MEET THE TEAM
Karen Schafer, Founder and CEO
Stemming from her own infertility journey, Karen found her passion in assisting families through third party reproduction. As an IVF mom, former surrogate, egg donor, and embryo donor, she continues to use her experiences professionally by navigating surrogacy and egg donation journeys. With over five years of professional and ten years of personal experience, she continuously seeks to learn and empower those around her to create streamlined paths to parenthood. In addition to Compass, Karen is also a member of the officer team for SEEDS: The Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy. She loves being able to utilize her passion, knowledge, and experience within this volunteer role to help create more ethical paths to parenthood. Karen resides in Boise, Idaho with her husband, Jeremy, two children, Liam and Millie, and everybody's favorite pup named Obi.
Angie Arend
Case Manager (COO)
With over seven years of experience, Angie brings her knowledge, compassion, and skills to every case she manages. As a mom, she understands the deep desire one has to grow their family. Angie is a fierce supporter of Intended Parents and strong supporter of gestational carriers. With her case management experience and background in banking, her level of empathy and precision, along with her ethical framework, can be seen in each facet where she is involved. Angie lives in the Treasure Valley of Idaho along with her husband and three children. She is always eager and excited to start each new journey that comes her way.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.