Manages the operational activities related to standards development, review, revision and archiving, and facilitate the work of the AAFS Standards Board (ASB) consensus bodies and work groups. • Serve as the primary liaison to ANSI with respect to all voluntary consensus standards developed and maintained by ASB;• Ensure that ANSI’s Essential Requirements are met by the ASB consensus body;• Maintain a roster of the consensus body and a list of standards for which the consensus body is responsible;• Maintain ASB’s ANSI accreditation in accordance with ANSI requirements, including submission of the consensus body roster;• Receive documents initiated outside the ASB that are proposed for standards development in the ASB consensus body; log and track such documents; • Researching and preparing documents proposed for standards work to determine if the work is under the scope of another accredited standards organization; • Prepare information, which may include consultations with existing ASB consensus bodies, on documents proposed for standards development for review and acceptance by the Board for work to be undertaken;• Submit candidate standards approved by the consensus body, with supporting documentation, for ANSI review and approval as American National Standards;• Guide and advising ASB consensus body work-groups through the standards development, maintenance and approval processes;• Develop and administer business plans, project plans, budgets and operation of standards initiatives of ASB consensus groups, and coordinating the publication of standards copyrighted by AAFS ASB;• Serve as the ASB standardization process and policy expert and principle external and internal contact for all standards related matters; advocating and promoting the value of standards developed and administered by AAFS ASB; • Developing and establishing plans to improve the standards development process.

AAFS has developed a wholly owned subsidiary corporation entitled the AAFS Standards Board LLC to administer the Academy’s Standards Development Organization (SDO) activities as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited SDO. The Academy Standards Board (ASB) will run the AAFS SDO process. The ASB will appoint a Consensus Body technical committee for each proposed standard. The Consensus Bodies will be comprised of Volunteers from relevant and interested parties both within the Academy and the forensic science community as a whole.

The Publications committee is responsible for SES publications, producing the Standards Engineering journal, publishing the SES standards, and managing the World Standards Day Paper Competition judging. We are partners in making sure the e‐reader App is up to date and has the right information. We work with the Education Committee to maintain a solid, helpful bibliography of standards‐related papers and books. We proofread documents and assist our journal editor in any way we can.

- As a member of the Board of Directors, uphold the Vision, Mission, and Goals of the Society. Attend board 
meetings and participate in decisions related to the Society’s activities, products, and services to the broader 
standards community. - Manage volunteer committee consisting of liaisons to seven the SES committees to most effectively communicate marketing needs for the Society.- Work with committee members to promote all SES programs, including annual conference, monthly webinars, 
certification programs, membership, publications, and any other programs and services. - In 2013, worked with the committee and the executive director to migrate the website to a new platform, upgrade all content, and train committee members on updating and maintaining the site.- Utilize multiple platforms to promote SES programs and services, including but not limited to e-mail, Twitter, LinkedIn, and hard copy promotional pieces.- Actively co-market events with ANSI, IFAN, and the International Cooperation for Education about Standardization (ICES). - Advocate SES and provide active support for SES sponsored programs, events, and initiatives including 
attendance at the SES annual conference.

- Support and actively participate in meetings/teleconferences and the work of the committee.- Provide input to SES board of directors through the council director responsible for the committee on 
organizational strategy for marketing SES’s products and services.- Monitor, recommend and/or develop content for the SES website.- Assist with recruiting and retaining members of the Committee as required.- Support other SES committees, and promote the programs and services of the society through electronic, hard copy, and social media marketing.

- Coordinate with technical engineering associates and technical committee members to ensure accurate and timely editing, layout, and publication of 50 to 70 standards and technical publications annually.- Ensure that the standards are written, balloted, edited, and published to API’s ANSI approved procedures.- Hire, train, supervise and evaluate the performance of Editorial Services staff, consisting of technical editors, 
desktop publishers, standards program technology administrator, and department administrative assistants. - Evaluate document submissions to determine the services required and assign jobs to in-house editors, desktop publishers, or third-party service providers. - Provide word processing services and conversion of historical publications, and manage technical graphics projects. - Manage editorial budget for the outsourcing of technical editing, master editors, graphics experts, and desktop 
publishing. - Maintain archive of API standards and technical publications dating back to 1924. Archive consists of ANSI 
compliant ballot retention files, historical copies of standards, and editorial and graphics files. - Represent API Standards department on ANSI Organization Member Forum (OMF) and ANSI Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee (IPRPC).- Maintain and publish an annual catalog consisting of over 1,500 technical, environmental and informational 
publications for the worldwide natural gas and petroleum industry.- Manage departmental IT solutions including of standards tracking database, electronic standards balloting system, electronic ballot retention files, definitions database, and departmental website. - Manage relationships with international distributors to ensure the timely delivery of documents in PDF, for 
electronic, subscription, and hard copy sales and delivery.

- Managed editorial services staff of technical editors, desktop publishers, and outsourcers to ensure timely delivery of API standards and other publications and products. - Evaluated department submissions to determine the services required and assign jobs to in-house editors, desktop publishers, or outsourcers. - Monitored database-generated schedules to ensure the timely production of technical publications and publication announcements. - Coordinated keyboarding and scanning services with outside vendors. - Ensured that the Editorial Services computer systems were maintained, upgrading system components as 
necessary, and coordinating with API’s Information Systems department on group IT needs.

- Transformed manuscripts and documents to meet API format and editorial policies. - Proofread and edited documents to ensure quality.

- Provided general support to senior standards and training staff. - Organized and planned training conferences for 400+ attendees and 50+ exhibitors. - Maintained committee rosters and drafted meeting minutes. - Provided administrative support to API management and executive staff.

Provide support to the staff of the Center, primarily for the following two programs: - The Knight International Journalism Fellowship—Fellowships which make tangible changes that improve the quality and free flow of news in the public interest around the world.- The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program—An exchange of journalists between Germany and the U.S. with the primary purpose of increasing public knowledge and understanding about the two countries, through 
independent mass media.