Resilience Community

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Resilience COI

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.

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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.

Community Leader
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Community Chair

Paul Tschirky, Aptim Federal Services, LLC
Michael Baker International

Community Structure

Immediate Past Chair: Col. Patrick Hogeboom, F.SAME

Communications Vice Chair: Caroline Manik, CDM Smith

Cyber Resilience Vice Chair: Lori Jackson, White Raven Security

Community/Regional Resilience Vice Chair: Vacant

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


Industry Government Engagement (IGE)

National IGEs Vice Chair: Vacant

Cybersecurity: Lucian Niemeyer, Building Cyber Security

Installation of the Future: Get Moy

SAME National Office POC: Ree Miskimon, CPSM, FSMPS

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.


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