Community Mission
Develop and communicate to all Posts the strategies, best practices and tools that are most effective for them to grow their membership, to foster greater member engagement and leadership, and to enhance their members’ experience with SAME, further enabling each Post to support the current Strategic Plan of the Society.
Overview
As one of the “operational” Communities of Interest (vs. “technical” COIs), the Membership COI serves as an extension of the national office staff to assist all Post leaders, especially Posts’ Membership Chairs/POCs, with the tools, resources and connections necessary to help enhance their members’ society experience through their locally relevant Posts. Between our COI members and the post membership chairs/POCs, invited to our calls and sponsored webinars, we are over 140 people strong across SAME.
SAME’s Membership COI is open to any SAME member to participate. Unlike many of our other COIs that focus in on special professional and technical interest areas important to SAME members, the Membership COI provides participants with a broad-ranging opportunity to become involved at the national level. Our forum has the potential to positively impact the experience of every current and future member of the society as it pursues its strategic goals.
Objectives of the Membership COI
- Provide opportunities to foster connections with other post leaders across all sizes of posts and post geographies
- Engage with best practices employed at others posts’ by their leaders and members
- Share creative tools and resources aimed at improving post level retention and recruitment successes
Community Chair
Dana Otto, WSP
Organization Structure
Vice Chair, Tools & Resources: Joe DiMisa
Chair-elect, Strategic Direction: Bobbi Jo Lang
Vice Chair, Military & Government Engagement: Lee Ann Zelesnikar
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Debra Crafter and Elaina Edwards
Immediate Past Chair, Michael Huffstetler, F.SAME
Elected Directors: Danielle Barner, John Davis
Staff Liaison: Jill Murphy
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
Webinar: Climate Resilient Remediation
Contaminated site cleanup remedies (especially long-term) should be designed, implemented, and monitored to withstand the impacts of climate change throughout the project lifecycle. Extreme weather events, flooding, and sea level rise may result in the release of contaminants to the environment or potential mobilization of contaminants through rising groundwater. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Defense are incorporating climate change and resiliency into several of their programs, including site remediation. Under the CERCLA program five review, it is becoming more common to consider climate change impacts that could call into question the protectiveness of the remedy. -
- Event Types, Leader Development, National Webinar, Professional Development, SAME Environmental COI, SAME National Events, Upcoming Events, Webinars, Young Professionals COI
- Webinar
Introduction to National Academies Strategies to Renew Federal Facilities
Contaminated site cleanup remedies (especially long-term) should be designed, implemented, and monitored to withstand the impacts of climate change throughout the project lifecycle. Extreme weather events, flooding, and sea level rise may result in the release of contaminants to the environment or potential mobilization of contaminants through rising groundwater. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Defense are incorporating climate change and resiliency into several of their programs, including site remediation. Under the CERCLA program five review, it is becoming more common to consider climate change impacts that could call into question the protectiveness of the remedy.