Patty Bunker is the National Director of Parent Engagement and Training for Family Leadership, Inc. She is the co-author of two best-selling parenting books and lead trainer of Parenting Partners™, a family engagement model used by 100’s of districts nationally. She has trained more than 5,000 school-based trainers in the Parenting Partners model, which has produced over 250,000 parent leaders. She has over 20 years of experience as a Family Therapist, University professor & popular keynote/workshop speaker for National, Title I, and State Educator and Parent Engagement conferences. She and her husband David have two grown children and she loves being 'Gaga" to their four amazing grandchildren.