Morehead-Cain Foundation announces 2025 Impact Educators for investment in young leaders

The Morehead-Cain Foundation is proud to announce the 2025 Impact Educators honored by semifinalists for the Morehead-Cain Class of 2029. These 457 educators come from 40 states and 22 countries.

The Impact Educator initiative, launched in 2023, celebrates K–12 educators worldwide who are shaping tomorrow’s change-makers. The honorees are recognized by exceptional high school seniors for their positive influence on students’ lives and leadership development.

“We are honored to celebrate this year’s Impact Educators, all of whom inspire and empower the next generation of leaders,” said Chris Bradford, president of Morehead-Cain. “Their commitment to young people paves the way for a brighter future, and we are deeply grateful for their investment.”

View the full list of the 2025 Impact Educators below.

2025 Impact Educators

The Impact Educators are listed below alphabetically by North Carolina, out of state (other U.S. states and territories, and the District of Columbia), and international.

*Educator was nominated twice.

North Carolina

Jordan Adair
Durham Academy

Layla Aldousany
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics-East Campus

Layla Allen
Cedar Ridge High School

Sybil Anderson
North Forsyth High School

Tim Anglin
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics-East Campus

Lindsey Arant
Marvin Ridge High School

Nadav Avital
Weaver Academy

Janice Barbee
Northside High School

Connie Barrow
Leesville Road High School

Anne Beatty
The Early College at Guilford

Glorybeth Becker
Triangle Math and Science Academy

Anne Beichner
Chapel Hill Senior High School

Jonathan Bennett
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics-East Campus

Amy Beveridge
Ronald Reagan High School

Lea Bingham
Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community College

Bryan Bishop
Isaac Bear Early College High School

Grace Boyette
The Fayetteville Academy

Eric Brown
Topsail High School

David Bryson
Shelby High School

Jessica Burch
Swansboro High School

Emily Burrus
Pisgah High School

Kara Caccuitto
Cary Academy

Tony Calabria
Wakefield High School

Joel Campbell
John T. Hoggard High School

David Cantrell*
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Durham

Jane Cantwell
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Morganton

Shane Capps
Charlotte Lab School

Jay Carmicheal
Person Senior High School

Cinnamon Carpenter
Greene Central High School

SJ Casar
The Exploris School

Alexander Castro*
The Academy at Ben L. Smith High School

Cindel Chavers
Caldwell Early College High School

Amy Chiles
Croatan High School

Jennifer Coble
Chapel Hill Senior High School

Kathryn Cogdell
Lake Norman High School

Vanessa Costa
Woods Charter School

Sadie Crockett
Arendell Parrott Academy

Clint Crumley
Providence Day School

Jeanette Culek
William Amos Hough High School

Taylor Cummings
John T. Hoggard High School

Mary Davis
University Christian High School (Retired)

Jason Dehart
Wilkes Central Senior High School

Madison Dellinger
West Lincoln High School

Robyn Dembisky
Wakefield High School

Samuel Dewitt
First Flight High School

Patrick Dombrowski
Enloe Magnet High School

Russell Dorrell
Northern Guilford High School

Mary Duncan
Myers Park High School

Julianne Dunn
Massey Hill Classical High School

Kathryn Edminson
Davie County High School

Sonya Edwards
Cherokee High School

Melanie Eldridge
R. J. Reynolds Senior High School

Jessica Eliot
New Hanover High School

Scott Evans
Appalachian State University

Mark Ewing
North Lincoln High School

Andie Faircloth
Athens Drive Senior High School

Catherine Falkenbury
Salisbury High School

Jacques Fasan
The Burlington School

Shaney Fersinger
John T. Hoggard High School

Dustin Foley
Albemarle High School

Jeff Foltz
Covenant Day School

Emily Fox
Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. Discovery Academy

John Freeman
Lumberton Senior High School

Jennifer Fuller
Harnett Central High School

Fotini Giannoulis
Providence Senior High School

Courtney Giesel
Charles E. Jordan Senior High School

Katherine Glover
Chase High School

Erin Gray
Northeastern High School

Shawna Greeno-Bridges
Hibriten High School

Jeremy Grube
East Mecklenburg High School

Nathan Hahn
Cuthbertson High School

Lisa Haidt
The Epiphany School of Global Studies

Casey Hall
Vance Charter School

Bethany Hannon
The Middle College at UNCG

Margo Harper
South Lenoir High School

Sarah Hawkins
South Iredell High School

Thomas Hefner
The Middle College at UNCG

Edward Highsmith
Cato Middle College High School

Victoria Hill Green
Level High School

Camille Hinshaw
Chatham Central High School

Jennifer Hoffman
East Chapel Hill High School

Bradley Holt
Queen’s Grant High School

Sara Hurd-Whittemore
Green Level High School

Matthew Ingram
South Caldwell High School (Retired)

