Dear Members,

Happy New Year!

The beginning of a new year always puts me in a place of reflection and resolution. I look back at the last year assessing the goals I had set and I make new resolutions for the year ahead. Many of my 2025 goals and resolutions center around finding good balance in my work and home life and in improving as a leader.

For SEAOSC, this is a time of year when we look back at the accomplishments, events, and progress of the past six months, and we commit to goals for the half-year ahead. I am glad to be part of such a great team of leaders committed to making SEAOSC what it is and what it can be. I know for each of them, their skills, abilities, and talents have been developed and honed through their experiences. Their passion for the structural engineering community drives these leaders to share their time and talents with all of us.

For example, our Leadership Symposium planning committee is hard at work shaping the March 12th event to provide excellent content for our members to grow in their own development of these skills, abilities, and talents. I know you will find the event rewarding and I look forward to seeing you there and hearing about how the event helped you meet your own 2025 goals.

Garrett W. Mills, S.E.
SEAOSC President 2024-25