Founding Judges
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Laura Ordonez
Head of Podcast Ratings and Reviews, Common Sense Media
Jody Avirgan
Host, This Day In Esoteric Political History
Ray Chao
General Manager of Audio, Vox Media
Maurice Cherry
Creator & Host, Revision Path
June Cohen
Co-founder & CEO, Wait, What?
Jessica Cordova Kramer
CEO & Founder, Lemonada Media
Trent Gilliss
Founder, The On Being Project
Michael Gluckstadt
Director of Podcast Content, HBO Max
Anna Hossnieh
Executive Producer, iHeartRadio
Jenny Kaplan
Co-founder & CEO, Wonder Media Network
Rachael King
CEO & Co-founder, Pod People
DeRay Mckesson
Co-founder & Executive Chair, Campaign Zero
Trevor McNeal
Global Social Lead, Podcasts at Amazon Music
Debbie Millman
Host, Design Matters
SuChin Pak
Co-host, Add To Cart
Sarah Pappalardo
Co-founder & Editor, Reductress
Nikki Silva
Co-founder, Kitchen Sisters
Rae Votta
Global Editorial and Publishing/Podcasts, Netflix
Kevin Y. Brown
Chief Content Officer & Head of Strategy, Afripods
JinJa Birkenbeuel
President, Birk Creative
Jewel Bush
Vice President, Health Equity & Justice, Real Chemistry
Krystle Waters
Director of Content Promotion, Blue Wire
Sierra Reed
Senior Director of Podcast Operations, Uran One
Tunde “TD” St. Matthew-Daniel
SVP, Original Content, Wave Sports + Entertainment
Lauren Passell
Founder, Tink Media
Maya Watson
Head of Global Marketing, Club House
Kameel Stanley
Program Director, Witness Docs, Stitcher
Josephine Martorana
Executive Producer, Stitcher
Nora Ritchie
Executive Producer, Stitcher
Amelia Chappelow
Executive Producer, Stitcher
Deontay Morris
Podcast Editorial Community Lead, Spotify
Kevin Kennedy
President, Your Valuable Home
Tarah Malhotra-Feinberg
SVP & Executive Producer, Man Enough, Wayfarer / Man Enough
David Shadrack Smith
President, Part2 Pictures
Ifé Fatunase
Multimedia Director, Human Rights Watch
Sandy Girard
Executive Vice President, Programming, Crooked Media
Kirsty Hunter
Founder, StoryHunter
Hala Taha
Founder and CEO, YAP Media
Nicoline Greer
Documentary Producer, RTÉ
Riccardo Haupt
Head of Strategy, Will Media
Michael Salas
CCO, C-Space Media
Joshua Williams
CEO, C-Space Media
Imogen Arate
Executive Producer and Host, Poets and Muses
Vinita Srivastava
Producer and Host, The Conversation
Donna Peters
Founder, The Me-Suite
A.J. Feliciano
Head of The Roost Podcast Network, The Roost Podcast Network
Aleni Mackarey, PhD MS
Executive Producer, Where Brains Meet Beauty Podcast
Matthew Jones
Founder and Senior Producer, Rainbow Creative
Jonathan Hirsch
CEO, Neon Hum Media
Gabrielle Howard
Creative Development Manager, Fred Rogers Productions
Tammy Rae Scott
Consultant, Milo Starr Johnson
Anna DeShawn
Co-Founder/CEO, The Qube
Lizzie Breyer Bowman
VP of Growth and Marketing, Lemonada Media
Meredith Halpern-Ranzer
Co-founder and CEO, Tinkercast
Tony Jones
Founder, RI Free Radio
Buket Zor
Composer, Music Producer, Sound Designer, Kloaq Audio Design
Daniel Sillem
Head of Production, KLOAQ audio design
Lily Ames
Head of Production, Chalk + Blade
Kristen Izatt
EA, M&C Saatchi
Rhonda Head
CEO/Founder, Indigenous Superstars
Noah O'Donnell
Director of Outreach and Communications, Emergence Magazine
Caroline Gates
DigitalAudio & Podcast Manager, SBS
Peter "P.J." Benoit
Co-Host, Co-Founder, Producer, What The Parent? Podcast
Lisa Wisniewski
Senior Producer, Cbc
Marika Brownlee
Director of Marketing, Headgum
Ola Salem
Managing Editor, New Lines Magazine
Annie Downs
Co-Founder, That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs / That Sounds
Kelli Haywood
Co-Founder, That Sounds Fun Network
Fallon Klug
Director of Operations, That Sounds Fun Network
Kelly Garner
Founder & CEO, Treefort Media
Gautam Gulati
Founder, Well Played
Amy Wilson
Storytelling Coach, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Brian Barnes
Managing Director, South of 2 Degrees
Àlex Badia
Producer, Barret Cooperativa
Virginia Marshall
Podcast Associate, Brooklyn Public Library
Allison Gill
CEO, Executive Producer, MSW Media, Inc.
Margaret Ables
Founder/CEO, Adalyst Media
Eli Woolery
Co-host, Design Better Podcast, InVision
Frank LaFone
Co-host, VerySpatial LLC
Barbara Maclennan
Co-host, VerySpatial LLC
Natalie Davey
Podcast Host/VP Partnerships, Ceres Productions
Nate DuFort
Founder and Executive Producer, Soundsington Media
Jill Beytin
Co-Founder, Bear Radio, Jill Beytin
Kate Hardcastle MBE
Broadcaster & Founder, IWP
Chris Kelly
Partner/Creative Director, Kelly&Kelly
William Howell
Senior Creative & Multimedia Director, Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
David Lillemägi
Executive producer, Spotify
Lettija Lee
Host, Dream Chasers Brits in America Podcast
Steph Colbourn
CEO, Editaudio
Jacob Bronstein
SVP, Content & Development, Diversion Audio
Saadia Khan
Founder, Producer & Host, Immigrantly Podcast
Chris Mascaro
Host/Producer, Next on the Tee
Tonia Magras
Executive Producer, The PowerPLAY Show
Susi O'Neill
Head of Brand Content, Kaspersky
Charlotte Knowles
CEO, Independent Film Trust
Fernando Lopez
Managing Deputy Editor, ESPN Deportes
Ilana Susnow
Head of Marketing & Audience Development, PodcastOne
Karen Whitehouse
Executive Producer and Host, Who shat on the floor at my wedding?
