These teachers recently joined the ranks of NGPF Distinguished Educators who have passed six or more NGPF Certification Courses. Celebrate them with us!

Teacher friends, pass six or more Certification Courses with NGPF and you too can join these impressive teachers. Get all the spoils, including a beautiful physical plaque for your classroom!

• Raquel Aguilar from Desert Oasis High School (continuation) (CA)
• Derek Bardell, EdD, CNP from Delgado Community College (LA)
• Wendi Bartholomew from Packer Ridge Academy (PA)
• Cayden Black from Grand County High School (UT)
• David Ceule from Blue Springs South High School (MO)
• Karen Chew from Camden County Technical School (NJ)
• Charlotte Christensen from Santa Clara University (CA)
• Giancarlo Corti from Aragon High School (CA)
• Travis Crawley from Volcano Vista High School (NM)
• Kimberly Devoll from Tri-Valley High School (OH)
• Tarah Donoghue from Allen County Juvenile Center (IN)
• Samantha Godden-Chmielowicz from Schurz High School (IL)
• Peter Habib from Belleville High School (NJ)
• Geordan Hull from Queens College (NY)
• Brenda Jenkins from Fredericktown High School (MO)
• Karin Linch from Tecumseh High School (OH)
• Steve Lyons from MS 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center (NY)
• Dawn Piper from Ridge High School (NJ)
• Sandy Sanchez from Hunterdon Preparatory School (NJ)
• Matt Stark from Herron High School (IN)
• Kara Stutzman from Davis Junior High School (MI)
• Deveri Thornton from Utah Career Path High School (UT)
• Zharyh Toledo from Proximity Learning (TX)
• Sebastian Vallejo from Saint Paul Preparatory School (Seoul)
• Stephanie Wilson from Utah Career Path High School (UT)
• Lauren Woodcock from Manchester Essex Regional High School (MA)

Meet ALL the NGPF Distinguished Educators

There are now 1,424 NGPF Distinguished Educators!

• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 56-57, announced October 2025)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 54-55, announced August 2025)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 53, announced June 2025)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 52, announced May 2025)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 51, announced April 2025)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 50, announced March 2025)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 49, announced January 2025)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 48, announced December 2024)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 47, announced October 2024)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 45-46, announced September 2024)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 44, announced July 2024)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 43, announced June 2024)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 41-42, announced April 2024)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 40, announced March 2024)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 39, announced January 2024)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 38, announced December 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 37, announced October 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Pilot Cohort, announced September 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 35-36, announced August 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 34, announced July 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 33, announced June 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 32, announced May 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 31, announced April 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 30, announced February 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 29, announced January 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 28, announced December 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 27, announced November 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 25-26, announced September 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 1-24, announced July 2022)

About the Author

Abby Richards-Hatton

Abby joined NGPF as an Administrative Assistant in August 2025. She spent several years working as a legal assistant for a corporate law firm before transitioning into the nonprofit field. She is a graduate of San Francisco State University where she studied Political Science.