Carol Frank is a rare bird.

Clearly, Carol is passionate about business, networking, and animals and the intersection of the three. As a one-time auditor for a large CPA firm, she gained an inside-out understanding of how companies operate. Her first business was a pet shop in Dallas called The Animal Kingdom. Through this retail endeavor, she discovered her parrot passion, which fueled her next business: Avian Kingdom Supply, Inc. From 1990 to 1998, Carol owned and operated what grew to be a multimillion distributor of 2,100-plus pet products.  In 1996, she launched Avian Adventures, a designer and importer of exclusive birdcages and accessories, which she operated for 11 years before selling to Midwest Homes for Pets in 2007. 

She is passionate about entrepreneurship and sharing her expertise with others: Carol’s exuberance and humor combined with her unique story-telling ability results in audiences that are educated, energized, and enlightened. Carol is a long time member of The National Speaker’s Association.  

She is the author of the highly-acclaimed book, Do As I Say, Not As I Did! Gaining Wisdom in Business Through The Mistakes of
Highly Successful People (translated into five languages). The success of her book, combined with her extensive experience as
an entrepreneur, has made Carol a sought-after speaker and interview subject.  Her television appearances include Oprah, MSNBC,
Good Morning Texas, NBC News and she has co-hosted the nationally syndicated television show “Great Pets.”

She has been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times , Entrepreneur, USA Today,
Business Week, The Dallas Morning News and other business publications.

Carol began her career as a CPA with Ernst & Young and also spent three years as an executive recruiter for Robert Half International.
She has a BBA in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

Over the years, Carol has served in leadership roles within the pet industry and on the board of more than a dozen nonprofit and
business organizations. 

Carol has served on the boards of these professional and nonprofit organizations (leadership role in parenthesis):