Bud & Mary Averill Corkin

Mary Averill Corkin, (M.Ed. Harvard University; MBA Harvard Business School)

By the age of 25, Mary had taught high school, earned a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard University, and owned her own consulting firm. Later she received her MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mary was a banker for the New Ventures Group of the Bank of Boston and Vice President in charge of corporate lending activities for the First Interstate Bank and was the Director of the Small Business Development Program for Boston University’s Graduate School of Management, and there taught entrepreneurs about business planning and development. She has owned her own businesses and has been on the board of directors of others.

Bud Corkin, (BA, McGill University; JD, Boston College Law School)

Bud practiced law for 22 years.  Early in his career, he was the Chief Litigator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and later an Assistant Attorney General in Massachusetts. In 1979, he became a senior partner in Davis, Malm and D’Agostine, a major Boston law firm, where he represented many small businesses and some of the largest corporations in America.  Bud was ranked highest in legal ability and ethical standards by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings and was a top earner among lawyers in the U.S. He has been in network marketing for the past 20 years and has owned other businesses as well. He has also served as a consultant in the direct sales and network marketing industries.

In 1991, Mary and Bud became Hawaiian Blue Diamond Executives, becoming the 15. This was the fastest any distributor had reach the company highest pin level since the company’s inception in 1984. They were top performers in Starlight
International, Lametco International, Isagenix and MonaVie. They were also founding vice presidents of MonaVie in 2004, which became a $ 1 billion company.

Their book, entitled Network Marketing, (Crisp, 1994) is published in nine countries and seven languages.

Some significant accomplishments in Network Marketing:

Nu Skin: In our first two years (1990-91) $20 million. The first training sold by Nu Skin was Blue Diamond Basics by Mary Averill and Bud Corkin.

Starlight International: (1999) In six months won a trip to Hawaii and one to Paris and were the top recruiter each week and in the top 5 for volume production.

Lametco International: Top distributor.

Isagenix International: (2003) In six months Colorado’s top distributor and 6th in the company. After one year they sold their downline for $600,000 in order to become founding vice presidents for Monarch Health Sciences (later MonaVie).

Monarch Health Sciences/MonaVie: (2004-2006) Founding vice presidents of field development and top distributors from January ’04 to June ’05.

James Christiansen

James Christiansen has spent over 10 years working in the commercial real estate field and commercial banking arena. Mr. Christiansen was the youngest Vice President of Premier Commercial Bank, located in Anaheim, California, and shortly thereafter became president of Premier Commercial Capital, Inc., an extension of the bank’s commercial lending division.

Quickly seeing the direct selling opportunity, James made a name for himself dealing with the business side of the industry during his presentations and gained a following of distributors across the nation. During his quick rise to a top earning level at his last direct selling company, James learned that not only was the business rewarding for him, but he could share his experience and opportunity with others.

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