Lauren Deem, technical services manager at Profile Products, and one of the 2025 SWS Emerging Leaders, shares her career path and industry involvement. Deem is the Mississippi state representative for IECA outside of her full-time role. In her day-to-day, Deem works with various DOTs, helping them create specifications for different erosion control product categories.
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Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Stormwater Solutions, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Stormwater Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected].