Company Bios
Delores Palmer
President/CEO
(831) 336-3382
Delores L. Palmer, President & CEO of WeWrite Company and 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 presently a Lt., U.S. Navy. Palmer also has a mother/son relationship with a former exchange student, now an Ensign in Navy Flight School.
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.
Jan Hansen
Projects Coordinator
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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.”
Elena Laborde
Spanish Translator
Elena Laborde graduated with a degree of Profesora en Letras at the Universidad del Litoral in Argentina. She came to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship to obtain her Masters in English. After marrying and deciding to stay in America, Ms. Laborde obtained a Masters in Spanish at Stanford University.
Ms. Laborde taught Spanish at the University of California in Santa Cruz for a year and then at Cabrillo College for 8 years. She has been working as a translator for over 25 years.
Living a very active life, Ms. Laborde travels many times a year, with hobbies including flying with her husband in their small plane, gardening, birding, snorkeling, hiking, cooking, reading, playing bridge and being a grandmother.
Alex Bentley
Director of Technical Services
Alex Bentley serves as Director of Technical Services for WeWrite. He has over 35 years of experience in software development, design, 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.
“WeWrite has a unique product/approach that immediately caught my attention. I’m pleased to be a part of this team.”
He also helps as a technical consultant for Bentley Services International, a design company run by young adults.