2025 MSARP credential recipients (from left, back row: Ben Levenger, Robert McLaughlin, Erick Phillips, Jennifer Herbert; front row: MacKenzie McGee, Carol Lilly, Carmen Hilton, Amanda Lanata, Blaire Buergler). Photo by BeauMonde Originals.
The MSARP credential is the highest level of achievement offered through the Main Street America Institute, requiring an unwavering dedication to completing a rigorous multi-year professional development curriculum of online courses, in-person workshops, assignments, and a comprehensive final exam. Individuals who have earned the MSARP credential demonstrate a passion for strengthening local communities and a commitment to the art and practice of commercial district revitalization.
2025
- Blaire Buergler — Virginia Main Street
- Ellie Dudding — Ohio Mid-Eastern Government Association
- Charles Halsall — North Carolina Main Street & Rural Planning Center
- Jennifer Herbert — Town of Wake Forest/Wake Forest Downtown, Wake Forest, North Carolina
- Carmen Hilton — Brunswick Community Development/Brunswick Main Street, Brunswick, Maryland
- Amanda Lanata — Louisiana Main Street
- Ben Levenger — Downtown Redevelopment Services
- Carol Lilly — Iowa Economic Development Authority
- MacKenzie McGee — Centralia Downtown Association, Washington
- Robert McLaughlin — Kansas Main Street
- Erick Phillips — Main Street Oakland County, Michigan
2024
- Wayne Carter — Main Street DeLand Association, DeLand, Florida
- Chaise Cope — Department of Community Investment, Indiana
- Tim Colbeck — Main Street Oakland County, Michigan
- Hannah Davis — City of Florence, Florence, South Carolina
- Thomas Gregory — Greenwood Economic Development Foundation, Mississippi
- Dawn Mackey — Metuchen Downtown Alliance, Metuchen, New Jersey
- Tania Moody - Levelland Mainstreet, Levelland, Texas
- Austin Sims — Madison Main Street Program, Madison, Indiana
2023
- Annaka Norris — Oakland County Main Street, Michigan
- Celeste Banda - Latino Economic Development Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
- Christian Switzer — Renton Downtown Partnership, Renton, Washington
- Dr. Bridget Jones — jones-bridget consulting group & Tennessee Main Street
- Isaac Kremer — Experience Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey (formerly with Metuchen Downtown Alliance, New Jersey)
- Kim Parks — Historic Lebanon, Lebanon, Tennessee
- Kyle Reynolds — City of Orlando, Orlando, Florida
2022
- Chelsea Tallo Little — Hammond Downtown Development District, Hammond, Louisiana
- Lillie Read - Cartersville DDA, Cartersville, Georgia
- Dawn Russell - Town of Fuquay-Varina, Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
- Tamyra Vest — Destination Downtown South Boston, South Boston, Virginia
- Zachary Whitlow — Virginia Main Street Program
- Lisa Mullins Thompson — Kentucky Heritage Council
- Laura Todd — Tennessee Main Street Program
- Desiree Brothe — Cheyenne DDA, Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Lequrica Gaskin — Office of the City Manager, Albany, Georgia
- Shauna El-Amin - Downtown Beloit Association, Beloit, Wisconsin
2021
- Michael Wagler — Main Street Iowa
2020
- Trisha Black - Main Street Alabama
- Maggie Gillespie — City of Buda, Buda, Texas
- Rae Gosling — Grayling Main Street, Grayling, Michigan
- Kelsie King-Duff - Boyne City Main Street, Boyne City, Michigan
- Laura Mendez — Main Street Alabama
- Amber Varona — City of Tyler, Tyler, Texas
- Nancy Williams - Tennessee Main Street
2019
- Lenette Cox — Pilot Point Main Street, Pilot Point, Texas
- Lindsey Dotson — City of Charlevoix Main Street DDA, Charlevoix, Michigan
- Jonathan Irick — Main Street Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina
- Laura Krizov — Michigan Main Street
- Thondra Lanese — Stuart Main Street, Stuart, Florida
- Nikki Martin — West Virginia OnTrac
- Roger Russove — Two Rivers Main Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin
- Julie Wagner — Harrodsburg First, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
2018
- Algera Anderson — Linden Main Street, Linden, Texas
- Elizabeth Brodek — City of Eau Claire and Downtown Eau Claire, Inc., Eau Claire, Wisconsin
- Donna Ann Harris — Heritage Consulting Inc.
- Steven Hoffman — Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- Linda Klinck — Wyoming Main Street
- Paul Larsen — Brigham City Corporation, Brigham City, Utah
- Kyle Meyer — Virginia Main Street
- Jennifer Pruden — Czech Village New Bohemia Main Street District, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Rebecca Rowe — Virginia Main Street
- Jeannie Waller Zieren — Mississippi Main Street Association
2017
- Alex Balloon — Tacony Community Development Corp., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Breann Bye — 6th Avenue Corridor, Des Moines, Iowa
- Amy Hansen — Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
- Patrick Kay — Americus Main Street, Americus, Georgia
- Derek Lumsden — Osceola Area Chamber & Mainstreet Program, Osceola, Iowa
- Donnie Rodgers — Downtown Lee’s Summit, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
- Diana Schwartz — Ocala/Marion County Chamber and Economic Partnership, Ocala, Florida
- Martin Smith — Barracks Row Main Street Inc., Washington, D.C.
- Sarah Thompson — Hamilton County S.E.E.D., Webster City, Iowa