Ylann Schemm

Ylann Schemm, Gender Summit 5 Africa Speaker

Program Director, Elsevier Foundation, USA.

Ylann Schemm (@ylannschemm) heads Elsevier's ccorporate responsibility program, which focuses on three key sustainability areas: diversity in science, global health and developing research ecosystems in developing countries. She serves as the Program Director of the Elsevier Foundation and advises Elsevier on access to research in developing countries and embedding gender policies within its core businesses and processes.  Ylann is the chair of the Communications taskforce for Research4Life, a UN-pan publisher access program working to bridge the digital research divide.