Shannon Corin started in the business world at the age of 18 will still attending high school in Sacramento, CA.&; After school she worked for a local parts company doing filing, typing and other office tasks required of her. She then moved to Hayward, CA, attended Chabot College and began working for a Sales & Service company in the A/R department billing customers while obtaining her AA Degree in Accounting. She moved to another Sales & Service company to advance her career in the accounting field taking on all aspects of A/R including month end reporting, collections and invoicing. As she was finishing her degree at Chabot College she was approached by one of her Professors for a job with a prominent and well established family run manufacturing business in Alameda, CA as a Payroll Administrator. She accepted and soon found she loved doing payroll. To advance her career and training she was moved to Cost Accountant and cross trained on A/P. During her time there she became very adept at the General Ledger and making journal entries as well as inventory control. With the company sold to a national company and everyone receiving their pink slips, she moved to Silverdale, WA with her then fiancée (now husband) and began working as a Payroll Accountant for the timber and construction industries. During this time she became a Certified Payroll Professional which is awarded by the American Payroll Association after meeting eligibility requirements and a comprehensive 4 hour test. She then worked for a local CPA firm extending her training and experience in multiple industries. Companies change and she took on other responsibilities as Contract Administrator, Business Manager and Full-Charge Bookkeeper before taking on the biggest challenge of her life–starting her own bookkeeping and accounting business!

The CPP designation requires one must take CPE courses to keep the designation or retake the test every 5 years. Continuing education in the field of Payroll are a must!

Shannon is currently the Treasurer of the Brownsville Elementary PTSA and of the Brownsville UMC Women’s Group.

Olympic Business Exchange Announces Their Member of the Quarter  Silverdale, WA- (January 23, 2008) –Olympic Business Exchange (OBE), a chapter of Business Network Int’l (BNI), selected Jennifer Whitelaw with TW² Marketing, Inc. as its member of the quarter for the months of October through December, 2007. The OBE leadership team selects member of the quarter awardees based upon participation within OBE, business passed to other OBE and BNI members, efforts to expand OBE membership, participation in continuing education programs and more. Ms. Whitelaw serves as senior consultant with TW² Marketing, Inc., a marketing communications company with offices in Bremerton, Wash. and San Diego, Calif. Olympic Business Exchange gathers every Thursday morning to network and pass business referrals. All business professionals interested in increasing their business are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Dagmar Lacy at (360) 876-0706 or dlacy@olynorthwest.com or visit www.olympicbusinessexchange.com.

Olympic Business Exchange Welcomes Visitors  Silverdale, WA- (January 10, 2008) –Olympic Business Exchange, a chapter of Business Network International (BNI), will meet Thursday, January 17 at 7:30 a.m. at Silverdale Beach Hotel. Visitors are welcome.  Kathleen Haag, an independent sales director with Mary Kay, will make a 10-minute presentation about skin care basics for the New Year – five steps to a new you.  Olympic Business Exchange gathers every Thursday morning to network and pass business referrals. All business professionals interested in increasing their business are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Dagmar Lacy at (360) 876-0706 or dlacy@olynorthwest.com or visit www.olympicbusinessexchange.com.   # # #

Background:
Olympic Business Exchange, a chapter of Business Networking International (BNI), will offer pro bono business advisory services to one non-profit organization during 2008. Advisory services may include financial, marketing, real estate, wellness and more, depending upon the needs of the organization.
Olympic Business Exchange is a professional networking group, based in Silverdale, Washington, that meets weekly to exchange business leads. As part of the chapter’s 2008 strategic plan, the members want to contribute to their community by donating their time and expertise to help a non-profit organization.

Requirements:
• Organization must be not-for-profit
• Organization must work to improve lives or the environment in Silverdale (additional areas of influence okay).
• Organization must have a representative available to serve as the liaison between the organization and Olympic Business Exchange.
• Organization’s liaison must attend at least one Olympic Business Exchange meeting at or near the start of its business relationship with Olympic Business Exchange.
• Organization must permit a representative from Olympic Business Exchange to attend at least one of their board meetings.

Materials requested: (Please keep responses to one page maximum for each item requested)
• Overview of the organization
• Organization’s 2008 goals
• Recent accomplishments
• A description of how assistance from Olympic Business Exchange could help the organization reach its goals
• Identify the primary contact
• Contact information for the organization
• Web site address or comparable marketing brochure material

Disclaimers:
BNI is not responsible for advice or service rendered by members of Olympic Business Exchange. Olympic Business Exchange has the right to select any non-profit organization that submits a proposal in response to this request. Olympic Business Exchange reserves the right to stop providing services to the chosen non profit at any time for any reason.

Please send proposals and direct questions to:
Dagmar Lacy
dlacy@olynorthwest.com, or
c/o Olympic Northwest Insurance
1480 Sid Uhinck Road, Ste. 200
Silverdale, WA 98383

For more information about Olympic Business Exchange and its members, please visit www.olympicbusinessexchange.com.

Due Date: February 29, 2008 by 4:00 p.m.