Mashaw Award Nominations Open May 6

by Matt Reynal, Ashland Deputy Town Manager and Bret Schardein, Powhatan Assistant County Administrator

We are pleased to announce that nominations are open for the 2022 Marcia Mashaw Outstanding Assistant Award.  The deadline for nominations is midnight, May 6, 2022.  We will present the award during the 2022 VLGMA Annual Conference in June. 

The Mashaw Outstanding Assistant Award recognizes a deputy or assistant administrator or deputy or assistant manager who has demonstrated outstanding performance, particularly with a special project or during a period of unique conditions and circumstances.  This past year provided plenty of unusual, if not unique, circumstances for local governments.

This award honors the memory of Marcia Mashaw, who served as assistant town manager of Blacksburg and was an active and accomplished leader in her community and in VLGMA.  VLGMA created this award to honor Marcia and her accomplishments and devotion to the field of local government and to VLGMA. 

We were the recipients of this award in 2021 and are serving as the Mashaw Award Committee Co-chairs this year.  Serving with us is Derek Stamey, Cumberland County Administrator who received this award in 2019 when he was serving as a Deputy County Administrator in Goochland.  

A nominations memo and form were emailed to all VLGMA administrators and managers on March 18.  If you need a nominations form, please email Janet Areson at jareson@vml.org. 

And before you fill out the form, please remember that nominees must be current VLGMA members.  If you are not sure of your nominee’s membership status, please email Janet Areson at jareson@vml.org to verify.   

We look forward to receiving your nominations and to honoring the next outstanding member!