Erica is the co-Director of EJR-Quartz. In addition to running the company she is also the Service Manager for the EJR-Quartz team at ESA, and was Chief Publisher for all of ESA’s Online channels until 2019. She manages the team of writers, editors and web publishers, based throughout Europe.
Before forming EJR-Quartz together with Cees, Erica was Director of EJR Publishing, providing editorial and web-editing services to ESA, the Universities of Leiden and Amsterdam, as well as FAO IPGRI, in Rome. Before starting her own company, Erica worked for 10 years as an editor in ESA’s Publications Division. Erica graduated from the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom in Arabic and Islamic studies.