OUR PEOPLE
COUNTER is a community-led organisation, which means that our team is supported by a wonderful group of people who volunteer their time and expertise to keep us on track.
If you want to get involved with one of our volunteer groups, please get in touch with Siân.
The Team
Our team is small but perfectly formed!
Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Tasha is our Executive Director – for which, read jack-of-all-trades. Whatever your question, she’s got the answer you need or knows where to find it.
Email Tasha
Siân Harris
Siân is our Communications and Engagement Manager, so if you want to know about why and how to get involved, drop her a line.
Email Siân
Our Volunteers
Board of Directors
Our Board oversees COUNTER’s strategy and financial sustainability.
Jo Lambert (Chair)
Head of Data and Intelligence, Jisc, UK
Richard Gallagher
President and Editor-in-Chief, Annual Reviews, USA
Heather Loehr
Coordinator of Information Services, Hanover College, USA
Gary Van Overborg
Scholarly IQ, USA
Monica Westin
Director, Open Policy Development, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, UK
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is responsible for COUNTER’s operations, including oversight of the Code of Practice.
David Sommer (Chair)
Chief Product Officer, Kudos, UK
John Chodacki
Director, University of California Curation Center, USA
Jill Emery
Collection Development & Management Librarian and Professor, Portland State University, USA
Jacqueline Gillet
Research Librarian, INRIA, France
Nicola Haden
Head of Sales Operations, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
Svenja Nemetschek
Director of Customer Insights & Analytics, SpringerNature, UK
Bernd Oberknapp
General Manager ReDI, Freiburg University Library, Germany
Jack Ochs
VP, Strategic Planning and Analysis, American Chemical Society, USA
Oliver Pesch
Chief Product Strategist, EBSCO, USA
Matthew Ragucci
Director of Institutional Product Marketing, Wiley, USA
Heather Ruland Staines
Director of Community Engagement and Senior Consultant, Delta Think, USA
Elena Zapryanova-Hadjinikolova
Senior Director, Research Products Analytics, Elsevier, UK
Code Team
A small technical group which maintains and develops the Code of Practice and associated tools and technologies.
Beda Košata
Lead Developer, Big Dig Data and CELUS, Czechia
Bernd Oberknapp
General Manager ReDI, Freiburg University Library, Germany
Alex Snukal
Collections Librarian, University of Manitoba
Tom Sublet
Developer, Couperin Consortium
Education
This team identifies gaps in our educational materials and helps us develop content to fill those gaps.
Charlotte Brown
Senior Account Manager, ABC, UK
Jill Emery
Collection Development & Management Librarian and Professor, Portland State University, USA
Nicola Haden
Head of Sales Operations, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
Tim Lloyd
Founder/CEO, LibLynx, USA
Francine May
Associate Dean (Research) Mount Royal University Library, Calgary, and representing COPPUL (Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries) consortium, Canada
Heather Ruland Staines
Director of Community Engagement and Senior Consultant, Delta Think, USA
Jenny Thompson
Customer Usage Reporting Specialist, BMJ Group, UK
Advisory Committee
A wide consultative group which helps us gain insight into the challenges and wishes of the membership.
Michael Sisolak (co-Chair)
Senior Director and Chief Technology Architect, Sage, USA
Michelle Urberg (co-Chair)
Client Success Manager, Liblynx, USA
Senol Akay
Assistant Director, Data & Analytics, American Chemical Society, USA
Becca Banach
Electronic Resources Librarian, Smith College Libraries, USA
Melissa Belvadi
User Experience & Collections Librarian, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Josh Benson
Product Analyst, OCLC, USA
Jayshree Bhakta
Product Manager, ITHAKA, USA
Cara Bradford
Collections Assessment Coordinator, Purdue University Libraries, USA
David Chaplin
Jisc, UK
Kirsten Fuoti
Data Systems Business Analyst, Silverchair, USA
Karen Harker
Collection Assessment Librarian, University of North Texas Libraries, USA
Heather Heckman
Associate Dean for Information Resources & Technologies, University of South Carolina, USA
Kathryn Hodgkinson
Auditor, ABC, UK
Athena Hoeppner
Discovery Services Librarian, University of Central Florida, USA
Meghan Lenahan
Electronic Resources Librarian, Binghamton University, USA
Sonja Lendi
Usage Research Manager, Elsevier, The Netherlands
Mélanie Marcon
Document Resources Manager, CNRS on behalf of Couperin Consortium, France
Stuart Maxwell
Chief Operating Officer, Scholarly IQ, UK
David Perry
Senior Programmer Analyst, New York University Libraries, USA
Oliver Pesch
Chief Product Strategist, EBSCO, USA
Christopher Rennie
Director, Platform Management, Clarivate, USA
Mohammed Rizk
Wiley, USA