Tri-Cities Chapter of Engineers Without Borders Presents Peru

Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) strives to create a world in which everyone has the resources to meet their basic needs. EWB-USA is a national organization that works globally with communities who lack adequate basic infrastructure and are organized enough to maintain such infrastructure if constructed. The Tri-Cities Tennessee Professional Chapter of is a group of local volunteers who share the desire to help communities in developing countries. The chapter has been working on a water system project with the community of Samne in rural northern Peru since the end of 2014. In this talk, Lauren Johnson, one of the Tri-Cities Chapter’s founders, will share stories and updates about The Tri-Cities Chapter’s project in Peru.

Lauren Johnson is dedicated to creating positive change in our community and our world. Lauren has served in community development, built a volunteer organization from the ground up, and has professional success as well in helping a company understand and take action on sustainability. She does all of these things because she cares about the world we live in, recognizes the complex challenges we face, and firmly believes that by working together, we can find good paths forward that will enable us all to live well.

Lauren has more than ten years of leadership experience with various volunteer organizations; prior to serving in the Washington County Democratic Party, most recently these include the Johnson City Housing & Community Development Advisory Board and the Tri-Cities Tennessee Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA, which she co-founded in 2013.

Lauren graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2011 with a dual major in Chemistry and Honors Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Summa Cum Laude. Lauren is a lifelong Tennessean and resides in Johnson City.