Presidential Award for Excellence in Developing Entrepreneurial Skills

In February 1999, the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund received a Presidential Microenterprise Award for Excellence in Developing Entrepreneurial Skills. The award was given in recognition of the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund’s commitment to developing and implementing impact measures for assessing the performance of training-based programs, as well as providing an effective and flexible model for delivering skill development services to rural entrepreneurs. The award was judged by national industry leaders and presented by President Clinton to NEF President Mary Mathews and Duluth, MN business owner Carol Willoughby, one of the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund’s first and most successful clients.

L-R: Carol Willoughby (owner of Let the Whole World Know in Duluth), President Clinton, Mary Mathews (Northeast Entrepreneur Fund President).