
Task Force Mission
The Health Engineering Task Force will explore the need for a collaborative forum to address the environmental and public health aspects of A/E/C disciplines. This forum is open to all interested parties and through it, SAME fills a critical gap between the mission to sustain national security and the people who execute it. It will further identify the needs, requirements and interests of preventive medicine and environmental and public health professionals to determine additional multi-discipline collaboration, professional development and education & training opportunities.
Purpose
- To promote the highest degree of skill, efficiency and professional competence among all environmental engineering, preventive medicine, environmental health and public health personnel in the SAME.
- To provide for a mutual exchange of knowledge and experience between members of the different Uniformed Services of the United States and civilian/government organizations and to promote the advancement of public health education and environmental health science and engineering.
- To represent the professional interests of the COI’s members in the SAME and other organizations by promoting and conducting public discussions, forums, panels, lectures or similar programs to advance environmental health knowledge at such organizations’ annual education conferences.

Co-Chair
Maj. Derick Chandler, USAF
Program/Planning Chair: LT Kim Eisberg, USPHS
Membership Chair: Tech Sgt. Kristi Gillespie, USAF
Strategic Communications Chair: Capt. Derrick Chandler, USAF
Liaisons
Environmental & Facility Asset Management COIs: Lt. Col. Elisa Hammer, USAF
SAME National Webinars
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- Event Types, Leader Development, National Webinar, Professional Development, SAME Environmental COI, SAME National Events, Upcoming Events, Webinars, Young Professionals COI
- Webinar
The Leadership of Risk Management
Risk management is a key aspect of all design and construction projects that ultimately makes or breaks an otherwise successful project. Often times, risk management is approached in an objective manner of identifying specific risks and actions to mitigate those risks in a risk register. -
- Event Types, Leader Development, National Webinar, Professional Development, SAME Environmental COI, SAME National Events, Upcoming Events, Webinars, Young Professionals COI
- Webinar
PFAS Considerations in Wastewater and Stormwater Permitting
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting process is not unaffected by PFAS. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency issued guidance to states on how to include PFAS in permits.