A Good Teacher Can Make All the Difference Alice Rivlin is Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Donald Kohn is the Director of the Board's Division of Monetary Policy. Al Broaddus is President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Last year they all served as judges for Fed Challenge, a national competition for high school students. A more distinguished panel of judges would have been hard to find.
Financial markets hang on their every word.
Yet perhaps nothing was more impressive or more moving than what they said during their introductory remarks to student contestants at the 1997 Fed Challenge finals. That's what good teachers can do. Their voices stay with you for life. As a measure of how much she values the partnership with Dean Cooperative, Ms. Heleniak nominated the bank for the 1997 Chamber of Commerce Award, which it won. She also makes a point of mentioning how much she appreciates the support of parent volunteers who help with the school savings program, and she is quick to credit the principal and staff of Davis Thayer School with creating a climate that enables students to reach their full potential.