Kristen Jackson
Holly Springs High School

Angela Jenkins
Smithfield-Selma High School

Jeffery Jennings
Person Senior High School

Andrew Jones*
Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences

Bobbie Jones
Hayesville High School

Megan Justice
Topsail High School

Corey Keffer
East Duplin High School

Chad Keister
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Durham

Sara Keys
Community School of Davidson

Jwan Khasraw-Khal
Green Hope High School

Jason King
Heritage High School

Robert Kirkendall
Saint Thomas More Academy

Pamela Koloustroubis
The Franklin Academy

Jonathan Krahn
Providence Senior High School

Alisha LaFell
Pinecrest High School

Michael Lavigne
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Durham

Marianne Leek
Tri-County Early College

Greg Lekavich
Gaston Day School

Michael Lemon
Carolina Day School

Beth Lewis
Faith Christian School

Kimberly Llyod
Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy

Mareca Lodge
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Morganton

Brittany Maggard
Watauga High School

John Malinowski
Freedom Christian Academy

Venetia Mann
Clinton High School

Aliena Maples
John Griffin Middle School

Cecilia Ruth Marcus
Smoky Mountain High School

Leslie Martin
R. J. Reynolds Senior High School (Retired)

Dave Matthews
Pamlico County High School

Adam Mazzolini
Freedom High School

Akwete McAlister
Mount Tabor High School

Angela McDaniel
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center

Michael McGinn
West Carteret High School

Tatiana McInnis
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Durham

Daniel McKinney
Mountain Heritage High School

Kimberly Monahan
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Durham

Ormand Moore
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Durham

Brandon Moore
West Cabarrus High School

Michelle Morin
Cape Fear Middle School

Madison Moss
West Lincoln High School

Bobbie Neff
Apex High School

Yulia Nettles
East Wake Academy

Josh Nixon
Challenger Early College High School

Cory Noe
West Carteret High School

John Noland
Cary Academy

Andy Oats
High Point Christian Academy

Chad Ogren
Enloe Magnet High School

Jessica Parker
Cox Mill High School

Mariah Parks
Heritage High School

Dawn Patterson
Ardrey Kell High School

Renee Pearson
Ralph L. Fike High School

Jackie Pennucci
Northwood High School

David Peters
Southeast Alamance High School

Bethany Phillis
Hendersonville High School

Jonathan Plesser
Charles E. Jordan Senior High School

Evan Post
Grimsley High School

Michael Prelaske
Middle Creek High School

Cindy Pressley
Concord Academy (Retired)

John Ramos
Forestview High School

Nicholas Rigas
Asheville High School (Retired)

Fritz Robinett
The School of Inquiry and Life Sciences at Asheville

Glasher Robinson
Hertford County Early College High School

Michael Roy
Shiloh Valley Elementary School

Anita Rubino
Currituck County High School

Justin Scarbro
Walter Hines Page High School

Jessica Schields
Cox Mill High School

Ryan Seeger
The Epiphany School of Global Studies

Christopher Semper
T. C. Roberson High School

Payton Shearin
East Wake Academy

Shannon Sinclair
Sampson County Early College High School

Jennifer Slusser
Enloe Magnet High School

Richard Smith
Cannon School

Amber Smith
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Durham

Richard Smith
South Stokes High School

Brittany Smith
Southern School of Energy and Sustainability

Alyssa Smith
Stokes Early College High School

Eli Snider
South Mecklenburg High School

Lynn Snow
Mount Airy High School (Retired)

Zack Snyder
Mitchell High School

Erin Stalker
Providence Grove High School

Seth Stallings
Riverside High School

Gregory Stearns
Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy

Erin Stokes
South Point High School

Christa Sturdevant
Charlotte Christian School

Christy Sutton
D. H. Conley High School

Heather Sznurkowski
Coastal Christian High School

Renny Taylor*
Nash Central High School

Matthew Taylor
West Wilkes High School

Sarah Thibault
Seaforth High School (Retired)

Kirsten Thomas
Charles B. Aycock High School

Melissa Thrasher
Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Scott Tolentino
Calvary Baptist Day School

