Author Biography

Roger Parent Biography

Elected Positions

1. Mayor, South Bend, Indiana, 8 years, 1980-1987
2. City Council, South Bend, 8 years, President, 5 years, 1972-1979
3. School Board Member, South Bend, 5 ½ years, President, 2 years, 2009-2014

Other Leadership Positions

1. President, RIPEA (Retired Indiana Public Employee Association) Current
2. President and Founder, World Dignity, Inc. (Non-profit) Current
3. Peace Corps Country Director, Haiti, Grenada, 1988-1990, plus Bulgaria later.
4. Peace Corps Volunteer, First Thailand Group, 1961-63

Publications and Teaching

1. Parent, Roger, Getting Things Done: Stories of Leadership from the South Bend Mayor’s Office to the School Board, the Peace Corps and Beyond. Filibuster Press, 2022
2.  Parent, Roger, The Making of a Peace Corps Volunteer: From Maine to Thailand, Published, 2013, 200 pages.
3. Parent, Roger, “La Petite Boucanne Bleu” ECHOES: Rediscovering Community, The Northern Maine Journal of Rural Culture, No. 39, Jan. – March, 1998. (Plus a dozen more articles in this magazine.)
4. Parent, Roger, Book Review in DIMENSIONS, July/Aug, 1998, NCDC. Kelly, Kathleen S., Effective Fund-Raising Management, 1998.
5. Parent, Roger, Amelia Discovers the Secret of Her Dove, unpublished young adult novel, 2015
6. Adjunct Lecturer, 1990 — 1993: Indiana University and Indiana/Purdue Universities. (Courses: Decision-Making and Policy-Making in Government)

Other Credentials

1. B.A. Degree in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, May 1961, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. M.A. Degree in Education, May, 1966, University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
3. Languages: Fluent in French and English. Spoken Thai.

Married to Rolande Ouellette Parent. We have four children and six grandchildren.