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Thanks to our 2025 Best in Business Judges!

*SABEW Board Member
**Former SABEW President

Aimee Picchi, CBS News
*Alan Deutschman, University of Nevada, Reno
Alec Foege, Freelance
Alex Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer
Alexandra Posadzki, The Globe and Mail
Alistair Barr, Business Insider
Amir Efrati, The Information
Amy Zipkin, Freelance
Andrew Nusca, Fortune
Ann Marsh, Freelance

Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ben Wieder, Miami Herald
**Bernie Kohn, Bloomberg Industry Group
Bianca Pallaro, The New York Times
Brian Baskin, The Business of Fashion
Brooks Johnson, The Minnesota Star Tribune
Callum Foote, Columbia Journalism Investigations
Catherine Leffert, American Banker
Cathy Roberts, The Minnesota Star Tribune
Catie Dixon, Bisnow

Ceci Rodgers, Northwestern University Medill School
Chana Schoenberger, American Banker
Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC
*Chuck Jaffe, Money Life with Chuck Jaffe
Ciara Long, Bisnow
Clare Ohara, The Globe and Mail
Dakin Campbell, Business Insider
Dan Beucke, San Diego Union-Tribune
Dana Coffield, The Colorado Sun
Daniel Hertzberg, Freelance

Daniel Xu, Bloomberg Industry Group
David Voreacos, Bloomberg News
David Wilson, Bloomberg News (retired)
Derek Wallbank, Bloomberg News
*Desiree Hanford, Northwestern University Medill School
Elaine Kurtenbach, The Associated Press
Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone
Elizabeth Gerst, Boldface Media Group
Emily Cadman, Bloomberg News
Emily Glazer, The Wall Street Journal

Emily Lambert, Chicago Booth Review
Emmie Martin, CNBC Make It
Erica Phillips, The Connecticut Mirror
Erik Siemers, St. Louis Business Journal
Ethan Rothstein, Bisnow
Evan Robinson-Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Gabriela Riccardi, Freelance
Gary Siegel, The Bond Buyer/Arizent
George Anders, The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Grace Dobush, Freelance

Greg Crawford, FT Specialist
Greg David, THE CITY
**Greg McCune, Reuters and The Associated Press (retired)
Gretchen Gavett, Harvard Business Review
Helena Cheng, Bloomberg
Hilary Claggett, Georgetown University Press
Itika Sharma, Rest of World
Jake Batsell, Southern Methodist University
*James T. Madore, Newsday
Janani Jana, Washington Business Journal

Jarred Schenke, Bisnow
Jason McLure, The Examination
Jeff Kauflin, Forbes
Jeff Muskus, Bloomberg Businessweek
*Jennifer Liberto, The Washington Post
Jeremy Owens, MarketWatch/Dow Jones
Jessica Coomes, Bloomberg Industry Group
Jessica Ettinger, CNBC
Jessica Mathews, Fortune Magazine
**Jim Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Jing Yang, The Information
**Joanna Ossinger, Bloomberg News
Jon Chesto, The Boston Globe
Jonathan Bach, The Oregonian/OregonLive
Jonathan Blum, Brookside Research
Jonathan Burton, MarketWatch.com
Josée Rose, The Wall Street Journal
Joseph Weber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (retired)
Josh Mills, Baruch College/CUNY (retired)
Julianne Culey, The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism

Juro Osawa, The Information
Karen Howlett, The Globe and Mail
Kate Hopwood, The Canadian Press
*Kelli Grant, CNBC
Kimberly S. Johnson, The New York Times
Kyle Arnold, The Dallas Morning News
Levi Pulkkinen, The Seattle Times
Lisa Hannam, Neo Financial
Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, Endpoints News

*Mamta Badkar , Financial Times
Margaret Corvini, Freelance
Marina Strauss, The Canadian Journalism Foundation
Martin Peers, The Information
*Marty Steffens, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri
Mary Childs, NPR’s Planet Money
Matt Boyle, Bloomberg News
Matt Sedensky, The Associated Press
Matt Turner, upNEXT
*Matthew Goldberg, Freelance

Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive
Matthew Narvaiz, Albuquerque Journal
Maura McDermott, Newsday
Melanie Cohen, Bloomberg Industry Group
Michael Bologna, Bloomberg INDG
Michael Gannon, Queens Chronicle
Michelle Tuccitto Sullo, Patch
*Nancy Farghalli, Marketplace
Nancy Sheppard, Bisnow
Paul Albergo, Bloomberg Industry Group

Paula Gardner, Bridge Michigan
Peter Gratton, Investopedia
*Pia Sarkar, The Associated Press
Rachel Layne, Freelance
*Rebecca Baker, Bloomberg Industry Group
Rebecca Troyer, Triangle Business Journal
Renae Merle, The Washington Post
Richard Eisenberg, Freelance
*Rita Trichur, The Globe and Mail
Rob Wells, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

*Robert Barba, New York Public Radio
Russ Britt, Investor’s Business Daily
Samantha Rollins, Business Insider
Sandra Block, Freelance
Scott Nover, The Washington Post
*Scott Wenger, World Bank
Shelly Banjo, Bloomberg News
Shirley Leung, The Boston Globe
Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald
Srivindhya (Vindhya) Kolluru, Freelance

Stacey Vanek Smith, Bloomberg Businessweek
Stephanie Dhue, CNBC
*Stuart Elliott, The Real Deal
Susan Antilla, Freelance
Susan Orr, Indianapolis Business Journal
Tanzeel Akhtar, CryptoNews
Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/JSOnline.com
Tom Herman, The Wall Street Journal reports and the University of San Diego
Vandana Sinha, American City Business Journals (ACBJ / The Business Journals)
Will Fitzgibbon, The Examination

The Best in Business judges do not evaluate entries from their own news organizations and are asked to declare any conflicts of interest to the Best in Business Committee. When it is determined that there is a conflict, the judges are reassigned.

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