Lisa Graham Keegan (born July 20, 1959) is an American education reform advocate and the author of the parenting book Simple Choices.

organization promoting a "shift (of) efforts toward studying schools that, despite being low income, are certainly on the high end of success.

"[4] She served as Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction and as a senior policy advisor on education to Senator John McCain's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2008.

[7] Simple Choices begins with Lisa Graham Keegan's memoir of building a family through divorce, abandonment, adoption, mental impairment, sexual identity and all the challenges life has to offer.

[1] Simple Choices begins with Lisa Keegan's memoir of building a family through divorce, abandonment, adoption, mental impairment, sexual identity and all the challenges life has to offer.

She co-authored the education chapter of Newt Gingrich's 2010 book To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine.

Columnists including George Will of Newsweek, David Brooks of the Weekly Standard, and Clint Bolick of National Review have featured Keegan's reform agenda.

[16] Previously she has been associated with Education Breakthrough Network,[17][18] a coalition of organizations and individuals for school choice;[19] and the Education Equality Project[20] with Joel I. Klein, former Chancellor, NYC Public Schools, Dr. Michael Lomax of the United Negro College Fund, Janet Murguia, CEO, National Council of La Raza (NCLR).

Columnists such as George Will of Newsweek, David Brooks of the Weekly Standard, and Clint Bolick of National Review have featured Keegan's reform agenda.

[24] She helped to write the campaign's education policies and often served as McCain's surrogate in debates, on panels, and on radio and television where these issues were discussed.

She regularly debated a variety of political advisors to Senator Barack Obama's campaign on national media outlets such as Fox News and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS.

[26] Prior to becoming state superintendent, she served two terms in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995 where she was chair of the Education Committee.

[27] A strong advocate for parental choice in education, as a legislator Keegan was the prime sponsor of one of the most comprehensive charter school law in the country.

[39] In 2022 Arizona Governor Doug Ducey named Keegan to "lead the ($100 million) AZ OnTrack Summer Camp ... initiative to overcome learning loss that occurred during the pandemic."

She was appointed to be the "point person for the eight-week summer camp program, which will provide students with a positive, innovative atmosphere where they can get caught up.

Keegan was inducted into the National Charter School Hall of Fame in 2013, in recognition of her service promoting parental choice in education.

[28] In 2011 the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry recognized Keegan's efforts to reform education by presenting her with Milton Friedman Transformational Leader Award.

"[44] video interview Lisa Keegan was elected president of the Grand Canyon Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 2019.