Webinar: Successful Recruiting and Onboarding of Your Editor-in-Chief

Join KGL Consulting and a panel of publishing professionals as we share case studies in EIC recruitment during this period of rapid changes in scholarly publishing.

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Moderator:
Lisa Marshall, Senior Consultant, KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.

Panelists:
Jane Hiebert-White, Executive Publisher, Health Affairs / Project HOPE
Jason Pointe, Publications Director, International Anesthesia Research Society
Judie Lieu, Vice President, Publishing and Professional Resources, The Gerontological Society of America
Sara Kate Heukerott, Associate Director of Publications, Association for Computing Machinery

Successful editor-in-chief (EIC) transitions are central to achieving your journal’s editorial development goals. But recruiting and onboarding new EICs involves a range of practical, ethical, and political factors and pitfalls to consider. Some EIC attributes, skills, and qualifications are more important than others. In addition, there is a growing recognition of the importance of fostering DEI among the candidates and those who will evaluate them. How will you identify, recruit, and hire the best candidate to represent the journal in these times of rapid changes in scholarly publishing?

This panel of professionals who recently completed EIC searches will present case studies highlighting the most important aspects of a successful search. They will discuss the groundwork they laid before embarking on the search, such as creating an effective search committee, developing a comprehensive job description, and drafting a solid timeline. Panelists will share details on the importance of the candidate identification and nomination process including development of an editor characteristics list, the call for nominations, as well as purposeful networking and search talking points. And, lastly, they will share insights on how to successfully select final candidates and conduct meaningful interviews. There will also be time for audience questions.

Speaker Bios:
Lisa Marshall, Senior Consultant, KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.
Lisa manages our highly successful academic editor-in-chief recruiting solution. She also undertakes publishing audits, requests for proposals, new product development, editorial analyses/benchmarking, governance best practices, and strategic planning for clients. Also an expert writer and managing editor, Lisa brings to her consulting projects 30 years of experience developing information resources for healthcare professionals across multiple formats and subspecialties. Lisa received a BA in English Literature from Bryn Mawr College.

Jane Hiebert-White, Executive Publisher, Health Affairs / Project HOPE
Jane Hiebert-White oversees the publishing business team at Project HOPE, which publishes Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy, and the new open access journal, Health Affairs Scholar. Jane championed the launch of Scholar, the first new journal in the Health Affairs portfolio in 40 years. Scholar is published in conjunction with Oxford University Press. Jane led the search for the new journal’s Editor-in-Chief in 2022.  In her more than 30 years in scholarly publishing, Jane has held numerous editorial and business positions, including Executive Editor. With a background in communications, she is especially interested spreading knowledge to new audiences and tracking policy impact. In addition to launching Health Affairs Scholar, she oversaw the creation of Health Affairs Blog (now Health Affairs Forefront), the daily publication of health policy commentary and news analysis, which is read by US government leaders, health industry executives, journalists and policy researchers.

Jason Pointe, Publications Director, International Anesthesia Research Society
Jason is the Publishing Director at the International Anesthesia Research Society. He oversees all aspects of the IARS journals portfolio as well as the Society’s online education products and program. His previous roles in scholarly publishing have included book publishing and marketing, journal ad sales, and journals publishing.

Judie Lieu, Vice President, Publishing and Professional Resources, The Gerontological Society of America
Judie Lieu is GSA’s vice president of publishing and professional resources. Lieu joined GSA in May 2009 and is charged with overseeing all activities related to the organization’s scholarly publishing and content portfolio with emphasis on business, editorial, and program development. Previously, at the American Pharmacists Association, she managed all aspects of the development and production of high level educational campaigns such as the Self-Care Institute and Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services in the Community. She also worked in the area of patient education at the Allergy & Asthma Network, where she managed the organization’s flagship newsletter and consumer magazine. Lieu holds Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio. She is a member of the American Society of Association Executives and the Kenyon Piano Quartet.

Sara Kate Heukerott, Associate Director of Publications, Association for Computing Machinery
Sara Kate Heukerott is Associate Director of Publications at the Association for Computing Machinery, responsible for the ACM journals program.  Prior to ACM, Sara Kate spent nearly twelve years at Springer Nature, most recently as Executive Editor responsible for the Materials Science and Applied Physics journals team.  She received her A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard and her two-year M.Phil. with distinction from the University of Oxford, where she was a Clarendon Scholar.