Congratulations to the 59 dedicated teachers who have joined the ranks of NGPF Distinguished Educators after the most recent NGPF Certification cohort! Learn how to win your Distinguished Educator plaque, badge, and bragging rights alongside them.

The NGPF Distinguished Educator award, a lifetime honor that teachers can accumulate over multiple years, comes with great rewards:

1. a physical NGPF Distinguished Educator plaque,
2. a digital NGPF Distinguished Educator badge for email signatures, and
3. well-earned celebration (as below) on the NGPF website and in local media outlets.

How do teachers win the NGPF Distinguished Educator award?

To earn the NGPF Distinguished Educator award, teachers pass at least 6 NGPF Certification Courses, each of which is 10 hours of instruction & review, and a 1 hour end-of-course exam. That is serious dedication to content expertise in personal finance concepts!

But don't worry - even if your schedule is packed, the Distinguished Educator award is a lifetime honor that you can accumulate over multiple NGPF Academy Years. In other words, it doesn't reset each summer, and once you're in, you're in. Get started on your next NGPF Certification Course to get one step closer!

Meet the new NGPF Distinguished Educators!

Freda Adogamhe from Alexander Hamilton High School (WI)

Karen Anti from Palmer High School (MA)

Teresa Broadnax from Phelps ACE High School (DC)

Jennifer Brown from Pinkerton Academy (NH)

Steve Buckholz from Millcreek High School (UT)

Stephanie Burg from Royalton High School (MN)

Alicia Butler from Pawnee High School (IL)

Lori Capra from Haverhill High School (MA)

Val Chapman from Financial Literacy for Kids (CA)

Stephanie Cren from Shenandoah High School (IA)

Louis Crandall from Desert Hills High School (UT)

Colleen Crowe from Rocklin High School (CA)

Daniela D'Amato from Joel Barlow High School (CT)

Megan DeHate from Hanley International Academy (MI)

Elvira DeLuca from Boston Latin Academy (MA)

Patrick DeRosa from George Mason University (VA)

Danielle Desmarais from Clinton Senior High School (MA)

Juanita Duchrow from Seminole Ridge High School (FL)

Terri Eros from Cape Henlopen School District (DE)

Rob Fetters from Mount Vernon High School (OH)

Jessa Forthofer from DSST Cole High School (CO)

Kevin Gartman from Montezuma High School (IA)

Jeanetta Glass from Craigmont High School (TN)

Sammy Gutierrez from Boston Community Leadership Academy (MA)

Yolanda Hedtke from Sky Mountain Charter School (CA)

Valerie Heilman from Bottineau High School (ND)

William Huggins from St. Pius X Catholic High School (GA)

Marylou Johnson from Methuen High School (MA)

Julie Kelly from Spring-Ford Senior High School (PA)

Scott Kempen from WHS Information Technology (WI)

Gina Kerbel from Janesville Parker High School (WI)

Jonathan Kiefer from Catasauqua High School (PA)

Ellie Lind from Seattle Academy (WA)

Jessica Logan from East Irondequoit Central School District (NY)

Jennifer Long from Middleboro High School (MA)

Elizabeth Magee, PhD from Lexington Richland Five (SC)

Samuel Molina from The Academy of Financial Education (CA)

Amory Nance from Lawrence County (OH)

Linda Olsen from The Academy of Innovation (CA)

Ardice Perry from Norwich Free Academy (CT)

Cathy Jo Reynolds from Northwest High School (OH)

William Rowald from Rockford East High School (IL)

Kelly Rupp from Amherst Middle School (NY)

Kate Saeli from Desert Shadows Middle School (AZ)

Palmer Schroeder from Reedsberg Area High School (WI)

Sheena Searcy from Franklin Simpson High School (KY)

Lisa Sherman from East Side High School (NJ)

Shobhana Singh from Evergreen Valley High School (CA)

Jennifer Slaght from Freeport High School (IL)

Kristin Snyder from North Penn-Liberty High School (PA)

Wendy Stokna from Broadalbin-Perth Central School District (NY)

Crystal Swick from Fairfield Union High School (OH)

Claudia Villareal from Spring Woods High School (TX)

Keith Wartzenluft from Case High School (WI)

Michael Wehn from Millbrook High School (VA)

Denise Werner from Hononegah Community High School (IL)

Paula West from Richland County High School (IL)

Brandan Wheeler from Alabama A&M University (AL)

Lisa Williksen from Mica Peak High School (WA)

Meet ALL the NGPF Distinguished Educators!

As of writing, 785 teachers have earned the title of NGPF Distinguished Educator.

• 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

Christian Sherrill

Former teacher, forever financial education nerd. As NGPF's Director of Growth & Advocacy, Christian is laser-focused on our mission to guarantee all students a rigorous personal finance course before crossing the high school graduation stage. Having paid down over $40k in student loans in the span of 3 years - while living in the Bay Area on an entry level teacher's salary - he's eager to help the next generation avoid financial pitfalls one semester at a time.