STM People

Donna Okubo serves as STM’s Community Engagement Manager. Donna will be working closely with a diverse range of stakeholder groups across the STM universe, including STM members, funders, allied organizations, and partners. Her charge is to enhance our community by listening, learning, and discovering new ways to collaborate and advance trusted research together. Donna brings...

Brian Shields has been the Publisher of JAMA and the JAMA Network journals since 2020. He started at the American Medical Association (AMA) in 2010 as the Director of Finance for Publishing and was then Vice President of Strategy & Operations and General Manager prior to becoming the Publisher. Brian played a key role in...

Jennifer (Jenn) Brogan is the Vice President of Global Journal Publishing & Society Solutions at Wolters Kluwer’s Health Learning, Research & Practice (HLRP). She oversees the editorial and strategic direction of a prestigious journal portfolio comprising over 750 publications spanning numerous medical and nursing specialties and collaborates with more than 150 society partners. With deep...

Lei Zhou leads new business development at Tech Science Press (TSP). Since joining in 2022, she has played a key role in expanding TSP’s global market presence and fostering international collaborations. In her role, Lei has overseen the growth of the journal portfolio and enhanced its global visibility. She has organized and managed prominent academic...

Jas Atwal has an undergraduate degree in German and Italian and an MPhil in European Studies. Since leaving university, Jas has spent her whole career to date working in the publishing industry, starting from children’s novelty books to medical education for children, and then on to the STM/academic library sector with her first role in...

Ekaterina Antonova is Chief Quality and Business Development Officer at Trans Tech Publications (website: Scientific.Net), Swiss-based academic publishing house in area of materials science and engineering. Ekaterina joined Scientific.Net team in August 2013 being PhD student in the area of solid-state materials after obtaining master’s degree in applied physics. She is currently leading the development...

Todd Ware has been working in the publishing industry for over 30 years in production and editorial roles At Simon and Schuster, Pearson, McGraw Hill, Walsworth, Sheridan (KGL Group), Innodata, Elsevier, Great Minds, and currently the American College of Physicians. Todd is currently the Vice President, Publishing at the American College of Physicians (ACP). Todd...

Enrico Turrin, Deputy Director and Economist, Federation of European Publishers Degree in Economics at the University Luigi Bocconi in Milan in 2000 and master’s degree in International Affairs at ISPI, Milan, in 2001. Project Manager at ISPI and lecturer on International Organisations from 2002. From 2005 to 2008, worked as an external expert and lecturer...

Dr Coromoto Power Febres is a Research Integrity Manager within the Publishing Ethics and Integrity Team at Taylor and Francis. Before working in publishing, Coro pursued a career in research. After completing a PhD in Political Science at University College London, Coro worked in various research roles within and outside of academia focusing on minority...

Luigi Longobardi is Director of Publishing Ethics & Conduct at IEEE. Luigi leads IEEE’s work in implementing policies for integrity and ethics in IEEE conference proceedings and journals portfolio. At IEEE, Luigi works with diverse teams of research integrity, operations, technology, and subject matter experts to resolve integrity and ethics concerns, incorporate best practices in...