NISO Staff
Todd Carpenter
Managing Director
Todd Carpenter joined NISO as Managing Director in September 2006. In this role, Todd provides leadership to NISO as well as focuses on improving constituency relationships, standards development, and operational procedures. Prior to joining NISO, Todd was Director of Business Development with BioOne, where he served the goals of both libraries and publishers by enhancing products, services, and distribution. Previously, Todd directed the marketing of approximately 60 academic journals and was closely involved in the growth of Project MUSE at the Johns Hopkins University Press. He has also held marketing and business development positions at the Energy Intelligence Group, a news service covering the oil and natural gas industries, and the Haworth Press, an academic and professional publisher. Todd is a graduate of Syracuse University and earned a masters degree in marketing from The Johns Hopkins University.
Karen A.
Wetzel
Standards Program Manager
Karen A. Wetzel joined NISO as its first Standards Program Manager in January 2007. Karen manages the process of standards development, oversee activities of the technical committees creating NISO standards, and organizes outreach and education programs related to those standards. Karen comes to NISO with a strong background in project management in the library world. As Distance Education Librarian at The George Washington University, she developed and directed a library services program for the university's distance education community. Previously, she worked with the National Association of Federal Credit Unions as Associate Director of Education, where she developed, coordinated, and managed various learning programs, and with the Association of Research Libraries, where she managed the association's distance learning initiative. Karen holds a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MA from Boston College, and an MLS from the Catholic University of America.
Victoria R. Kinnear
Business Development and Operations Manager
Victoria R. Kinnear joined NISO in July 2007. As NISO's Business Development and Operations Manager, she serves as the backbone to the organization, managing the organization's day-to-day operations, while also: heading NISO's marketing efforts; providing support for all of NISO's events, including site planning and management as well as registration and development of on-site materials; general accounting; and programmatic support. Prior to joining NISO, Victoria was Vice President of a game development company, Vice President of an educational publishing company, and President of Click Interactive Visions, an internet development company.
Anna Martin
Office and Program Assistant
NISO Consultants
Cynthia Hodgson
Technical Editor/Consultant, Newsline Editor, and ISQ Managing Editor