2006 Awards Dinner
Thirteen current and past scholarship recipients attended the June 22 dinner held in Washington, D.C. where they had the opportunity to meet each other and be honored together. Officials from the public sector, scholarship partners, scholarship donors and ICMA-RC executives also attended. For the 2006/2007 school year, 32 survivors received scholarships totaling $90,000.
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Joan McCallen, president of the Vantagepoint Memorial Scholarship Fund and CEO and president of ICMA-RC, and Terrance Gainer, former United States Capitol Chief of Police, now retired, are pictured with 2005 and 2006 scholarship recipients.
(Standing L to R): Joan McCallen, Natasha Palmer, Gina Vinecourt, Melea Wilson, Timothy Salvadori, Renee Dunham, Meghan LaPiedra, Shannon LaPiedra, and Terrance Gainer.
(Sitting L to R): Kimberly Dingwall, Scott Hesterberg, Hannah Hudson, Michelle Cunha, Jessica Giacomelli, and Maureen Cavalieri.
Joan McCallen, president of the Vantagepoint Memorial Scholarship and CEO and president of ICMA-RC, addresses the audience.
Terrance Gainer, former United States Capitol Police, chief of police, now retired, presents the keynote address.
Keynote speaker Terrance Gainer shakes hands with 2006 scholarship recipients Hannah Hudson (at right) and Jessica Giacomelli.
ICMA-RC President and CEO Joan McCallen shakes hands with David Hambly, guest of Timothy Salvadori, a 2006 scholarship recipient (at middle.)
Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) shakes hands with Jeanette Palmer, mother of 2005 COPS scholarship recipient Natasha Palmer.
Scholarship recipients receive a standing ovation from the audience after their names are called in recognition of their awards. At center, Jessica Giacomelli stands, with fellow recipient Hannah Hudson to her left and Hannah’s mother, Jacqueline Hudson to her right. ICMA-RC Senior Vice President of Marketing Gregory Dyson stands to the far left.