George Washing-ton University and need volunteers to present. We offer scholar-ships to local colleges and are always seeking out members to assist this com-mittee (selecting / recognizing win-ners). We have a large post and need assistance staying in touch with all of our members. I have asked our member-ship committee and 2nd VP to contact all of our new and renewing members to solicit their involvement and fi nd out what services they desire from this Post. We survive through our sustaining and corporate memberships; we are always looking to expand this base and make sure that we offer value to these great participating organizations. Our Young Member committee plans events regularly so we need help organizing these trips and subsequent social hours (they are a lot of fun, Young at Heart are welcome too). In addition, we always need help with our an-nual golf tournament. The list of opportunities to help our post continues to grow. We are always looking for ways to serve. If you have a particular interest, please approach any one of the Directors (check the nametags) at one of our events. They will gladly fi nd a way to let you pursue your interests.

I am honored to serve as your Post President. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. Please introduce yourself to me at one of our events. I want to meet all of you.

Sincerely,

Col. John C. Elwood, PEUS Air Force2009 President, Washington, DC PostSociety of American Military Engineers

In This Issue:

Post President's 1 Message

Sustaining Members 2

Washington DC 2-3Post Events Scholarship Golf 4,9 Tournament ACEC/MW 2009 5 Annual Conference 2009 Sponsors 5 Young Members 6 Corner Member News 6 -8

Jerold E. Kreidler, 7AIA Scholarship 2008 SAME Post 7Service Medal

DC Post News 8-9

SAME Events 10 Calendar

2009 Offi cers and 11 Directors

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Build Relationships through the SAME DC Post

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“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” So begins Dickens' classic Great Expectations. Many people in our industry may not feel very optimistic in these trying economic times, which is completley understandable. But as our new Presi-dential Chief of Staff has been quoted saying “…we should never waste a crisis.” I can assure you, there are opportunities out there.

SAME is now more important than ever. Membership in this organization allows us to take advantage of these opportunities. The government is making huge investments to get our economy kickstarted. There is tremendous pressure on government agencies to execute quickly and effi ciently with transparency. Government and industry have to work together to make this happen. Those who do not partner effec-tively will be on the sidelines; those who can will reap the benefi ts, and so will our nation.

Partnering does not happen without fi rst establish-ing relationships. Our SAME Washington DC Post can and should be a mechanism to establish these relationships. I want to make this organization as relevant as possible for all of our members.

We will do this by offering relevant luncheon pro-grams with key regional decision and policy mak-ers offering their insights on the direction of their programs. We will do this by offering a CEU granting technical programs, so that our members can sup-port their licensing requirements and learn new skills.We will do this by establishing forums for members to network, discuss overcoming mutual challenges, and share opportunities. We will do this by getting involved in our community. We will do this by sup-porting our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines.

The best way to get connected is to get involved. There are serveral small and large ways for you to take on a critical role. Even the smallest contribution is welcome and greatly appreciated. Get involved with an area that interests you. If you are interested in working with future engineers, we have programs that work with local high schools and colleges. For instance, we recently began a student chapter at

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Th ank You to Our Sustaining Members

A. Morton Thomas and Associates Inc.AECOMAero-Metric Inc.AFDW A7AFG Group, Inc.Allen & Shariff CorporationAlpha CorporationAMECAmerican AppraisalAmeristar Fence ProductsAmmann & WhitneyAnalytical Services, Inc.ARCADISBCRABE&K Government GroupBechtel National, Inc.Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp.Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.Bowman Consulting GroupBurns & McDonnellC & H Associates, Inc.CALIBRE Systems Inc.Capital Project Management Caterpillar Inc.CDMCentennial Contractors Enterprises Inc.CH2MHILLChampion Home Builders Inc.D/B/A Champion Commercial SolutionsCommunications Supply Corp. Construction Management Association of AmericaConti Federal Services Inc.Dawson & AssociatesDBI ArchitectsDCK WorldwideDewberryDynamac Corp.DynCorp International, LLCEA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc.Ecology & Environment Inc.ECS GroupERGEwingColeExtensions, LLCEYP Architecture & Engineer-ing PCFacchina-McGaughan, LLCFalcon IncorporatedFederal Bureau of InvestigationFLUORGannett Fleming Inc.Gilbane Building CompanyGreenhorne & O'MaraGrunley Construction Co. Inc.Haley & AldrichHankins and AndersonHardwire LLCHill InternationalHinman Consulting EngineersHNTBHOK PCHomeland Security Construction Corp.HP Critical Facilities Services delivered by EYP MCFInternational Relief and DevelopmentJ.W. Morris, LtdJacobsJohnson Controls Federal SystemsKBRKiewit Building Group

