Roe Parker is an educator and leader with a focus on the future. He is active in the Oregon Area Progressives and the founder of Anderson Park Friends, Inc. (APF). Roe leads the APF Board that increased volunteer engagement to over 3,900 hours in 2022. His leadership increased the number of new members from 0 to 105 in a 3-year period.

Roe’s Media Articles
Why We Can't Afford to Lose the Oregon Observer (July 30, 2024)
Link: https://bit.ly/3YqY6NP

Regulating AI: New Challenge In Wisconsin (May 23, 2024)

Link: https://bit.ly/3wRxbzk

 

The Missing Voice: Women in Local Government (March 19, 2024)
Link: https://bit.ly/4998rQ3

Navigating the Chemical Maze: A Life’s Journey (January 16, 2024)

Link: https://bit.ly/3WsUfyJ

 

Oregon’s Success Story: A New Park (October 3, 2023)

Link: https://bit.ly/3UlbmQc

 

Food Is a Human Mystery (July 11, 2023)

Link: https://bit.ly/3UqiISJ

 

Spread the Love and Volunteer Your Time (April 25, 2023)

Link: https://bit.ly/3HzmHXi

 

Balance Is the Key To Sustainable Forests and Prairies (December 3, 2021)

Link: https://bit.ly/3JNPzfe

 

A long-time Dem, his political experience was gained as a county board supervisor and leader/staff person in 8 political campaigns-presidential, congressional, state, and local.

As a community organizer, Roe helped pioneer the emergency food pantry and community garden movements in Wisconsin. His memberships included the American Federation of Teachers, former AFL-CIO Member, and food cooperatives. Roe is retired after 37 years of civil service contributions at the WI Dept. of Agriculture, WI Dept. Work Force Development, and the WI Technical College System.

As a Master Level Educator, he managed a successful consulting and training business for 19 years. His background includes workshops, conference presentations, and developing online (eLearning) courses for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His master’s degree is from UW-Stout in career and technical (business) education.

Roe's highly rated workshops were a fixture at the UW Madison-Small Business Development Center for over 14 years. Participants and clients ranged from Epic to the Vita Plus Corporation and over 75 small businesses. 

His workshops benefited a variety of small businesses and nonprofits on the topics of project management, fundraising, volunteer recruitment & management, problem solving, and creativity.

Roe has also instructed grant writing courses for over 14 years for Madison College. His courses supported over 110 nonprofits and 250 grant writers. Over 14 southeast Asian charitable organizations benefited from proposals that brought back $1.5 million from Washington D.C.

Testimonials From Prior In-Person Workshop Participants

Fantastic! Just what we needed!"

Fun, interesting, very positive workshop."

“Roe was a great instructor and made the information easy to digest!” I know I can apply the content tomorrow."

“I appreciated the referrals to additional resources, so I can keep exploring after the course."

“The workshop was packed with tools & insights to engage my desire to use these tools/insights to get $! Thanks.”