Meet the 2026-2027 Board
Tara Habhab
Senior Advisor
With 27 years as an Army spouse, Tara is a dedicated advocate for military families. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tarleton State University and has spent 13 years working in schools and with the Military Child Education Coalition. In these roles, she focused on empowering military parents to be their child's best advocate and providing support during educational transitions. Currently, she works for the Kansas State University Graduate School and is serving her second term on the CSF board, where she continues to enjoy giving back to the community.
Marcy Webb
Chair
Marcy is an Army spouse of 18 years and is a proud mom of three boys and two pups. Marcy holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Business Management from the University of North Dakota. She hails from Minnesota and enjoys cooking, traveling and has a passion for volunteering and giving back to the local community.
Advice to new grad/Scholarship recipients: Life is short, make it count and don't take yourself too seriously, make sure you laugh through it!
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This is Marcy's fifth year serving on the CSF board.
Penny Ezell
Co-Chair
Penny Ezell is an Army spouse of 30 years and holds a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Arkansas. She has dedicated nearly three decades to education, serving as a teacher, literacy coach, and currently as a literacy specialist, where she trains educators in the Science of Reading. Passionate about service, Penny enjoys volunteering and giving back to the communities the Army has allowed her family to call home.
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Penny's advice to scholarship applicants is to “Find your path—explore different interests to discover what you’re passionate about and where your strengths lie. One of my favorite quotes is from Steve Jobs: ‘The only way to do great work is to love what you do.’ That’s why I believe it is so important to focus on your passions and align your education and career goals with them.”
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This is Penny’s second year serving on the CSF Board, and she is excited to help make this year’s impact memorable for both sponsors and recipients.
Meagen Laman
Secretary
Meagen is an Army spouse of 14 years and grew up all over the US as an Air Force brat with dual military parents. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Sociology with minors in English and Philosophy from Texas A&M University (W11OOP) and currently works as a remote Team Leader and essay rater for Measurement Incorporated. Previously she was fortunate enough to serve as both a High School and Middle School ELA teacher, as well as a substitute teacher for various grade levels, all over the United States.
After being in the education career field for almost a decade, Meagen's advice to scholarship applicants is to stay true to their story and always look forward to the next chapter.
This is Meagen's fourth year serving on the CSF board.
Paul Bednar
Treasurer
Open Position
Applications Chair
Come join our team!
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The Applications Chair is responsible for organizing the binders that our judges receive in March with all our applicants' information. In addition, in October-December the Application Chair fine tunes our CSF Application and Rubric to make sure that it is prepared for the 2027 scholarship window.
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CSF is a team and we collaborate together, please reach out if you are interested in joining!
Open Position
Advertising Chair
Come join our team!
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The Advertising Chair is responsible for keeping our website and social media channels up to date with all the best information. This position is integral in making sure that CSF is able to spread the word about scholarship accessibility to our military dependent community.
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CSF is a team and we collaborate together, please reach out if you are interested in joining!
Open Position
Community Outreach
Come join our team!
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Our Community Outreach Chair is our direct link to the surrounding cities, schools, and community organizations in our greater Flint Hills area. This position allows you to share face to face the value of CSF and even sometimes gain new donors for the organization.
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CSF is a team and we collaborate together, please reach out if you are interested in joining!
Christy Dunstan
Ceremony Chair
Information coming soon
We are always looking for volunteers!
If you are new to the Fort Riley area and interested in volunteering with the Combined Scholarship Fund please reach out to our chair, Marcy, at:
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Caitie Wiseman
Judging Chair
Caitlyn is an Army spouse of 12 years and was an Army brat for 17. She has volunteered with the SFRG and her church. Currently, she is a registered nurse pursuing her master's degree with a focus on advanced practice in acute care pediatrics. Her greatest accomplishment is her family.
Caitlyn's advice to scholarship applicants is to use their failures as a learning opportunity. Whenever you feel like you can't do something, look back on everything you've already made it through, put yourself in uncomfortable positions; these are the situations that make you who you are.
This is Caitlyn's fourth year serving on the CSF board.
Join us!
If you are interested in joining the board or volunteering in any capacity, please let us know!