Michael Ulku-Steiner
Durham Academy

James Wagner
Franklinton High School

Spencer Ware
Carolina Friends School

Troy Weaver
Raleigh Charter High School

Sarah Wersuk
Franklin High

Amy West
Harnett Central High School

Connie Whaley
Wayne Country Day School

Lisa Wheeler
Hunt High School

Edward Wills
Alexander Central High School

Laura Woods
Needham B. Broughton High School (retired)

Ben Wooten
Salisbury High School

William Yates
Waynesville Middle School

Rebecca Yoon
Triangle Math and Science Academy

William Zahorodny
Grimsley High School

Out of State

Alabama

Bryan Rosenstiel
Mountain Brook High School

Jay Rye
The Montgomery Academy

American Samoa

Bill Shanahan
Pacific Horizons School

Arizona

Doug Eubanks
BASIS Ahwatukee

Tatiana Kolesikova
BASIS Tucson North

Kevin Storey
Shadow Mountain High School

Kristin Venberg
Brophy College Preparatory

California

Eunice Beltran
Mater Dei Catholic High School

Perry Carter
Junipero Serra High School

Chelsea Denlow
Nueva School

Brock Fellows
Santa Fe Christian School

Ann Greyson
Castilleja School

Neha Kamdar
The Branson School

Thomas Kemper
Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences

Jake Moffat
Sacred Heart Preparatory

Laura Moore
Cate School

Jonathan Parks
Dougherty Valley High School

Jessica Perez-Del
Toro Westridge School

Taylor Peterson
Campolindo High School

Marc Popovich
San Clemente High School

Maura Sincoff
Menlo School

Dayana Swank
Los Altos High School

Maura Sincoff
Menlo School

Tom Swanson
Del Norte High School

Jonathan White
Dublin High School

Colorado

Devon Brady
Evergreen Senior High School

Stephany Choi
Cherry Creek High School

Loni Desjardin
Kent Denver School

Jake Lehr
Peak to Peak Charter School

Kristie Letter
Peak to Peak Charter School

Benwari Singh
Cherry Creek High School

Eliot Taft
Colorado Rocky Mountain School

Connecticut

Lynn Connelly
Hopkins School

Richard Karrat
The Loomis Chaffee School

David Kim
The Loomis Chaffee School

Wei Liu
The Hotchkiss School

Timothy Quinn
Miss Porter’s School

Delaware

Bill Grebe
Salesianum School

Anna Miller
Tower Hill School

Tanga Myers
Newark Charter High School

Florida

Lilia Avendano
Mast Academy

Ana Figueras
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy

Jennifer Gordinier
Pine Crest School

Emily Grace
Ransom Everglades School

Wenjing Hu
American Heritage Schools, Broward Campus

Kailey MacNamara
American Heritage Schools, Broward Campus

Melisa McNeill
American Heritage Schools, Broward Campus

Michele Meyer
Ponte Vedra High School

Ari Novick
Cypress Bay High School

Sean O’Donnell
Bay High School

Patrick Sheehan
Bloomingdale Senior High School

Hunter Tabloff
Winter Park High School

Melodee Thompson
James S Rickards High School

Georgia

Beth Clark
North Cobb Christian School

Krista Fancher
Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

Lori Fenzl
Woodward Academy

Brendan Geoghan
The Alliance Academy for Innovation

Daniel Gribble
Riverwood International Charter School

Tom Hatcher
Alpharetta High School

Erin Jackson
Norcross High School

Jessie Trawick
Garcia Marist School (On Sabbatical)

