Maj. Gen. David Hill, PMP, USA (Ret.), SAME National Office
Executive Director, SAME and the SAME Foundation
Key SAME & Career Leadership Positions/Contributions
Maj. Gen. David Hill, PMP, USA (Ret.), started as SAME Executive Director on June 2, 2026. In this role, he is the chief salaried administrator of the Society—responsible for the effective operation and management of the organization to the National Leadership Assembly, Board of Direction, and the National President. He also will serve as Executive Director of the SAME Foundation, which is separately incorporated and with its own Board of Directors but fully integrated for financial management and SAME program support.
“Dave brings a wealth of executive-level experience and stakeholder relationships from throughout his leadership career,” says Mike Huffstetler, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, F.SAME, SAME National President, “and he has a great combination of expertise of our core military engineering community, a service-mindset, and a proven track record of operating in a collaborative, team-oriented environment. On behalf of the SAME Executive Committee, I look forward to his coming on board and working with him and the National Office staff and all of our volunteer leaders throughout SAME to advance the Society’s mission.”
Hill comes to SAME with more than three decades of experience as leader within the U.S. Army, serving most recently as Commandant of the Army War College (2021-2025), where he led the Army’s senior professional military education institution, and its 4,300 personnel who live, work, and study there. As part of that role, he also oversaw a $97 million annual budget for education/research programs, facilities operation, and other services. Hill arrived at the War College following a long career as an engineer officer in the Army, including senior command assignments as Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army Central (2018-2020); Commander of USACE Transatlantic Division (2017-2018); and Commander of USACE Southwest Division (2014-2017). This period included service on the presidentially appointed Mississippi River Commission. Hill also served in HQ USACE as Deputy Commanding General (2020-2021), and before taking over Southwestern Division, he was the Director of the Office of the Chief of Engineers.
In addition to leading the day-to-day business of SAME, supporting governance responsibilities, and collaborating on policies and programs to carry out the Society’s vision, mission, and interrelated goals of the 2030 SAME Strategic Plan (Drive Partnerships, Deliver Solutions, Develop People) Hill will oversee activities of the National Office staff; manage an annual budget of approximately $14 million along with a diverse investment portfolio; and develop and cultivate relationships with key internal and external stakeholders such as the presidents and volunteers leaders of SAME’s 100 Posts/Chapters, the engineering chiefs of the uniformed services, federal government executives, and strategic partners throughout the A/E/C community.
“It is a privilege to join SAME and to help steward an organization with such a proud history of service to the nation,” Hill says. “The Society’s members and volunteers represent the very best of industry-government collaboration, addressing complex challenges at the nexus of national security, infrastructure, and engineering. I am tremendously excited for the opportunity to contribute to this important work and to continue serving with purpose alongside the SAME community.”
Hill is a 1990 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. He holds a master’s in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla (Missouri University of Science & Technology) and a master’s in National Security Strategy from the National War College. He becomes SAME’s 19th Executive Director since the organization was founded in 1920, joining a distinguished list of leaders, including: Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr, P.E., USA (Ret.), Brig. Gen. Joseph Schroedel, P.E., F.SAME, USA (Ret.), Dr. Robert Wolff, P.E., F.SAME, Maj. Gen. Pat Stevens IV, F.SAME, USA (Ret.), Vice Adm. Bruce Beran, P.E., F.SAME, USCG (Ret.), Brig. Gen. Walter Bachus, P.E., F.SAME, USA (Ret.), and Brig. Gen. W.C. Hall, USA (Ret.).