Burleson staff are active in their professional associations.
- American Concrete Institute
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Association of Field Ornithologists
- Association of Women in Water, Energy, & Environment
- California Construction & Industrial Materials Association
- California Native Plant Society
- California Society for Ecological Restoration
- Central Valley Bird Club
- Geological Society of America
- Northern California Botanists
- Purple Martin Conservation Association
- Raptor Research Foundation
- Society of American Military Engineers
- Wildlife Society