Abbey Dean

Abbey Dean is the Editor of Manufacturing.net. Before joining Advantage Business Media in February 2015, Abbey held a variety of editorial positions at various magazine publications, including most recently The Oxford American and Vox Magazine. While attending the Missouri School of Journalism, she learned to love Twitter. 

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