ASME Best Cover Contest 2025 Judges

Laurie Abraham Abraham & Chase
Kayla Webley Adler Deputy Editor and Features Director, ELLE
Anna Alexander Director of Photography, WIRED
Najeebah Al-Ghadban Art Director, Apple
Alissa Ambrose Director of Photography and Multimedia, STAT
Lucy Andersen Design Director, The Dial
Stephen Arevalos Design Director, D Magazine
Allison Arieff Editorial Director of Print, MIT Technology Review
Jesse Ashlock Deputy Global Editorial Director and Head of Editorial Content, US, Condé Nast Traveler
Eslah Attar Photo Editor, New York Times Opinion
Erin Aulov Senior Visuals Editor, POLITICO
Rachel Baker Coauthor, The Spread
Willa Bennett Editor in Chief, Cosmopolitan and Seventeen
Sally Berman Visual Director, Men's Health
Gail Bichler Creative Director, The New York Times Magazine
Jenn Boggs Art Director, Virginia Quarterly Review
Carrie Boyd Executive Editor, Food, Better Homes & Gardens and bhg.com
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Staff Writer, The New York Times Magazine
Joe Brown Publisher and Editorial Director, one5c
Lauren Brown Senior Visual Editor, Condé Nast
Lesley Busby Creative Director
Lauren Buzzeo Editor and Publisher, Full Pour
Melissa Chessher Professor and Endowed Chair in Journalism, Southern Methodist University
Kelly Chiello Photo Director, InStyle, Byrdie and Brides
Jeanne Dozier Clayton Director of Photography, Southern Living
Gary Cochran Art Director, 1843 Magazine
Ron Coddington Editor, Visuals and Data, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Amy Conway Editor in Chief, The B
Julie Cote Photography Director, Cook's Illustrated
Jessica Cruel Editor in Chief, Allure
David Curcurito Partner, Works Well With Others Design Group
Peter B. Cury Creative Director, The Hollywood Reporter
Sherri Dalphonse Editor in Chief, Washingtonian
Kristina Deckert Senior Creative Director, Audubon
Julia Dennison Digital Director, Woman’s World and First for Women
Kayo Der Sarkissian Creative Director, Guideposts
Sara D'Eugenio Art Director, Texas Highways
Brittany Dexter Design Director, Cincinnati Magazine
Phil DiBello Art Director, No Ideas, The Baffler
Andie Diemer Photography Director, Domino
Kira Brunner Don Editor in Chief, Stranger's Guide
Richard Dorment Editorial Director, Men’s Health and Women’s Health
Hugh Dougherty Executive Editor, The Daily Beast
Diane Dragan Global Director, Content Strategy and Operations, Architectural Digest
Kate Dries Executive Editor, Dwell
Bryan Erickson Executive Creative Director, Business Insider
Sid Evans Editor in Chief, Southern Living
Ingrid Fowler Senior Art Director, Allure
Lisa Freedman Executive Editor, Real Simple
Scott Freeman Editor in Chief, Atlanta
Emily Furlani Art Director, Furlani Studio
Aileen Gallagher Professor of Journalism and Associate Dean, Newhouse School, Syracuse University
Laura Genninger Creative Director, STUDIO 191, Harper's Bazaar
Keith Gessen Assistant Professor, Columbia University
John Goecke Creative Director, Alta Journal
Susan Goldberg President and Chief Executive Officer, GBH
Patrick Gomez Editor in Chief, Entertainment Weekly
Jeanne Graves Director of Photography, Fast Company
Adrienne Green Deputy Editor, Special Projects, The New York Times Magazine
Ginger Greene
Megan Greenwell Author and Editor
Rachel Griffiths Art Director, Sierra
Ryan Grim Magazine Director, Wine Enthusiast
Kathryne Hall Visuals Director, Allure and SELF
Betsy Halsey Design Director, Women's Health
John Hamilton Photo Director, Hearst Enthusiast Group
Tish Hamilton Professor of Writing, Savannah College of Art and Design
Tyler Hartlage Art Director, Outside Inc.
Christy Havranek Head of Visuals, HuffPost
Erika Heet Editor in Chief, BuildingGreen
Elizabeth Hendrickson Professor, Ohio University
Peter Herbert Executive Creative Director, Fortune Media Inc.
David Herbick Owner, David Herbick Design
Mike Hofman Editor in Chief, Inc.
Maili Holiman Creative Director, AFAR
Carol Holstead Associate Professor, University of Kansas
Dian Holton Art Director, AARP
Mei-Ling Hopgood William F. Thomas Professor of Journalism, Northwestern University
Rebecca Horne Art Director, The Transmitter
Brian Howard Freelance, Philadelphia
Caroline Howard Executive Editor, Forbes
Kathryn Humphries Art Director, Harper's Magazine
Samir Husni Mr. Magazine, Magazine Media Center
Joseph Hutchinson Creative Director, Rolling Stone
Adi Ignatius Editor at Large, Harvard Business Review
Jeff Inman Associate Professor of Journalism, Drake University
Mark Jannot Independent Editor
Stacy Jarvis Creative Director, Outside Inc.
