KUCIMAT Award for Fellows Excellence
This award recognizes City/County Management Fellows who have performed in an exceptional manner during the fellowship year.
2023 Winners
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Gillian Straub
(MPA 2023)
“I have been supervising city management Interns and Fellows for 20 years. I know quality and exceptional performance when I see it. Gillian Straub is both a quality person and an exceptional performer, and worthy of being recognized as the 2023 Fellows Excellence Award recipient.”
-Scott Neal, City Manager, Edina MN
Past Winners
Year | Name | Internship Location |
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2023 | Gillian Straub | Edina, MN |
2022 | Josh McAnarney & Adam Vaughn | Topeka, KS |
2021 | Risi Karim | Edina, MN |
2020 | Davianna Humble | Douglas County, Kansas |
2019 | Allie Salz | City of Wichita, KS |
2018 | Brian Bickers | Arlington County, VA |
2017 | Kelly Dumais | Edina, MN |
2016 | Anna Mitchell | Trinidad, CO |
2015 | Barack Matite | Eudora, KS |
2014 | Christina Watts | Tacoma, WA |
2013 | Caitlin Stene | River Falls, WI |
2012 | Michelle Stevens | Lexington, MA |
2011 | Katie Killen | Shawnee, KS |
2010 | Phil Wagner | Sugarland, TX |
2009 | Trisha Palmer | Lee’s Summit, MO |
2008 | John Harrenstein | Johnson County, KS |
2007 | Kathy Woerner | Little Rock, AR |
2006 | Jonathan Douglas | Lawrence, KS |
2006 | Emily Watson | Chanute, KS |
2005 | Audrey Merrell | City of Springfield, OH |
2004 | Jeremy Smith | Village of Sussex, WI |
2003 | Katie Daniel | Sedona, AZ |
2002 | Bernard Seeger | Dodge City, KS |
2001 | Shannon Kroeger Meadows | Springfield, OH |
2000 | Jacob Speers | University Park, TX |
1999 | Michael Baker | Lexington, MA |
1998 | Sherilyn Lombos | Fremont, CA |
1997 | Shanna Sims | Lexington, MA |
1996 | Melisa Leal | Waco, TX |
1994 | Cynthia Boecker | Lexington, MA |
1993 | Elisabeth Roth | Civic Council of Greater Kansas City |