Ensuring excellence is rewarded


The judging process is designed to be rigorous and thorough to ensure all entries receive full consideration and that excellence in each of the categories is truly rewarded.

Our broad and independent panel of more than 20 industry names including leading allocators, ETF strategists, independent directors and consultants will conduct a rigorous assessment of each category to ensure that only the most truly deserving firms are recognized.

Groups of judges are allocated categories, which are aligned to their specific market knowledge and avoid conflict of interest. Each group of judges will have no access to the submissions or results of categories that they are not involved in judging.

If you are interested in becoming a judge, please contact Jennifer Grybowski.

Previous judges


Aisha Hunt
Principal
Kelley Hunt
Akhil Khunger
VP, Quantitative Analytics
Barclays
Amrita Nandakumar
President
Vident
Avi Nachmany
Independent Consultant
Barbara Krumsiek
Board Member
Miso Energy
Charles A Ragauss
SVP of PM & Trading
Tidal Financial Group
Clémence Droin
Partner
Indefi
Dan Sondhelm
CEO
Sondhelm Partners
Des MacIntyre
Managing Director & CIO
Eolas Capital
Dorothy Friedrich
Director of Marketing
Jensen Investment Management
Ed McRedmond
Founder & Managing Principal
etfEd™ Advisory
George Wilbanks
Managing Partner
Wilbanks Partners
Jeffrey Strange
Strategic Business Consultant, Principal
SS&C
Jillian Del Signore
Global Head of Investor Distribution Strategy, Indexes
Nasdaq
Jim Fitzpatrick
President & CEO
Nicsa
Kostya Etus
Chief Investment Officer
Dynamic Investment Management
Lois Gregson
Senior ETF Analyst
FactSet Research Systems
Marty Griffin
Financial Services Operations Executive
Matt Apkarian
Associate Director
Cerulli Associates
Michael Patanella
Managing Partner - Asset Management
Grant Thornton
Nathan Geraci
President & CEO
The ETF Store, Inc.
Neena Mishra
Director of ETF Research
Zacks Investment Research
Ori Porat
Independent Consultant
Shana Sissel
President & CEO
Banríon Capital Management
Sonia Mata
Independent Consultant
Stephen Cohen
Partner
Dechert LLP
Steven Yadegari
Founder and CEO
FiSolve
Tucker Slosburg
President
Lyceous Group