Meet the

Parent Empowerment Network Executive Board

Robert Allen has been a professional educator for the past 9 years, teaching in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Washington State University and Arlington.  He has a degree in Theatre and English and has also worked professionally, in the Seattle area, as a director and set designer. 

Robert served on the committee which created the highly successful FRESHMAN ACADEMY program for the Arlington School District.  He also owns the town's only independent bookstore.

Patricia Bailey is a Seattle teacher with close to 20 years experience teaching in public and private schools.  Patricia has been an active member of the Seattle Education Association (SEA). Her research into school reform and Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) has led her to author and successfully propose several resolutions concerning the need for changes in both school reform and the WASL itself to the SEA and Washington Education Association.

Rachel DeBellis was born and raised in the heart of Seattle on Queen Anne Hill.  Most of her early education was spent in the Seattle Public Schools. After spending 12 years in the banking industry, she opted to stay home to raise her three children.

Rachel’s mission in education stems from discovering that she and her children suffer from dyslexia. Rachel has spent years studying the types, symptoms and effects of dyslexia.  She is a member of the International Dyslexia Association and the Washington State Branch of the International Dyslexia Association.

Lisa Sampson is a mother of four, in Vancouver, WA. She has been actively involved in public schools for many years, at the elementary, junior high and high school levels. Lisa has served on Site Councils and worked on levy issues. She has been a room mother, a Cub Scout Den Mom and a cheer coach. Working with PTA, she has twice been awarded the Golden Acorn for her volunteer service. She has also been involved with youth work in her church for over twenty years.

Lisa is experienced in the intricacies of Individual Education Plans and 504 Plans and has worked with her schools to find the best education for her four children, two of whom have “special needs.”