About Us

We advance K–12 school choice by informing, inspiring, and empowering parents to discover, navigate, and access schools and education options.

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Our Approach

The National School Choice Awareness Foundation (NSCAF) and our sister organization, Navigate–National School Choice Resource Center (Navigate), fill a unique niche within the broader community of K-12 education organizations. To advance K–12 school choice and empower millions of families each year, we employ the same big, bold consumer-focused public outreach strategies pioneered by America’s most trusted consumer brands. 

Our Focus:

NSCAF and Navigate operate three high-impact charitable programs – National School Choice Week, schoolchoiceweek.com, and Conoce tus Opciones Escolares.
Our programs empower parents to navigate education options for their children, drive greater understanding of the benefits of school choice to local communities, showcase public support and demand for K–12 school choice in states, and advance positive school choice messaging across the nation.

NSCAF and Navigate are supported through grants from charitable foundations and from donations by individual contributors. NSCAF’s board is comprised of three members: Andrew Campanella, Lisa Graham Keegan, and Tracy Gleason. Navigate’s board is comprised of five members: Andrew Campanella, Virginia Walden Ford, Tillie Elvrum, Lisa Graham Keegan, and Zaida Hernandez. 

In FY 2022-23, our charitable programs supported school choice events and activities in 76 percent of U.S. counties.

What We Believe

Every child is unique, and all children deserve access to a great education, regardless of their race, ethnicity, family income, religion, place of living, language, or identity.
Parents know their children best and should be trusted to find schools and learning environments that best meet their children’s interests, talents, challenges, and needs.
When moms and dads actively choose schools or learning environments for their children, students are more likely to succeed and reach their fullest potential.
School choice includes all options that parents have or want for their kids: traditional public, public charter, public magnet, private, online, and home education.
School choice is not about elevating one type of school over another for all kids; it means empowering parents to make choices that work best for their individual kids.
Parents deserve accurate, unbiased, and practical information to help them navigate the education options available to their families.

