CLARK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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Yolanda T. King, County Manager
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Recognize LaGeshia Espy, a Clark County employee, on receiving the 2022 University of Phoenix Tyrone Thompson Scholarship award.
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Commissioner McCurdy would like to recognize LaGeshia Espy on being the awarded the University of Phoenix Tyrone Thompson Scholarship. The University of Phoenix offers a scholarship in honor of the late Nevada Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson and a retired Clark County employee. Assemblyman Thompson graduated from the University of Phoenix in 2010 with a Master of Arts in Organizational Management and was a great champion of education in our state and the University of Phoenix. Ms. Espy was chosen out of almost 100 applicants for a full-tuition scholarship. Ms. Espy currently works in the County Comptroller’s Office and has been employed with Clark County since 2017.