Claire Redhead
Executive Director
Claire was appointed Executive Director in 2016 having led the development and growth of OASPA during her time with the association. She joined in 2012 as Membership and Communications Manager, building on a successful background in scholarly publishing. Prior to working for OASPA, Claire worked for 12 years in the academic publishing sector, building up editorial and management experience and valuable insight into the industry. Claire sits on a number of working groups and committees to represent the views of the open access publishing community and is Chair of the OA Switchboard.
Bernie Folan
Communications, Engagement and Outreach Manager
Bernie has been OASPA ‘s Communications, Engagement and Outreach Manager since January 2021 having joined OASPA in April 2019 as Events and Communications Coordinator.
Prior to joining OASPA, Bernie worked for six years as an independent consultant providing market research, marketing strategy and customer insight services to scholarly publishers. Before that she worked in various marketing roles with academic publisher SAGE, working closely with researchers, librarians, and the wider research community. She has contributed to many scholarly communication events and written on industry matters with an aim to improve understanding of existing needs and challenges.
Lulu Stader
Membership Manager
Lulu started assessing membership applications for OASPA in September 2017 and has gradually been providing more support for OASPA’s membership processes. Lulu is an academic publishing professional with a PhD in evolutionary ecology and more than 25 years of experience. Open Access and the future of scholarly publishing are very close to her heart. For the past 16 years, Lulu has been freelancing remotely for international publishers such as Oxford University Press, Elsevier, PLoS and Springer, from her home in the beautiful Scottish Highlands (if she is not hill-walking). She also consults as Executive Administrator for the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (https://smbe.org/).
Malavika Legge
Program Manager
Malavika is Program Manager, leading a range of activities that directly support OASPA’s mission. With strong roots in content development and extensive licensing experience developed over a 16-year career in STM publishing, Malavika has a love for harnessing workflows and technology on the one hand, and galvanising people and communities on the other, to help deliver open access for scholarly content. Much of her experience is in cross-functional working: bringing disparate teams together and using data and creativity to find ways of achieving sustainable open access. Malavika is also Chair of the Society Publishers’ Coalition (SocPC).