PEP Congratulates 2026 Scholarship Recipients

Public Entity Partners would like to recognize each of this year’s scholarship award recipients:

     PRIMA Institute Scholarship

• Tiffany Bishop, Accounts Payable – Town of Mount Carmel
• Amanda Grider, HR Manager – City of Hendersonville
• David Walker, Risk Manager – Memphis Housing Authority

Risk & Insurance Symposium Scholarship

• Johnna Alexander, CMFO-City Recorder – Town of Bradford
• Anthony Carr, Fire Chief – Town of Selmer
• Kelsie Charter, HR Director – City of Millersville
• Jay Cotton, Claims Manager – Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority
• Norma Fowler, City Clerk-Recorder – City of Woodland Mills
• Tammy Henson, Recorder – Town of Brighton
• Richard Holland, Vice-Mayor – Town of Sardis
• Leah Kirby, Utility Finance Officer-Accounts Payable-Personnel – City of Lafayette
• Candy Lancaster, HR-Payroll-CMFO – Town of Jasper
• Kimberly Leffew, General Manager– Rockwood Water Wastewater and Gas
• Jeff Matthews, HR Manager – Winchester Utility System
• Lindy McGuire, Director of Human Resources – Alcoa City Schools
• Melanie McMahan, Fiscal Officer – Bradley/Cleveland Comm Service Agency
• Twilla Moss, Town Recorder – Town of Stanton
• Brittany Newton, HR Director – City of Martin
• Jonathan Peace, Safety Director – Town of Jonesborough
• Alicia Pigue, Treasurer – City of Humboldt
• Roger Richardson, Chief of Police – Town of Maynardville
• David Sullivan, Director of Human Resources – City of Lexington
• Gary Victory, City Manager – City of Collinwood
• David Walker, Risk Manager – Memphis Housing Authority
• Kevin Watts, Safety Coordinator – City of Sevierville
• Steve Wilson, Chief of Police – City of Clifton

We are proud to support these scholarship recipients as they continue to grow their risk management knowledge and leadership in serving their communities.

As a reminder, our James L. Richardson Driver Grant application period will be open from Sept. 21 until Oct. 30. There’s also still time to apply for our Property Conservation Grant, which closes on Sept. 18. We encourage all eligible members to take advantage of these valuable funding opportunities. For questions regarding Grants & Scholarships, please contact Tahtia Mitchell at TMitchell@PEpartners.org.