KIM EngineeringKlingStubbinsL-3 CommunicationsLEO A DALYLRS Federal LLCMACTEC Engineering and Consulting Inc.Mason & HangerMC Dean, Inc.McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc.Michael Baker CorporationMountain Research, LLCMWHNASANaval Facilities Engineering CommandNorthrop GrummanO'Brien & GereOpus Corp.PageSoutherlandPageParsonsPatton Harris Rust & Associ-atesPBPBS&JPerkins EastmanPlexus Scientifi c Corp.Portland Cement AssociationPotomac-Hudson Engineering Inc.Primary IntegrationProject Management Services Inc.Project Time & Cost Inc.RMF Engineering Inc.Rolf Jensen & AssociatesRTKL Associates Inc.SaniGlaze International, LLCSchnabel Engineering LLCScience Applications Interna-tional Corp.SCS EngineersSetty & Assoc. Ltd.Sheladia Associates, Inc.SiemensSkanskaSmithGroup, Inc.Stanley Consultants Inc.STV Inc.Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.Swanke Hayden Connell ArchitectsSyska Hennessy Group, Inc.Tetra Tech Inc.The Louis Berger Group Inc.The Onyx GroupThe Ranger Group LLCThe Reinforced Earth Co.The Shaw Group Inc.The Trane Co.The Weitz CompanyThe Whiting Turner Contracting CompanyThornton-Tomasetti Inc.Tompkins Builders, Inc.Total Site SolutionsU.S. Army Corps of Engineers - HeadquartersU.S. Coast GuardURS CorporationVersarVolkert & Associates Inc.Weston Solutions, Inc.Wight & Co.Wiley & Wilson Inc.Wisnewski Blair & Assoc.Woods Peacock Engineering Consultants, Inc.Woolpert, Inc.

The SAME DC Post held their 14th Annual Awards Luncheon on January 29th at the National Press Club to rec-ognize those individuals and sustaining members who have made outstand-ing contributions to the Post and their professional fi elds. Congratulations to the following awardees:

Distinguished Service to the Washington DC Post:Dr. Stephen TerMaath, P.E.AF Real Property Agency

Post Service Award:Mr. Michael Pavlides, CFMPBS&J

Outstanding Contributions to the Engineering Profession:CAPT Anthony ErmovickUSN

Outstanding Contributions by a Young Military Member:LT Hai X. DangUSCG

Outstanding Contributions by a Young Civilian Member:Ms. Lauren MyersRTKL Associates, Inc.

Young Member Award:CAPT Michelle HillUSAF

Outstanding Contributions to Marketing and/or Communications:Ms. Katherine OllingerEYP AE

Outstanding Contributions to Technology or to the Engineering Profession:Ms. Emily BoydEDAW

Sustaining Member of the Year:Jacobs

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Michael Pavlides, CFM, accepting the Post Service Award from CDR Nelson Mix

14th Annual Awards Luncheon

CAPT Anthony Ermovick receiving his award for Outstanding Contributions to the Engi-neering Profession

Outstanding Contributions by a Young Civil-ian Member awardee Laurnen Myers

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Awards Luncheon Continued from Page 2

Washington DC Post EventsTh e Eff ect of the Stimulus Program on USACE and NAVFAC On Thursday, 26 Feb 09, the SAME DC Post listened to four key DoD leaders discuss their American Recovery & Rein-vestment Act (Stimulus) Programs. The information was especially timely, and the meeting was conducted at the Army Navy Club to a sold-out audience. Mr. Gary Loew, Chief of the Civil Works Programs Integration Division, and Mr. Joe Tyler, Di-rector of Military Programs, provided their insights on the additional Stimulus Pack-Katherine Ollinger receives an award for

