JUDGES

​Who is judging the awards?

How can I be sure about the integrity of the awards?

 

To avoid a popularity contest or the issuing of awards that are not based on merit, the Marketing Research and Insight Excellence Awards will be judged by Quirk’s editorial staff, end-client and/or supplier-side researchers.

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• All judges must sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to judging awards.

• Judges will not be allowed to judge categories in which they are nominated.

• All attempts will be made to reduce unconscious bias among judges by concealing personally-identifying applicant data. 

• To prevent lobbying, names of judges are not released prior to finalists and winners being chosen.

• Judges use an online portal to independently judge the nominations. They are not provided the names of the other judges and they do not see the scores of the other judges. The system tabulates the scores.

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2024 JUDGES

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• Diego Adolfo Chavez Terrazas, Coppel 

• Allan Altholz, North Carolina Education Lottery 

• Michelle Andre, Women in Research 

• Randy Berkowitz. Retired 

• Theresa Bolmarcich, Zendesk 

• David Boyle, Audience Strategies 

• Tasheenah Brown, Lightbeam Communications 

• Amy Castelda, W5 

• Steven Cooley, Unemployed 

• Nancy Cox, Research Story Consulting 

• Jessica Davies, Whitbread 

• Lauren DeRaleau, US Glass 

• Helen Devine, The Economist Group 

• Misty Flantroy, Masonite 

• James Forr, Olson Zaltman 

• Pam Goldfarb Liss, LitBrains  

• Paul Griffiths, Client Advocates 

• Martha Hayward, Bird Dog Insights, LLC. 

• Gary Heller, Audacy 

• Lisa Horwich, Pallas Research Associates 

• Hannah Kaplan, South Paw Insights 

• Amanda Kimble-Evans, Altitude Marketing 

• Karen Kraft, Johnsonville 

• Rebecca Lipman, Google UK 

• Katie Loas, Boston Consulting Group 

• Suzanne Lugthart, Fathom Research 

• Kristina Martinez, Abbott 

• Louise McLaren, Lovebrands 

• Christa Melotti, Vanguard 

• Bessam Mustafa, Toronto Blue Jays 

• Michelle Onofrio, Combe 

• Ellen Pieper, Research Results inc. 

• Aliza Pollack, Self-employed 

• Mike Porter, St. Thomas University    

• Katherine Roe, Whitbread    

• Layla Shea, Upwords 

• Amy Spencer, The Research Heads 

• Ashley Spring, ally 

• Xavier Vaissière, Colgate-Palmolive Company 

• Adam Weinstein, Full Circle Research 

• Jeffrey Wu, Mars Wrigley 

• James Wycherley, Insight Management Academy

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