Copyediting I

Jennifer Maybin, MA, ELS, is a medical writer and editor with more than 25 years' experience copyediting scientific and medical text for publishers, journals, medical communication companies, and pharmaceutical clients. She is a certified Editor in the Life Sciences, has a Master's degree in English from Arcadia University in Glenside, PA, and has taught English online and in person at both a university and a community college. She has owned her own business, Maybin Healthcare Communications, a medical writing and editing services, for 10 years. She is a faculty member of the University of Sciences' Biomedical Writing graduate program.

Paul is a Journals Team Manager within the Global Supplier Management department of Elsevier Inc. Based in San Diego, he supports operational and editorial performance of the company’s global English language-editing and copyediting vendors and leads teams in Europe with local-language workflow requirements. With a strong background in technical and developmental editing, Paul is also professional adviser to Extension's copyediting program, supporting both instructors and students on processes of the traditional and electronic publishing trades.

Lourdes Venard is founder of Comma Sense Editing, which provides editorial services to individual authors, magazines, and companies. Before founding Comma Sense Editing, she was a journalist for 30 years, working as a writer and editor at Newsday, The Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and The Washington Post. She has a master’s degree from the University of Missouri and lives with her husband in beautiful Maui, Hawaii.

Lourdes Venard is founder of Comma Sense Editing, which provides editorial services to individual authors, magazines, and companies. Before founding Comma Sense Editing, she was a journalist for 30 years, working as a writer and editor at Newsday, The Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and The Washington Post. She has a master’s degree from the University of Missouri and lives with her husband in beautiful Maui, Hawaii.