Awards & Achievements:

In an industry where the average lifespan of an entrepreneurial consulting practice is 6 to 18 months and only 10 percent of these practices even survive for 10 years, Johnson Consulting Services has achieved a rare milestone.

Our proven track record of continued accomplishment has also resulted in our founder, Jill Johnson, winning a number of prestigious awards and being named or elected to a variety of boards and leadership roles.

Our commitment to excellence has impacted the financial and organizational success of our clients. Most of our work comes directly from client referrals and repeat business.

Jill Johnson at the White House receiving a national SBA Award from President Bill Clinton.

Awards:

• Jill was named Minnesota’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the US Small Business Administration. She was 29 years old at the time.
• Drake University bestowed its National Young Alumni Achievement Award on Jill.
• She received the SBA’s National Small Business Advocate of the Year award in 1994 and is one of only a few people to have ever received both types of SBA awards.

Leadership: 

• Jill served 3 terms on the national board of directors of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and was the president of the Minnesota Chapter of NAWBO.
• She was a 2-term member of the National Advisory Council to the US Small Business Administration.
• Jill served on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce for 3 years and served 2 terms as chair of its Small Business Policy Council.
• Jill served on the Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for 6 years, was on the Board’s Executive Committee, and she chaired its Small Business Committee.
• Jill served on the Board of Directors of the prestigious James J. Hill Reference Library for nearly a decade.
• She is a member of the world-renowned Minneapolis Club, serves on its Program Committee, has served on the Finance Committee, and is the founder of its Book Club.
• Jill was an elected delegate to the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business.
• She served as a member of a Business Study Advisory Committee for the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development’s study, "Minnesota Women-owned Businesses: An Analysis of Access to Capital."
• At a field hearing for the US Senate Small Business Committee, Jill testified before the Senate Committee on the issues facing small businesses, and sat at the head table to accept the testimony from the other witnesses.