Advisory Board
Advisory Boards bridge schools and communities. These individuals together provide the classroom speakers, mentors, job-shadowing venues, funding for scholarships, and paid internships for all eligible Academy students.
An Academy Advisory Board member:
Enjoys creating customized work experiences in which students develop skills necessary for academic and professional success;
Appreciates the value of capable and caring adult mentorship and professional internships to high school students who would not otherwise access this support;
Understands the critical importance of their partnership to Academy staff and students who thrive with a strong degree of engagement from an Academy Advisory Board.
Academies are not only enhanced by a creative and engaged Advisory Board, but DEFINED by it.
Corporate personnel, representatives from institutions of higher learning, representatives from community-based non-profits, local or regional government representatives, small-business owners and employees all offer vast and essential resources that complete the structure of the NAF Academy model.
The 2024-25 Academy Advisory Board members are:
Chair, Jan-Scott Richard
Treasurer, Connie Roy
Laura Guichard
Nancy Kinchen
Heather LeBlanc
Shauntelle Lopinto
Marilyn McDonald
Barbara Pippin
Mary Ellen Vincent
Jacey Wilkerson
Ex-Officio Members:
Sherry Guidry
Alexandra Hebert
Amy Pastor-Bergeron
Jason St. Pierre