Members of Society's new executive management committee are announced

In preparation for a new operational structure that will become effective July 1, 2005, ASME Executive Director Virgil R. Carter in late May announced the reorganization of its executive management committee.

The newly designated executive management committee will take on the following new positions: Thomas Loughlin, deputy executive director; Joseph Holm, associate executive director, Administration; June Ling, associate executive director, Codes and Standards; John Corcoran, managing director, Services; Burt Dicht, managing director, Knowledge and Community Groups; Phil Hamilton, managing director, Strategic Management; Warren Leonard, managing director, Governance; Michael Michaud, managing director, Institutes; Laurel Raso, managing director, Human Resources; David Soukup, managing director, Centers; and Elizabeth Barna, manager, Executive Office.

When announcing the members, Carter explained that, until July 1, 2005, ASME will function in a dual leadership role of maintaining existing titles, roles and responsibilities while preparing for the transition to the new roles.

"ASME is fortunate to have the caliber of staff it does to lead the organization through this incredible transformation," Carter said. "We are challenging our organization, at every level, to become more agile, global and market-focused. ASME, even after nearly 125 years, is dedicated to its core values of knowledge, community and advocacy to the engineering profession. We must, however, continuously strive to improve and reflect the diverse and multidisciplinary nature of the engineering practice today and in the future."

ASME's Continuity and Change initiative is part of ASME's overall change management effort, which began in 1999.

The Society's Board of Governors approved the initial plan for a new organizational structure in March 2004, which set into motion Phase II of the transition. Prior to that approval, ASME had done market and environmental analyses, gone through a Balanced Scorecard process, held General Assembly meetings, and conducted customer and member surveys.

With Phase II under way, ASME's members and staff will be participating in detailed planning project teams, paving the way for the implementation of the new structure.

"This next phase of our reorganization will be the most challenging," Carter explained. "We are asking the organization, from the membership to the staff, to re-envision what ASME will look like, how we will function and what we will be; until we do that, however, we still need to maintain our day-to-day operations. We'll all be doing double-duty for a while."

 

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