Past Recipients

Barney L. Knight Texas CPM Scholarship Past Recipients

2000

  • Robert Patrick, City Administrator, Henrietta

2001

  • Lambert Little, Former City Manager, Edna, Mexia
  • Zina Tedford, City Manager, Kirby

2002

  • Gary Brown, City Manager, Floydada

2003

  • Donald Iles, City Manager, Hemphill

2004

  • Ron Faulkenberry, Director Economic Development, Burnet
  • Pamela Rambo-Estill, Assistant to the City Manager, Denton

2005

  • Stephen Giesbrecht, City Administrator, Electra

2006

  • Crista Bromley, Director Economic Development, Burnet
  • Richard Jorgensen, City Manager, Vidor

2007

  • James Cox, Former City Manager, Lindale
  • Shawn Oubre, City Manager, Orange

2008

  • Richard Allen Tow Jr., City Administrator, Alvord

2009

  • Michael Peacock, Management Assistant, Joshua
  • Troy Houtman, Division Manager, Parks Operation, Austin

2010

  • Stacy Buckley, Human Resource Manager, Murphy
  • Murvat Musa, City Administrator / City Secretary, Ransom Canyon

2011

  • Brenda Davis, City Secretary, Schertz

2012

  • Raphael Brown, Grants Manager/Management Analyst IV, Houston
  • Kelley Cunningham, Assistant to the City Manager, Burleson
  • Sakura April Moten-Dedrick, Director of Finance and Information Technology, Kennedale

2013

  • Kathy Pollack, Assistant to the Administrator, Somerville
  • Joshua Smith, Human Resources Director, Schertz

2014

  • Cyndy Powell, City Administrator, Ovilla
  • Marian Vargas, Information Services & IT Manager, Alamo Heights

2015

  • Chris Jarmon, Executive Assistant to the City Manager, Beaumont
  • Madison Johnson, Fire Chief, Whitehouse

2016

  • None awarded

2017

  • Darwin Archer, City Manager, Cisco
  • Alex Busken, Management Analyst, Benbrook
  • Ricardo Zavala, Contract Compliance Specialist, Austin

2018

  • None awarded

2019

  • Leslie Black, Assistant Town Manager, Sunnyvale
  • Ellie Monteaux, Assistant City Manager, Livingston

2020

  • Dalton Rice, Management Analyst, Mont Belvieu

2021

  • Yvette Mendoza, Special Projects Manager, Corpus Christi
  • Robby Silva, City Administrator, Point Comfort

2022

  • Adam Deweber, City Administrator, Muenster

2023

  • Joseph Resendez, City Administrator, Bartlett
  • Lety Yanez, Assistant City Manager, Wylie