NTBA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
What We Do
The Scholarship Committee awards three students or emerging developers the opportunity to participate in the Roundtable. Individuals eligible for the Scholarship are those in an undergraduate or graduate-level program studying real estate development, architecture, engineering or urban planning, or emerging New Urban developers.
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE
DEVELOPERS OF TOMORROW
SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS
About The Program
The NTBA Scholarships are offered in memory of the late Jackie Benson, David Scheuer, Ian Gillis, and Louis Marquet — past NTBA Members and Directors who personified the mission of the NTBA.
They believed the NTBA was a way to share ideas and experiences by inviting new urban real estate development professionals from across the country to come together and study existing and emerging great mixed-use town centers. They enjoyed the camaraderie of the NTBA, the exchange of lessons, and were always excited to implement ideas into the projects they touched.
The NTBA is honored to offer these Scholarships as an opportunity for three students or emerging developers to experience a new place, meet leaders in the field, and adapt the lessons into their future.
The recipients of the NTBA Scholarships will attend an NTBA Roundtable as our guests and will be recognized as the recipients of this honor during the conference. Each Scholarship covers:
***The scholarship application for the 2025 Spring Roundtable has closed. Please stay tuned for more information and future Scholarship opportunities.
David Scheuer
Ian Gillis
Jackie Benson
Louis Marquet
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Contribute To The Fund
The NTBA believes that furthering the education of the next generation of town builders in the fundamentals we all hold so dear is the best way of honoring those who paved our way.
FUTURE TOWN BUILDERS
Past Scholarship Winners
- Spring 2025: Brian Hobin of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Jeel Patel of Georgia Tech and Sophie McAdara, Planner from the City of Bentonville
- Spring 2024: Miguel Perez of University of Miami and Abdoul- Rassoul Abakar Hachym of Gettysburg College
- Spring 2023: Ricky Becerra of Columbia University
- Spring 2022: Savannah Wu of Columbia University, Alexander Kantor of the University of Miami and Eunjin Shin of Columbia University
- Fall 2021: Reid Aichholz of Texas A&M, Scott Gann of University of Florida and Ben Booker of University of Cincinnati
- Spring 2021: Jason Choi of Andrews University and Trent Michels of UNC Charlotte
- Fall 2019: Dave Olverson and Anacelle Bautista
- Fall 2018: Matthew Petty and Thomas Dougherty, Emerging Developer Recipients
- Spring 2018: Eddy Kalinda of Judson University and Jania Washington of Auburn University
- Fall 2017: Roman Munoz of Judson University and Matthew Obringer of the University of Cincinnati
- Spring 2017: Ryan Faulkner and Kyle Lui
- Fall 2016: Lucas Stegeman
Brian Hobin of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Jeel Patel of Georgia Tech and Sophie McAdara, Planner from the City of Bentonville
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