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ASME Best Cover Contest 2023 Judges

 A complete list of the 2024 judges will be published when the finalists and winners of the ASME Best Cover Contest are announced in April 2024

Isabel Abdai Design Director, Woman's Day
Ian Adelman Creative Director, Vox Media
Kayla Webley Adler Deputy Editor, ELLE
Thomas Alberty Design Director, New York
Anna Goldwater Alexander Director of Photography, WIRED
Alissa Ambrose Director of Photography and Multimedia, STAT
Elizabeth Angell Editor in Chief, Romper
Gabriel Arana Editor in Chief, Texas Observer
Allison Arieff Editorial Director of Print, MIT Technology Review
Jesse Ashlock Deputy Global Editorial Director, Condé Nast Traveler
Erin Aulov Senior Visuals Editor, Politico
Sara Barrett Photo Editor, The New York Times
Nat Belkov Design Director, Eater
Alexandra Ben-Gurion Visuals Director, W
Sally Berman Visual Director, Men's Health
Gail Bichler Creative Director, The New York Times Magazine
Christine Bower-Wright Art Director and Designer
Claire Boyle Senior Editor, McSweeney's Publishing
Richard Bradley Editor at Large, Worth
Joe Brown Founder and Editor, one5c
Cian Browne Design Director, W Magazine
Ridge Carpenter Design Director, HGTV Magazine
Carter/Reddy Art Directors, Oxford American
Melissa Chessher Endowed Chair, Journalism Division, Southern Methodist University
Kelly Chiello Photo Director, InStyle, Byrdie, Brides, Shape
Gary Cochran Art Director, The Economist 1843 Magazine
Ron Coddington Editor, Visuals and Data, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Donna Cohen Director of Photography, Bloomberg Markets
Nancy Cooper Global Editor in Chief, Newsweek
Jessica Cruel Editor in Chief, Allure
David Curcurito Partner, Works Well With Others Design
Peter B. Cury Creative Director, The Hollywood Reporter
Sherri Dalphonse Editor in Chief, Washingtonian
Steph Davidson Art Director, Bloomberg
Kristina Deckert Art Director, Audubon
Kayo Der Sarkissian Creative Director, Guideposts
Mia Diehl Director of Photography, Fortune
Kira Brunner Don Editor in Chief, Stranger's Guide
Simon Dumenco Editor at Large, Ad Age
Chrissy Dunleavy Design Director, TIME
Michael Fell Editor in Chief, TV Guide Magazine
Edward Felsenthal Executive Chairman and Contributing Editor, TIME
Sarah Filippi Vice President, Brand Studio, Vice Media Group
Gail Fletcher Photo Editor, The Guardian
Leah Flickinger Executive Features Director, Runner's World, Popular Mechanics, Bicycling
Ivan Flores Creative Director, Texas Observer
Laura Genninger Creative Director, Harper's Bazaar
Jeff Glendenning Creative Director, Washingtonian
Susan Goldberg President and Chief Executive Officer, GBH
Ben Goldberger Executive Editor, TIME
Patrick Gomez Editor in Chief, Entertainment Weekly
Skye Gould Design Director, Formerly Insider
Megan Greenwell Freelance Author and Editor
Edward Grinnan Editor in Chief and Vice President of Strategic Content, Guideposts
Mark Guiducci Creative Editorial Director, Vogue
David Haskell Editor in Chief, New York Magazine
Elizabeth Meyers Hendrickson Associate Professor, Ohio University
Peter Herbert Creative Director, Fortune Media
Brett Hill Head of Branded Content, Hearst Magazines
Jared Hohlt Editorial Director, T: The New York Times Style Magazine
Maili Holiman Creative Director, WIRED
Anna Holmes Executive Vice President, Higher Ground Productions
Carol Holstead Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Journalism
Mei-Ling Hopgood Journalist, Author and Professor, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Kathryn Humphries Art Director, Harper's Magazine
Shanelle Infante Art Director, Bustle
Jeff Inman Associate Professor of Magazine and Brand Media Journalism, Drake University
Stacy Jarvis Creative Director, Clean Eating/Outside Inc.
Clara Jeffery Editor in Chief, Mother Jones
Jade-Snow Joachim Director of Photography, Politico
Radhika Jones Editor in Chief, Vanity Fair
Richard Just Former Editor, The Washington Post Magazine
Nikki Kahn Photo Editor, Sierra
Supriya Kalidas Creative Director, AFAR
Lauren Kay Executive Editor, The Knot
Maria G. Keehan Creative Director, Smithsonian
Maggie Kennedy Photography and Visuals Director, Garden & Gun
Chuck Kerr Creative Director, Entertainment Weekly
Emily Kimbro Creative Director, Texas Monthly
Ben King Design Director, BuzzFeed News
Amanda Kludt Group Publisher, Lifestyle, Vox Media
Chris Knutsen Executive Editor, WSJ. Magazine
