Patricia E. Vance
President
Patricia
Vance was appointed president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board
(ESRB) in November 2002. As president, she is responsible for overseeing
and enforcing the computer and video game industry’s self-regulatory
practices. This includes ensuring that video game consumers have effective
tools with which to make educated purchase decisions.
Before joining the ESRB, Ms. Vance established herself as a true interactive media veteran and industry leader. She spent 18 years at Disney/ABC, with responsibility for leveraging ABC properties in the development and management of a broad range of new media and market initiatives. These initiatives included the Internet (ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, Oscar.com, Oprah.com), interactive entertainment and educational software publishing (Creative Wonders, ABC Interactive, OT Sports, ABC News Interactive), direct response videocassette marketing, in-flight entertainment, home video and cable television.
Prior to ABC, Ms. Vance was responsible for planning movie acquisitions for The Movie Channel. She has also held senior management positions with The Princeton Review as Executive Vice President & General Manager of Admissions Services, and before that as President and CEO of HalfthePlanet.com, an online resource network for people with disabilities.
Ms. Vance has been named to Video Business’ Women Elite as well as Next-Generation’s Top 25 People of the Year. She holds a BA in International Relations/Russian from Washington University in St. Louis, is the mother of two children and lives in Westchester, NY.
About the ESRB
The ESRB is a non-profit, self-regulatory body established in 1994 by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). ESRB independently assigns ratings, enforces advertising guidelines, and helps ensure responsible online privacy practices for the interactive entertainment software industry.