Outstanding Contributions to Marketing and/or Communications

Emily Boyd accepting the award for Outstand-ing Contributions to Technology or to the Engineering Profession

Jacobs was honored as the Sustaining Member of the Year

New DHS Headquarters at St. Elizabeths CampusThe much sought after Harry Debes, the current GSA Program Manager, spoke to the SAME DC Post on March 19th regard-ing the redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Campus. Attendees listened attentively as Mr. Debes divulged details concern-ing the many proposed projects for the site. He showed images of the existing structures located on the property which were originally built between the 1850s and 1960s, when St. Elizabeths served as a mental hospital. The majority of these historic structures will be renovated and occupied by future tenants such as the US Coast Guard and FEMA. He also played a video that showed the proposed future of the campus after redevelopment.

The Department of Homeland Security Headquarters is slated to be constructed on the East Campus, which is owned by the District of Columbia. The building will be a Level 5 security facility and will contain 750,000 GSF of offi ce and shared use space.

age for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.CAPT Rame Hemstreet, Operations Of-fi cer, NAVFAC HQ, presented a summary of the projects that resulted from the Stimulus funding increase for the U.S. Navy. COL Tim Green, Chief, Programs Division, Offi ce of the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer, ended the meeting with a wrap-up of the Stimulus effects on the Air Force program. Download their presenta-tions here.

Attendees enjoying the presentation and lunch at the Washington Navy Yard Conference Center

SAME DC Post President Col. John Elwood with speaker Harry DebesKatherine Ollinger (EYP), Tawania McFad-

den (AHCC), and Debra Hare (GeoConcepts)

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Clapp/Greenwell /Elmore) took First Place followed by the Berger/CNI Team (Clark/McLemore /Hollerbach/Colon) and Fluor Team (Oscar/Carroll/Hertzig/Matin) in second and third places. Longest Drive and Closest to the Pin winner- winning both, was Matt Carroll of Fluor. A special thanks to the Tournament Chairman, James Peck (MBP), Tom George (Bow-man), Chrissy Polchito (MBP) and all of the volunteers who helped make this another great event. We look forward to having yet another great tournament next year! See you then!

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2009 ANNUAL SAME WASHINGTON DC POST SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT

Th e Courses at Andrews - 22 April 2009

This year’s annual SAME Washington DC Post Scholarship Golf Tournament took place April 22nd at the South Course of Andrews Air Force Base. Over 100 golfers were not intimidated by a rainy morning and were subsequently rewarded with an afternoon of sunshine and fun. As usual, the tournament had some great prizes, including a hole-in-one opportunity for a 2009 Cadillac CTS, airline tickets, electronics packages, and even a cruise! A big thank you goes out to everyone who participated in the event and an even bigger thank you goes out to all of the sponsors – together they helped raise over $10,000 for the Post Scholar-ship fund. The Grunley Team (Blaszak/

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ACEC/MW 2009 Annual Conference: Please

The conference will include presentations on current industry trends and opportunities, including the current and future effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Topics will range from transportation infrastructure to economic development and facilities construction.

Presenting agencies: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Senate Armed Services Committee; Virginia Dept. of Transportation; District Dept. of Transportation; Maryland Transportation Authority; Maryland Transit Administration; Fairfax County; Montgomery County and Prince William County

**Five(5) Professional Development Hours (PDH) may be earned at the ACEC/MW Annual Conference.

SAME will be co-sponsoring the event with ACEC/MW so all SAME members will receive the membership price. See fl ier for more details. Click here to register.

Co-Sponsored by the

SAME DC Post

If you are interested in becoming a Corporate Sponsor or Sustaing Member contact Tracy Allen at tallen@ecslimited.com. Corporate Sponsorship forms are available online here.

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Young Members CornerYM Happy Hour in Pentagon RowYoung and Young at Heart Members met at Sine, an Irish Pub lo-cated in Pentagon Row, this February despite the cold. Civilian and military attendees alike enjoyed appetizers and the essential Irish brews while catching up and discussing the industry.

