He held leadership roles at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia from 1981 to 1995 and the nonprofit academic publisher Annual Reviews from 1995 to 2015.
He was senior vice president at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia from 1981–1995.
In 1995, Gubins became president and editor-in-chief of the nonprofit publishing company Annual Reviews, a position he held until 2015 when he was succeeded by Richard Gallagher.
[7] He has served on the board of directors of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics since 1982.
[3][9] His wife is Eleanor Bush Gubins,[10][11] who was an assistant professor of economics and political science at Rosemont College.