The Citi Aspen Intern Program is a 12-week internship program that exposes 15 graduate students to the microenterprise development field in the U.S., while helping microenterprise development programs collect high-quality client outcomes data. Programs receiving awards will select an intern to work under their supervision. In addition, the Aspen Institute will convene all the interns in Washington D.C. at the start of the project for training and orientation, and again at the end to share experiences, findings and successes.

Grantees

Citi Aspen Interns gathered at the Aspen Institute in June 2009. Managed by MicroTest and funded by Citi, the interns were placed in seventeen different local microenterprise organizations throughout the U.S. to assist in an annual collection of client outcomes data.

The 2009 Citi Microenterprise Researchers Program awardees are:

• Business Outreach Center Network, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Georgia Micro Enterprise Network, Atlanta, Ga.
• Hebrew Free Loan Society, New York, N.Y.
• Justine Petersen, St. Louis, Mo.
• Latino Economic Development Corporation, Washington, D.C.
• MercyCorps Northwest, Portland, Ore.
• Nebraska Enterprise Fund, Oakland, Neb.
• Opportunity Fund, San Jose, Calif.
• Philadelphia Development Partnership, Philadelphia, Pa.
• South Carolina Community Enterprise and Women’s Business Center, Columbia, S.C.
• Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help (CASH), Seattle, Wash.
• Women’s Economic Ventures, Santa Barbara, Calif.
• Women’s Enterprise Development Center, White Plains, N.Y.
• Women’s Initiative, San Francisco, Calif.

To learn more about Citi Aspen Intern alumni from 2007 and 2008, click here.