About

Our Team

Staff, local partners, fellows, and board members at Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to higher education.

Open Campus is a nonprofit newsroom covering how colleges shape opportunity in America. We work with partner newsrooms across the country to bring critical higher education stories to local communities.

Leadership

Sara Hebel
Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief
sara@opencampus.org

Scott Smallwood
Co-Founder & CEO
scott@opencampus.org

Maria Archangelo
Chief Revenue Officer
maria@opencampus.org

Open Campus Staff

Pauline Arrillaga, Managing Editor, Investigations

Nichelle Corbitt, Operations Manager

Emily Lytle, Rural Engagement Reporter

Paula Matias, Director of Revenue Operations

Kate McGee, Investigative Editor

Colleen Murphy, Managing Editor, Local Network

Stela Patron, Revenue Director

Caroline Porter, Director of Product & Strategic Partnerships

Maye Primera, Associate Editor

Kayleigh Skinner, Managing Editor, Race & Equity

Charlotte West, Prison Education Reporter

Felicia Mello, Berkeleyside
Amy Morona, Signal Ohio
Daniel Perez, El Paso Matters
Danya Pérez, San Antonio Report
Lisa Kurian Philip, WBEZ Chicago
Allie Pitchon, Charlottesville Tomorrow
Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune
Claire Rafford, Mirror Indy
Víctor Rodríguez Velázquez, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
Candice Wilder, Mississippi Today
Natalie Yahr, Wisconsin Watch

Board of Directors

LaSharah Bunting

Vice President, The 19th

Caroline Hendrie

Executive Director, Society of Professional Journalists

Amy Kovac-Ashley

Executive Director, Tiny News Collective

Arlene Notoro Morgan

Retired Dean, Temple Universtiy Klein College

Scott Smallwood

Co-founder, Open Campus

Ted Weidlein

Former editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education