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:

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