Site Tour of the Future Walter Reed Medical CenterYoung Members gathered April 28th at the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center to tour the site of the Walter Reed National Mili-tary Medical Center. Currently under construction, the program at Bethesda is approximately $1B over 3 years. It includes two million square feet of new construction and renovation, and an anticipated daily workforce of 1000+ persons. The WRNMMC is an expansion of the current National Naval Medical Center to accommodate mov-ing Walter Reed Army Medical Center to Bethesda. The project managers gave a brief presentation to the group and graciously provided them with hard hats and vests to wear while on site. The group was then led through the construction site and shown where unique facets of the hospital will be located.

Member NewsEYP Awarded Design of Readiness Center for MA National Guard

EYP is designing a major addition and alteration of the Aviation Readiness Support Facility (ARSF) at Barnes Air Force Base to form one readiness center that will house multiple new aviation units for the Massachusetts Army National Guard. The facility houses aviation support, training, administrative, and classroom spaces, with associated vehicle storage. The building is to be LEED Silver Certifi ed.

MBP Wins Contract with Montogomery County Public School

McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc. (MBP) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland as one of six fi rms to provide Commissioning

(Cx) services on 13 small school additions. Additionally, MCPS is pursuing LEED certifi cation on four of the thirteen projects. Both projects awarded to MBP will pursue LEED certifi cation.

PBS&J Wins U.S. Air Force Merit Award for Tyndall Air Force Base Fitness Center Design

PBS&J's work on the new two-story, 75,278-sq fi tness center at Tyndall AFB—a national showcase for the U.S. Air Force's com-mitment to successful use of energy-effi cient and sustainable design—has been recognized by the Air Force Center for Engineer-ing and the Environment (AFCEE) with a Merit Award for concept design. Construction for the $18.6 million project is expected to be completed in early 2010. PBS&J performed project management, programming, architectural design, civil engineering, structural engi-neering, interior design, landscape design, MEP and fi re protection engineering, and construction administration services.

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DC Board MemberReceives the 2008 SAME Post Service Medal

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Jerold E. Kreidler, AIA, Scholarship Fund Raising Drive

At the 2008 Scholars and Honors Gala on September 20th, Mrs. Bon-nie Kreidler and family presented the DC Post with $10,000 to es-tablish a scholar-ship in her late

husband’s name. The minimum amount to establish a named scholarship at the DC Post is $20,000, so the Post has an-nounced a fund raising drive to raise the remaining amount.

Jerry Kreidler, AIA, passed away Febru-ary 26, 2008. Jerry received his Bachelor of Architecture from The University of Virginia and was a member of the SAME, Military Offi cers Association of America, Air Force Association, and Army and Navy Club of Washington, DC. A retired Colonel with 32 years of service with the Air National Guard, Jerry received numer-ous design awards, the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, and the USAF Outstanding Unit Award. He was a great mentor, friend, and professional and is missed by all.

On December 11, 2008 at the Post Holiday Party, Post Directors individually donated $700 to help support the post in achieving this goal of matching the $10,000 in donations for the post to move forward with this named scholarship.

We've almost reached our goal but still need your help! To contribute to the Jerry Kreidler scholarship please make checks payable to the SAME Washington DC Post send donations to:

DC Post Kriedler Fundraising Campaignc/o Ms. Jennifer NortonURS Corporation 2020 K Street, NW, Ste 300Washington, DC 20006

Questions and pledges may be directed to Jennifer Norton at 202.772.0813

Jerold E. Kreidler, AIA

The SAME DC Post would like to extend a heartfelt con-gratulations to Michael G. Pavilides of PBS&J who will be receiving SAME's 2008 National Post Service Award. Mr. Pavlides as served as director of the DC Post for over 5 years, including serving as President in 2006 directly infl uencing the DC Post’s recognition as a distinguished post in 2007. He has chaired the Scholarship Gala since 2006, which has generated over $100K in revenue for scholarship funds. Over the years Mr. Pavlides has made invaluable contributions to the success of the post making this award well deserved. The award was pre-sented at the Honors Luncheon on May 13, 2009, in Salt Lake City, UT.

