30 June 2023
Jane Bunker takes office as AUPresses President.
Other AUPresses leaders, elected at the Association’s virtual Annual Business Meeting on May 18, have also begun their terms:
- Anthony Cond, director of Liverpool University Press, has been named President-Elect.
- Alexandria Leonard, senior operations analyst at Princeton University Press, has become Treasurer. She succeeds Mike W. Bieker—director of the University of Arkansas Press and assistant vice chancellor, director of operations and finance, in the university’s Division of Research and Innovation—who will continue to serve on the Board for one more year as a member-at-large.
- Teresa Collins, deputy director at the University Press of Kentucky, joins the Board as Treasurer-elect.
- Angela Anderson, director of the Marine Corps University Press; Taralee Cyphers, assistant director at the Ohio State University Press; and John Sherer, Spangler Family Director of the University of North Carolina Press, began three-year terms as Board members-at-large.
Changes at Digital Science
- Reporting to Daniel Hook, CEO, Steve Leicht moves from COO to become the first President of Digital Science
- Kathy Christian and Christian Herzog move into new roles as Chief Portfolio Officer and Chief Product Officer respectively
- New additions to the Executive Team include Alex Hodgson as Chief Sales Officer (previously Chief Commercial officer at ReadCube), Paula del Campo as COO (previously Global Director of Operations), Larry Herb (CFO), Mark Sweny (Chief Counsel) and Beth Sarabia (Chief Customer Officer)
- Digital Science has also appointed a new Chief People Officer, Liam Donnelly, who has joined the team on an interim basis to enhance Digital Science’s people focus and appoint a long-term successor
- Alison Mitchell joins both Digital Science and the Executive team in the newly created position as Chief of Staff from Springer Nature.
Brigitte Shull joins Gold Leaf - 15 June 2023
MDPI appoints Stefan Tochev as new CEO - 14 June 2023
OCLC names Eric van Lubeek Vice President, Global Library Services, as well as as Managing Director EMEA and APAC - 4 June 2023