Jeanne Allen is the founder and chief executive of the Center for Education Reform (CER), the nation’s premier leader in advancing innovation and opportunity in education.

A pioneer of America’s education-reform movement, Allen founded CER in 1993 and authored the pathbreaking School Reform Handbook: How to Improve Your Schools (1995).

A nationally recognized advocate and respected expert for more than a quarter century, Allen directs CER’s work at the local, state, and national level to advance innovation and opportunity from K through career. She is a trusted advisor to individuals across the spectrum of education policy — from White House and Cabinet, to elected representatives in Congress, governors, and state legislators, to local school officials and parent groups, to policymakers, philanthropists, and fellow champions of education improvement.

Allen maintains a near-constant media presence through interviews, op-eds, and articles with a diverse range of print and electronic-media outlets. She writes a column for Forbes and hosts the podcast, “Reality Check With Jeanne Allen.”

Allen began her career on Capitol Hill and then served as a senior official in the Department of Education. She holds a Masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Ed Entrepreneurship program.

Michael J. O'Neill serves as Assistant General Counsel and the Barbara K. Olson Legal Counsel. He is a graduate of Villanova University and the Catholic University's Columbus School of Law. He specializes in constitutional and regulatory legal matters, and has exposed tax abuse and improper political spending by non-profit groups. He has authored numerous amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Federalist Society and the American Bar Association. Mike is licensed to practice law in Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Paul Barreca is the Director of Fellowship International Mission in Allentown, PA. FIM helps missionaries to fulfill God’s call to proclaim the gospel around the world. Paul’s passion for missions and discipleship grew out of thirty-three years of pastoral ministry in which he served churches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan. His strong focus on personal discipleship developed into a curriculum for one-on-one and small groups based on the discipleship methods of Jesus. He describes these methods in his book, “Follow the Master: How Jesus Made Disciples.” The curriculum he developed is widely used today. It contains 34 doctrinally based lessons with life application titled, “Follow the Master, A Discipleship Course for Growing Christians.” Paul also utilizes wilderness trips and Israel tours as intensives to help believers become spiritual maturity and love God’s Word. He led over 30 wilderness trips in Canada and along the Appalachian Trail. In 2011 Paul led the first of numerous Bible study tours of Israel, two of those in partnership with Kerby Anderson and the Point of View Radio Program.
Paul studied at Word of Life Bible Institute, Lancaster Bible College, Michigan Theological Seminary and Clarks Summit University where he earned a Doctor of Ministry degree. He has taught in Bible colleges both in the United States and the Philippines.
Paul and his wife Kim have three children and seven grandchildren and have been married since 1982. Contact Paul to learn more about discipleship or to have him speak to your church our group.

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