
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.
COI Objectives
- Provide opportunities to foster connections with other Post leaders across all sizes and post geographies
- Engage with best practices employed at other 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: Vacant
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
Webinar: Understanding the New Membership Structure
Military Membership – What’s in it for You?
Post Member Survey Question Bank
SAME National Webinars
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- Webinar
AFCEC Strategic Design and Construction Division Portfolio Overview
In this webinar, Maj. Michael Gund, USAF, Deputy Chief of AFCEC Strategic Design and Construction Division, will provide an overview of the construction portfolio for FY2023 awards, FY2024 and FY2025 upcoming projects… -
ITRC Webinar: PFAS in Biosolids
SAME Boston Post would like to invite all members and prospective members to join us for a webinar (via Zoom), in conjunction with ITRC, entitled “PFAS in Biosolids.” The webinar will be held on Thursday, December 14 from 1:30pm – 3:00pm. Hear from Chris Evans, Senior Environmental Hydrogeologist with the Maine DEP and Mitch Olson, […] -
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Green New World, Mapping the Transition
The global transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy sources will require from the mining, shipping, manufacturing, power, labor, and finance, and regulatory sectors. -
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Decades of Thermal Remediation: Breakthroughs & Challenges
Since the 1990s, thermal remediation contractors have completed more than 600 projects worldwide. What began as an idea to solve the seemingly impossible DNAPL problem has evolved into a commonly applied and trusted solution for source zone remediation; however, it did not happen overnight.