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!

• Drew Mizak from H. H. Ellis Technical High School (CT)
• Carri Donmoyer from Bald Eagle Area Junior Senior High School (PA)
• Brian Hemsworth from Sacramento Country Day School (CA)
• Neal Green from Abraham Lincoln High School (NY)
• Darina Bateman from Granger High School (WA)
• Chris O'Reilly from CO
• Rachael Mata from Box Elder High School (UT)
• Laura Berry from Sterling College (VT)
• Lillian Wurm from Unknown School
• Anupam Mishra from Homeschool (CA)
• Lisa Olson from Walter Maginnis High School (MN)
• Michelle Roe from Breckenridge High School (MI)
• Aidel Lindell from Mary Jo And William Macdonald Maryhurst (KY)
• Richard Goldsmith from Langston Hughes High School (GA)
• Sheila Krajcir from West Haven High School (CT)
• Elliott Jimenez from Bluffton-Harrison Middle School (IN)
• Jennifer Anderson from Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School (NV)
• Brian Richeson from Glenoak High School (OH)
• Robin Bray from Scarsdale Senior High School (NY)
• Linda Dara from Cherrydale Elementary School (SC)
• Michelle Barton from Crandall High School (TX)
• Rainy Dold from Davis High School (UT)
• Jessica Remetio from Clifford O Findlay Middle School (NV)
• Kimberly Lewis from Global Leadership Academy (CO)
• Christopher Kelley from Mount Carmel Academy (LA)
• Kamren Western from Merit College Preparatory Academy (UT)
• George Schott from The Academy Of Information Technology & Engineering (CT)
• Allen John Gomera from True North International School, Vietnam
• Scott Corsi from Lorain County Community College (OH)
• Zoraida Wright from Daniel Jenkins Academy (SC)
• Carrem Duque from Valley High School (NV)
• Aubrey Burns from Larry A. Ryle High School (KY)
• Lance Massey from Robichaud Senior High School (MI)
• Vanessa Ami from Waco High School (TX)
• Vasanthi Nanjundan from Wade Hampton High School (SC)
• Colleen Beagan from Bayfield High School (WI)
• Heath Agnew from Troy Buchanan High School (MO)
• Liz Chalanick from Skaneateles Senior High School (NY)
• Kaitlin Flannery from South Carolina Department of Education (SC)

Meet ALL the NGPF Distinguished Educators

There are now 1,533 NGPF Distinguished Educators!

• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 60, announced February 2026)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 59, announced January 2026)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 58, announced November 2025)
• 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.