Staff
Joy Scrogum, SEI Education Coordinator; ISTC Emerging Technologies Resource Specialist. General program inquiries & International E-Waste Design Competition
Nancy Holm, SEI Research Coordinator; ISTC Sponsored Research Program Coordinator. Research program inquiries
Laura Barnes, ISTC Librarian. SEI blog, Ask the Expert, & RefWorks Database
Bob Iverson, ISTC Communications Coordinator. SEI Press Coverage, Media Inquiries
Joy Scrogum is an Emerging Technologies Resource Specialist and has been with ISTC since 2001. During that time she has worked on web site maintenance and content coordination; writing for multiple blogs, marketing, newsletter editing, and responding to information requests for the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR). She has also served on committees for the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx), and assisted with web site content development and marketing activities for the ISTC web site and Greening Schools. She earned a B.S. in Liberal Arts and Sciences (Biology) and an M.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Ms. Scrogum has worked on the Sustainable Electronics Initiative since its inception under the direction of former ISTC Associate Director, Dr. Tim Lindsey. She has also served as a teaching asistant for a course on sustainability and e-waste issues taught by William Bullock, a professor of Industrial Design in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Art and Design. The International E-Waste Design Competition began as a local event associated with the aforementioned class taught by Professor Bullock. Ms. Scrogum has been involved with coordinating that competition since it evolved to the international level, and is currently the project director for the competition. Contact Ms. Scrogum regarding general SEI inquiries, the SEI blog and web site content coordination, and the International E-Waste Design Competition at 217-333-8948.
Nancy Holm is the Sponsored Research Program Coordinator and SEI Research Coordinator at ISTC. She has been with ISTC since 2006. She oversees the proposal solicitation, grant documents, and budgets as well as progress and final reports for projects that ISTC funds through the Hazardous Waste Research Fund (HWRF) from the State of Illinois. As SEI Research Coordinator, Ms. Holm oversees sustainable electronics projects funded by HWRF and collaborates on grants, internships, and fellowship initiatives of interest to SEI. She also organizes the Sustainability Seminar series at the Center and coordinates the Illinois Biochar Group, which is affiliated with the International Biochar Initiative. Prior to joining the Center, Ms.Holm was an assistant limnologist at the IL State Geological Survey with their Lake Michigan Program. Before moving to Champaign in 1984, she was involved with various environmental research projects at the University of Minnesota, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and at Argonne National Laboratory. Her research interests are primarily in the areas of pollution prevention and the effects on biota from the degradation of aquatic habitat. She earned her B.A. degree in Biology and Chemistry from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa (1976) and earned her M.S. degree in Oceanography and Limnology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1979). Contact Ms. Holm regarding SEI research project inquiries at 217-244-3330.
Laura Barnes has been the Librarian/Clearinghouse Specialist at ISTC since 1995. Her responsibilities include helping ISTC staff and the public locate the information they need; teaching businesses and organizations to be more green; maintaining the Environmental News Bits blog; and developing new information resources on sustainability issues. She also works on several of ISTC's regional and national pollution prevention information projects. Ms. Barnes earned a B.A. in History and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has served on the Special Libraries Association Illinois Chapter Board of Directors as Downstate Director, as a Special Interest Director on the Lincoln Trail Libraries System Board of Directors, and on the Illinois Library Association Executive Board. Contact Ms. Barnes regarding the SEI blog, Ask the Expert service, & the RefWorks Database at 217-333-8957.
Bob Iverson is the Communications Coordinator for ISTC, overseeing all public information and communication about ISTC, the Library and Clearinghouse, and the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR). Mr. Iverson is also the GLRPPR Executive Director and serves on the Marketing and Partnering Committee for the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx), a national network of pollution prevention information centers. Mr. Iverson has more than 30 years experience in communications, news media, and government. Before coming to ISTC, he was Communications Coordinator for Provena United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville, Illinois. He also has been the Public Relations director for a public school district, News Director for several radio stations, and a newspaper reporter. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Southern Illinois University. Contact Mr. Iverson regarding SEI press coverage and media inquiries at 217-333-8946.