Next Gen Personal Finance is pleased to announce its 2017 class of NGPF Summer Institute Fellows. Due to the success of last year’s Institute, we increased our investment and will be hosting TWO Summer Institute sessions – which means 24 outstanding educators will be joining us in Palo Alto this summer! The Institute brings together a passionate and talented group of educators who will create new activities, curate resources, collaborate and deepen their content expertise in selected topics — and have a lot of FUN in the process!

Once again, we received an overwhelming number of applications for the Summer Institute, highlighting the hunger for quality professional development opportunities. To meet this need, NGPF is underwriting the cost for TEN FinCamps to be delivered throughout the U.S. in 2017. What’s a FinCamp? Check out the details (including a video) here. We currently have four FinCamps already on the calendar, so please contact Laura, our Director of Teacher Engagement at laura@nextgenpersonalfinance.org, if you are interested in learning more.

We are extremely pleased to announce The 2017 NGPF Summer Institute Fellows:

Session 1: June 2017

Brent Gostomski
Stevens Point Area Senior High
Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Erin Johnson
The Soulsville Charter School
Memphis, Tennessee

Jeffrey Snyder
Wayne Valley High School
Wayne, New Jersey

Jill Wilson
Glenwood Springs High School
Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Jody Sandru
Twin Bridges High School
Twin Bridges, Montana

Joey Running
West Albany High School
Albany, Oregon

Kathleen McNamara
Newark Leadership Academy
Newark, New Jersey

Martha Somers
Broad Run High School
Ashburn, Virginia

Pat Page
East Greenwich High School
East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Patrick DeRosa
Osbourn Park High School
Manassas, Virginia

Ruth Sisman
Albemarle High School
Charlottesville, Virginia

Talitha Oliveri
Hopedale Junior-Senior High School
Hopedale, Massachusetts

Session 2: July 2017

Barbara O’Neill
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Brett Burkey
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida

Brian Johnson
Forest Hills Northern High School
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Courtney Poquette
Winooski High School
Winooski, Vermont

Diane Mondoro
Bridgewater-Raritan High School
Bridgewater, New Jersey

Jodie Holmquist
Hinsdale Middle High School
Hinsdale, New Hampshire

Julie Giglia
Whitman-Hanson Regional High School
Whitman, Massachusetts

Kayla Bousum
Johnston High School
Johnston, Iowa

Kerri Herrild
De Pere High School
De Pere, Wisconsin

Laurie Gardner
Marine City High School
Marine City, Michigan

Steve Penley
Waubonsie Valley High School
Aurora, Illinois

Vicky Livesay
Dobyns-Bennett EXCEL
Kingsport, Tennessee

About the Author

Laura Matchett

After graduating with an education degree and spending 7 years in an elementary classroom, Laura made the switch to the non-profit world and loves interacting with students, educators and business professionals across the country. She is passionate about all students having access to high quality education and views personal finance education as one way to ‘level the playing field’. When Laura is not locating or creating high quality educational resources, you can find her mountain biking or searching for the best ramen in town!