Since 1989, The Parent Institute has been a leader in providing research-based parent involvement publications to educators and parents. Our primary goal has been to help parents help their children succeed in school. In an effort to offer the most up-to-date ideas and information to parents, via the Internet, we have established The Parent Institute Panel of Experts.

Members of the panel are all outstanding educators and educational leaders. Many have been recognized as National Distinguished Principals by the United States Department of Education. Others are educational leaders in the training of teachers, principals, and counselors or in the field of Special Education. They are respected by their colleagues and have many years of school experience serving children and parents.

The Panel of Experts includes:

	Richard F. Barbacane—Distinguished Educator and Consultant in the field of Special Education, recent Principal, Buehrle Alternative School, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
	Ronald R. Brown—K-5 Principal, Kennedy Elementary School , Wellington, Kansas.
	Barbara Chester—K-5 Principal, Cherry Park Elementary School, Portland, Oregon.
	Dr. Victoria Foster—Associate Professor, Counselor Education Program, Faculty Director, New Horizons Family Counseling Center, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
	Deborah M. Harvest —Principal, Cochran Academy Elementary School, East Orange, New Jersey
	Richard P. Houseknecht—Principal, Manor Elementary School, Pennsbury School District, Levittown, Pennsylvania.
	Edward J. Jerome—Principal, The Edgartown School, Edgartown/Martha's Vineyard School District, Edgartown, Massachusetts.
	Carole L. Kennedy—Director, Missouri Council of School Administrators Outreach,Regional Facilitator, Educational Testing Service, Columbia, Missouri
	Eddie L. Lucero—Vice-President of the Governance Council for the Creative Education Preparatory Institute 2 (Cepi2), Albuquerque, New Mexico.
	Mary Kay Sommers — President, National Association of Elementary School Principals, 2007 - 2008, Principal , Shepardson Elementary School, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Members Emeriti:

Yvonne G. Allen—Local, state and national education leader Director of Memphis-Shelby Field Service Center University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

Lillian M. Brinkley—Veteran educator, consultant and civic leader, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Christine E. Frude—Principal, Paradise Valley Elementary School, Natrona County School District No. 1, Casper, Wyoming.

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