Kristin Koch Editor in Chief, Seventeen
John Korpics Creative Director, Harvard Business Review
Jillian Kumagai Visuals Producer, Reuters
Ellen Kunes Editorial Director, Print, Consumer Reports
Adrienne LaFrance Executive Editor, The Atlantic
Suzanne LaGasa Creative Director, Dwell
Jennifer Laski Visuals Director
Jamie Leary Design Director, Philadelphia
Sacha Lecca Deputy Photo Editor, Rolling Stone
Justin Patrick Long Design Director, Vanity Fair
Roni Martin-Chance Visual Director, Good Housekeeping and Woman's Day
Paul Martinez Vice President and Creative Director, National Geographic
David Matt Chief Creative Officer and Vice President, Foundry 360 @ Dotdash Meredith
Victor Maze Design Director, VERANDA
Christopher McGee Art Director, Landscape Architecture Magazine
Dave McKenna Art Director, 5280
Colleen McNally Editor, Savannah Magazine
Stephanie Mehta Chief Executive Officer and Chief Content Officer, Mansueto Ventures
Rachel Wilkerson Miller Editor in Chief, SELF
Debbie Millman Partner and Editorial Director, PrintMag.com
Janice Min Chief Executive Officer, The Ankler
Patrick Mitchell Principal and Creative Director, MO.D
Mark Murrmann Photo Director, Mother Jones
Jessica Musumeci Creative Director and Partner, Works Well With Others Design
Nicolas Neubeck Creative Director, Hearst Magazines
Robert Newman The Man, Newmanology
Caroline Newton Design Director, Bon Appétit and Epicurious
Michael Norseng Creative Director, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine / T.C.B.
Tiffany O'Callaghan US Editor, New Scientist
Andy Omel Design Director, The New Republic
Alison Overholt Adjunct Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Founder of Good People LLC Content Strategy and Production Studio
Jennifer Pastore Executive Photo Director, WSJ. Magazine
Lindsay Peoples Editor in Chief, The Cut, New York
Robert Perino Executive Creative Director, Southern Living
Kate Phillips Visual Director, Veranda and Country Living
Sean Plottner Editor, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
Alexandra Pollack Photo Director, Bustle Digital Group
Katherine Pomerantz Director of Photography, TIME
Jamie Prokell Creative Director, Men's Health
Benjamen Purvis Design Director, Boston Magazine
Tony Quiroga Editor in Chief, Car and Driver
Luis G. Rendon Senior Photo Editor, The Daily Beast
Paul Reyes Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review
Tim Rogers Editor, D Magazine
Claudia Royston Design Director, Our State
Kathy Ryan Director of Photography, The New York Times Magazine
Alex Sandoval Visuals Editor, Entertainment Weekly
Michael Sebastian Editor in Chief, Esquire
Noah Shachtman Editor in Chief, Rolling Stone
Jane Sherman Senior Art Director, Seattle Met
Alyson Shontell Editor in Chief, Chief Content Officer, Fortune
Ivylise Simones Creative Director, Slate
Caroline Smith Associate Creative Director, The Atlantic
Mike Smith Design Director, Consumer Reports
Gabriel Snyder Publisher and Editor in Chief, The Fine Print
Jesse Southerland Creative Director, Popular Mechanics, Bicycling, Runner's World
Kelsey Stefanson Design Director, The Hollywood Reporter
Annie Stoltie Executive Editor and Co-Publisher, Adirondack Life
Bill Strickland Editorial Director, Hearst Enthusiast Group, Best Products, Bicycling, Biography.com, Popular Mechanics, Runner's World
Tara Thompson Art Director, The Red Bulletin
Allyson Torrisi Freelance Photo Editor
Mariana Tuma Design Director, Good Housekeeping
Julia Turner Senior Vice President, Content Business Strategy, Los Angeles Times
Liz Vaccariello Editorial Director at Large, Organic Spa Media and Wellness Media Company
Geoff Van Dyke Editorial Director, 5280 Publishing Inc.
Katharine Van Itallie Art Director, Yankee Magazine
Allecia Vermillion Executive Editor, Seattle Met
Adam Vieyra Creative Director, Mother Jones
Chris Vogel Editor, Boston Magazine
Ken Wangler Creative Director, Concealed Carry Magazine
Phoebe Weekes Design Director, People
Will Welch Global Editorial Director, GQ
Charles Whitaker Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Alison Wild Director of Photography, Entertainment Weekly
Patti Wolter Helen Gurley Brown Magazine Professor, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Allison Wright Executive Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review
Caroline Wurtzel Design Director, BDG Media

Titles and affiliations listed were at time of judging