Renee Gardner is a brand strategist, business development leader, and community builder whose 15-year career spans media, music, retail operations, and gaming. Through her consultancy, HipHopSoul LLC, she works to bridge gaps in the esports and entertainment ecosystem, locally and internationally.

Renee serves on the Fulton County Arts Council and the Game Design Advisory Board at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. Her community work includes bringing a gaming lab to Atlanta’s Fourth Ward, where she also created youth-focused gaming events. A former Rolling Out Magazine editor and SiriusXM-played recording artist, Renee Gardner brings a storyteller’s instinct and an operator’s discipline to every room.