The 2023 James Beard Awards Voting Body

Thank you to the voting body who participated in the 2023 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. 

MJ Adams
Gary Adcock
Bill Addison
Lenore Adkins
Michael Adno
Raj Aggarwal
Nouf Al-Qasimi
Lokelani Alabanza
Ken Albala
Amanda Albee
Nico Albert
Kelly Alexander
Erika Allen
Judy Allen
Martina Allen
Quayla C. Allen
Jackie Alpers
Martinez Alvarez
Alice Amory
Omar Anani
Kendra Anderson
Dominic Armato
Allison Arthur
Reem Assil
Tom Atkins
Charleen Badman
Cheryl Baehr
Melody Baetens
Natasha Bailey
Sarah Baker Hansen
Deborah Balint
Claire Ballor
Liz Balmaseda
Megan Bannister
Jennifer Barger
Tiffanie Barriere
Holly Barzyk
Bill Baskin
Debra Bass
Raj Basu
Camille Becerra
Art Bell
Daniel Bender
Cheryl Bennett
Rosalind Bentley
David Beriss
Jeanne Besser
Rupa Bhattacharya
Yusuf Bin-Rella
Janelle Bitker
Thomas Bolton
Jon Bonne
Abdallah Borgen
Darcie Boschee
Warda Bouguettaya
Carrie Boyd
Chadwick Boyd
Berkita Bradford
Taren Bradley
Chelsea Brasted
Rodrigo Bravo
Kathleen Brennan
Karen Gaudette Brewer
Katie Brigham
Jennifer Bright
Raphael Brion
Karen Brooks
Melanie Brown
Miranda Brown
Tracy Brown
Addie Broyles
Stacey Brugeman
Erik Bruner-Yang
Tatiana Bruno
Jamie Burke Previch
Nathan Burkhart
Stephanie Burnette
Rebecca Burns
Lyndsay C. Green
Lillia Callum-Penso
Paul Calvert
Janet Cam
Rhonda Cammon
Caroline Campion
Bich Ngoc Cao
Monti Carlo
Amanda Carpenter
Noëmie Carrant
Frances Castillo
Dave Cathey
Amy Cavanaugh
Lisa Cericola
Chris Chamberlain
Sue Chan
Lauren Chandler
Momo Chang
Justin Chapple
Jodie Chase
Adrienne Cheatham
Kimberly Cheatham
Will Chen
Jennifer Cheng
Jon Cheng
Yangyang Cheng
Andrew Cheng
Caryl Chinn
Elaine Chon-Baker
Hsiao-Ching Chou
Sean Chow
Lindsay Christians
Gina Christman
Brandon Chuang
Joan Cirillo
Thera Clark
Patricia Cobe
Adahlia Cole
Todd Coleman
Jennifer Colliau
Dalia Colón
Phaedra Cook
Dara Cooper
Suzanne Cope
Dawn Cradic
Charlie Crespo
Daniel Critchfield
Courtney Culver Colangelo
Alice Currah
James Cury
Alicia Cypress
Richard Dargan
Lauren Darnell
Griffith Day
Liza De Guia
Jenn De La Vega
Simon de Swaan
Jonathan Deutsch
Debra DeVaughn
Caitlin Dewey
Crystal Diaz
Joe DiStefano
Linda Ditch
Michael Dizon
Darby Doyle
Naomi Duguid
Carolyn Dunn
Roberta Duyff
Tim Ebner
Violeta Edelman
Benjy Egel
Kara Elder
Taffy Elrod
Osayi Endolyn
Karin Endy
Adam Erace
Valerie Erwin
Rafael Espinal
Patrick Evans-Hylton
Erin Fairbanks
Jacqueline Farmer
Zack Fernandes
Mark Ferri
Jennifer Field
Tom Finkel
Clay Fong
Paula Forbes
Beth Forrest
Anestes Fotiades
Deanna Fox
Alexa Gagosz
Natalie Gallagher
Ramin Ganeshram
Gil Garduno
Reina Gascon-Lopez
John Gennari
Takera Gholson
Michael Giberson
Faye Gibson
Eric Ginsburg
Caroline Glover
Maria Godoy
Andrea Goetschius
Betsy Gonzalez
Crystal Good
Jackie Gordon
Lewis Gordon
Anika Goss-Foster
Neil Grant
Phyllis Grant
Ricardo Grant
Jason Grauer
Kate Green
Dara Grumdahl
Kathy Gunst
Pat Hager
Melissa Hall
Betty Hallock
Eric Ham
Angela Hansberger
Adante Hart
Hannah Hayes
Laura Hayes
Emily Hazzard
Kate Heddings
Scott Heimendinger
Joseph Hernandez
Keith Herndon
Alanna Higgins
Kamau High
Shanika Hillocks
Jimmy Ho
Mikol Hoffman
Sharon Holland
Baxter Holmes
Melissa Hom
Greg Horton
Alba Huerta
Ebony Hurwitz
Aaron Hutcherson
Katherine Hysmith
Arthur Ircink
Brooke Jackson-Glidden
Andre James
Victoria James
Michelle Jensen
Pati Jinich
Ben Johnson
Brad Johnson
Brennan Johnson
AJ Johnson
Kyle Jones
Mike Jordan
Alice Julier
Faiyaz Kara
Nancy Karamarkos
Jon Kauffman
Mahsa Kazemifar
KJ Kearney
Janet Keeler
Steve Keith
Jane Kelly
Melina Kelson
Bud Kennedy
Ali Khan
Navina Khanna
Scott Ki
Nick Kindelsperger
Heather King
Devon Klatell
Hal Klein
Ian Knauer
