MEET OUR 2026 JUDGES

Megan Gilbert is Vice President of the 400+ award-winning Fortune Brand Studio (named Studio of the Year 2023-2026). She drives the editorial direction, strategy, and production of all branded content, leading the creative studio team and guiding storytelling in all formats for high-profile global clients such as Salesforce, PayPal, De Beers, Accenture, and more. Her career includes positions at VICE, Gawker/Gizmodo, Univision, The Washington Post, and Slate. She was named to the 2024 class of Ragan’s ranking of Top Women in Marketing, won Content Marketer of the Year in 2022 (Women in Content Marketing Awards), and was included on the 100 Most Significant Women in Native Advertising list in 2026, 2025 and 2018. Megan holds an M.F.A. in nonfiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College and teaches Branded Content at New York University.