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=Carol Schillios=

Fabric of Life Location (traveling from): Edmonds, WA Contact Information: c.schillios@verizon.net 425.775.7391 Availability: **Available and interested** (Has scheduled all three days on her calendar for flexibility in our scheduling) She is very interested and can do workshop or speaking presentations. She is available any of the time slots and I think she is just terrific. She is also able to work out something for a donation to her organization. Fabric of Life does amazing things.Call her and see what we can do. Would prefer a keynote, but is open to a workshop session

Cost: Conference Topic Emphasis: Social Justice Background Information: Carol has more than 30 years experience in the cooperative credit field. This year, her firm Schillios Consulting Group celebrates 19 years of consulting services to credit institutions world-wide. Carol is an experienced consultant to micro-credit programs in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. Her clients include, Freedom From Hunger, The World Bank, World Education and World Council of Credit Unions in micro-credit development, strategic planning, board of directors and management training.

Carol is founder of The Trainer's Institute & Schillios Development Foundation in Seattle. She authored the 6-module CU Professional Development, employee sales and service training manuals used by credit unions across the US and co-authored Credit and Financial Management Training Modules for the African Confederation of Cooperative Credit Unions. Carol is known as a master trainer of trainers and has taught at the Australia CU Directors' Institute.

Carol is a three-time Silver Award winner from the World Council of Credit Unions for her work in developing countries. She represented CU's at international forums in Latin America, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and China. The NW Cooperative Federation honored her with the DiMarcello Cooperative Spirit Award in 1998. In 2003, she received the Anna Read Award from the CU Women's Association of Oregon and the [|Ambassador Award] from the Washington Credit Union League. Carol attended the International School in Geneva, Switzerland.