Dawn Konofaos
Norine Kotts
Robert Ji-SongKu
Shelley Kubitz Mahannah
Julie Kunen
Emily Kunhardt
Ren Laforme
Joanne Lamb-Hayes
Allison Lane
Anna Lappé
Matt Lardie
Megan Larmer
Mary Beth Lasseter
Jean Lee
Yoon Soo Lee
Danny Lee
David Leftwich
Jane Lerner
Nancy Leson
Ari Levaux
Robin Leventhal
Simin Levinson
Marquita Levy
Drew & Pauline Lewis
Jill Lightner
Chelsea Lin
Joanna Lin
Scarlett Lindeman
Adrian Lipscombe
Christine Liu
Monique Llamas
Joann Lo
Vikki Locke
Cassandra Loftlin
Vallery Lomas
James Loo
Norma Lopez
Renee Loring
Suzanne Loudermilk
Kiki Louya
Jackie Ludden Nardelli
Sarah Maiellano
Pooja Makhijani
Omar Mamoon
Anita Mannur, PhD
N.A. Mansour
Ron Mardesen
Nevin Martell
Robey Martin
Shauntrice Martin
Luis Martinez
Suzanne Masri
Keia Mastrianni
Angelica Maze
Meghan Mccarron
Kate McCarty
Shaka McGlotten
Alice McLean
Megha McSwain
Kate Medley
Maura Milan
Marti Miller
Bill Minkowitz
Alisha Miranda
Samantha Mitchell
Shane Mitchell
Cindy Mitrovitch
Esther Mobley
Kiano Moju
Natalia Molina
Paul Montoya
Richard J. Morgan
Sarah Mosqueda
Pablo Munoz
Andi Murphy
Shannon Mustifer
Kyle Nabilcy
Sukanta Nag
Neomi Negron
Nycci Nellis
Nadine Nelson
Therese Nelson
Marion Nestle
Liz Neumark
Barbara Nevins Taylor
Tien Nguyen
Annette Nielsen
Dania Novack-Katz
Julia O'Malley
Thomas Obungen
Anthony Ocampo
Monica Ocasio
Laurie Ochoa
Jill OConnor
Sharon OConnor
Leah Ollman
Steven Olson
Luis Olvera
Carolyn ONeil
Bao Ong
MM Pack
Zella Palmer
Kae Lani Palmisano
Keith Pandolfi
Anne Marie Panoringan
Carlos Parisi
Michael Park
Jeremy Pataky
Raj Patel
Beth Pav
Maureen Petrosky
Emmanuel Pineda
Taricia LaPrevotte Pippert
Anita Pistor
Fred Plotkin
Mary Pols
Boby Pradachith
Beth Price
Adana Protonentis
Rogelio Puente
Jeremy Pugh
Elizabeth Ann Quirino
Delgado R.
Chandra Ram
Izzie Ramirez
Robert Ramshur
Julian Rankin
Sonia Rao
John Reyes
Andrew Rigie
Maribel Rivero
Keli Rivers
Mahira Rivers
Jackson Roach
Jamila Robinson
Jenna Robinson
Kat Robinson
Mireille Roc
Polly Anna Rocha
Matt Rodbard
Jonathan Romans
Matthew Rowley
Ken Rubin
Miriam Rubin
Nicole Rucker
Titus Ruscitti
Gabe Sachs
Rosin Saez
Jovan Sage
Paulina Salach Antonetti
Sharon Salomon
Mavis-Jay Sanders
Eric Sandler
Rachel Sayet
Chris Scott
Cele Seldon
Lynn Seldon
Sarah Self-Walbrick
Ashok Selvam
Daniella Senior
Elina Shatkin
Paula Shoyer
Laura Shunk
Marnie Shure
Ted Sickler
Jessica Sidman
Tom Sietsema
Jill Silva
Greg Silverman
Amanda Simcoe
Lisa Sipe
Cole Sisson
Lora Smith
Shannon Smith
Belinda Smith-Sullivan
Ozoz Sokoh
Kari Sonde
Julia Spalding
Alex Springer
Susan Stapleton
Samantha Gemini Stevens
Tambra Raye Stevenson, MPH
Stewart Stoltz
Kathy Strahs
Cara Strickland
Mike Sula
Jackie Summers
Mari Taketa
Jennifer Tam
Ruth Tam
Wilson Tang
Jef Tate
Matt Taylor-Gross
Emily Teel
Amy Thielen
Kevin Tien
Edmund Tijerina
Tiffany Tisdale-Braxton
Annabelle Tometich
Naomi Tomky
Kyla Tompkins
Christian Tonsgard
Audarshia Townsend
Jackie Tran
Jerry Traunfeld
Margo True
Flora Tsapovsky
Esther Tseng
Kevin Tyler
Miah Ulysse
Understory
Robert Valgenti
Noobtsa PhilipVang
Tina Vasquez
Tessa Velazquez
Kris Vera-Phillips
Andres Verzosa
Phil Vettel
Louiie Victa
Genevieve Villamora
Christopher Villano
Dr. Ietef Vita
Eryn Voigt
Mia Warren
Brigid Washington
Karen Washington
Heather Watkins-Jones
James Watts
Bram Weinstein
Randi Weinstein
Joanne Weir
Lora Wiley-Lennartz
Crystal Wilkinson
Ennion Williams
Enrika Williams
Sheree Williams
John-John Williams IV
Maya Wilson
Scott Wink
Crystal Womelsdorf
Candice Woo
Sam Worley
Johnathan Wright
Bronwen Wyatt
Jessica Yadegaran
John Yearwood
Emerald Yeh
Grace Yek
Laura Young
Helen Zaltsman
Stephanie Zarpas
Kathleen Zelman

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