The 2024 James Beard Awards Voting Body

Thank you to the voting body who participated in the 2024 Awards cycle for the Book, Broadcast, Journalism, Restaurant and Chef, and Leadership programs.

For any questions about the Awards voting process and procedures, please visit the Awards policies page and the audit recommendations page here. 

Andrea Borgen Abdallah
Gary Adcock
Lenore Adkins
Raj Aggarwal
Krysten Aguilar
Abigail Ainsworth
Zahra Alabanza
Ken Albala
Amanda Albee
Kelly Alexander
Quayla Allen
Judy Allen
Erika Allen
Leona Allen Ford
Jackie Alpers
Gabriela Alvarez
Kendra Anderson
Dominic Armato
Nyesha Arrington
Allison Arthur
Reem Assil
Tom Atkins
Olympia Auset
Mariano Avila
Cheryl Baehr
Melody Baetens Malosh
Sarah Baker-Hansen
Claire Ballor
Angela Bankhead
Megan Bannister
Jennifer Barger
Jawanza Barial-Lumumba
Bill Baskin
Debra Bass
Cheryl Bennett
Rosalind Bentley
Bonnie Benwick
David Beriss
Rachel Bernhard
Deah Berry Mitchell
Jeanne Besser
Rupa Bhattacharya
Yusuf Bin-Rella
Janelle Bitker
Maile Bohlmann
Thomas Bolton
Darcie Boschee
Warda Bouguettaya
Carrie Boyd
Chadwick Boyd
Berkita Bradford
Taren Bradley
Chelsea Brasted
Rodrigo Bravo
Kathleen Brennan
Karen Gaudette Brewer
Katelynn Brigham
Jena Brooker
Karen Brooks
Melanie Brown
Riza Brown
Addie Broyles
Stacey Brugeman
Erik Bruner-Yang
Tatiana Bruno
Kelly Burdick
Angela Burke
Jamie Burke
Maria Burke
Ben Burkett
Nathan Burkhart
Rebecca Burns
Jennifer Bushman
Katie Button
Andrew Calisterio
Janet Cam
Ariana Camayd
Jessica Carbone
Amanda Carpenter
Noemie Carrant
Charlene Carruthers
Frances Castillo
Dave Cathey
Amy Cavanaugh
Lisa Cericola
Chris Chamberlain
Sue S. Chan
Fiona Chandra
Cathy Chaplin
Justin Chapple
Nadia Chaudhury
Shaun Chavis
Hannah Che
Adrienne Cheatham
Kimberly Cheatham
Shen Chen
Yangyang Cheng
Jennifer Cheng
Polina Chesnakova
Hsiao-Ching Chou
Seanathan Chow
Wesley Choy
Erica Christian
Gina Christman
Brandon Chuang
Joan Cirillo
Julia Clancy
Thera Clark
Patricia Cobe
Adahlia Cole
Todd Coleman
Andrea King Collier
Emme Collins
Phaedra Cook
Chasity Cooper
Suzanne Cope
Suzanne Cope
Lizette Corro
Christa Cotton
Torie Cox
Daniel Critchfield
Earlene Cruz
James Cury
Alicia Cypress
Richard Dargan
Lauren Darnell
Virali Dave
Esther Davidowitz
Griffith Day
Simón de Swaan
Liza deGuia
Mary Denham
Jonathan Deutsch
Debra DeVaughn
Caitlin Dewey
Michael Dizon
Danielle Dorsey
Darby Doyle
Charla Draper
Charman Driver
Naomi Duguid
Carolyn Dunn, PhD
Roberta Duyff
Case E Dighero
Jenny Eagleton
Tim Ebner
Violeta Edelman
Benjy Egel
Nina Elder
Jessica Elizarraras
Cindy Ayers Elliott, PhD
Taffy Elrod
Osayi Endolyn
