The fourth annual STEM Scouts Leadership Award Dinner of the Great Smoky Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts of America will honor Mintha Roach, the 2019 recipient of the award and retired president and CEO of Knoxville Utilities Board. Roach has been a longtime supporter of early STEM education and promoting STEM-related careers. A reception will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner to follow at 6:30 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to make a contribution to STEM Scouts.

For additional information and to RSVP to the dinner, contact James Gaddis at 865-603-4149 or [email protected].

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. STEM Scouts, a pilot program of the Boy Scouts of America, is for girls and boys in grades 3-12.