Company Bios

Delores

Delores Palmer — President/CEO

dpalmer@wewrite.net1-(831) 336-3382

Delores L. Palmer, President & CEO of WeWrite LLC, a unique promotions agency, is tireless in the effort to induce children to read.

In 1993, Palmer founded WeWrite, specializing in creative book-writing workshops. During the workshop, children brainstorm and act out a story, while an illustrator sketches. The technique is an educational process in which the children gain knowledge in particular subject matter and experience the joys of authorship. These group-authored books are then published for the national market.

Prior to founding WeWrite, Palmer helped instigate the development of a public library in Rochester, Illinois. She served as Library Director from 1985 until resigning to establish a company, Palmer Promotions, in 1993, which became WeWrite Corporation.

Previously, Palmer worked as a researcher in the Department of Neurology, Southern Illinois School of Medicine and was a Free-lance Writer of articles on health and family relations. From 1974 to 1983, she was a Rehabilitation Specialist for International Rehabilitation Associates, a private agency, and a Counselor for the Division of Rehabilitation Services, State of Illinois.

Palmer received her Masters in Human Development Counseling from the University of Illinois, Springfield in 1984. In 1971, she received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Stanislaus.

She is a member of Leadership America, Class of 2003, and Leadership Illinois, Class of 1996. She is also a previous member of National Association of Women Business Owners.

Married 35 years and now widowed, Palmer has a daughter, a Naval Academy graduate of 2000, who is a LT Commander, U.S. Navy (retired). Palmer also has a mother/son relationship with a former exchange student, now a Navy pilot.

WeWrite Company expanded into creative good-for-you promotions, often through the eyes of children. Books, electronic products, and other materials continue the focus upon easy, fun-to-read, materials for the majority of the population.


Rickey

Rickey Bowen — Director of Marketing

rbowen@wewrite.net1-(408) 515-3368

Rickey Bowen brings an impressive professional background to WeWrite with 19 years of experience in financial planning, investment management and insurance services, along with extensive sales and marketing management skills.

Involvement in church leadership and activities, in addition to taking care of his elderly parent and autistic daughters, have helped him appreciate the value of life’s small but important moments.

I want to share the love and joy I’ve experienced with my wife and daughters through the WeWrite books. What WeWrite has done is unique in children’s books: reading something from a child’s point of view that an adult can connect with.”


Jan

Jan Hansen — Editor

jhansen@wewrite.net

Jan Hansen serves as Projects Coordinator for WeWrite. With a strong background in writing and editing, Hansen has cultivated a love of the written word for over 50 years; the first purchase she ever made with saved allowance money, at age 8, was a book.

A “Jill of All Trades,” Hansen has a degree in journalism, received her B.A. with a major in philosophy and a minor in political science from the University of California, Riverside, and has done graduate work in the visual arts field. A calendar of her photographic work was printed by the National Festival of Women’s Theater, Santa Cruz.

She lived abroad in England and Switzerland, serving as program assistant for the International Peace Bureau in Geneva. For 14 years she served as Elections Coordinator, State of California, for NBC News and recently acted as coordinator for the exploratory campaign of an Iowa gubernatorial candidate.

I’ve always had ‘ink in my blood’ and a tremendous love of reading. WeWrite allows me to indulge my passion for literature and for helping children explore the pure joy of being a creative soul.”


Joe

Joe Barcelone — Creative Consultant

joebarcelone@gmail.com

Artist, cartoonist, animator, scriptwriter, movie director.

1-(408) 376-1432


Alex

Alex Bentley — Director of Technical Services

Alex Bentley serves as Director of Technical Services for WeWrite. He has about 50 years of experience in software design, development, and architecture for both internet and more traditional software. Some of his past clients include Wells Fargo, Nike, Sun, & Apple. He started his career in software working for NASA while in high school in the Theoretical Gas Dynamics and Lasers Branch at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. He worked as a contractor for the Department of Homeland Security and General Dynamics as a Senior Programmer at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He worked for Samsung in their Research and Development group involved with Android software. He retired from Amazon in 2021, having worked on the Alexa Android app.

WeWrite has a unique product/approach that immediately caught my attention. I’m pleased to be a part of this team.”

He operates Bentley Websites, where he specializes in web design/development and photography.