Clara Jeffery Editor in Chief, Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting
Ed Johnson Art Director, Foreign Affairs and The Atavist
Julia Jones Visuals Editor, W Magazine
Richard Just Managing Editor for Longform and Director of Admissions, NOTUS and Allbritton Journalism Institute
Nikki Kahn Senior Photo Editor, Sierra
Rawiya Kameir Assistant Professor, Newhouse School, Syracuse University
Toby Kaufmann Senior Creative Director, Airbnb
Lori Kelley Creative Director, Foreign Policy
Maggie Kennedy Photography Director, Garden & Gun
Emily Kimbro Creative Director, Texas Monthly
Jamilah King Editorial Director, Mother Jones
Amanda Kludt Senior Editor, Projects and Initiatives, The New York Times
Nicholas Konrad Art Director, The New Yorker
John Korpics Vice President, Executive Creative Director, Harvard Business Review
Amelia Holowaty Krales Senior Photo Editor, The Verge
Ellen Kunes Editorial Director, Digital and Print, Consumer Reports
Jessica LaRusso Editor in Chief, 5280
Jennifer Laski Director of Photo and Video, The Wrap
Sacha Lecca Deputy Photo Editor, Rolling Stone
Joanne Lee Visual and UX Designer, Rest of World
Kevin Lerner Associate Professor and Chair, Marist University
Hunter Lewis Editor in Chief, Food & Wine
Sara A. Lewis Editor in Chief, Oxford American
Justin Patrick Long Senior Design Director, Vanity Fair
Nathan Lump Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief, National Geographic
Victor Maze Creative Director, Veranda
John McCauley Art and Photography Director, New Mexico Magazine
Danielle McNally Executive Editor, InStyle
Stephanie Mehta Chief Executive Officer and Chief Content Officer, Mansueto Ventures
Rachel Davis Mersey Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Texas at Austin
Rachel Wilkerson Miller
Debbie Millman Editorial Director, Print Magazine
Tara Rae Miner Deputy Editor, Orion
Tracey Minkin Travel Editor, Coastal Living
Patrick Mitchell Principal and Creative Director, MO—D
Mark Montgomery Creative Director, IEEE Spectrum
Nekesa Mumbi Moody
Michael Morain Editor in Chief, dsm
Rashida Morgan-Brown Creative Director
Mark Murrmann Photo Director, Mother Jones
Robert Newman Creative Director, Newmanology
Michael Norseng Creative Director, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine | Twin Cities Business
Keir Novesky Global Design Director, GQ
Alison Overholt Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; Founder, Good People LLC
Samir Patel Editor in Chief, Quanta
Thomas Payne Visuals Director, SAVEUR
Marcus Peabody US Creative Director, The Guardian
Natasha Pearlman Executive Editor, Glamour
Bradford Pearson Editor, Philadelphia
Kate Phillips Senior Photo Editor, Veranda, and Visual Director, Country Living
Sean Plottner Editor, Milton Magazine
Jeanine Poggi Editor in Chief, Ad Age
Corey S. Powell Editor, OpenMind
Jamie Prokell Creative Director, Men's Health and Women's Health
Benjamen Purvis Design Director, Boston Magazine
Lucy Quintanilla Creative Director, Den of Geek
Mike Reddy Art Director, Carter/Reddy, Oxford American
Josef Reyes Design Director, Bloomberg Markets
Paul Reyes Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review
Ian Robinson Co-Design Director, The Wrap
Megan Rossman Photography Editor, Oklahoma Today
Christopher Rovzar Editorial Director, Bloomberg Pursuits
Jennifer Sahn Editor in Chief, High Country News
Perrie Samotin Digital Director, Glamour
Chelsea Schiff Head of Design and Visuals, Barron's
Corey Seymour Senior Editor, Vogue
Leanne Shapton Art Editor, The New York Review of Books
Tatiana Siegel Executive Editor, Film and Media, Variety
Ivylise Simones Creative Director, Slate
Jesse Southerland Creative Director, Popular Mechanics, Runner's World and Bicycling
Nadja Spiegelman Special Features Editor, Los Angeles Review of Books
Annie Stoltie Editor in Chief, Adirondack Life
Emily Roberts Stone Editor in Chief, Texas Highways
Riyana Straetker Product Manager, Dotdash Meredith
Cate Sturgess Visuals Director, Vanity Fair
Lesley Suter Special Projects Director, Eater
Nikhil Swaminathan Chief Executive Officer, Grist
Bhumika Tharoor Managing Editor, The Atlantic
Tara Thompson Art Director, The Red Bulletin
John Torres Creative Director, America's Test Kitchen
Stephanie Tran Visuals Director, GQ
Julia Turner Senior Fellow, USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy
Liz Vaccariello Editor in Chief, First for Women and Woman’s World
Katharine Van Itallie Art Director, Yankee Magazine
Amber Venerable Creative Director, Allure and SELF
Allecia Vermillion Writer and Editor
Paige Vickers Art Director, Vox
Adam Vieyra Creative Director, Mother Jones
Chris Vogel Editor in Chief, Boston Magazine
Devin Washburn Art Director, No Ideas, The Baffler
Charles Whitaker Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University
Michael Wichita Photo Director, AARP
Alison Wild Director of Photography, Entertainment Weekly
Victor Williams Design Director, TIME
Patti Wolter Helen Gurley Brown Magazine Professor, Northwestern University
Emily Zirimis Art and Design Director, Teen Vogue
Cassidy Zobl Deputy Creative Director, Road & Track

Titles and affiliations listed were at time of judging