Rene Reid Yarnell is a well-loved international speaker, a writer, and consultant for the network marketing industry. Having built, with her partner, a successful organization of more than 200,000 marketing representatives worldwide crossing 28 countries, she has been heavily involved in helping to shape the Network Marketing industry for well over a decade.

Formerly a Catholic nun with an M.A. in Theology, Rene has dedicated much of her life to the field of education, beginning in the classroom in the sixties and expanding to include hosting both talk radio and television shows.

A member of the Network Marketing Hall of Fame, Rene is considered one of the country's most successful and sought-after authorities on network marketing and personal development. A prolific writing career, which includes the international best-sellerYour First Year in Network Marketing, has become the focal point of her passion for helping people create the life of their dreams. Her next book on the subject, The New Entrepreneurs: Making a Living–Making a Life in Network Marketing, accompanied by a companion audio program available in both audiocassette and Streaming Audio formats.

Rene's impact on the world of network marketing has garnered a litany of awards and distinctions, including being named "Greatest Networker in the World" by Upline Magazine. Her passion for helping people outside of the business world is equally inspiring. She co-founded the International Green Cross with vice-president Al Gore and former Soviet prime minister Mikael Gorbachev to address worldwide environmental preservation issues.

In her hometown of Reno, Nevada, Rene founded and serves on the local board of Project Restart, a program committed to assisting the homeless in Northern Nevada. Her commitment to the community even crossed over into politics when, in 1988, she was elected County Commissioner. Now living in Reno, her home of 20 years, Rene has two grown children: a son, Chris Grove, and a daughter by marriage, Amy Yarnell.

For more on Rene's career and personal background, click here:

• Personal Reinvention: My interview with Reno Gazette Journal

• Personal Reflections: My interview with Amazon.com

Personal Background

• Raised in Dallas, Texas. Currently resides in Reno, Nevada.

• 1962 Joined the Order of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul to become a Catholic nun immediately after high school. Left the order to earn bachelor's and master's degrees in theology from 1966-1969.

• 1969-1975 Worked in San Francisco Bay area in Catholic parishes as a religious education director, followed by a year of teaching 2nd and 3rd year theologians at St. Patrick's Seminary.

• 1975-1980 and 1981-1983 Switched careers by becoming producer and host for local TV and radio call-in shows in San Francisco, California, Denver, Colorado and Reno, Nevada.

• 1976-1985 Rene's marriage to former priest and poet, James Kavanaugh.

• 1980-1981 Hired as a consultant by Lear Fan in Nevada to moderate communications between management and front-line workers.

• 1985-1986 Worked for the Nevada School of Law at now-defunct Old College in Reno.

• 1988 Ran for political office and won a Washoe County Commission seat. Served on the Board of County Commissioners until 1993.

• 1988 Started her own network marketing business as a Nu Skin distributor, where she eventually met future husband Mark Yarnell.

• 1990 Established Project Restart, a program committed to assisting the homeless in Northern Nevada.

• 1991-1998 Rene and Mark create a marriage and a merger, building a Nu Skin downline and serving as advocates for the industry.

• 1994 The Yarnells establish the University Certificate Seminar for network marketing with Dr. Charles King.

• 1997-1998 The Yarnells write and publish Your First Year in Network Marketing.

• 1999 Rene writes and publishes The New Entrepreneurs: Making a Living–Making a Life Through Network Marketing.

• 2000 Rene writes Til Death Do Us Part to be released in the spring of 2001.

Honors & Awards

• 1997 Inducted into the Network Marketing Hall of Fame by The International Directory of Network Marketing.

• 1995 Named "Greatest Networker in the World" by Upline Magazine.

• 1995 Leadership Award, Financial Upline Press.

• 1995 Distributor Of The Year, Multi-Level Marketing International Association.

• 1992 Leadership Award, Multi-Level Marketing International Association.

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