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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |