Learn how 13 educators earned NGPF Distinguished Educator awards after their dynamic summer of Certification Courses!

To earn the NGPF Distinguished Educator award, teachers pass at least 6 NGPF Certification Courses, each of which is 10 hours of live instruction with an end-of-course exam. This demonstrates their amazing commitment to personal finance content expertise. With confident personal finance content experts in the classroom, the next generation is in very good hands! 

The NGPF Distinguished Educator award comes with great rewards:

• a physical NGPF Distinguished Educator plaque,
• a digital NGPF Distinguished Educator badge for email signatures, and
• well-earned celebration (as below) on the NGPF website.

Meet the new NGPF Distinguished Educators!

Mike Aday from Hudson Academy (FL)

Heather Beebout from Natrona County High School (WY)

Jackie Brown from Okolona High School (MS)

Meghan Burgin from Morris Hills High School (NJ)

Laura Cummins from Sutton High School (MA)

Eric Dorward from Garden Spot Middle School (PA)

Marc Hua from Preuss School UCSD (CA)

Dawn Kawamura from Burlingame High School (CA)

Dani Larson from Bradshaw Mountain High School (AZ)

Sharon Lutz-Krebill from Montcalm Area Career Center (MI)

Hattie Pellegrino from Massabesic High School (ME)

Melissa Shaffer from Clarkston High School (MI)

Jessica Zarnke from Loyal High School (WI)

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.