2025-2026 Contest Committee

Chair: James B. Nelson, business editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; instructor, Marquette University

Members:

  • Mamta Badkar, US assistant managing editor, Financial Times
  • Desiree Hanford, professor, director of academic integrity and appeals, Northwestern University

Best in Business Awards

  • Co-Chair: Joanna Ossinger, editor, cross-asset group, Bloomberg News
  • Co-Chair: Scott Wenger, senior economics editor, The World Bank

Best in Business Book Awards

  • Co-Chair: Alan Deutschman, Reynolds Endowed Chair of Business Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Co-Chair: Rebecca Baker, editor at large, Bloomberg Industry Group

Best in Business Canada Awards

  • Co-Chair: Lisa Hannam, editor in chief, MoneySense

Committee Objectives:

  • Recruits judges.
  • Reviews categories annually, deleting and adding for relevancy.
  • Oversee a fair awards process administered by staff.
  • Make ethical judgment calls and interprets the contest guidelines.
  • Helps create a promotional strategy for staff to implement.
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