Congratulations to 26 newly crowned NGPF Distinguished Educators! Teachers earn this award by passing 6 or more NGPF Certification Courses, a huge professional development milestone!

NGPF Distinguished Educators get great professional learning experiences in their NGPF Certification Courses, but they also get awesome rewards to go with their accomplishment:

• beautiful plaques to hang in their classrooms,
• digital badges to display in their emails and online profiles, and
• recognition on the NGPF website, as below.

Get one course closer to the award by taking your next NGPF Certification Course.

Meet the newly crowned Distinguished Educators!

Erik Batchelder from Bob Graham Education Center (FL)
Collette Baugh from Westlake High School (UT)
Rebecca Campbell from Granite School District (UT)
Joshua Chlebowski from Cromwell Middle School (CT)
Ariel Clifton from Glendale Community College (AZ)
Jeff Delezenne from Clinton High School (MI)
Nicole Falgiano from Woodbridge Senior High School (VA)
Rio Fujita from Prospect High School (CA)
Andrea Garver from Thomas C. Mario Middle School (SC)
Beth Graceffa from Chequamegon High School (WI)
Leah Groom from Flagler-Palm Coast High School (FL)
Kristina Hansen from Tooele County School District (UT)
Wing Leung from James Hennigan K-8 School (MA)
Mike Li from Scarsdale Senior High School (NY)
Holly Malek from Fulton High School (MI)
Antonia Patterson from East Cobb Middle School (GA)
Jonathan Permar from Guilford County Schools (NC)
Karen Remiszewski from Innovation Charter High School (NY)
Yolanda Rothfuss from Valley High School (UT)
Heather Savadel from Manatee School For The Arts (FL)
Sandy Scott from East Junior High School (ID)
Lauren Sennott from Winthrop High School (MA)
Reese Stock from Jackson Heights Middle School (FL)
Hwee Boon Teo (May) from Odyssey of Learning (GA)
Stephanie Triplett from Bessemer Center for Technology (AL)
Jocelyn Woods from Beckley Center School (WV)

Meet ALL the Distinguished Educators!

• 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 Authors

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.

Hannah Rael

As NGPF's Marketing Communications Manager, Hannah (she/her) helps spread the word about NGPF's mission to improve the financial lives of the next generation of Americans.