Joanne Sheppard

Joanne Sheppard has worked in the publishing industry for more than two decades. Joanne began their career in 1999 as a Senior Editor at Kluwer Academic Publishers. In 2002, they joined Elsevier as a Senior Editor at Focal Press, where they launched and managed a list in broadcast engineering and online content distribution. Joanne then became Publishing Director at Focal Press and Morgan Kauffman, managing a portfolio in media technology and computing. In 2006, they were promoted to Vice President & Editorial Director, managing a global book editorial team and leading portfolio strategy in life science, physical science, finance, economics, computing and media technology. In 2011, they joined Cell Press as VP Business Development, leading strategy planning and roll out process for the high impact journals publisher. In 2019, they became a Non Executive Director at BioData Ltd. and in 2020, they joined The Outthinker Strategy Network as a Strategy Executive Member and Scismic as a Non Executive Director. Joanne currently serves as SVP Strategy and Investments at Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, collaborating with several CEOs on company wide strategy globally.

Joanne Sheppard began their education in 1992, when they earned a BA in Individualized Study from New York University. Joanne then went on to pursue a MA in English at Boston University, which they completed in 1997. In 2003, they attended Johnson & Wales University to study Culinary Arts, and completed their studies in 2005. Finally, in 2013, they completed a Certificate in Strategy and Innovation (15 days) at the MIT Sloan School of Management.