Amanda Xiques
Allatoona High School

Illinois

Matthew Doll
Hinsdale Central High School

David Heineman
New Trier Township High School

Indiana

Evan Dutmer
The Culver Academies

Doug Stan
Boise High School

Iowa

Aaron Eldridge
Johnston High School

Erin Hoffman
Prairie High School

Kansas

Jeffrey Breedlove
Blue Valley North

Kentucky

Derrick Staton
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisiana

Jeannette Thompson
Episcopal High School of Baton Rouge

Camille von Hoven
Isidore Newman School

Annie Whitaker
St. Scholastica Academy

Maryland

Wright Abbot
McDonogh School

Michael Ashmead
Richard Montgomery High School

Alex Barron
Boys’ Latin School of Maryland

Apryl Doyle
Severn School

Sharon Hoetzlein-Sirman
Huntingtown High School

Melissa Kaplan
Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School

Mary Kline
Holton Arms School

Leandro Mendaro
The Bryn Mawr School

Gregory Miller
Walt Whitman High School

Kim Rehwoldt
Bullis School

Nicole Rosen
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

Kenneth Scheiber
St. Mary’s Ryken High School

Debora Speirs
Poolesville High School

Andrew Villwock*
Broadneck High School

Jeremy Whitaker
Centennial High School

Kenneth Woodard
Stone Ridge School

Holly Zindulis
Stone Ridge School

Massachusetts

Kiran Bhardwaj
Phillips Academy

Melissa Braillard
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School

Robin Cluse
Barnstable High School

Michael Cowett
Duxbury High School

Jecca Hutcheson
Middlesex School

Doug Jankey
Noble and Greenough School

Max Montgomery
Noble and Greenough School

Matt Petherick
Milton Academy

Hye Ryoung Rhee
Phillips Academy

Eric Spierer
Groton School

Jeanne Tift
Belmont Hill School

Michigan

Christopher Bryant
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School

Jodi Forster
Novi High School

Tad VandenBrink
East Grand Rapids High School

Minnesota

Catherine Pearson
Breck School

David Rysdam
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton High School

Lora Den Otter
Lakeville North High School

Heather Holst
Marshall School

Anne Rubin
The Blake School

Rebekah Johnson
The Blake School

Mississippi

Marks McWhorter
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School

Missouri

Alan Begrowicz
Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School

Sara Jay
John Burroughs School

Emily Werner
Kirkwood High School

Montana

Joe Kusak
Gallatin High School

Nevada

Mark Haynes
Creighton Preparatory School

Grant Rolfsmeier
Faith Lutheran Junior/Senior High School

Kevin Swiecionis
The Meadows School

New Hampshire

Pankti Dalal
St. Paul’s School

Samuel Lovett
St. Paul’s School

Kaleigh Martins
Pelham High School

New Jersey

Nicole Bendik
Marlboro High School

Cheryl Buzby
Chatham High School

Douglass Compton
Blair Academy

Kimberly Donnelly
Union Catholic Regional High School

Sundoes Elbery
Ronald E Mcnair Academic High School

Frank Harpster
Summit High School

Leonard Leib
The Pennington School

Jay James May
Princeton International School Math And Science

Summer Morris
North Hunterdon High School

Matthew Roach
Peddie School

Kyle Salkin
Montclair Kimberley Academy

David Wilson
Bergen County Academies

Keriann Zadlock
Morris Hills High School

New York

Cynthia Cullen
Half Hollow Hills High School East

Pablo Elizaga
Packer Collegiate Institute

Barbi Frank
John F. Kennedy High School

Sara Greenberg
Edgemont High School

Sherrish Holloman
Saint Ann’s School (Retired)