USACE Baltimore District Awards Fort Meade Project to Skanska

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, awarded a $31,856,596 contract to Skanska USA Building, Inc., of Rockville, Md., this February to construct the Adjudication Collocation Ac-tivities Facility at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The design-bid-build contract calls for the construction of a three-story, 151,590 gross-square-foot structure to provide offi ce, administrative and other support space for a work force of approxi-mately 700.

Industry leader Ed Newman Re-unites with Heery

Edward C. Newman III has returned to Heery International in the Washington, D.C. area in the role of senior associ-ate and director of project development. Newman, who will be based in the fi rm’s Washington, D.C. offi ce at 14th and L Streets, NW, will be responsible for new client development and teaming oppor-tunities throughout Washington, D.C., suburban Maryland and Virginia.

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GeoConcepts Completes Study for the USCG Headquarters at St. Elizabeths Campus

GeoConcepts Engineering, Inc. recently completed a geotechnical engineer-ing study for a proposed Coast Guard Headquarters building and associated parking garage. The building was planned with approximately 1 million square feet of space and the parking garage is planned for 3,000 vehicles and will be seven sto-ries. The fi eld investigation included over 4,000 linear feet of drilling, which was completed on a fast track basis.

New Hires and Promotions at McDonough Bolyard Peck

McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc. (MBP) is pleased to announce the fi rm has ap-pointed Beth Harris as Regional Busi-ness Development and Marketing Man-ager in the fi rm’s Atlanta, Georgia offi ce, and Kristine Martin as Lead Consultant in their Williamsburg, Virginia offi ce. Ad-ditionally, they welcomed Bill Kilpatrick to its team as Senior Project Manager this April. Kilpatrick will primarily work with the Specialty Inspections Team of MBP’s Fairfax Branch, performing facilities-relat-ed services. Continued on Page 8

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Onley Joins PBS&J as Associate Vice President and Principal Proj-ect Director

PBS&J welcomes Kameran L. Onley as an associate vice president and princi-pal project director in the fi rm’s Federal Environmental Services. In her new role, Onley will lead the company’s efforts to obtain and perform work for the Depart-ment of the Interior and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Admin-istration.

Hankins and Anderson Announces New Hires

Hankins and Anderson, Inc., announces the following new employees: • Rick Hezel, P.E. • Tony Castelvecchi, P.E.• Andrew Schiff • Chris Underwood, P.E.• Lauren Richards• Daniel Calder• Coles Jennings, E.I.T.• Hammad Malik, P.E.• Barry Biglari, P.E. • Crystal Hill, P.E. • Steven M. Applegate, P.E.• Brian T. Stanley, P.E.• Scott Hasforth- Structural• Joseph Rainey • Kenneth Wash • Richard Worrall• Joseph Rainey • Kenneth Wash • Richard Worrall• John Csomay, P.E• Keshava (Kesh) B. Prasad, P.E.• Morteza Beheshti, P.E.

GeoConcepts Welcomes Robert Denton

GeoConcepts Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce that Robert K. Denton Jr., CPG, LRS has joined the fi rm as Senior Geologist. Denton is widely recognized for his professional scientifi c experience in geology and hydrogeology, environmental geology, land judging, and materials science.

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SAME DC Post NewsSAME DC Post NewsDC Post Attends Career Days at Local Schools

This April, SAME DC Post Members participated in Career Day at Lake Brad-dock Secondary School and Fairfax High School to educate students on the many possible career choices that are avail-able within the A/E/C industry. Brian Talty, an architect with RTKL, presented to students in Edward Kobus' technology class at Lake Braddock. The students are currently using Revit, so Brian was able to discuss the practical applications of the program during a project. The Fairfax High School Career Day was attended by Paul Falkenbury of Samaha Associates, PC, Jim Succop, ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC, and Mel Straus and Donald Klingemann of S3E Klingemann, Inc. Attendees gave 30 minute presentations to classes regarding their professions.

