The Diana Jones Award is decided by a panel of over 50 professionals working in all areas and at all levels of the hobby games industry, who have all distinguished themselves in their field. Each member of the judging committee decides whether they will be public or anonymous. We’re lucky to have BIPOC committee members who offer their perspectives, as well as women and non-binary professionals, and those from several different nations. Our publicly known members include:
- Peter Adkison, Board Member
- Connor Alexander
- Paul Butler
- Andrew Chesney
- Amber Cook
- Mark Diaz Truman
- Matt Forbeck, Committee Chair, Ceremony Host, Board Member
- John Kovalic
- Eric Lang
- Jay Little
- Rich Lescouflair
- Michelle Nephew, Webmaster, Board Member
- Michael Parker
- Lynn Potyen
- Pam Punazlan
- Jeff Richard
- Chris Spivey
- Adrian Swartout
- Jeff Tidball
- Aaron Trammell, Emerging Designer Program Coordinator
- Travis Winter
- Camdon Wright, Emerging Designer Program Coordinator, Board Member
New committee members are invited at the discretion of the existing members. Members abstain from voting when a project they’ve personally worked on is up for voting. Members who don’t vote/abstain for three consecutive years lose their membership status.
You can contact the judging committee by emailing committee@dianajonesaward.org. Committee chair Matt Forbeck is at matt@forbeck.com.