Summary
Ginny Hendricks is a technology and community leader with over a decade of experience building open infrastructure for global research, now serving as Chief Program Officer at Crossref. She has progressed through member and community leadership roles to shape programmatic approaches that connect publishers, libraries, and researchers across the scholarly ecosystem. Ginny combines a deep obsession with technological possibilities and clear, elegant communication to translate complex metadata and policy challenges into practical, interoperable services. Her board and steering roles with organizations such as the DOI Foundation, African Journals Online, and the Barcelona Declaration reflect a commitment to equitable, open scholarly communication worldwide. Notable for cultivating cross-sector collaboration, she brings both strategic vision and hands-on program leadership to initiatives that improve discoverability and reuse of research. She also maintains an ORCID record, underscoring a personal commitment to the persistent identification and integrity of scholarly work.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer