Community Mission
The mission of the SAME Leader Development Community of Interest (LD COI) is to develop, execute, and track leader development activities across the SAME enterprise in support of the 2025 SAME Strategic Plan – Securing America’s Future, Together.
Specifically, the LD COI will lead efforts to enhance leadership development and cultivate the talent necessary to address the nation’s grand challenges (including through supporting the SAME Leader Development Program as well as many other local and regional leader development initiatives across the Society) and ensure the enduring stewardship of the A/E/C profession.
Community Leadership
Chair: Cdr. Roland de Guzman, P.E., CEM, USN (Ret.), MBP
Vice Chair: Zakary Payne, P.E., Matrix Design Group
Immediate Past Chair: Caroline Roberts
Vice Chair, COI Liaison: Gerald Morris, CCM; LEED AP; PMP. Michael Baker International
Vice Chair, Programs: Julie Eiter, Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp.
Vice Chair, Communication: Summer Gladden, APMP, BD C, DBIA, LEED AP. Leebcor Services, LLC
Vice Chair, Post Liaison: Col. Scott Granger, P.E., PMP, USAF. AFROTC University of Portland
Vice Chair, Education : Col. Eric Wilbur, P.E., USAF (Ret.). Wilbur Consulting
Goal 1: Strengthen Industry-Government Engagement
Lead efforts to foster communication and build relationships among military, public, academic, and professional organizations; further collaboration to identify issues and develop solutions in support of National security.
LDP provides a platform for industry and government members to grow professionally in a mutually supportive environment. Industry and government professionals interact under a common theme. The program also offers members of government and industry the opportunity to support the program as instructors and mentors.
Goal 2: Build and Sustain Resilient Communities
Lead efforts to prepare communities to absorb, recover, and adapt from natural and man-made threats, fortify our nation’s resolve directly where people work and live.
Leadership is key to decision-making. When faced with tough circumstances, a leader’s ability to respond to threats helps determine their resilience. LDP enhances that ability.
Goal 3. Develop Leaders for the Profession
Lead efforts to enhance leadership development and cultivate the talent necessary to address the nation’s grand challenges; ensure the enduring stewardship of the A/E/C profession.
Leader development is core to the Leader Development Program.
Goal 4: Enrich the STEM Pipeline for the Nation
Lead efforts to inspire, encourage, and enable youth to pursue STEM careers; help develop the technical capacity that our nation needs to remain globally competitive.
As a component of leader development, mentoring ensures knowledge, skills, and aptitudes are shared among the membership. Student members can especially benefit from mentoring to enhance their own leader development.
Goal 5. Prepare Service Members and Veterans for the A/E/C Industry
Lead efforts to fully integrate military and government members in the A/E/C industry; support training, credentialing, and networking initiatives that build, maintain, and translate skills to meet current and future needs.
LD provides a platform to leverage the leadership of service members and veterans as well as enhance leadership development for them to address challenges in the A/E/C profession.
National LDP Co-Chair: Eric Wilbur, P.E. F.SAME, USAF (Ret.)
LDP Book Discussion POC: Lt. Col. Craig Bryant, P.E., USA
LDP Mentor POC: Ree Miskimon, CPSM.
LDP UPIC Projects Lead: Caroline Roberts
LDP Overall Curriculum Lead: Eric Wilbur, P.E., F.SAME, USAF (Ret.)
LDP Evaluations: Colleen Rust, PMP, CPG
Mentoring Vice-chair: Dr. Joshua McClure, Halff Associates, Inc.
LDP Mentoring POC: Ree Miskimon, CPSM
AOF Mentoring POC: Col. Shawn Moore, Col USAF (Ret), F.SAME
Post-level Mentoring: Gerald Morris, CDT, LEED AP BD&C, PMP, CCM
| Class | Occupation Sector | Position | Gender | Race | Military Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32% Private Sector 47% Public Sector (DoD) 21% Public Sector (non-DoD) |
42% Project Manager 42% Engineer 16% Marketing or Business Development |
47% Male 53% Female |
90% White 5% Asian or Pacific Islander 5% Black or African American |
22% Active Duty 0% Veteran 6% Reserve/National Guard 72% Never Served |
| 2021 | 33% Private Sector 60% Public Sector (DoD) 7% Public Sector (non-DoD) |
27% Project Manager 60% Engineer 13% Marketing or Business Development |
73% Male 27% Female |
93% White 7% Asian or Pacific Islander |
40% Active Duty 0% Veteran 13% Reserve/National Guard 47% Never Served |
| 2020 | 46% Private Sector 46% Public Sector (DoD) 8% Public Sector (non-DoD) |
61% Project Manager 31% Engineer 8% Marketing or Business Development |
70% Male 30% Female |
85% White 15% Hispanic/Latino |
31% Active Duty 31% Veteran 7% Reserve/National Guard 31% Never Served |
SAME National Webinars
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Carbon Goals – Start Now, It’s Easier Than You Think
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has been prevalent in the news, but did you know that AI in the energy industry has been around for over 20 years? Over that time, its use has both grown and evolved; however, there are still foundational principles that remain for AI in the energy sector. -
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Public-Private Partnership (P3) Opportunities for Fed Energy and Sustainability Projects
The Federal Government of the United States, as the country’s largest real property asset holder, oversees approximately 500 million square feet of built environment.