Jerry & Dawn Carnill

 Jerry & Dawn both grew up in Michigan: Jerry, living in both western and eastern Michigan as a pastor’s kid, Dawn in the Detroit suburbs.  They met at Troy Baptist Church where they were married in 1983 and began their journey together.  They now have 4 sons, Zac (15), Corey (18), Nick (21) and Josh (23) and reside in the Atlanta area.

 While on a mission trip to Spain in 1985 they felt God speaking to them about serving Him as missionaries. At that time Dawn was studying at Wayne State University and working as a secretary and Jerry was working as the VP of a small financial planning firm.

 There first missionary assignment was as Interim-directors, and teachers at Academia Las Americas in Honduras. 1986/1987. Director of Project Build Outreach at World Thrust Atlanta Georgia 1987-1995. HCJB World Radio 1995 – 2006 Director of Short-term teams, Director of World Offices, Executive Management Team. Extreme Response International 1997 – Present, Jerry serves at the President/CEO. Dawn heads up the Public Information Department and oversees the Christmas Events worldwide.

 Extreme Response International exists to change the lives of people living in extreme, often life threatening situations. Primarily, we do this through

Biography of Jerry Carnill, Founder/CEO, Extreme Response International

 

“Extreme Response exists to change the reality of people living in desperate, often life-threatening conditions.  This is accomplished by identifying and encouraging grass roots efforts, organizing resources, and enabling people to help those in need by providing education, health, nutrition and shelter assistance.”

Family Background

Born June 26, 1960, Grand Rapids, Michigan 

Married to Dawn Carnill, ER Special Events/Communications Director 

Children: Josh, 23, Nicholas, 20, Corey, 17, Zachary, 15

Training/Education

Graduated Troy Athens High School 

Attended Harper College and Oakland Community College 

Graduated Rio Grand School of Spanish  (fluent in Spanish and English)

DSAD Securities License

Charitable Estate Planning Training

Work Experience

1982-1986  Vice President, Stewardship Consultants, Troy, MI

1986-1987  Director, Academia Las Americas, Siguatapeque, Hondurus

1987-1995  Director, Project Build International, World Thrust Inc., Atlanta, GA

1995-2005  Director World Offices/Global Teams, HCJB Radio, Quito, Ecuador

2000-Present  President/CEO Extreme Response Intl, Stone Mountain,  GA/Quito

Field Experience

Directed 600+ service teams worldwide via World Thrust, HCJB and Extreme Response

Directed 9,000+ people who served on these teams

Personally led 200+ volunteer teams

Worked in or visited 40+ countries

Affiliations

Board of Directors, Mundo Ventures, Quito

Consultant to Executive V.P. of HCJB World Radio

Public Speaking Experience

Frequently requested for conferences, leadership training, short-term team training, churches, Hispanic and African strategy meetings.

 

Funding Partners

Airline Ambassadors

American Airlines

GBSynergy

General Motors Matching Fund Program

GFS Market Place

Gordon Food Service

Kensington Community Church

Microsoft Corp. Matching Funds Program

Miracles in Action

Ride For Hope

Woodside Bible Church

Field Partnerships (partial list)

Quito City Dump Program, Quito, Ecuador

Living Hope Community Centers, Cape Town, South Africa

Liberian Refugee Program, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Augstin Tomala AIDS Foundation, Guayaquil, Ecuador

House of Hope, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Ramanso de Amor, Quito, Ecuador

Mitchell’s Point Orphan Program, Cape Town, South Africa

Pan de Vida, Quito, Ecuador

Cuba Relief Program, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Ambato Education Program, Ambato, Ecuador

Casa Gabriel, Quito, Ecuador

Nuevos Amigos, Quito, Ecuador

Global Disaster Relief – Targeted assistance in response to major disasters

Extreme Response History and Vision

“Extreme Response began in 1997 in reaction to the dire, urgent needs of desperately hurting people in the Quito Dump.  There was no strategic plan, just a heart-felt desire to help impoverished people get minimal nutrition, health care, and education assistance.

“Organized activities developed to meet these needs.  As volunteers and funding arrived, Extreme Response was formed to provide leadership, language translation, cultural exchange, and resource application.

“Once word spread about ER programs at the Quito Dump, urgent pleas for help poured in.  At first we received inquiries from within Ecuador, but soon they came from Central America, Africa, and other parts of the world.

“By 2000, the growing volume of humanitarian aid partnerships required ER form a board of directors and develop strategic plans.  By 2005, these partnerships required such a huge commitment that my wife and I became ER’s first full-time staff members.  We now have 16 staff but need to grow further in response to the exploding requests for aid.

“We now have more than 27 partners and projects in nine countries and we are making a difference.  Yet the lack of food, healthcare, housing, and education is truly astounding.

“Our goal is to continue partnering with local organizations that are on the front lines of fighting poverty, AIDS, food shortages, illiteracy, and homelessness.  To meet these overwhelming needs, ER is working with volunteers and donors to provide volunteer work teams, funding and expertise.

“My vision is to see ER connect the many people who want to help with those who are trying to survive in these desperate conditions.  The scope of this challenge requires me to delegate some project leadership of work teams, which I truly love, and increase the awareness of our programs to volunteers and donors in the U.S., Canada and other developed countries.”

About Extreme Response International

ER originated in 1997 in response to extreme needs observed in the Quito Dump. It was

incorporated in 2001 in the state of Georgia as a Humanitarian Aid Organization and holds 501 C3 Not-For-Profit status.  In 2006, ER was incorporated in Canada as Extreme Response Canada, a Not-For-Profit Organization.

Contact Information

U.S. Office: Extreme Response Intl., P.O. Box 345, Snellville, GA 30078-0345.

Telephone 770.573.4696

International Office: Extreme Response Intl., Casilla 17-17-691, Quito, Ecuador.

Telephone + 593.2.225.3597 

Website:  www.extremeresponse.org.

 Email: jcarnill@extremeresponse.org.