MNEDF Chair Patrick Connoy receives EDAM President’s Award at Summer Conference

EDAM President Heidi Peper presented the EDAM President’s Award to MNEDF Chair Patrick Connoy at the EDAM Summer Conference in Duluth earlier this month. During her award presentation, Peper noted that “Patrick has been an EDAM/MIDA member for nearly 30 years, chaired our legislative committee for five years and served as president in 2000. Patrick was a founding board member of the Minnesota Economic Development Foundation in 2003, served as chair then and was re-elected chair again in 2014. During his 12 years with the Foundation he spearheaded the internship and scholarship programs, helping to elevate the ED profession.” Patrick, thanks again for all your years of dedicated service to EDAM and the MNEDF!