ASME 2025 NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION

May 1, 2025

Notice is given to members of the American Society of Magazine Editors that the Annual Election of officers of the Society and members of the Board of Directors will be held online from Monday, June 2, to Wednesday, June 4.

The Nominating Committee has submitted its report of nominees in accordance with the bylaws of the American Society of Magazine Editors. The Nominating Committee is chaired by the immediate past president of the Society and includes two members of the Board of Directors, two members of the Society and the current president of the Society ex officio. The members of the 2025 Nominating Committee were:

  • Clara Jeffery, Editor in Chief, Mother Jones, chair
  • Richard Dorment, Editorial Director, Men’s Health and Women’s Health, member of the Board of Directors
  • Katie Drummond, Global Editorial Director, WIRED, member of the Society
  • Sid Evans, Editor in Chief, Southern Living, member of the Board of Directors
  • Anup Kaphle, Editor in Chief, Rest of World, member of the Society
  • Amanda Kludt, Senior Editor, Projects and Initiatives, The New York Times, ex officio

The following have been nominated for election by the Committee:

For a one-year term, as president of the Society,

  • Alison Overholt, Founder, Good People LLC

as vice president,

  • Joe Brown, Publisher and Editorial Director, one5c

as treasurer,

  • Julia Turner, Senior Fellow, USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy

as secretary,

  • Stephanie Mehta, CEO and Chief Content Officer, Mansueto Ventures

For the second of no more than two 2-year terms as a member of the Board of Directors,

  • Richard Dorment, Editorial Director, Men’s Health and Women’s Health
  • Sid Evans, Editor in Chief, Southern Living
  • Ivylise Simones, Creative Director, Slate
  • Nikhil Swaminathan, CEO, Grist

For the first of no more than two 2-year terms as a member of the Board of Directors,

  • Rick Berke, Cofounder and Executive Editor, STAT
  • Katie Drummond, Global Editorial Director, WIRED
  • Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief, The Atlantic
  • Nathan Lump, Editor in Chief, National Geographic
  • Ross McCammon, Editor in Chief, Texas Monthly
  • Nikki Ogunnaike, Editor in Chief, Marie Claire
  • Swati Sharma, Editor in Chief, Vox

Unless additional qualifying nominations are filed with the Executive Director of the Society, acting as Secretary, before the close of business on Thursday, May 15, the nominees listed above will be elected by general consent.

Sidney Holt
Executive Director
American Society of Magazine Editors