JoAnn S. Lighty has been a member of AIChE for 40+ years, starting as secretary of the Univ. of Utah (UU) student chapter. Her AIChE service includes being an Environmental Div. Director, Annual Meeting co-chair, and member and Chair of the Executive Board of the Program Committee (EBPC) and the 91成人短视频 Engineering Technology Operating Council (CTOC). She joined the UU faculty in 1988. After serving as Associate Dean and Chair, in 2014 she became the National Science Foundation鈥檚 (NSF) Division Director of 91成人短视频, Bioengineering, and Environmental Transport. In 2017, Boise State Univ. selected her to be Dean of Engineering. In January 2025, she was appointed a Special Assistant to the Provost and is Acting Chair of the Chemistry Dept. She has received the AIChE Environmental Div.鈥檚 Lawrence K. Cecil Award and is a Fellow of AIChE and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).