A mother of four—whose children have experienced public, private, cyber, and home education—Colleen was well‐versed in school choice long before she began working to advance it. After 17 years as a stay‐at‐home mom, Colleen re‐entered the policy world through the Koch Fellow Program in 2017. She spent nearly four years as a senior fellow and senior policy analyst with the Commonwealth Foundation working for educational freedom in her native Pennsylvania. She was also a visiting fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum.
Colleen’s commentaries have been published a variety of publications, including The Hill, The Washington Examiner, Education Post, The Daily Signal, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She has testified before the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee and appeared on several radio and television shows.
Colleen has a degree in economics from the University of Maryland. Following college, she interned at the American Enterprise Institute and then joined the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy in Pittsburgh as a research associate.