Gabrielle Langholtz is currently on the board of directors for the Vilcek Foundation and serves as a member of the programs advisory committee, where she works alongside other committee members to provide expert insight and perspective on the foundation’s prize programs and other initiatives. She brings to the role a wealth of experience as a leader in arts and cultural journalism, and as an expert in institutional messaging, engagement, and communications. 

For more than two decades Langholtz has led communications and public relations initiatives for prominent institutions, in the arts, foundations, government, and higher education. In addition to her role with the Vilcek Foundation, she currently serves as communications manager for the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University (HMEI). 

Prior to joining the Vilcek Foundation’s advisory committee, Langholtz was a consultant on the development of the 2010 and 2019 Vilcek Prizes in Culinary Arts, and from 2017–19 she served as director of culinary projects. In this role, Langholtz worked alongside foundation President Rick Kinsel to conceive, develop, and edit A Place at the Table: New American Recipes from the Nation’s Top Foreign-Born Chefs. Published by Prestel in 2019, the cookbook was hailed in Vogue, and received a 2020 Gourmand Award.

Langholtz began her career in media and cultural journalism at Fortune magazine. She later ran publicity and special projects for GrowNYC’s Greenmarket programs. This role bridged her passion for culinary arts with her keen business acumen and a commitment to social justice. Langholtz exponentially expanded GrowNYC’s visibility through press outreach, garnering coverage of the organization’s work by The New York Times, New York Magazine, and WNYC, among many others. She also forged partnerships to expand access to Greenmarkets through the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and through strategic initiatives with city and federal agencies.

For a decade, she served as the editor of Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan magazines; under her editorial leadership, the publications earned numerous nominations and Edible Communities won the coveted Publication of the Year Award from the James Beard Foundation. These accomplishments caught the attention of Phaidon publishers, who invited her to author three cookbooks: America The Cookbook (2017), United Tastes of America (2019), and her latest, A World of Flavor: A Celebration of Food and Recipes from Around the Globe (2024). 

Over the past five years, Langholtz has managed press, marketing, and communications initiatives at Princeton University, serving the Princeton University Art Museum, and School of Architecture, and now Princeton’s High Meadows Environmental Institute. She secured media coverage for the university and its departments across a range of publications, including The New York Times, Financial Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Architectural Digest. At HMEI, she manages comprehensive communications with the goal of advancing the institute’s reputation as a world-leading interdisciplinary center for environmental scholarship and teaching.

Langholtz’s interest in the intersection of arts, culture, and society began at a young age. As a high school student, she earned a coveted spot as an intern with The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where she first met Marica Vilcek. She holds a bachelor’s in English and art history from the College of William & Mary, and is currently pursuing her master’s in strategic communications at Penn State University.