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Early Career Publishers Committee

The STM Early Career Publishers Committee (ECPC) is comprised of all types of early career professionals (ECPs) who work in the publishing and scholarly communications industry from STM member companies interested in developing, learning, and fostering engagement across our industry. The committee aims to provide resources and organize events for ECPs, advocate for and drive diversity, equity, and inclusion in publishing, facilitate learning and development, run an industry mentorship scheme, and raise awareness of career paths and opportunities for industry professionals and graduate students.

Membership: Any STM member organization can put forward colleagues for inclusion on the ECPC, and the committee size varies. Members are limited to two representatives from one geographical area and three total representatives each.

Early Career Professionals are defined by ECPC as anyone with ~0-10 years’ experience in the industry- age is not a factor. The ECPC does include some mid-career professionals as well.

Committee

For more information on the Committee, please contact Erin Foley

The 2024 membership is as follows:

Member	Organization	Location
AnaMaria Ion-Kary (STM SRC Liaison)	De Gruyter	East Coast US
Andrew Bostjancic	Taylor & Francis	East Coast US
Caroline Sutton (STM CEO)	STM	Norway
Chris McEntee	CUP	UK
Erin Foley (ECPC Chair, STM ORC Liaison)	CCC	East Coast US
Jade Parker	Taylor & Francis	UK
Jenny Stein	AIP Publishing	East Coast US
Joanne Ratcliffe	World Scientific	Singapore
Kathleen Hines (Mentorship Co-Lead)	J&J Editorial (Wiley)	East Coast US
Kayla Dos Santos	Elsevier	East Coast US
Laura Bolte (STM RIC Liaison)	J&J Editorial (Wiley)	East Coast US
Melody Zhuxin Zhang	Wiley	China
Melissa Close	Emerald Publishing	East Coast US
Naamah Maundrell	Taylor & Francis	UK
Samuel Goodchild (STM ECPC Board Member, Incoming Vice-Chair, & Mentorship Lead)	Springer Nature	Germany
Samantha Jacobs	IEEE	East Coast US

Secretariat
Lucy Derges	STM	UK

Work Plan

ECPC has three unique areas of focus that advance the committee’s overall strategic initiatives- career development, graduate engagement, and outreach. Additionally, ECPC runs the annual STM Mentoring Scheme which connects individuals in STM member organizations to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, expertise, skills, insights, and experiences, and to support professional development and goals across all career levels. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are placed at the forefront of all ECPC initiatives in support of STM’s work to achieve equality and equity in scholarship and scientific advancement.

In 2024, ECPC is planning the following initiatives:

Launch the 2024 Mentorship cohort and host introductory webinars
Host two networking events specifically geared towards early career professionals
Host two informational webinars for early career professionals
Convene a series of brainstorming calls on outreach and engagement for underrepresented geographies
Define and execute a recruiting push for underrepresented member organizations

Participation

If someone volunteers to participate in the ECPC they agree to work actively on assigned projects for a minimum of one year. All members are expected to assist with the Mentorship Scheme administration and launch. The lift is typically 2-10 hours per month including monthly committee and project calls which members are expected to participate in unless excused. Occasionally, the committee works on more robust initiatives which may require a small number of additional work hours. The monthly committee calls for 2024 will be held on the first Thursday of every month from 8:00-9:00 AM ET.

If you have any questions about the STM Early Career Publishers Committee or would like to put forward colleagues for inclusion in the ECPC please reach out to the current Chair:

Erin Foley, Director, Rightsholder Relations, Copyright Clearance Center, efoley@copyright.com