Lack Braddock student using Revit

Teacher Edward Kobus and Brian Talty of RTKL

New Member Welcoming Initiative

Col Elwood initiated a program where members of the DC Post Board of Directors will contact new members either by phone or email and welcome them to the Post. This initiative will serve multiple purposes including thanking the new member for joining our Post, familiarizing them with the sources of information, polling them for subject matters that interest them, and sharing the various ways they can be involved with our Post.

We would like to welcome the following new members to the DC Post:

• James Boudo• Kenneth Ellis• Alexander Shaw• Joseph Ludovici• Alexandra Perkins• Mark Damico• Marion DuNgan• Suzanne Etedali• George Mino• Michelle Honey• David Howard• Bevin Keen• David Scott• Scott Matthews• Aram Kailian• Jan Timmer• Paul Jenkins• Dominic Mason• David Carro

• Kieran Dunleavy• Jennifer Hall• Heriberto Sanchez-Rivera• Brian Lowe• Michael Cohen• Michael Robertson• Amara Sackor• Matthew Timbario• Gregory White• Amir Fouladgar• William O’Brien• Brian Clapp• Harold McDonald• Dennis Love• Deborah Hayward• Scott Borg• Stephanie Williamson• Wade Eller• Margaret Becker

• Jorge Sanchez-Paz• Paul RS Gebhard• Carl Kohlmeyer• Carolyn Evans• Joseph Plumpe• Dominic Indelicato• Daniel Marotte• Richard Elliott• Matthew Piety• Nicholas Dunn• Gary Sheets• Stephen Courtney• Tim Keilty• Varsha Savalia• Michael Dell’sola• Michael Luciani• Brian Richards

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Post Streamer Awards

Every year SAME National gives Streamer Awards to recognize the Posts outstand-ing performance.

In 2008 the SAME DC Post earned streamers for Membership, Readiness & Homeland Security, Relationships & Rec-ognition, and Education & Training. The Post earned the Relationships Streamer “With Distinction.” Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our Post! The Board is already preparing for next year’s submission.

GWU Student Post

On April 8, 2009, mem-bers of the SAME DC

Post Board (Al O’Konski, 1st VP; Philios Angelides, Mentoring Subcommittee; Marsha Miller, Education Subcommittee; and Fidel Rodriguez, Small Business Subcommittee) met with engineering stu-dents from George Washington University (GWU) to begin the formal process for initiating a student chapter at GWU.

The meeting took place at Tompkins Hall of Engineering and it was the culmination of months of advance leg work and coor-dination with the School of Engineering and Associate Dean Dr. Diane Martin. The students are organized under the leader-

ship of Jonathan Guidoboni, a freshman in mechanical engineering. The fi rst meeting attracted six students of vary-ing engineering backgrounds including mechanical, biomedical, aerospace and computer engineers. Many of them have ROTC backgrounds.

During the meeting, the Board members shared the opportunities available to the students through the SAME networking outlet and discussed the impact of these opportunities in career development. The students expressed their desire to gain further knowledge in their technical fi elds of study, obtain opportunities for intern-ships or engaging in SAME DC Post ac-tivities that will take them to project sites or visit engineering fi rms.

The meeting was concluded with a com-mitment to formally initiate the Chapter with Philios Angelides serving as the SAME Mentor for the students. Once the paperwork is offi cially in order, we will seek an opportunity through an event to formally welcome the GWU Student Chapter in our Post. For further informa-tion regarding Student Posts, please con-tact Philios Angelides at 703.450.0800.

Nomination Deadline to the SAME Academy of Fellows

SAME confers the designation of “Fellow” to those members who have “rendered dedicated and outstanding service to The Society and to military engineering.” Tracy Allen, ECS, the DC Post Corporate Member Chair, was inducted into the Academy in 2008. If you know some-one who you feel should be recognized, submit your nomination to the Academy’s Nominations Academy no later than September 1st, 2009. Click here for more information.

SAME Engineering and Construction Camps

SAME DC Post will be supporting three high school candidates to be sent to SAME Engineering and Construction Camps; one to a new camp at Norwich University. In addition, the DC Post is sponsoring a mentor at the U.S. Air Force Academy camp in Colorado Springs. For further information regarding Engineering and Construction Camps, please contact Marsha Miller at 703.253.0072.

