The award-winning, heavy-equipment construction magazine, Equipment Today, has named a new editor. Kathy Wells, who has a decade of experience working in construction-related media, is the publication’s new editor-in-chief, effective Aug. 5.
Wells takes over following the departure of Lori Ditoro, who has accepted a position at an industry-adjacent company.
Wells is versed in the construction industry, spending nine years as editor of Construction Business Owner Magazine & Digital Media, where she led the brand’s editorial team and its content strategies for both print and digital media products, including the monthly print edition, e-newsletters, webinar programs and special projects.
She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Auburn University and has a decade of experience working as an editor, writer and communicator in the construction industry.
She joined IRONMARKETS last year as editor of OEM Off-Highway, where she’s been instrumental in growing the OEM Industry Summit webinar series, restructuring the website and more.
“Kathy Wells’ breadth of experience in the construction and heavy-equipment industries is a boon to Equipment Today as we embark on our next chapter of cutting-edge coverage of the latest equipment trends in the market,” said Sean Dunphy, publisher of Equipment Today. “She is well known and highly respected by leaders in the industries and is poised to take the publication to the next level.”
Ditoro joined IRONMARKETS in 2022 as editor of OEM Off-Highway, and then moved over to the Equipment Today brand as editor-in-chief in April 2023, where she has made significant contributions to growing the brand. Before joining IRONMARKETS, Ditoro served in editorial roles, including editorial director, of the Process Flow Network, publishers of Water Technology, Processing, and Flow Control; editor of Pumps & Systems; and editor of Upstream Pumping.
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