Resilience Community

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Resilience COI

Community Mission

The SAME Resilience Community of Interest (COI) directly supports the second goal of the 2025 SAME Strategic Plan to “Build and Sustain Resilient Communities.” This effort is conducted through support to Posts and as national initiatives that contribute to government and private sector collaboration, helping to minimize the impacts of and enhance effective response and recovery to natural and man-made threats.

COI Objectives

  • Leverage local, regional, national, and international partnerships to educate and train members and stakeholders on infrastructure risks, mitigation efforts, and joint response strategies to natural and man-made events.
  • Utilize SAME’s multidisciplinary network to connect and educate stakeholders on new and existing technologies and to develop solutions to problems across critical infrastructure sectors.
  • Promote partnerships and collaboration supporting the needs of military installations in pursuit of mission assurance and readiness (such as energy, water, and industrial control system cyber security).
  • Utilize SAME’s national relationships and local Posts to furnish vertical collaboration between all levels of government and private business.
  • Lead collaboration to advocate for streamlined acquisition and implementation of resilience solutions.

A Closer Look at the Resilience COI

Need support for a Post meeting or event related to resilience? Contact Caroline Manik for assistance from the Resilience COI for ideas, presentations, or speakers.

Community Leaders

Community Chair

Patrick Hogeboom, P.E., F. SAME
Vice President Federal Programs
Michael Baker International

Community Structure

Cyber Resilience Vice Chair: Lori Jackson

Community/Regional Resilience Vice Chair: Paul Tschirky

Physical Infrastructure Resilience (Built Environment) Vice Chair: Get Moy

Communications Vice Chair: Caroline Manik

Immediate Past Chair: Albert Romano


Industry Government Engagement (IGE)

National IGEs Vice Chair: Kellie Sak

Climate Change: Albert Romano

Cybersecurity: Lucian Niemeyer

Installation of the Future: Get Moy

Upcoming Events

SAME National Webinars