It's with pleasure that we announce the election of Suzanne Kettley as th‎e Vice-President/President Elect at the 2015 Annual General Meeting.

Suzanne Kettley is the newly appointed Executive Director of Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) and assumes this role starting in July 2015. CSP, based in Ottawa, publishes the 17 NRC Research Press journals and provides publishing services for 18 client journals. Suzanne has held several positions in the company, including Director of Publishing Operations, Head of the Monograph Publishing Program, Managing Editor of the Plant Science journals, and Deputy Director of the Press when the organization was transitioning from the federal government into the private sector. Suzanne has also served as Secretary to CSP’s Board of Directors.

She has been active in CALJ for several years, chairing the 2014 Annual Conference Programme committee and serving on the 2015 committee. She has also helped to organize the annual Editors Boot Camp.

She holds an honours BSc in biology and geography as well as an Editor in the Life Sciences Certificate.