Twenty-eight ICMA members were able to attend the annual conference in Kansas City thanks to ICMA’s Conference Assistance Scholarship program. All members enrolled in ICMA’s Members in Transition program are eligible to receive complimentary conference registration to support their ongoing professional development and to stay connected to the network. Twenty-one of these individuals also received travel stipends through the Conference Assistance Scholarship program.

Sixteen ICMA members competed for and were awarded scholarships designed to support diversity, early career professionals, and members working in smaller communities with limited financial resources. All scholarship recipients received complimentary conference registration and many also received a monetary stipend to offset conference-related expenses. Congratulations to the following scholarship winners:

Young Professional Scholarships

• John McCarter, management analyst, Pearland, TX
• Eilis Seide, assistant to the city manager, East Lansing, MI
• Andrew Smith, assistant city administrator/finance director, Forest Acres, SC
• Kathleen Walpole, management analyst II, Clark County, NV

Workplace Diversity Scholarships

• Terri Lea Hugie, ICMA senior management fellow, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Mary (Katie) Koester, city manager, Homer, AK
• Anna Krutowksi, public information/administrative assistant, Marysville, OH
• Yuejiao Liu, project manager supervisor, Austin, TX
• Kelsey McElroy-Anderson, management analyst, Thornton, CO
• Serenity Mlay, city administrator analyst, Oakland, CA
• Tonya Walton, budget and management analyst, Raleigh, NC

Small Community with Limited Financial Resources

• Leondrae Camel, city manager, South Bay, FL
• Diana Dykstra, village administrator, Poplar Grove, IL
• Randall Heye, director of economic development, Sunnyvale, TX
• Jeff Hofaker, city administrator, Sutton, NE
• Thomas Smith, city manager, South Weber City, UT

Stene Academic Scholarship

• Will Provost, student, University of Southern Caliornia, CA

Information on the 2017 conference assistance scholarship program will be available on the ICMA website in March 2017.