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, as well as a monetary stipend to off-set additional conference related expenses.  ICMA congratulates the following individuals who were this year's scholarship recipients.

Young Professional Scholarships (open to individuals who have three years’ or fewer experience as a full-time local government employee):

• Nicole Bailey, executive assistant, Derby, KS
• Lindsey Blomberg, management assistant, Windsor, CO
• Peter Bratt, legislative coordinator, Dallas, TX
• Tyler Burkart, assistant to the city administrator, Woodbury, MN
• Kady Doelling, management analyst/internal auditor, Garner, NC
• Kyle Kridler, management assistant, Westerville, OH
• Rachel Leininger, volunteer coordinator, Wyoming, OH
• Hadley Skeffington-Voss, assistant to the city manager, Sterling, IL
• Alison Webb, town administrator, New Durham, NH

Workplace Diversity Scholarships (candidates for this scholarship must be female, minority, or identify with or represent a group commonly associated with the term diversity):

• Hsiao-Ching Chen, supervising regional planner, Los Angeles County, CA
• Zenia Cornejo, management assistant, Eloy, AZ
• Brandon Holland, town administrator, Murfreesboro, NC
• Polly Hulsey, city administrator, Jerome, ID
• Quentin McPhatter, deputy city manager, Kingsland, GA
• Megan Wright, senior management analyst, San Antonio, TX

Small Community with Limited Financial Resources (open to any person working in a small community with limited financial resources and who has not attended a past ICMA Annual Conference):

• Brian Barnett, town manager, Catawba, NC
• Howard Brown, planning and community development director, Opa-locka, FL
• Jennifer Coates, town manager/planner, Ridgway, CO
• Susan Ellerhorst, assistant to the city manager, Milford, OH
• Chelsea Fulton, city administrator, Griswold, IA
• James Hockaday, village administrator, Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH
• Kyle Laws, assistant city manager, West Point City, UT
• Mary Alice Page-Allen, town administrator/clerk, Oak Creek, CO
• Trish Stiles, treasurer/management analyst lead, Bennett, CO

 Member in Transition (open to any ICMA member enrolled in the Member in Transition program):

• John (Tom) Acre, Denver, CO
• Andrew Elbert, Waconia, MN
• Art Sciorra, Ogdensburg, NY
• John Skeel, El Dorado Hills, CA
• James Smith, Washington, NC
• Frank Spence, West Palm Beach FL
• David Strohl, Morton, IL
• Fred Ventresco, Wilmington, VT
  

Stene Academic Scholarship:

• Jessica DeMory, student, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Information on next year's conference assistance scholarship program will be available on the ICMA website in March 2013.