Mashaw Award Nominations Opens in Early March

Nominations will open in the first week of March for the 2025 Marcia Mashaw Outstanding Assistant Award.  Chief administrative officials who are VLGMA members will receive an email during the first week of March with information about the nominations process and a nominations form.  The deadline for nominations is midnight on Friday, April 18.

The award will be presented during the 2025 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.  The chief administrative officer of the city, county, or town submits the nominations.

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.  

Monica Smith-Callahan, Henrico Deputy County Manager, who received the 2024 award, will serve as the Mashaw Award Committee Chair.  Serving with Smith-Callahan on the award committee are past award recipients Angie Hill, Montgomery County Administrator, and Sarah Elam Puckett, Prince Edward Assistant County Administrator.

If you have any questions about the nominations process, please email VLGMA Executive Secretary Janet Areson at jareson@vml.org