Who Leads SEAMi and What Local Chapters Exist?

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The SEAMi website (seami.wildapricot.org) lists a Leadership page and a Local Chapters page in its main navigation, so those are the two places to look for who runs the organization and where its chapters are. The site itself does not display the names of officers or a chapter roster on the home page — you have to open those two sections to see the current details. What the home page does confirm is the structure: SEAMi is a non-profit for structural engineering professionals and a member organization of the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA).

Where leadership information lives

The site's navigation includes a Leadership link alongside Home, About Us, Local Chapters, Events, Membership, Committees, Young Members, Codes Committee, News, Scholarship, and Comments. That is the section intended for the people who run SEAMi and the roles they hold.

Because the home page does not reproduce the leadership roster, the reliable way to get current names and positions is:

  1. Open Leadership from the main menu.
  2. Check Committees as well — committee pages often name chairs and members, which is where much of the day-to-day work is organized.
  3. Use Contact Us if a specific officer's details are not published on the Leadership page.

What the site shows about local chapters

Local Chapters is a separate top-level menu item, which indicates SEAMi is organized into regional groups rather than operating as a single statewide body only. The home page gives one concrete example of a chapter in action:

  • Southeast Michigan Chapter — listed as hosting "Slim Floor Structures – Innovative Solutions to Help Solve Design Challenges," scheduled for Wednesday, October 07, 2026, 6:00 PM, at Ruby + Associates, a Degenkolb Company, 30300 Telegraph Rd #400, Bingham Farms, MI 48025.

That event listing is useful beyond the calendar: it shows how chapter activity is presented (chapter name in parentheses after the event title, with a venue and time), which is the pattern to expect when scanning for other chapters' events.

Getting names, roles, and chapter contacts

The home page does not publish officer names, chapter officer lists, or direct chapter contact details. To assemble that information:

What you need Where to go on the site
Current officers and their roles Leadership
Committee chairs and members Committees (and Codes Committee, Young Members)
Chapter list and chapter activity Local Chapters
Reaching a specific person or the organization Contact Us
Chapter events and venues Events, plus the Upcoming events block on the home page

If a name or email is not shown on the Leadership or Local Chapters pages, Contact Us is the fallback route — the site provides it as a dedicated menu item rather than relying on published individual addresses.

Practical notes

  • The site is built on Wild Apricot membership software, and the home page presents a Log in panel with options for Google, Microsoft, and Apple, plus "Remember me" and "Forgot password." Some member-facing content may sit behind that login, so if a leadership or chapter page looks thin, signing in as a member may reveal more.
  • News posts on the home page are attributed to named individuals — for example, Andrew Twarek P.E. S.E. and Pamela Goryl, S.E., P.E. — which gives you a sense of who has been active in SEAMi communications, though these are news authors rather than a stated leadership roster.
  • The most recent news items shown date from 2024 and earlier (a March 29, 2024 NCSEA webinar discount note, a September 21, 2022 25th-anniversary post, and May 2022 scholarship and award announcements), so treat the home page as a snapshot rather than a live directory. Always confirm current officers and chapter contacts on the Leadership and Local Chapters pages themselves.