Rebecca McLeod
Harvard Data Science Initiative
Managing Director
Rebecca McLeod is the Managing Director for the Harvard Data Science Review (HDSR, the open access platform of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. In this role, she oversees all business, publishing and program operations of HDSR including business development, production and editorial activities, and marketing.
Rebecca has decades of experience in scholarly publishing, having worked in marketing, editorial development, operations, and relationship management roles for both nonprofit and commercial organizations including The MIT Press, Aries Systems, and Copyright Clearance Center.
Rebecca is very active in the scholarly communications industry having chaired and served on multiple committees for the Association of University Presses, the Professional and Scholarly Division of the American Publishers’ Association and the Society for Scholarly Publishing. She is a founding member of the Boston Women’s Information Network (BWIN) and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Scholarly Publishing and for the National Information Standards Organization (NISO).