Timothy J. Lafond 

Timothy J. Lafond received his master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Iowa in 1982. After graduation, he briefly worked at PPG as an environmental engineer and then spent more than 30 years of his career at SC Johnson and Johnson Controls, where he was instrumental in the development of environmental programs that led to both companies receiving the World Environmental Center’s Gold Medal for Excellence. In 2013, Lafond was awarded the W. Wesley Eckenfelder, Jr. Industrial Waste Treatment Medal from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists for a stormwater and wastewater treatment system at the Johnson Control Lead Acid Battery Recycling Center in South Carolina. Lafond is a devoted member of our engineering community and mentors young adults in Milwaukee and in his hometown of Clinton, Iowa, by showing them what is possible with an engineering degree. He also serves as a consulting member for the Responsible Battery Coalition to advance the responsible production, transport, sale, use, reuse, recycling, and resource recovery of batteries. Lafond is a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin. 

Caroline VanIngen-Dunn

Caroline VanIngen-Dunn received her BSE in biomedical engineering from the University of Iowa in 1983. She is director of the Center for Broadening Participation in STEM at Arizona State University, where she is leading the center’s effort to foster inclusive STEM environments for students who use the community college system and to provide access along their pathway to achieve certificates, associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and advanced degrees. VanIngen-Dunn is the principal investigator (PI) of National Science Foundation (NSF) grants in partnership with rural community colleges and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) focusing on serving underrepresented students in STEM. She is the PI of a $10M NSF INCLUDES Alliance to Accelerate Latinx Representation in STEM Education (ALRISE). The ALRISE Alliance is designed to build a national network of local and regional HSI educators and partners across two- and four-year sectors of higher education, industry, and the community who will collaborate and use culturally responsive experiential learning to increase Latinx STEM student success.