Southeast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, & South Carolina
Governing Board
| State Representatives Tommy Bice, Ed.D. State Superintendent Alabama Department of Education |
Carol Donovan, Ph.D. Professor of Education University of Alabama |
| Charmeka Bosket, M.P.P. Deputy Superintendent for Policy South Carolina (State Superintendent Designee) |
Angela Rutherford, Ph.D. Director, Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction and Associate Professor The University of Mississippi |
| Howard Hendley, Ed.D. Director of Policy Georgia Department of Education |
Dr. Jacob Vigdor, Ph.D. Professor of Public Policy and Economics Duke University |
| Sue Matheson, Ed.D. Superintendent Pass Christian School District, Mississippi (State Superintendent Designee) |
Bradley S. Witzel, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education Winthrop University |
| Gerald Robinson, M.Ed. Commissioner Florida Department of Education |
Practitioners Doretha Edgecomb, M.A. Board Member Hillsborough County School Board (FL) |
| Phyllis West Senior Policy Advisor North Carolina Department of Public Instruction |
Dr. Molly Howard, Ph.D. Superintendent Jefferson County School District (GA) |
| Public Participants Claiborne Barksdale CEO, Barksdale Reading Institute |
Rainey Knight, Ph.D. Superintendent Darlington County School District (SC) |
| John Winn Former Commissioner of Education Florida Department of Education |
Dr. Ethan Lenker, Ed.D. Superintendent Sampson County Schools (NC) |
| Researchers Dr. Sybilla Beckmann, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics University of Georgia |