Director of Business Development and Communications
Mary Beth Barilla is NISO’s Director of Business Development and Communications, where she manages member communications and ensures our sustainability through growth in membership, sponsorship, events, and other funding sources. Prior to joining NISO, Mary Beth worked at the Society for Scholarly Publishing as Program Director, where she led volunteers to develop educational programming for the scholarly communications community. She has also worked at RedLink, Inc. as the Publisher Relations Director and in various sales and marketing roles at both commercial and university presses. Mary Beth has a master’s degree in English from Indiana University, a master’s from Simmons College in teaching English to speakers of other languages, and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