Jill Kahan
Jericho Senior High School

Emily Munch
Bay Ridge Prep

Calum Pasqua
George W Hewlett High School

Christopher Paulison
Scarsdale Senior High School

Jeff Reeder
NYC iSchool

Alyssa Shearer
Horace Mann School

Christopher Soupios
Baldwin Senior High School

Scott Wallace
Harborfields High School

Charles Wharton
Garden School

Ohio

Robert Aguilar
Western Reserve Academy

Brian Carpenter
Laurel School

Freda Eden
Columbus Academy

Bruce Gregg
Cleveland School of Science and Medicine

Paul Kirila
Ursuline Academy

Mary Merkel
Gilmour Academy

Mark Steedly
Sycamore High School

Terrell Williams
Saint Xavier High School

Oregon

John Gorman
Jesuit High School

Pennsylvania

Rob Goldberg
Germantown Friends School

Ryan Knight
West Chester East High School

Beth Levan
Wilson High School

Laura Marks
Upper St. Clair High School

Justin Staub
Downingtown STEM Academy

William Whitmore
Mercersburg Academy

Adam Wilsman
Germantown Academy

Puerto Rico

Monique Heiser
Saint John’s School

Rhode Island

Jennifer Alexander
Mount Hope High School

South Carolina

Sarah Bauer
Porter-Gaud School

Susan Javon
Nation Ford High School

Erin Reichert
Bluffton High School

Leslie Rowland-Yeh
Ashley Hall School

Tennessee

Nelson Eiselstein
McCallie School

Sarah Ellery
Montgomery Bell Academy

Steve Gadbois
Memphis University School

Thomas Gilroy
Franklin Road Academy

William Lancaster
Father Ryan High School

Joshua Strope
Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory School

Kaylyn Wade
Signal Mountain High School

Bryan Williams
Hutchison School

Texas

Bill Blaine
Westwood High School

Amy Bresie
Greenhill School

Jessie Crowley
The Hockaday School

Olen Rambow
The Kinkaid School

Peter Saliga
Cistercian Preparatory School

Alyson Stallcup
Robert L Paschal High School

Heather Tone
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School

Matthew Varvir
Episcopal School of Dallas

Jeffrey Waller
Dulles High School

Cherry Whipple
Austin High School

Rachel Zepeda
Regents School of Austin

Virginia

Patrick Fay
Meridian High School

Hillary Gawne
Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School

Michaela Godfrey
Riverbend High School

Margie Kuzminski
Highland School

Chelsea Land
The Madeira School

Meghan Nealis
Virginia Episcopal School

Laura Petro
The Potomac School

Patrick Thompson
Episcopal High School

Vanessa Yearick
Norfolk Academy

Washington

Pat Grant
University Preparatory Academy

Amanda O’Neal
Lakeside School

Mikayla Patella-Buckley
University Preparatory Academy

Mariana Timofte
Eastlake High School

Washington, D.C.

Carlos Angulo
Georgetown Day School (Retired)

Jim Ehrenhaft
St. Albans School

Natalia Jasper
Sidwell Friends School

International

Brazil

David Griswold
Graded – The American School of Sao Paulo

Beatriz Reis
Colégio Integral

Canada

Jarod Baker
Branksome Hall

Rachel Bessette
Ridley College

Giovanni Calderwood
St. George’s School

Alan Chan
Upper Canada College

Catherine Gordeyev
The York School

Stephen Gosse
Citadel High School

Christian Heffernan
Upper Canada College

Salvatore Interlandi
Shawnigan Lake School

Shivani Jivan
Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School

David Kerr
St. Michaels University School

Gus Liapis
Monarch Park Collegiate Institute

Amit Morris
Upper Canada College

Meghan Nixon
Halifax Independent School

Daniel Osipovitch
Vancouver Island University

Bart Van Veghel
The Bishop Strachan School

Matthew Weston
Quebec High School

China

David Cheung
Singapore International School (Hong Kong)

Ryan Fenton
Chinese International School

Mark Lane
Shanghai American School-Puxi

Costa Rica

Andrés Fallas
Saint Paul College

Germany

Ellora Adam
UWC Robert Bosch College

Joshua Arnold
International School of Hamburg

Italy

Erika Wootton
DoDEA Naples Elementary School

Myanmar

Sean Davis
International School Yangon

Nepal

Luke Davis
Lincoln School Nepal

Pakistan

Waqas Iqbal
International School Lahore

Meher Mansoor
Aitchison College

Panama

Aura Urroz
International School of Panama

Peru

César Aréstegui
Oviedo Colegio Sagrados Corazones

Saudi Arabia

Nabeel Khan
AlRowad International School

South Africa

Paula Aziabou
African Leadership Academy

Anne Njeri Kamau
African Leadership Academy

South Korea

Almusharaf Waleed
Korea International School

Spain

Marta Vernet
American School of Barcelona

Switzerland

John Hudson
Aiglon College

Thailand

Julia Low
International Community School Bangkok

James Mills
Meritton British International School

Turkey

Dilek Ünek
The Koc School

Uganda

Joel Bato
Gayaza High School

United Kingdom

Ella Aitchison
The Trinity Catholic School

Ross Blanchflower
Beath High School

Marcal Bruna
Eton College

Niha Chaudhry
Westminster City School

Christopher Child
Southend High School for Girls

Clifford Dammers
Repton School

Manon Davies
Ysgol Brynhyfryd

G. Driver
Tapton School

Ashley Ellis
Rugby School

Matthew Gardener
St. Paul’s School

Shari Kendall
St George’s Ascot

Joseph Lines
Clifton College

John Noakes
Eton College

Simon Nye King’s
College School Wimbledon

Georgina Penney
St. Paul’s School

Toby Percival
Shrewsbury School

Katarzyna Plachta
TASIS, the American School in England

Andrew Powles
Eton College

Emily Ratsma
The Godolphin and Latymer School

Colin Stainsby
Queen Elizabeth School

Belinda Whittleworth
Mount Kelly

Vietnam

Peter Arthur
Vinschool The Harmony