Mar 12, 2025

Congrats to the Spring 2025 Risk Management ASU/NGPF Cohort!

Join NGPF in congratulating the Spring 2025 cohort of participants for ASU’s Risk Management for Educators graduate course! After having already completed NGPF’s prerequisite certification courses, these participants were awarded scholarships to be able to take the graduate course with Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business because of their dedication to personal finance education. 

 

Here is what some participants said about their experience:

"I loved seeing all the pieces of the NGPF certification courses come together in this college class! Taking all the aspects of financial literacy and putting them into a course that shows how to achieve your overall financial goals in life (college, buying a car, house, retirement) keeping risk in mind was amazing!! A once in a lifetime opportunity for me to be able to have this learning opportunity!"

- Laura Simpson in NY

"It was very thorough and challenged me with material that will definitely help me to teach my students about investing and help in my own personal financial life."

- Kim Ervin in MO

"It was a fantastic opportunity to dive deeper into risk management. The course gave me so much to think about the protection side of my financial life."

- Elizabeth Gumbiner in SC

Congrats to the 42 educators who completed Risk Management for Educators in the 2025 Spring cohort! 

Michael Aday
from Hudson Academy in FL

Stephen Batterman
from Hubbard High School in IL

Stephanie Beitzel
 from Southeast High School in OH

Kim Berhorst
 from Highland High School in MO

Meredith Brener
 from Back of the Yards IB HS in IL

Michael Brennan
 from Weston High School in CT

Joy Bridges
 from Trenton Middle School in MO

Mark Chapman
 from Athens High School in OH

Hongyan Chen
 from Prairie View High School in CO

Daniela D'Amato
 from Joel Barlow High School in CT

Denise DeLury
 from Massapequa High School in NY

Kimberly Ervin
 from Jefferson High School in MO

Shawna Fadden
from Leroy Greene Academy in CA

Christina Friday
from Thompson K-8 International Academy in MI

James Geibel
 from Justice High School in VA

Elizabeth Gumbiner
 from MUSC in SC

Kelly Horton
 from Falmouth High School in ME

Keyera Johnson
 from East Orange STEM Academy in NJ

Sidra Johnson
 in CA

Maria Kennedy
 from Impact Leadership Academy in TX

Jennifer Klink
 from Conneaut Area Senior High in PA

Elizabeth Kocharian
 from Bell Gardens High School in CA

Daniel Lawrence
from Kaiser High School in HI

James Martin
from Walnut Hills High School in OH

Kellie McDonald
from Daniel C Oakes in CO

John McLeod
 from Taylor County High School in GA

Shari McTaggart
 from Shanley High School in ND

Dianna Mikkelsen
 from Ouachita Children, Youth, & Family Services in AR

Carrie Pedersen
from Washington Virtual Academy in WA

Rebekah Peterson
 from Lyle Secondary School in WA

Bradley Pollack
 from Waukegan High School in IL

Rhondalynn Richards
 from Rochester NY

Traci Sanders
 from Palmer High School, Palmer in AK

Melissa Schram
 from Millard West High School in NE

Shauna Seaman
 from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in MN

Laura Simpson
 from Highland High School in NY

Shobhana Singh
 from Evergreen Valley High School in CA

Jiyoung Song
 from Andover High School in MA

Margaret Steiner
 from Casa Grande High School in CA

Lorielynn Wilberg
 from Legacy High School in NV

Lynette Williams
 from Odessa High School in MO

Monica Wittrock
from Luxemburg-Casco High School in WI


This list represents 42 of the 806 scholarships awarded so far to teachers in 2023-2025 for this program.


Are you interested in participating in this program? 

Visit the NGPF/ASU Partnership Guide for Graduate Credits to learn more.

About the Author

Chris Salm

Chris (ella/she/her) joined NGPF full-time as a project manager and Spanish translator after 13 years as an educator in NY. She is a graduate of St. Louis University in Madrid, Spain with a degree in International Business. She has a Masters in Teaching from Pace University in New York and a certification in translation from NYU. She brings organizational skills to the team at NGPF, helping to ensure every high school student graduates financially literate. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and going back home to Spain with her husband and two children. She also enjoys running with her dog and exploring nature.

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