Nancy Kopans

Nancy Kopans is Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of ITHAKA, www.ithaka.org, a not-for-profit organization with a mission to improve access to knowledge and education for people around the world. ITHAKA believes education is key to the well-being of individuals and society. Through its work, ITHAKA makes higher education and access to knowledge more affordable, improves outcomes for students and researchers, and preserves knowledge for future generations. ITHAKA’s services include Ithaka S+R, JSTOR, Artstor, and Portico. 

Kopans has served on a number of industry committees and boards of trustees, including as Chair of the ABA Committee on Database Protection Legislation’s Subcommittee on Protection of U.S. Databases; the Section 108 Study Group; the Century Association Archives Foundation; and the Copyright Society. Kopans received a B.A. from Dartmouth College, an M.A., and M. Phil. from Columbia University, and a J.D. from Georgetown University.