November 14, 2011
PLEASANT HILL, Calif. - John F. Kennedy University has received a major donation from Wells Fargo Bank for the Institute of Entrepreneurial Leadership to support of entrepreneurship and job creation in the East Bay. The donation was announced on Friday, November 11, at the University’s Kennedy Laureate Dinner at the Blackhawk Auto Museum.
The donation will support budding entrepreneurs, a business accelerator in Concord and a broad training program with unprecedented access to investors, advisors and strategic partnerships.
Wells Fargo’s donation, coupled with grants from other companies and organizations and a donation of office space from the City of Concord, will support growing the Institute’s programs to be able to serve several hundred students in 2012..
“Wells Fargo’s contribution continues to validate the value that our entrepreneurship program brings to the East Bay communities and the strong support these communities receive from businesses such as Wells Fargo,” noted Dr. Raul Deju, Director of the Institute of Entrepreneurial Leadership in thanking Wells Fargo at the Kennedy Laureate reception
He added “It is this symbiotic relationship that will help us get out of our economic woes.”