The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has named Victoria A. Rockwell of Air Liquide USA, LLC, as president-elect for a one-year term beginning in June 2011. Rockwell will begin her tenure along with three new appointees to the ASME Board of Governors and six new vice presidents, each of whom will serve for a three-year term.
Rockwell currently serves as director of Investment Development at Air Liquide, a Houston-based developer of gases for the industrial, health and environmental sectors. An active member of ASME for 31 years, she is a strong advocate of engineering education and has helped to leverage the Society's impact and influence in the engineering marketplace.
At the 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, held last month in Vancouver, BC, the Society announced three new members to serve on its Board of Governors for the 2011-2014 term. They are: Betty L. Bowersox, manager of Process Improvement at Nooter/Eriksen (Fenton, Mo.); Dr. Julio Guerrero, principle research scientist at Schlumberger Research, Cambridge, Mass.; and Charla K. Wise, vice president, Program Management at Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md.
ASME also announced the appointment of Kenneth R. Balkey, P.E., to serve as senior vice president of ASME's Council on Standards and Certification. In this leadership role Balkey will work with the ASME Board of Governors in establishing and overseeing the strategic direction of the Council, while serving to promote ASME codes, standards and certification programs. Balkey, an ASME fellow, is a consulting engineer at the Westinghouse Electric Company, Pittsburgh. Pa.
Five newly-appointed vice presidents will also commence their three-year terms in June 2011.
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