Larry Robinson
CEO, KUDZUKIAN
Adrian Vrijhoef
Founder and sound creative, Kloaq audio design
Adell Coleman
Chief Operations Officer, DCP Entertainment
Lory Martinez
CEO & Founder, Studio Ochenta
Mary Mammoliti
Cullinary Expert, Host, Producer, Kitchen Confession
Brandon Grant
Director of Marketing, The Moth
Adam Sachs
SVP, Team Coco
Colin Anderson
VP Content, Stitcher / Sirius XM
Chadwick Fortenberry
Director of Production, Massive Mission
Suzanne Summerville
Producer, Be Woke Vote
Donald Albright
President & Co-Founder, Tenderfoot TV
Rosa Jiménez Cano
US Correspondent, D+I
Olga Shevchenko
Creative Director, Vintage
Jon Laurence
Supervising Executive Producer, AJ+
Jarred McGriff
Founder, L2C Studios LLC
Davar Ardalan
Executive Producer of Audio, National Geographic
Rachel Strauss-Muniz
EP/HOST, Latinos Out Loud
Suchandrika Chakrabarti
Podcaster, comedian and writer, Freelance
Julio Ricardo Varela
President, Futuro Media
Dalton Main
Adjunct Professor, Freelance Podcast Producer, Roosevelt University
Lauren Ribando
Software Engineer, Zwift
Michelle Xu
Senior Audience Development Specialist, New York Public Radio (WNYC)
Arielle Nissenblatt
Head of Community & Content, SquadCast.fm
Kathy Doyle
Vice President, Content Development, Macmillan Publishers
Jeff Umbro
CEO, The Podglomerate
Dave Coustan
Producer/Editor, iHeartMedia
Tamika Campbell
Manager, DEI, L &D; Podcast Development; EP, iHeartMedia
Kathy Tu
Head of Production, Wondery
Lisa Wingfield
Senior Media Specialist, MAPS Media
Alexandra Zaslow
Supervising Producer, At Will Media
Daniel da Hora
CCO / Professor, UFPB
Gina McKeon
Producer, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Karen Krizanovich
Editor at Large, Civilian Global
Keven Campos
Digital Manager, NBCUniversal
Alejandro Bermudez
Regional Creative Director, Commonwealth McCANN
Brittany Rincon
CEO and Founder, Hello Podcast Media
Ben Firth
Creative Director, Factory Originals
Robert Li
Owner, University FM
Mary Assadullahi
Vice President, Realm
Alexander Adell
Writer, Director, Magnesium Film, LLC
Ali Aitken
Podcast Content & Partnership Manager, Paramount ANZ
Lowry Yankwich
Independent Podcast Producer, LBY Media
Jasmine Hammond
Community Manager, Monday.com
JinJa Birkenbeuel
President, Birk Creative
Megan Gilbert
VP, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Fortune Media
Monica Espitia
Podcast Producer, The Branch Media
Steve Lanham
Mr, History Hit
Brianna Ansaldo
Head Honcho, Bamby Media
Christine Dela Rosa
Principal Strategist, Atlassian
Cesil Fernandes
Executive Producer, CBC Podcasts
Karen Burgess
Exec for Productions and People, Pacific Content
Kenia Reyes
Manager of Podcasts, Warner Bros. Discovery
Adell Coleman
Chief Operations Officer, DCP Entertainment
Joni Deutsch
Vice President, Marketing & Audience Development, The Podglomerate
Ashley J Hobbs
Creative Producer, Temple & Riot Productions
Stephen Perlstein
SVP, Podcasts, Studio71
John Phillips
Executive Editor, Bloomberg Media Studios, APAC, Bloomberg
Josh Bloch
Director, USG audio
Molly Barton
CEO & Co-Founder, Realm
Christina Telesca
Executive Assistant to the CEO, Realm
Heather Mason
Marketing Lead, Realm
Kevin Hirten
Senior Investigative Producer/ Podcast Host, Al Jazeera Media Network
Michelle Newman
founder/producer, Newman Media
Jazmin Aguilera
Head of Audio, Los Angeles Times
Annabel Garcia Eller
Podcast Coordinator, A3 Artists Agency
Siobhan Flattery
Podcast producer, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Talib Jasir
Founder/CEO, Afros & Audio
Anh Gray
Audio Coach, The GroundTruth Project
David Smith
President, Part2 Pictures
Brimstone
President, CEO & On-Air Talent, The Grindhouse Radio, Inc.
Calina Salgado
Everything Is Better With Creators Producer, Whalar
Joshua Dudley
Contributing Writer, Forbes
Marlene Sharp
Executive Producer/Chief Creative Officer/Founder, Pink Poodle Productions
Emily Reeves
Audio Producer, Emily Reeves Audio
Izzie Clarke
Executive Producer, Fresh Air
Geoff Siskind
Executive Producer, Antica Productions
Tyler Greene
Independent , The Story Producer, LLC
Sari Weinerman
Podcast Producer, Horizon Media
Melinda Wittstock
CEO and Founder, Podopolo
T.J. Raphael
Podcast Host, Senior Audio Producer, Reporter, Independent Audio Journalist