Our Team

Andrew Campanella

President and CEO

Andrew Campanella Headshot

Andrew Campanella

President and CEO

Events and Partnerships

Noelle DeLaney

Vice President, Events and Partnerships

Dr. Shaunette Parker

Director, Awareness
Events

Julia Dvorak

Senior Advisor, Events and Partnerships

Daniel Duran

Senior Advisor, Special Events 

Noelle DeLaney

Vice President, Events and Partnerships

Dr. Shaunette Parker

Director of Awareness
Events

Julia Dvorak

Senior Advisor, Events and Partnerships

Daniel Duran

Senior Advisor, Special Events 

Mackenzie Mate

Coordinator, Participant Engagment

Lynn White

Advisor, Events and Partnerships

Joellyn Santo Paulo

Coordinator, School and Homeschool Recruitment

LaQuita Hudson

Coordinator, School Participation

Mackenzie Mate

Coordinator, Participant Engagment

Lynn White

Advisor, Events and Partnerships

Joellyn Santo Paulo

Coordinator, School and Homeschool Recruitment

LaQuita Hudson

School Participation Coordinator

Sarah Reynolds

Coordinator, Events and Partnerships 

Pam Peckman

Graphic Designer

Sarah Reynolds

Events and Partnerships Coordinator

Pam Peckman

Graphic Designer

Finance and Strategic Growth

Sandy Brown

Vice President, Finance

Clare Mullin

Senior Advisor

Kyle Welch

Coordinator, Finance

Scott Leven

Coordinator, Writing and Research

Fulfillment and Program Services

Haleigh Madsen

Director, Fulfillment

Public Awareness

Shelby Doyle

Vice President, Public Awareness

Krissia Campos Spivey

Project Director, Conoce tus Opciones Escolares

Rebecca Collopy

Manager, Program Systems and Evaluation

Alissa Jacques

Manager, Digital Communications

Shelby Doyle Headshot

Shelby Doyle

Vice President, Public Awareness

Krissia Campos Spivey headshot

Krissia Campos Spivey

Project Director, Conoce tus Opciones Escolares

Rebecca Collopy

Manager of Program Systems and Evaluation

Alissa Jacques

Manager, Digital Communications

Lucia Matamoros

Coordinator, Media Relations and Research

Astrid Rodriguez

Coordinator, Digital Content

Victoria Gonzalez

Coordinator, Program Systems and Evaluation 

Kevin Moser

Manager, Web Properties

Lucia Matamoros

Coordinator, Media Relations and Research

Astrid Rodriguez

Coordinator, Digital Content

Victoria Gonzalez

Program Systems and Evaluation Coordinator

Kevin Moser

Manager of Web Properties

Lauren Forte

Manager of School Navigation Resources

Lauren Forte

Manager, School Navigation Resources

Andrew Campanella

President and CEO

Andrew Campanella is one of the nation’s leading experts on K-12 school choice. He serves as the President and CEO of the National School Choice Awareness Foundation. Throughout his career as a nonprofit executive, Andrew has provided insightful and jargon-free commentary about education options to local, regional, and national media outlets in thousands of interviews.

With more than 18 years of senior-level experience in K-12 education, Andrew has led the National School Choice Week charitable program since 2012, playing a key role in the effort’s remarkable growth. In 2020, he authored The School Choice Roadmap: 7 Steps to Choosing the Right School for Your Child (Beaufort Books), which won the Foreword Indies Gold Award, a Silver IPPY, a Mom’s Choice Award, and a National Parenting Product Award.

Prior to his work with NSCAF and its related programs, Andrew served in senior-level positions at two national education organizations. Andrew attended traditional public schools in New Jersey and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from American University in Washington, D.C. He lives in Miami, Florida.

Shelby Doyle

Vice President of Public Awareness

Shelby Doyle has dedicated her career to providing parents across the U.S. with access to unbiased information designed to help them navigate the school choice options for their children. As the Vice President of Public Awareness for the National School Choice Awareness Foundation, she serves as the organization’s chief spokesperson and oversees the foundation’s efforts to research, develop, and promote school navigation resources for parents.

Shelby has worked in senior-level positions with the National School Choice Week charitable program since 2014. Prior to her work with NSCAF and its related programs, Shelby worked in several positions at academic journals and for government officials. Shelby grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and was homeschooled. She graduated from Houston Baptist University with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and government, and she lives in Nashville.

Krissia Campos Spivey

Project Director, Conoce tus Opciones Escolares

Krissia Campos Spivey is a rising national leader in ensuring equality of educational opportunity for Hispanic families. After raising the bar for parent-facing school choice resources in Spanish as a part of National School Choice Week, she’s expanding on that work as director of the newly launched Conoce tus Opciones Escolares (CTOE). In tandem with National School Choice Week, CTOE helps parents explore all of their K-12 education options, in Spanish, year-round.

In her role, Krissia leads the foundation’s efforts to communicate with Spanish-speaking communities, builds partnerships with nonprofit organizations to expand Spanish-language school choice outreach, and uses her expertise in digital communications to enhance the foundation’s programs. Through media appearances, informational videos, and articles, she has helped more than 50,000 Spanish-speaking parents access a great education for their children.

As a first-generation immigrant, she is passionate about empowering parents of every background to make informed decisions about their children’s education. Krissia is Salvadoran-American and fluent in both Spanish and English. She earned a bachelor’s degree in public relations and advertising from the Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador and lives in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Alissa Jacques

Manager, Digital Communications

Alissa Jacques serves as manager of digital communications at the National School Choice Awareness Foundation (NSCAF). In this role, Alissa oversees the organization’s English-language social media presence and develops high-impact advertising campaigns to inform, inspire, and empower parents about their K–12 education options.

Previously, Alissa owned her own digital marketing agency, served as an adjunct writing professor at Bloomfield College, and spent two years as an elementary school teacher at Democracy Preparatory Charter School in New York.

Alissa attended both public and private schools as a child, where she developed a love for creative writing. She holds a bachelor of arts in education policy and entrepreneurship from New York University, and a master of arts in sociology of education from Teachers College at Columbia University. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, scrolling through TikTok, and exploring NYC with her husband and cavapoo, Russ.