments of ladies who’ve labored within the gaming business tirelessly, usually with out receiving recognition. This 12 months’s class features a cross-section of achieved ladies within the gaming business who transcend their roles.

“Over the past five years, 10 Women Rising in Gaming has given us the opportunity to tell the stories of remarkable women whose contributions might otherwise not receive the attention they deserve,” mentioned CDC Gaming Publisher Cory Roberts. “The Class of 2026 comes from across the industry and across the world, with careers shaped by very different experiences. What connects them is the impact they have made, the way they lead and the opportunities they continue to create for others.”

The honorees will probably be acknowledged at CDC Gaming’s Day Zero celebration September 27 at Resort World’s Alle Lounge on 66.

Here are their tales.

Click every recipient to learn their interview.