OASPA’s committees support and advise the OASPA Board of Directors in key areas.
Executive Committee
OASPA’s Executive Committee consists of the three Board Members who hold officer positions (Chair/President, Secretary and Treasurer).
The OASPA By Laws grant the Executive Committee the authority to represent the association.
Function of the Executive Committee:
- To meet with the Executive Director and discuss issues related to the management of the Foundation
- To identify issues requiring further discussion with the full OASPA board
- To move forward on decisions made by the Board in between meetings
Executive Committee members:
- Jennifer Gibson (Dryad) Chair
- Dominic Mitchell (DOAJ) Secretary
- Bekah Darksmith (Public Library of Science, PLOS) Treasurer
Since October 2020, official duties relating to Stichting OASPA in the Netherlands, such as communication with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce and financial registration, are managed on behalf of OASPA by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei as a Dutch national and OASPA Board member.
Membership Committee
OASPA’s Membership Committee supports and advises the OASPA Board of Directors on decisions regarding the membership of OASPA.
- Stephanie Orphan (Portico) Chair
- Stuart Taylor (The Royal Society)
- Lara Speicher (UCL Press)
- Dominic Mitchell (DOAJ)
- Claire Redhead (OASPA)
Communications and Outreach Committee
OASPA’s Communications and Outreach Committee supports the OASPA Communications, Engagement and Outreach Manager on OASPA’s communications and outreach efforts.
- Bernie Folan (OASPA) Chair
- Katie Baker (Springer Nature)
- Lori Carlin (Delta Think)
- George Currie (Hindawi)
- John Fudrow (University of Pittsburgh Library System)
- Susan Hagen (PLOS)
- Iva Kostadinova (Pensoft Publishers)
- Vicky McCulloch (Microbiology Society)
- Stephanie Paalvast (Brill)
- Chantelle Rijs (Frontiers)
- Anna Wetterberg (RTI Press)
- Charlotte Van Rooyen and Maria Campbell (EDP Sciences)
- Thijs van Vlijmen (Elsevier)
2022 Conference Program Committee
- Arianna Becerril García (Autonomous University of the State of Mexico)
- Leslie Chan (Knowledge Equity Lab, University of Toronto Scarborough)
- Jennifer Gibson (Dryad and OASPA Chair)
- Iain Hrynaszkiewicz (PLOS)
- Carlos Alfredo Joly, (Universidade de Campinas and Editor-in-Chief of Biota Neotropica)
- Sushil Kumar (Chitkara University Publications)
- Catherine Mitchell (California Digital Library)
- Lucy Oates (Oxford University Press)
- Omo Oaiya (West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN))
- Jadranka Stojanovski (University of Zadar and Ruđer Bošković Institute)
- Francois van Schalkwyk (African Minds)
Webinar Committee
- Bernie Folan (OASPA) Chair
- Iryna Kuchma (EIFL)
- Rachael Lammey (Crossref)
- Catriona Macallum (Hindawi)
- Dan Morgan (PLOS)
- Claire Redhead (OASPA)
- Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei (punctum books)
- Demmy Verbeke (KU Leuven)
- Emma Wilson (The Royal Society of Chemistry)