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Jennifer is a non-profit executive and board member with 15 years’ experience driving openness in research through advocacy and leadership. Her track record encompasses leading teams, designing strategies, and engaging communities of researchers, funders, institutions and publishers.  

Jennifer is Head of Open Research Communication for eLife, a non-profit and research funder-backed initiative to transform science publishing and research culture. In nearly ten years with eLife, she has worked with scientists, funders, publishers, developers and others to explore fresh paths toward accelerating science through open research communication and open-technology innovation. As part of the core team behind the launch of the eLife journal and setting the eLife strategy, Jennifer’s responsibilities have included the eLife brand and message, editorial and early-career community management, raising the profile of the journal, marketing eLife’s open-source publishing suite, and recruiting new partners to the eLife initiative. Prior to eLife, Jennifer contributed to education, collaboration, and policy development in support of open access as Director of Programs for SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). In earlier years, she led marketing and public relations for academic publishers and nonprofit organizations.

Jennifer is Chair of the OASPA Board of Directors and a past member of the FORCE11 Board of Directors. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Victoria and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Athabasca University – both in Canada.