Adam Erace
Valerie Erwin
Rafael Espinal
Patrick Evans-Hylton
Erin Fairbanks
Jacqueline Farmer
Zack Fernandes
Shannon Feulner
Jennifer Field
Catherine Finch
Clay Fong
Beth Forrest
Anestes Fotiades
Paul Freedman
Helen Freund
Andrew Galarneau
Christie Galeano-DeMott
Christine Gallagher
Ramin Ganeshram
Tim Gardner
Gil Garduno
Frida Garza
Marissa Gencarelli
John Gennari
Dahlia Ghabour
Takera Gholson
Kristina Gill
Jose Ginarte
Eric Ginsburg
Rick Gion
Jared Gleaton
Maria Godoy
Crystal Good
Lewis Gordon
Paige Grandjean
Ricardo Grant
Jerome Grant
Lyndsay Green
Will Green
Lyndsay Green
Frank Guanco
Don Guerra
Kathy Gunst
Patricia Hager
Roscoe Hall
Esther Hall
Eric Ham
Guy Hand
Tami Hardeman
Aneesha Hargrave
Selima Harleston Lust
L Kasimu Harris
Adante Hart
Kristen Hartley
Laura Hayes
Gary He
Kate Heddings
Keith Herndon
Kamau High
Jennifer Hill Booker
Anthony Hoang
Sharon Holland
Melissa Hom
Souris Hong
Wanda Hopkins
Stuart Hudson
Ebony Hurwitz
Amber Jackson
Brooke Jackson-Glidden
Rush Jagoe V
Lily Jamali
Pati Jinich
Peabody Jennifer Johanson
Brad Johnson
Brennan Johnson
Andra Johnson
Ben Johnson Jr
Kyle Jones
Judy Joo
Michael Jordan
Taryn Jordan, PhD
Alice Julier
Faiyaz Kara
Janna Karel
Mahsa Kazemifar
Michael Kearney
Janet Keeler
Steven Keith
Jane Kelly
Tiana Kennell
Nataly Keomoungkhoun
Ali Khan
Scott Ki
Dakota Kim
Nicholas Kindelsperger
Heather King
Adjoa Kittoe
Hal B Klein
Ruby Koch-Fienberg
Norine Kotts
Julie Kunen
Ren LaForme
Clarice Lam
John Lamb
Megan Larmer
Susan Laughlin
Albert Law
Catherine Lea
Jean Lee
Ted Lee
Yoon Soo Lee
Danny Lee
David Leftwich
Jane Lerner
Robin Leventhal
Daniel Levin
Simin Levinson
Drew Lewis
Joanna Lin
Scarlett Lindeman
Christine Liu
Joann Lo
Vikki Locke
Cassandra Loftlin
Vallery Lomas
James Loo
Norma Lopez
Suzanne Loudermilk
Kiki Louya
Christian Lowe
Thomas Lu
Marela Lucero-Lee
Mackensy Lunsford
William Lyle
Krystal Mack
Sarah Maiellano
Robynne Maii
Pooja Makhijani
Omar Mamoon
Anita Mannur
Nadirah Mansour
Ron Mardesen
Nevin Martell
Leigh-Ann Martin
Lydia Martinez
Marie Elena Martinez
Luis Martinez
Amie Marvel
Suzanne Masri
Keia Mastrianni
Meghan McCarron
Kate McCarty
Marisa McClellan
Andrea McHugh
Angelica McKinley
Alice McLean
Kate Medley
Veronique Medrano
Natalia Mendez
Thea Merl
Ben Mesirow
Trelani Michelle
Virginia Miller
Marti Miller
Adrian Miller
Josh Miller
William Minkowitz
Samantha Mitchell
Jason Mitchell
Kevin Mitchell
Cindy Mitrovitch
Esther Mobley
Kiano Moju
Natalia Molina
Paul Montoya
Tarik Moody
Ricky Moore
Maria Cristina Moreno
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Sarah Mosqueda
Sheelah Muhammad
