Latina-themed virtual world for tween girls Hip Chicashas announced the addition of the Emmy-Award winning animation producer and Zookazoo virtual world founder Sherry Gunther to its advisory board.

Gunther's history includes heading up Hanna Barbera Cartoons as Senior Vice President of Production, running Klasky Csupo for five years, and leading divisions for Nickelodeon, Fox’s prime-time animation studio and Warner Bros. Pictures.

The company has also announced that Maciej Miechowicz, formerly the Lead Architect of Barbie Girls and currently CTO of virtual world developer MegaPlayer, is to oversee the architecture for Hip Chicas and assist in the development of the site and of the operational team through the launch and beyond.

Miechowicz is to assist Hip Chicas by ensuring the scalability and modularization of its architecture, as well as in the development of its team.

“We are taking an important step to ensure the quality of the virtual world by adding Ms. Gunther as an advisor and enlisting the help of Mr. Miechowicz,” stated Lazaro Fuentes, founder and CEO of Hip Chicas. “Ms. Gunther’s animation and virtual world experience, coupled with Mr. Miechowicz experience as the Lead Architect for the Barbie Girls site bring strong virtual world fundamentals and know-how to the Hip Chicas team as the company prepares its launch. Both have built and launched successful virtual worlds that are counted among the top tween worlds today and are both at the forefront of their respective fields.”