The Kotahi Foundation is pleased to announce the formation of its new advisory committees. These committees are designed to provide strategic guidance in key areas, ensuring the foundation’s mission of fostering open and community-driven scholarly publishing infrastructure is achieved. Each committee will focus on specific areas critical to Kotahi’s growth and success.
We will publish these to the teams page shortly with biographies.
Advisory Committees Overview
1. Operational Advisory Committee
Focus Areas:
The Operational Committee will provide strategic advice on:
- Budget and financial planning
- Fundraising initiatives
- Communications and branding
- Partnerships and collaborations
- Staffing and organizational structure
Members:
- Katie Corker (chair) – Executive Director, ASAPbio
- Heather Staines – Senior Consultant, Delta Think
- Omo Oaiya– Chief Strategy Office, WACREN
- James Butcher – Director, Journalology
- Ludo Waltman – Scientific Director and Professor of Quantitative Science Studies at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University
- Colleen Campbell – Strategic Advisor and Coordinator, Open Access 2020, Max Planck Digital Library
2. Technical Advisory Committee
Focus Areas:
The Technical Committee will provide expertise on:
- Features and integrations for Kotahi
- Hosting strategies and optimizations
- Adoption of emerging technologies
- Revenue generation for software development
Members:
- Paul Shannon – Head of Technology & Innovation at eLife
- Andrew Smeall – VP Production Innovation, Sage
- Kevin Hawkins – Program Director for the Opioid Industry Documents Archive, UCSF-JHU
- Non-publisher member (awaiting confirmation)
Chair tbc
3. User/Use Cases Advisory Committee
Focus Areas:
The User Committee will guide efforts on:
- Community growth and engagement
- Understanding and addressing user needs
- User support strategies
- Development of new use cases
Members:
- Godwyns Onwuchekwa (chair) – Head of Communities, eLife
- Erin Robinson – CEO Metadata Game Changers
- Emily Gurley – Professor of the Practice at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- André Brasil – Science Advisor, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- One further member to be confirmed
These committees bring together experts from diverse backgrounds, encompassing publishing, open-source technology, research, and community building. Their collective expertise will drive the foundation forward, ensuring Kotahi’s continued evolution as a leader in open scholarly infrastructure.
Further details, including member bios, will be announced soon. We look forward to working closely with our committees and stakeholders to achieve our shared goals.
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