Andi Murphy
Manny Mutuc
Amy Muzyka-McGuire
Kyle Nabilcy
Sukanta Nag
Marion Nestle
Liz Neumark
Barbara Nevins Taylor
Tien Nguyen
Erik Niel
Thomas Obungen
Anthony Ocampo
Sharon O'Connor
Jill O'Connor
Leah Ollman
Briana Olson
Steven Olson
Bao Ong
MM Pack
Neath Pal
Esperanza Pallana
Zella Palmer
Kae Lani Palmisano
Anne Marie Panoringan
Maia Parish
Carlos Parisi
Lena Park
Michael Park
Jeremy Pataky
Tiffani Patton
Beth Pav
Anne Petito
Tassie Pippert
Fred Plotkin
Mary Pols
Jed Portman
Beth Price
Debra Puchalla
Rogelio Puente
Jeremy Pugh
Kathleen Purvis
Myo Quinn
Elizabeth Ann Quirino
Marc Ramirez
Mónica Ramírez
Amelia Rampe
Sonia Rao
Doug Rauch
Megan Read
Cody Reigle
John Reyes
Sandra Rice
Todd Richards
Monica Richardson
Marta Rivera Diaz
Maribel Rivero
Mahira Rivers
Keli Rivers
Jackson Roach
Jamila Robinson
Jenna Robinson
Mireille Roc
Polly Anna Rocha
Matt Rodbard
Nicole Rucker
Rafael Ruiz
Rafael Ruiz Mederos
Titus Ruscitti
Erin Russell
Gabe Sachs
Farideh Sadeghin
Rosin Saez
Nycci Safier Nellis
Jovan Sage
Dr. John Salazar
Tina Salter
Amber Sampson
Mavis-Jay Sanders
Eric Sandler
Brenda Sarmiento-Quezada
Marc Schermerhorn
Jaime Schick
Cizuka Seki
Amaha Sellassie
Daniella Senior
Luca Servodio
Elina Shatkin
Jessie Sheehan
Paula Shoyer
Marnie Shure
Ted Sickler, PhD
Tom Sietsema
Cole Sisson
Shannon Smith
Belinda Smith-Sullivan
Broderick Smylie
Gida Snyder
Katherine Spiers
Stacey Sprenz
Alex Springer
Kathleen Squires
Emily Standlee
Eric Stein
Samantha Gemini Stevens
Tambra Stevenson
Sandra Stevenson
Brenda Storch
Amber Stott
Mike Sula
Joy Summers
David Sutton
Heidi Swanson
Patricia Talorico
Ruth Tam
Wilson Tang
Matt Taylor-Gross
Emily Teel
Bryant Terry
Edmund Tijerina
Tiffany Tisdale-Braxton
Megan Tomino
Naomi Tomky
Christian Tonsgard
Priscilla Totiyapungprasert
Myriah Towner
Alicia Towns Franken
Audarshia Townsend
Margo True
Stephanie Tse
Esther Tseng
Dominek Tubbs
Danielle Turner
Rebekah Turshen
Miah Ulysse
Robert Valgenti
Davina van Buren
Cory Van Horn
Hetal Vasavada
Sarah Vasquez
Tina Vasquez
Tessa Velazquez
Kris Vera-Phillips
Jenny Vergara
Andres Verzosa
Louiie Victa
Joseph Vidrine
Dr. Ietef Vita
Eryn Voigt
Crystal Wahpepah
Mia Warren
Brigid Washington
Karen Washington
Bram Weinstein
Malcolm White
Monica White
Lora Wiley-Lennartz
Ennion Williams
Clay Williams
Ryan Williams
Sheree Williams
Enrika Williams
John-John Williams IV
Scott Wink
Jordan Winter
Nicolas Woo
Sam Worley
Johnathan Wright
Bronwen Wyatt
Feng-Feng Yeh
Emerald Yeh
Grace Yek
Laura Young
Rosa Maria Zamarron
Dylan Zehr
Kathleen Zelman

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