Colleen Stiles is principle of Quoin Consulting, a firm specializing in philanthropy and business strategy. With more than 25 years experience in leading corporations through change and new technology market expansion, Ms. Stiles has built a reputation on her unique, all-out-massive action approach to business development and implementation. She is recognized for her agility in leading companies through change and conflict resolution. Her expertise in forming strategic alliances and partnerships has proven to be a strategic tool in helping companies and organizations build capacity while ensuring scalability and sustainable expansion.

Ms. Stiles is the founder of the Quoin Philanthropic Audit – a cutting-edge assessment tool that evaluates the philanthropic impact of charitable gifts. This is not a finance audit, but a program audit that includes personal visits to the front lines of philanthropic activity to see if the resources are really going where they are supposed to be going and if they are accomplishing program goals. Her reporting is both informative and compelling as she describes her adventures and the greater challenge of revealing unexpected outcomes to the client..."that orphanage you thought you were funding is really a pharmacy.”

Working with corporations, family foundations, and non-profits, Ms. Stiles has received acclaim for her work in increasing the accountability of United Way of America and other prominent not-for-profit organizations. A past CEO of two United Ways and an international nonprofit, Stiles has also built and sold three companies.

She is also a published business writer, who is in demand as a speaker on such topics as Overcoming Personal Adversity, Strategic Alliances in Challenging Economic Times, Angel Investing, The New Entrepreneurial Spirit, and Impact-Based Philanthropy. 
 A past Vice President of Institutional Advancement for the College of St. Benedict and guest lecture, Ms. Stiles has served as faculty for St. Cloud State University graduate program in Human Relations, undergraduate faculty for business and communication, interpersonal communication. She has also served on the faculty of Wake Forest University in Communication and Rhetoric.