---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: LISTSERV.CRL.EDU LISTSERV Server (16.0) <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 12:01 AM Subject: LIBLICENSE-L: approval required (780A93F8) To: [log in to unmask] From: Nawin Gupta <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 23:01:18 -0500 The Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries member organizations have elected Association's new officers in its first election held under the new constitution and bylaws adopted 1st August 2013. The new officers will assume their respective offices at ASA's Annual General Meeting in Frankfurt 10th October 2013. CHAIR Peter Lawson, International Sales Director, S Karger Publishers and Karger Libri. Peter has been in STM publishing sales since 1975. He joined Karger in 1983 with responsibility for sales throughout Europe and the Middle East, moving a dozen years ago to the USA to cover the North American continent. His sales responsibilities at Karger include academic and corporate, for all journals and books, both in print and online. Peter has served as Chairman of the Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries since 1996. (2-year term) VICE-CHAIR Jose Luis Andrade, President of the Americas, Swets Information Services. Jose Luis Andrade is an expert on information and technology with twenty-two years of experience. He has been with Swets since 2004 and is currently responsible for managing all commercial activities in the United States, Canada and Latin America in his position as President of the Americas. Previously, Jose Luis held numerous executive management roles at multinational companies including Exactus Corporation, eshare communications, Inc. and Bentley Systems Inc., where he successfully developed and grew the existing market. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Friends of the National Library of Medicine and regularly contributes presentations and speeches to various publications and related industry forums. He is also a member of the Special Libraries Association, American Library Association, Medical Library Association and the North American Serials Interest Group. (2-year term) TREASURER Susan Wolper, President and CEO, Wolper Information Services. Susan has led the company for more than two decades, during its greatest period of growth and success. A former corporate attorney specializing in real estate, she joined the family-owned company in 1990 as Vice President and became sole owner and President/CEO in 1993. Susan earned a Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve School of Law after graduating Cum Laude from the University of Rochester. Susan is a member of the Special Libraries Association, American Library Association, Medical Library Association, and an officer (auditor) of the Association of Subscription Agents & Intermediaries (also serving on its Executive Committee). (3-year term) AUDITOR Luke Davies, Director, UK Publisher Relations, EBSCO Information Services. Luke has over twenty years of experience within the STM and Legal publishing business. Prior to joining EBSCO's Publisher Relations team, a role which involves liaison with EBSCO's major publisher partners across Europe, Luke held senior sales and business development roles with leading STM publishers including Thomson Reuters, Elsevier and Lexis Nexis. Throughout his career, Luke has worked for and consulted with librarians, knowledge managers research and development directors as well as legal and business professionals. Luke has developed a broad knowledge of trends and business models in the Academic, Corporate, Government and Institutional markets and has developed good team working and negotiation skills. Luke has been a member of the ASA's Membership & Marketing Committee and currently serves on the Conference Planning Committee. (3-year term) Here is a link to the announcement on the ASA website: http://subscription-agents.org/system/files/asa_officers_elected_2013.pdf Nawin Gupta, Secretary General Assoication of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries www.subscription-agents.org