Peter Rose's Email & Phone

Mr. Rose joined Isles in August of 2006 after his most recent work as Program Manager for Microenterprise Development for MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) where he supported the replication of the ASSETS Plus+ microbusiness development model in new across the United States and Canada. In 1995, as the Founder and Executive Director of the Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help (Washington CASH), he created an award-winning, comprehensive microbusiness development organization for low-income women, people with disabilities and other economically disadvantaged groupsfrom the ground up. At the time of his departure, its peer lending program had started more than 500 businesses and made more than $500,000 in small loans (the majority less than $1,000) to people with very low incomes and achieved a 98% repayment rate. Prior to starting Washington CASH, Mr. Rose was the Managing Director of RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund, the organizing agency for the Microcredit Summita 9-year coordinated effort to bring microcredit to 100 million of the world's poorest families by 2005. He has a B.A. from Evergreen State College and a teaching certificate from the University of Puget Sound.