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January29 Annual Awards Luncheon National Press Club

February10 Young Members Networking Happy Hour Sine Irish Pub, Arlington26 The Effect of the Stimulus Program on the USACE and NAVFAC Army Navy Club

March26 New DHS Headquarters at St. Elizabeth's Campus Washington Navy Yard

April22 Scholarship Golf Tournament The Courses at Andrews Air Force Base18 Young Members Site Tour of the Future Walter Reed Medical Center BethesdaMay28 USAF Asset Management Program and Educational Workshop: How to Read a Geotechnical Report Washington Navy Yard

June3 SAME DC Post Co-Sponsors ACEC/MW 2009 Annual Conference: Engineering Our Economic Recovery McLean Hilton Tysons CornerTBD Young Member Event

July23 Luncheon Program

August27 Luncheon Program

September10 Small Business/Industry Forum23 Scholarship Awards Dinner Army Navy Club

October22 Luncheon ProgramTBD Young Member Event

November19 Luncheon Program

DecemberTBD Annual Holiday Party

We look forward to seeing you!

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June

9-11 SAME University Frankfurt, Germany10 NAVFAC Industry Forum Virginia Beach, VA

23-24 5th Annual SAME Joint Senior NCO Symposium Atlantic Beach and Camp Lejeune, NC

July

19-25 LEED for DoD Projects Workshop Fort Walton Beach, FL

August

13-14 SAME Executive Forum Springfi eld, IL

26-27 SAME/IFMA Facilities Management Workshop Arlington, VA

2009 National Events

Save the Date!Scholarship Awards Dinner

September, 23 2009Army Navy Club, Washington, DC

Due to the condition of the economy, the DC Post Board of Directors decided not to host a Scholars and Honors Gala for 2009. Instead, we will host a Schol-arship Awards Dinner on September 23, 2009 at the Army Navy Club, Washington DC. Please save the date. We hope you will join us to confer our 2009 DC Post Scholarship Awardees and to encourage them in joining our honorable professions.

SAME/ IFMA Facilities Management Workshop

August 26-27Sheraton National Hotel, Alrington, VA

SAME, in cooperation with the International Facil-ity Management Association, brings this exciting workshop back for a third year. The 2009 Facilities Management Workshop will focus on sharing best practices and addressing the latest issues and chal-lenges facing senior facilities managers. To register, click here.

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2009 Offi cersPresidentCol. John Elwood, PEUnited States Air Force

1st Vice PresidentAl O’Konski, AIAURS Corporation

2nd Vice PresidentCol. Anthony Maida, P.E. (USAF Ret.)Jacobs

TreasurerRon Descheneaux, CPMOpus Corporation

SecretaryTawania McFaddenAHCC, Inc.

Past President (2008)Cdr. Nelson Mix, PE, CHMMU.S. Public Health Service

The SAME Washington DC Post is pleased to announce your 2009 Officers and Directors

Directors/ChairpersonsProgramsWilliam Pearce, PE, CCMParsons Brinckerhoff

Education and TrainingMarsha MillerVanderweil Engineers

Membership – Sustaining MembersTracy AllenECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC

Membership – IndividualsMax Kantzer, PEA. Morton Thomas and Associates, Inc.

National Security Programs and ReadinessCapt. Ben Pina, PE, CEC USNNAVFAC Washington

Outreach and CommunicationsAmanda SandersonGeoConcepts Engineering, Inc.

Relationships and RecognitionDavid Schoenwolf, PEHaley & Aldrich

Young Members CommitteeKatherine OllingerEYP Architecture & Engineering

Small BusinessFidel Rodriguez, PEU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

InvestmentsJulian Sabbatini, PE, CCM, F.SAMEJacobs Engineering

AuditsCDR Jennifer Mosser, PEU.S. Public Health Service

Scholarship GalaMichael Pavlides, CFMPBS&J

Golf Tournament James Peck, PE CCMMcDonough Bolyard Peck

MentoringPhilios Angelides, PEAlpha Corporation

ArrangementsJennifer NortonURS Corporation

RegistrationJill JohansenGrunley Construction

Tom RandolphConti Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc.

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