Katherine Klosek is the Director of Information Policy and Federal Relations at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). In this role, Klosek leads the Association’s information policy and advocacy portfolio, which includes accessibility, balanced copyright, and online speech.
As the staff lead for ARL’s Advocacy and Public Policy Committee, Katherine works closely with ARL members to influence and respond to critical legal, regulatory, and policy developments across legislative, administrative, and judicial arenas.
Maribel Gomez is a publishing professional with a Master’s in Publishing from The George Washington University and over a decade of experience in education. Committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, she specializes in copyright licensing. As a Publishing Inventory Associate at Copyright Clearance Center, Maribel contributes to the scholarly publishing sector while actively engaging in industry initiatives through STM, SSP DEI, and The Scholarly Kitchen Cabinet. As an SSP Fellowship winner, she researched Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Access: Insights in Latin America, exploring strategies to enhance inclusivity and equitable access in the region.
Rebecca Ciezarek is a Journals Manager at CSIRO Publishing, managing a portfolio of animals, health, food and agriculture journals. Her role involves working with editors and societies to develop and direct journal strategy and provide guidance on publishing best practice. Rebecca received her PhD from Victoria University (Aust) in 2016. She was previously a Journal Publishing Manager at Wiley before joining CSIRO Publishing.
Sena Evren is an Associate Publisher at Springer Nature, overseeing the microbiology hybrid portfolio, as well as managing the mycology and parasitology sub-portfolios within Springer journals. Sena joined the STM Association’s Early Career Publishers Committee (ECPC) in 2024 and is also a member of the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s Training Committee. She graduated from the University of Hamburg, Germany, with an MSc in Politics, Economics, and Philosophy.
Jessica Gedamu is the VP Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Springer Nature, where she leads the company’s internal DEI strategy. She has extensive expertise in designing and implementing programmes that foster inclusion and equity, such as inclusive hiring and talent management, data-driven goal setting, implicit bias awareness, and community building.
Prior to joining Springer Nature in 2018, Jessica served as a DEI consultant and facilitator at EAF Berlin, where she continues to hold a board position. In this role, she supported companies across various industries in their efforts to enhance diversity in leadership. Jessica is also a certified diversity trainer, specializing in inclusive leadership.
I am currently a Deputy Director of Journals, Europe at World Scientific Publishing (WSP). Before that I had the privilege of serving as a Chief Commissioning Editor and Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Wiley for 8 years. Prior to my publishing career, I worked at the Council of National Research in Italy where I simultaneously completed a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Bologna under a Marie-Curie fellowship from the European Commission.
D.J. Anning is a former researcher and data engineer.
At the start of 2023, he joined Elsevier’s Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics Centre of Expertise, where he is a Senior Ethics Expert and leads the new Ethics Data & Insights Hub.
He specializes in large-scale and complex ethics cases—especially those involving coordinated network activity—and in co-developing data-driven investigative and screening tools.
Dr. Mikka Lene Pers is a psychologist, chartered by The British Psychological Society.
Mikka works to help make IOP Publishing a leading voice in the physical science community and broader publishing industry on matters relating to diversity, equity and inclusion, and wellbeing.
Additionally, Dr. Pers teaches narrative research, digital technology, and patient experiences at King’s College London. She also serves as an Associate Researcher with the Bridge Group, where she contributes to research on social mobility.
Dr Adya Misra is the Associate Director, Research Integrity at Sage, and leads the Global Research Integrity Team with oversight of publishing ethics activity in 1300+ journals.
She is responsible for developing a research integrity vision for Sage, prevention of publication ethics issues, ensuring policy and processes stand the test of emerging threats to research integrity. Adya has previously worked in senior editorial roles at PLOS and PeerJ bringing together subject level expertise in molecular biology, medicine, and public health along with research integrity practices. In 2024, she won the People of Publishing Award to recognise her contribution to Scholarly Publishing.
Christene Smith is a Commercial Editor at Wiley, specializing in B2B publications and working on the editorial team of CHEManager International. She plays a key role in shaping the editorial strategy to ensure the content is both relevant and impactful for industry professionals. Christene holds a PhD in Chemistry, which enhances her editorial expertise.
Additionally, she currently co-leads the Research & Learning DEI Council at Wiley, where she champions diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within the organization. Before joining Wiley, Christene worked at De Gruyter (now De Gruyter Brill), as an Acquisition Editor and was a founding member of their IDEAL Committee.
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