Meet the 2026 IRMA Awards Jury
The International Regional Magazine Association Awards Committee is pleased to announce the Jury for the 2026 IRMA Awards. We are very grateful to all these talented industry leaders for giving us their time and expertise.
Content produced by IRMA members between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025 was evaluated in 45 categories, and will be announced at the 2026 IRMA Conference, in September 2026 in Calgary, Alberta.
Trevor Battye
Trevor Battye is the founder of Trevor Battye Advertising Sales.
Tara Cox
Tara Cox is a New York-based food writer and magazine editor, and is the creative director at New York startup Epicure.
Suzanne Trudel
Suzanne Trudel is the executive director of the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association and a veteran of the media industry.
Sara Harowitz
Sara Harowitz is a journalist, content strategist, and consultant based in Vancouver, BC.
Ryan Krogh
Ryan Krogh is a writer and journalist living in Austin, TX.
Phoebe Flynn Rich
Phoebe Flynn Rich is a New York–based Creative Director with a background in lifestyle consumer media.
Nick Jackson
Nick Jackson is an editor, writer and media strategist with experience leading some of the most distinctive digital brands.
Megan McPhaden
Megan McPhaden is a journalist and digital content strategist in Toronto, ON.
Mason Hastie
Mason Hastie is a graphic designer, illustrator and serial hobbyist with a 20+ year career in magazines.
Liann Bobechko
Liann Bobechko is a writer and editor, who has been working in the magazine industry since 2000.
Kristopher Andres
Kristopher Andres is a fine art photographer and expedition-driven storyteller.
Jim Vickers
Jim Vickers is the editor of Ohio Magazine.
Jennifer Hewett
Jennifer Hewett is the editor of Georgia magazine.
Jeff Labreque
Jeff Labreque is the Director of Content for Advancement Communications at Princeton University.
Jacqueline Marino
Jacqueline Marino is a Professor at Kent State University School of Media and Journalism.
Jack Saul
Jack Saul is a writer and editor, and the executive direcotor of The Center for Northern Woodlands Education an educational nonprofit located in Lyme, New Hampshire.
Eithne McCredie
Eithne McCredie is a magazine publisher and circulation consultant based in Toronto, ON.
Drue Wagner
Drue Wagner is a graphic designer and illustrator living in Austin, TX.
Deanna Lowe
Deanna Lowe is an award-winning Designer and Creative Director based in New York.
Dan Oko
Texas-based freelance writer Dan Oko specializes in coverage of outdoor travel and environmental affairs.
Bob Sexton
Bob Sexton is an editor, writer and seasoned communication specialist based in Toronto, ON.
Andrea Kaneko
Andrea Kaneko is the associate editor of Missouri Life.
Alan J Bartels
Alan J. Bartels is a writer, photographer, gardener, student of nature, father, chronic volunteer, and wanderer.
Huck Beard
Huck Beard is Creative Director at Pittsburgh Magazine, as well as an accomplished fine-art photographer and creative writer.
Al Bonowitz
Al Bonowitz edits the Northern New England and Hawai‘i regional sections of AAA Explorer.
Harriet Brown
Harriet Brown is a professor of magazine, news & digital journalism at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, where she directs the MND graduate program.
Melissa Chessher
Melissa Chessher is a magazine writer and editor, and the Belo Foundation Endowed Distinguished Chair in Journalism, at Southern Methodist University.
Joanna Cummings
Joanna Cummings is the editorial director of The Grub Street Journal, the magazine for magazine people.
David Halloran
David Halloran is the creative director for Midwest Luxury Publishing, as well as doing freelance designer, photography and writing.
Nicola Hamilton
Nicola Hamilton RGD (she/her) is an award-winning editorial designer based in Toronto, Canada, and owner of Issues Magazine Shop.
Joshua Hardin
Joshua Hardin has dedicated his life to looking for the best light to photograph the world’s peaks and plains; forests and deserts; rivers and coasts.
Brian Kevin
Brian Kevin is a features editor at National Geographic, a founding editor of Wildsam, and the former editor in chief of Down East.
Kim Larson
Kim Larson is an editorial art director and designer who has created many award-winning magazines, including Eighteen Bridges, Avenue Edmonton, Alberta Venture, and Edify magazine.
Amélie Legare
Amélie Legare runs Calypso Design, a graphic design firm based in Pemberton BC and is the Creative director for Mountain Life Media.
Sharon McAuley
Sharon McAuley is a turnaround specialist and publishing consultant based in Toronto, ON.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman is the former design director of New York, Details, Fortune, The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, and Vibe.
Danielle Sayer
Danielle Sayer is the Montreal-based art director at Québec Science magazine.
Paige Weir
Paige Weir is a visual designer, photographer and stylist based in Northern Ontario.
Lisa Whittington-Hill
Lisa Whittington-Hill is a writer and the publisher of This Magazine.