Jan Barth, Ed.D.
Special Assignment, Division of Curriculum & Instruction Services and Assessment,
West Virginia Department of Education 
(Designee for Superintendent, Stephen Paine)

Debbie Hendricks
Kentucky Department of Education
(Designee for Acting Commissioner Elaine Farris)

Alfred Butler, Ed.D.
Director
Virginia Association of School Superintendents

Michael Hill, Ph.D.
Educational consultant

Keith Brewer, Ed.D.
Director
Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents

Dee Hopkins, Ed.D.
Dean, College of Human Resources and Education
West Virginia University

Isis Maria Castro
Member
Virginia State Board of Education

Deborah Jonas, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Resource and Strategy Planning
Virginia Department of Education 
(Designee for Superintendent Patricia Wright)

Harris Cooper, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Program in Education
Duke University

C. Kent McGuire, Ph.D. (Chair)
Dean, College of Education
Temple University

Ronald Duerring, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Kanawha County Schools (WV)

Billie Travis
Highly Skilled Educator
Kentucky Department of Education

Donald Ford, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Harrisonburg City Public Schools (VA)

Wayne Young, J.D.
Executive Director and General Counsel
Kentucky Association of School Administrators

Robert Greene
Deputy Commissioner of Education
Tennessee Department of Education 
(Designee for Commissioner Timothy Webb)