to advance strategic plan
NEW YORK, NY, Aug 15, 2024 –The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced several promotions on its leadership team. Keith Bloesch has been named ASME’s chief information officer (CIO), effective immediately, and Anand Sethupathy will become the Society’s chief strategy officer (CSO) following the retirement of Michael Johnson on September 30. Stephanie Viola has accepted expanded responsibilities as managing director of programs and philanthropy and executive director of the ASME Foundation, and Iana Aranda has been promoted to the newly created position of managing director of sustainability.
“These four outstanding leaders have built strong connections with ASME’s supporters, board members, key volunteers, and staff, delivered positive results in their previous roles, and understand where ASME must evolve to better serve the engineering community. They bring a diversity of expertise and experience to our leadership team and have the vision to help ASME achieve our business and sustainability goals,” says ASME executive director/CEO Tom Costabile. “We are grateful for Michael Johnson’s important contributions to the Society in the establishment of the strategy office and congratulate him on his retirement.”
Keith Bloesch is an information technology, finance, accounting, project management, and operations professional with 25 years of experience driving measurable business success. He has been with ASME since 2012 and was most recently the Society’s senior managing director of business and technology solutions. Previously, Bloesch was a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Philadelphia, New York, and Amsterdam. In his new CIO role with ASME, Bloesch will provide global vision, leadership, and oversight for the Society’s information technology strategy, and will be responsible for developing the roadmap and implementation plan to help the organization leverage new and existing technologies to enhance its competitive advantage and improve stakeholder value delivery. He earned Bachelor of Science degrees in finance and accounting at DeSales University, as well as several business and technical certifications from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Villanova University.
Anand Sethupathy is a strategy, technology, and social impact leader with over 25 years of experience driving growth and impact. He specializes in building programs that enable the nonprofit sector to leverage technology to scale and accelerate social impact. His prior experience includes founding and leading two technology startups and working across both private and nonprofit sectors. Since joining ASME in 2018, Sethupathy has served in a variety of roles, from managing ASME’s philanthropic portfolio of programs to leading international growth and workforce transformation. In his new CSO role with ASME, he will lead the organization’s focus on strategy, innovation, international operations/growth, sustainability, and government relations, overseeing several organizational units. He is primarily responsible for developing, communicating, executing, and sustaining the organization’s global strategic initiatives. Before joining ASME, Sethupathy helped to build and lead the Technology for Social Good program at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in information systems and finance from New York University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Yale University.
Stephanie Viola has more than 20 years of experience in development and non-profit management, with an impressive track record of securing corporate, foundation, and individual gifts to meet ambitious philanthropic goals. She has served as ASME’s managing director of philanthropy and executive director of the ASME Foundation for the past two years. In addition to the development, implementation, and assessment of ASME’s fundraising strategy, Viola will now also oversee ASME’s programs spanning engineering education, workforce development, and sustainable innovation, and associated data-driven impact measurement efforts. Before joining ASME in 2019, she helped plan fundraising strategy, led campaigns, planned giving programs, events and communications for the AIChE Foundation, first as manager of individual giving and later as development director. In 1997, she founded Riot Group, a critically acclaimed, multi-award winning not-for-profit experimental theater company in New York, and served as co-artistic director and performer. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology and theater from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville., N.Y. She is also a member of the CHIEF network, the largest network of senior executive women.
The ASME Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), supporting an array of programs in three core pillars: engineering education, career engagement, and global development. For more information about ASME Foundation, visit asmefoundation.org.
ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. In 2020, ASME formed the International Society of Interdisciplinary Engineers (ISIE) II & III LLC, a new for-profit subsidiary to house business ventures that will bring new and innovative products, services, and technologies to the engineering community. For more information about ASME, visit asme.org.
