Twenty ICMA members were able to attend the 99th ICMA Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, thanks to scholarships through ICMA's conference assistance scholarship program.  Nineteen scholarships were awarded in the categories of Young Professionals, Workplace Diversity, Small Community with Limited Financial Resources, and Members in Transition. One additional scholarship was awarded to a graduate student in memory of Kansas University professor Edward O. Stene.  All scholarship recipients received complimentary registration to the conference and many also received a monetary stipend to off-set additional conference related expenses. Congratulations to the following individuals who are this year's scholarship recipients.

Young Professional Scholarships

• Miranda Braatz, assistant city administrator, New Carrollton, MD
• Alicia Hills-Oyedele, assistant to the city manager, Lancaster, TX
• Nathan Johnson, assistant city manager, Scottsbluff, NE
• Natasha Nau, finance director, London Grove, DE
• Shahrzad Rizvi, management analyst - administration, Dallas, TX
• Taylour Tedder, management assistant, Derby, KS
• Natalie Umsted, management analyst, Newton, IA

Workplace Diversity Scholarships

• Katherine Hendericks, city administrator, Pickens, SC
• Elke Doom, city manager, Princeton, WV
• Maribel Reyna, city manager, Delano, CA

Small Community with Limited Financial Resources

• Christina Burns, assistant to the village manager, Clarendon Hills, IL
• William (Todd) Herms, town manager, Maiden, NC
• Cory Thomas, city manager, Colquitt, GA

Member in Transition

• Mitchell Berg, Cottage Grove, MN
• Kathy Katz, Elk Grove Village, IL
• Robert Kellogg, Palm City, FL
• Sanford Miller, Williston, VT
• David Strohl, Morton, IL
• Dawn Wucki-Rossbach, Palatine, IL

Stene Academic Scholarship

• Tyler Brewer, student, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Information on the 2014 conference assistance scholarship program will be available on the ICMA website in March 2014.