ASME Appoints Managing Director of Publishing

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has appointed Christine Reilley managing director of publishing, reporting to Chief Operating Officer Jeff Patterson. One of the largest technical publishing operations in the world, ASME offers thousands of titles including some of the engineering profession’s most prestigious peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and ASME Press e-books. Reilley began her tenure with ASME more than 20 years ago in the publishing department as an editor, overseeing the production of codes and standards from manuscript to final bound and digital product. In 2012, she moved to the emerging technologies unit. She also served as staff lead for the bioengineering/healthcare team and the engineering sciences segment. Most recently, she was managing director of strategy and innovation. Reilley earned a Master of Science in biomedical engineering with a concentration in tissue engineering and biomaterials from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Rutgers University, Douglass College.