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The Massachusetts Municipal Management Association is seeking applications for the Nancy Galkowski Legacy Fund, which will be awarded at the association’s business meeting in Boston on Jan. 23, 2016.
The application deadline has been extended to Dec. 14.
The Nancy Galkowski Legacy Fund was established in honor of a town administrator who served for 35 years and was a former president of the MMMA, a member of the MMA Board of Directors, and an officer with the International City/County Management Association.
Galkowski was passionate about professional development and excellence within the profession. Shortly after she passed away in 2013, the fund was established by her colleagues to assist with defraying the costs of professional development training and mentoring opportunities not only for professionals just starting their careers in municipal management, but also for existing and long-time managers whose budgets may preclude them from pursuing such opportunities.
Galkowski’s husband, Larry, described the fund’s purpose: “To promote, educate and encourage municipal professionals to look beyond their own comfort levels, continually seek out new information, and share it with others and improve our communities.”
The Galkowski Fund is supported by MMMA member contributions as well as a significant annual investment by her family.
The MMMA also recently sought applications for the Gerry Whitlock Memorial Scholarship, funded by the MMMA in honor of the late former town administrator.
Whitlock dedicated his life to local government, starting as a selectman in Belchertown before becoming the town’s first town administrator. He mentored many young professionals who were just entering the field of local government, and he was well known for his wit and candor.
Candidates for the Whitlock Scholarship – unlike the Galkowski Fund – must be enrolled in a college or university master’s level program in public administration, and the award may be used to offset tuition.
For more information, contact Denise Baker at the MMA (dbaker@mma.org) or Boxborough Town Administrator Selina Shaw, chair of the Nancy Galkowski Legacy Fund, at sshaw@boxborough-ma.gov.
• Nancy Galkowski Legacy Fund application (fillable PDF)