Resilience Community

Community Mission

The SAME Resilience Community of Interest (COI) directly supports the goals of the 2030 SAME Strategic Plan to drive partnerships, deliver solutions, and develop people. 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 Chair

Col. Patrick Hogeboom, F. SAME
Michael Baker International

SAME National Webinars

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  March 26, 2025

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  Balancing Military Installation Infrastructure Concerns While Returning to Readiness

  A discussion covering the challenges, prioritization, and bandwidth needed to maintain aging military installation infrastructure while returning the Air Force’s focus towards operational military readiness.
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  April 1, 2025

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  Suspensions, Terminations, Nonpayment, Oh My! A Contractor’s Survival Guide to EO-/DOGE-Related Impacts

  With Executive Orders flying fast and furious, DOGE Indicatives impacting a number of contracts, and contracting offices across agencies and industries struggling to keep up, it sure has been an interesting time to be a federal government contractor.
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  April 2, 2025

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  Nexus of Sea-Level Rise, Groundwater, and Stormwater Flooding in SF Bay

  Join us for a compelling webinar to learn more about recent efforts in understanding compound flooding from sea level rise, intense rainfall and groundwater rise in the San Francisco Bay. Attendees will hear from experts who will bring in their individual perspectives for adapting to and managing this growing challenge.
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  April 9, 2025

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  Building Your High-Performing Team: Upskilling Your Workforce and Developing Your Leaders

  The highest performing teams have growth mindsets, get the right people in the right seats, and continuously seek and invest in improvement both in terms of individual capabilities as well as team dynamics.
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  April 16, 2025

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  Accelerating PFAS Site Characterization/Remediation via Adaptive Strategies & Technologies

  PFAS assessment and remediation is top priority for the Department of Defense (DoD), with Remedial Investigations (RIs) ongoing nationwide and serving as a critical step in the CERCLA process to facilitate future risk assessment and remedial action.