Elizabeth Nolan
About Optica
Elizabeth Nolan
Optica
Elizabeth Nolan is the CEO for Optica. In this role, she is responsible for supporting 150+ staff, annual turnover of $50M US, and a customer base of more than 570,000 individuals and companies from 184 countries. Prior to taking on this role, she was the Deputy Executive Director and Chief Publishing Officer for the Society where she oversaw all facets of Optica’s strategic planning, branding, program development/market research, as well as its publishing program. As part of these responsibilities, she co-led the Society’s name change from OSA to Optica, championed the development and implementation of the organization’s first and ongoing Society-wide strategic planning process, and spearheaded the launch of the publishing division’s bespoke publishing and peer review platforms and 8 new journals to better meet the needs of the optics and photonics community.
Before joining OSA, Elizabeth was Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing and Strategy at SPi Global. While at SPi, she directed the efforts of a number of different teams and developed a host of new and innovative services for Scientific, Medical and Technical publishers. Prior to that, she held senior level positions at Thompson Publishing Group and The Worldwatch Institute and spent her early years working in the publishing industry at Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins at the time). With 30 years of experience working with not-for-profit organizations, commercial publishers and an Asia-based business process outsourcing provider, Elizabeth has forged a career that is rich in executive management, global expansion, new product/service development, as well as journal publishing.
Contact the Office of the CEO:
ceo@optica.org
+1 202.416.1467
