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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 Quirk's 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.
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Judges will not be allowed to judge categories in which they are nominated.
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All attempts will be made to reduce unconscious bias among judges by concealing personally-identifying applicant data.
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To prevent lobbying, names of judges are not released prior to finalists and winners being chosen.
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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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Interested in judging? Apply today by sending your resume/CV or a link to your LinkedIn profile to awards@quirksawards.com with the word ‘Judge’ in the subject line. The application deadline for the 2026 Quirk's Awards is May 27 at 11:59 p.m. ET.​
2026 AWARD JUDGES
Thank you to all of our 2026 judges for taking the time out of their schedules to review the nominee applications!
Allan Altholz, North Carolina Education Lottery
Michelle Andre, Women in Research
John-William Awbrey, Sky
Randy Berkowitz, Retired
Matthew Blacknell, Mars Snacking
Kirsty Button, Legal & General plc
Rob Cartwright, JPMorgan Chase
Jason Cohen, Simulacra Data
Lisa Courtade, Organon
Nancy Cox, Research Story Consulting
Lauren DeRaleau, Glass
Dan Diton, Hearst Networks
Misty Flantroy, Owens Corning
James Forr, Olson Zaltman
Paul Griffiths, Client Advocates
Martha Hayward, Bird Dog Insights
Gary Heller, Ph.D., Audacy
Lisa Horwich, Pallas Research Associates
Hannah Kaplan, Southpaw Insights
Manuela Kautzsch, Syngenta
Amanda Kimble-Evans, Altitude Marketing
Imre Kiss, Kia Europe
Karen Kraft, Johnsonville
Jason Lau, DirectTV
Diane Lauridsen, T-Mobile
Suzanne Lugthart, Fathom Research
Matt Madden, BYU
Kristina Martinez, Abbott Nutrition
Justin Melnick, Digitas Health / Temple University
Fadila Merizak, Consultant
Bessam Mustafa, Toronto Blue Jays
Christian Niederauer, Ph.D., Colgate-Palmolive Company
Katrina Noelle, KNow Research
Susan Paul, Sheridan College
Ellen Pieper, Research Results
Aliza Pollack, Aliza Pollack Consulting
Mike Porter, Ph.D., University of St. Thomas
Molly Radu, Corporate Researcher
Claudio Rodriguez, Corporate Researcher
Varun Sharma, Gilead Sciences
Amy Spencer, The Research Heads
Ashley Spring, Octapharma Plasma, Inc.
Alina Stepan, Ipsos Romania
Xavier Vaissière, Colgate-Palmolive
Maria Vorovich, GoodQues
Vijay Wadhawan, Environics Research
Bari Weinhausen
Liz White, Studio by buzzback
Jeffrey Wu, Mars Snacking
James Wycherley, Insight Management Academy