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<div>As of October 19th 2020, Jennifer Gibson assumed leadership of OASPA as Caroline Sutton stepped down as Chair of the Association.<br>
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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. She is currently Head of Open Research Communication for eLife, a non-profit initiative established by research funders
to transform science publishing.<br>
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<div><i>“I’m honoured and excited at the opportunity to lead OASPA at this special moment in time,” says Jennifer. “There is unprecedented momentum behind open research and behind solutions that fully enable open access for the worldwide community of scholars
– and the machines that aid them.Thanks to the work of my predecessors Caroline Sutton and Paul Peters, the other founders of OASPA, and Claire Redhead in particular, the organisation is trusted, well-supported and agile enough to traverse a fast-changing
landscape. I look forward to helping to guide our efforts and our community toward what’s next.” </i><br>
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Caroline Sutton served as President of the OASPA Board from the official inception of the organization in 2008 until 2013, when Paul Peters took on this role. Caroline again served as Chair for the 2019-2020 term and will now continue her work with the board
as she moves into the role of Secretary as part of the Executive Committee and Board of OASPA.</div>
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<div>Further information can be found on this <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foaspa.org%2Fannouncing-new-chair-of-oaspa-board-jennifer-gibson%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cad5b7d59efde4ee584f808d887a203b4%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637408477195839598%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=FKncU4rsqW13yUnQ1PqZ2fzXTH%2BMeCCZ86%2F3X1HKBis%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/announcing-new-chair-of-oaspa-board-jennifer-gibson/" shash="PECb4qXTROCa2mJ6a1j+7hxIRsezcc8z4fauqDBnDWw+Zh/XAWDsEMc6ul6Z/jysAKnYc5Ik4KX6xaaHIROTFso3lFhItERsPxebFXiY+rVKgh1zV/TuaFaXBdHYCTYB3bKxj3lmaj6mVD1lBTyrlgITCWjU7mm1xpsx4op5rVY=" target="_blank">blog post</a>. <br>
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<div><font color="#000000">Best wishes,</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Bernie</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#666666">Bernie Folan</font></b>
<div><font color="#666666">Events and Communications </font></div>
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<div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:bernie.folan@oaspa.org" target="_blank">bernie.folan@oaspa.org</a><br>
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