Young Members Council
Mission Statement
The mission of the SAME Young Members Council is to be an advocate for and engage young member support of SAME’s Strategic Plan through outreach, training, networking and recognition.
Council Members
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Chair Capt. Timothy D. Scheffler, P.E., USAF |
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Secretary Tasha Lanni, Wildlands |
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Vice Chair of Programs Ann Ewy, USACE |
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Vice Chair of Mentoring & Recognition Capt. Jeremy Kinne, P.E., USAF |
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Vice Chair of Communication Ben Redding, Continental Mapping Consultants |
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Vice Chair of Conferences Carrie Ann Miller, ARGO Systems, LLC |
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Announcements
June 3, 2013
Dear SAME Young Members,
Back by popular demand....the National Young Members Council will be hosting a Professional Development call with Jeff Lahr from Lawing Financial Group. Those that joined our call last fall were provided with a great opportunity to ask financial related questions about the topics that affect all of us as young professionals. We discussed retirement, IRAs, the current market, and everything in between.
This conference call will be a Question & Answer format. This is a non sales, non product conversation. Please bring your questions to the call, or get them to Ann Ewy, Vice Chair for Programs in advance by emailing Ann at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
As a member of the Lawing Financial team, Jeff’s focus is to help high net worth professionals and small business owners in the areas of retirement planning, asset accumulation, tax reduction and estate planning. He also works with business owners in the areas of qualified plan development and implementation as well as business succession planning.
Jeff is a member of the Lawing Financial Inc Investment Advisory Committee. In this capacity, he assists other team members in reviewing market conditions, individual client portfolios, asset allocation models and overall economic factors affecting investment returns.
Prior to entering the financial services industry, Jeff excelled in the technology industry, developing, selling and marketing complex technology solutions to Fortune 500 corporations. Jeff has been a key person in closely held companies and understands issues facing small business owners.
Jeff is a native of Marshalltown, Iowa and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Iowa State University. He has furthered his education by obtaining his FINRA Series 7 and 66 registrations.
Jeff enjoys spending his spare spending time with his family and friends hunting, fishing, and playing golf. Jeff, his wife Stacy and children, Grant and Lindsay, live in Leawood, Kansas.
Chair Note
The Young Member Council’s website is designed to give you a quick look at how the Council supports YM efforts across the Society. It may also provide you with ideas of what kinds of events to hold at your local Post. If you have held an event, or you’re getting ready to hold one, let us know! We’d be more than happy to get the word out or offer assistance in planning. We want to see your events succeed in reaching YMs through mentoring, professional development, and networking. If you’ve had a great event recently, let us know! We’d love to share your successes with the YM community throughout the Society by publishing articles in our bi-monthly newsletter. The YMC is another tool to help YMs execute at the Post level – I hope we can make that a reality for you!
Timothy D. Scheffler, P.E, Capt, USAF
Chair, Young Member Council
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Programs
The Council holds a quarterly Professional Development Teleconference. These calls are a great opportunity to gain the perspective of many leaders within our career field. They provide an excellent forum for discussion between Young Members and field leaders. If you’re interested in attending a conference or would like to nominate a guest speaker, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Here are some of our more recent calls:
Feb. 2, 2012
- Speaker: Steven A. Arndt, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASME, F.ANS, F.AAAS, F.ASQ, Senior Technical Advisor to the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
- Topic: Professional Engineering Licensure Requirements and Considerations
Feb. 23, 2011
- Speaker: Col. Kurt Ubbelohde, USA (Ret.)
- Topic: SAME Engineering & Construction Camps
Nov. 17, 2010
- Speaker: Col. Bill Corson, USAF (Ret.), LEED-AP, F. SAME
- Topic: Energy Management and Sustainable Installations
The Young Member’s Post Programs Guide gives Posts ideas on how to run successful Young Member programs and events. If you have any ideas for the improvement of this document, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mentoring & Recognition
Promoting and developing a strong and lasting mentoring bond between SAME Fellows, Members, and Young Members is a focus of the Young Member activities. We hope that you’re making a strong effort at your Post to link YMs and Fellows at events. Let us know how you’re doing it and if you’re not, please send Capt. Jeremy Kinne, P.E., USAF an email for ideas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Be sure to take the time to nominate your YMs for the Tudor and the Sverdrup Medal awards through your Post’s Board of Direction.
A civilian Young Member can receive the Tudor Medal for the most outstanding contribution to engineering design, construction, research, development, or planning. A uniformed Young Member can receive the Sverdrup for the most outstanding contribution to engineering, the military service, SAME, or the nation. Young Members are also eligible to receive other society awards. Deadlines for nominations are typically the end of January. View the Award & Recognition Committee webpage for more information. We are also always looking for a Post and YM to highlight in our bi-monthly newsletter. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Vice Chair, YM Council Mentoring & Recognition, if there’s a Post or someone you’d like to see lauded for their efforts in the Society.
Communication
Communications is a vital resource we need to develop. With your active participation, YMs will have the opportunity to share their SAME and professional experiences, receive advance notice on YM activities and events taking shape throughout SAME, and spotlight your most accomplished YMs and YM programs. We look forward to meeting and working with you! We use several avenues to deliver this information to you. You can find us on LinkedIn as a subgroup to the SAME group. Take some time to engage in the discussions or start one of your own! If you’re a YM, you should be receiving our bi-monthly newsletter. If you’re not receiving it, be sure your email is correct on your profile and contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Vice Chair, YM Council Communication or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Assistant Vice Chair, YM Council Communication.
- YM Newsletter: YM Connections--May 2013
Past issues [PDF]:
Resources
- Young Member LinkedIn Subgroup
- 21 Delta Search is operated by SAME Member Edward C. Gibson. 21 Delta Search provides professional job transition assistance and nonprofit networking for engineers. Contact Gibson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 703-780-6037.
- The Retired Officers Association is a great source for job placement, resume reviews, and resources.
- JobHuntersBible.com is a site by Richard Nelson Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute?: A Job-hunter's Guide. The site is designed as a supplement to the book.
- Keirsey Temperament Sorter, a personality test that scores results with the same codes as the Myers-Briggs. Take the test and find out more about yourself.
- Working on the Resume? Career lab has a wide range of career oriented services, including cover letters, self assessment, etc.
- Working on the Resume? Mr. Nicholas Lore from the Rockport Institute offers a comprehensive guide of resume writing.
If you have any Resources suggestions or comments, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Secretary,YM Council.
