Mike Huffstetler, LEED AP, Assoc AIA, F.SAME

Principal | Federal Programs Leader, DLR Group

With over 37 years in the A/E/C industry, Mr. Huffstetler currently serves as SAME National Vice President on the National Leadership Team. Mr. Huffstetler leads all Federal Programs for DLR Group, an award-winning international architecture-engineering firm and proud SAME Corporate Member since 1987. Mr. Huffstetler’s prior military service was as an Air Force Civil Engineering Officer and included multiple CE assignments and two successive USAF Officer Exchange Program assignments with the US Army Corps of Engineers, first with the USACE Transatlantic Division and later with USACE Baltimore District supporting CONUS and OCONUS MILCON and contingency operations programs. His subsequent private sector experience included 9 years in the commercial aviation sector on capital improvement programs at Washington-Reagan, Dulles, Atlanta and Miami-Dade airports, followed by a return to federal and international work in 2007. A SAME member since 1988, Mr. Huffstetler lives in Omaha Nebraska and has served as a volunteer and Board member with the Omaha Post beginning in 2016. In addition to his current national role, Mr Huffstetler has served on both the National Board of Direction and the Executive Committee (XC) since 2020. In March he and his wife Maribeth celebrated 36 years of marriage. They have 6 children, two of whom have served and are serving in the military.