Dana Compton

Dana Compton, CAE, ENV SP is Managing Director and Publisher for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In this role, she oversees all publishing operations for ASCE’s 35 peer-reviewed research journals, as well as its conference proceedings, books/e-books, and standards product lines. She also heads the newly expanded, fully dedicated ASCE standards development office. Prior to joining ASCE in 2018, Ms. Compton was a Senior Consulting Associate with KWF Consulting, served as Publication Director at Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and held production positions at the American Society of Clinical Oncology and Thompson Publishing Group (now Thompson Information Services, a division of Columbia Books & Information Services).

Ms. Compton is a Past President of the Council of Science Editors (CSE). She remains an active CSE volunteer, serving on the Finance Committee. Ms. Compton serves as a HESI SDG Publishers Compact Fellow, is a member of the STM Social Responsibility Committee, co-chairs the STM Diversity and Inclusion Task & Finish Group, co-chairs the CESSE Publications Special Interest Group, and has participated in various other publishing industry projects and committees.

Ms. Compton is a senior society leader with emphasis on strategic planning, sustainable business models, editorial and content strategy, and diversity and inclusion issues in research and scholarly publishing. She frequently speaks at industry conferences on a range of topics and has written and contributed to articles related to scholarly publication.