Leader Development Community

Community Leadership

Chair: Zakary Payne, P.E., Matrix Design Group

Vice Chair: Julie Eiter, Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp.

Immediate Past Chair: Cdr. Roland de Guzman, P.E., CEM, USN (Ret.), MBP

Vice Chair, COI Liaison: Gerald Morris, F.SAME, Michael Baker International

Vice Chair, Programs: Brec Wilshusen, F. SAME

Vice Chair, Communication: Yvonne Rivera, Gannett Fleming

Vice Chair, Post Liaison: Col. Scott Grainger, F.SAME, USAF (Ret.)

Vice Chair, Education: Col. Eric Wilbur, P.E., USAF (Ret.). Wilbur Consulting

LDP Liaison: Brandi Smith, Cornerstone Engineering

Mentoring Advisory Group Liaison:  Dr. Joshua McClure, F. SAME Halff Associates, Inc.

SAME National Office POC: Ree Miskimon, CPSM, FSMPS

Goal 1: Strengthen Industry-Government Engagement
Lead efforts to foster communication and build relationships among military, public, academic, and professional organizations; further collaboration to identify issues and develop solutions in support of National security.

LDP provides a platform for industry and government members to grow professionally in a mutually supportive environment. Industry and government professionals interact under a common theme. The program also offers members of government and industry the opportunity to support the program as instructors and mentors.

Goal 2: Build and Sustain Resilient Communities
Lead efforts to prepare communities to absorb, recover, and adapt from natural and man-made threats, fortify our nation’s resolve directly where people work and live.

Leadership is key to decision-making. When faced with tough circumstances, a leader’s ability to respond to threats helps determine their resilience. LDP enhances that ability.

Goal 3. Develop Leaders for the Profession
Lead efforts to enhance leadership development and cultivate the talent necessary to address the nation’s grand challenges; ensure the enduring stewardship of the A/E/C profession.

Leader development is core to the Leader Development Program.

Goal 4: Enrich the STEM Pipeline for the Nation
Lead efforts to inspire, encourage, and enable youth to pursue STEM careers; help develop the technical capacity that our nation needs to remain globally competitive.

As a component of leader development, mentoring ensures knowledge, skills, and aptitudes are shared among the membership. Student members can especially benefit from mentoring to enhance their own leader development.

Goal 5. Prepare Service Members and Veterans for the A/E/C Industry
Lead efforts to fully integrate military and government members in the A/E/C industry; support training, credentialing, and networking initiatives that build, maintain, and translate skills to meet current and future needs.

LD provides a platform to leverage the leadership of service members and veterans as well as enhance leadership development for them to address challenges in the A/E/C profession.

LDP Vice Chair: Brandi Smith, Cornerstone Engineering

LDP Vice Chair: Col. Eric Wilbur, F.SAME, USAF (Ret.)

LDP Book Discussion POC: Travis Cummin, Enterprise Engineering

LDP Mentor POC: Aaron Kotlarz, USN | Arpan Patel, USAF

LDP UPIC Projects Lead: Caroline Roberts, F.SAME, Jacob

LDP Evaluations: Colleen Rust, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology

LDP Alumni POC: Susan Thames, F. SAME, Miller-Remick

SAME National Office POC: Ree Miskimon, CPSM, FSMPS

Mentoring Vice-chair: Dr. Joshua McClure, F.SAME, Halff Associates, Inc.

LDP Mentoring POC: Aaron Kotlarz, USN | Arpan Patel, USAF

AOF Mentoring POC: Col. Shawn Moore, Col USAF (Ret), F.SAME, Woolpert

Post-level Mentoring: Gerald Morris, F. SAME, Michael Baker International

SAME National Office POC: Ree Miskimon, CPSM, FSMPS