• Ronald A. Sudol (Chair)
• Acting Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Oakland University and Director, Meadow Brook Writing Project

Ronald Sudol directed the writing program at Oakland University in Michigan for many years and is co-editor of three volumes of essays on literacy, in addition to other publications on writing, technology, communication, and American literature. His degrees are from St. Michael's College, Brown University, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Sudol was active in the development of writing assessments for the State of Michigan, and has been a Reader of AP^® exams for more than 15 years and an AP faculty workshop consultant for more than 10. He has served on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) standard-setting panel for writing.

• Ellen H. Brinkley
• Professor of English, Western Michigan University, Director, Third Coast Writing Project

Ellen Brinkley is a former high school English teacher and past president of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English. She chaired the group that designed the framework for Michigan's statewide writing assessment in 1993, and is the primary author of the forthcoming The College Board English Language Arts Framework. She is the author of Caught Off Guard: Teachers Rethinking Censorship and Controversy, published by Allyn & Bacon in 1999, as well as a number of articles and chapters about academic freedom. She and seven others have created Michigan's new English Language Arts High School Content Expectations in 2006. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Michigan State University, with specializations in composition theory, reading theory, and English education.

• George Gadda
• Assistant Director, Writing Program, Department of English/Writing Programs, University of California-Los Angeles

• Michael McDonough
• Dean of Liberal Arts, Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY)

Michael McDonough received his bachelor's degree in Combined Studies from Reading University (England), a master's degree in English from Oklahoma State University, and a Ph.D. in English from Pennsylvania State University. McDonough has experience as a Reader and Table Leader for both AP English Literature and GMAT. In addition, he has worked as a College Board consultant on K-12 assessments and standards.

• Mary Jo Potts
• Webb School of Knoxville, Tennessee

Mary Jo Potts holds B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) and M.A. degrees in English literature from the University of Tennessee. She has taught both AP^® English Language and AP Literature. Currently a Table Leader for AP English Language and Composition, Potts has also been a Table Leader for English Literature and a question leader for English Language and Composition. A member of the AP English Development Committee from 1998-2002, she is the primary author of the Teacher's Guide: Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (1998). She also serves as a College Board consultant in both AP English Literature and AP Language.

• Sylvia Sarrett
• AP^® English Teacher, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, Florida

Sylvia Sarrett holds a master's degree and is a national board certified teacher. She is currently a consultant and Table Leader for AP English Language and Composition. Sarrett actively works with various educational committees on local, regional, and national levels.

• Sandra Shannon
• Professor of Dramatic Literature and Criticism, Department of English, Howard University

Sandra Shannon is a longtime Reader for the AP^® Exam in Literature. She is one of the nation's leading scholars on the works of August Wilson, having authored two book-length studies and co-edited a major collection of essays on the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright: The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson (Howard University Press, 1995), August Wilson's Fences: A Reference Guide (Greenwood, 2003), and August Wilson and Black Aesthetics (Palgrave-McMillan, 2004). A prolific scholar, Shannon also has to her credit a long list of additional publications on African American literature appearing in refereed journals, such as African American Review and Callaloo, and in important critical collections, such as Critical Reflections on the Fiction of Ernest Gaines (Georgia UP, 1994), and August Wilson: A Casebook (Garland, 1994). She is currently editing Approaches to Teaching August Wilson, to be published by the Modern Language Association. Shannon currently serves as president of the Black Theatre Network and co-editor of Theatre Topics Journal. She is in the forefront of establishing the August Wilson Society at Howard University.

• Alice Turner Venson
• Senior Associate—Literacy Specialist/Cluster Leader, America's Choice, Inc. (ACI)—a program within the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE)

Alice Turner Venson received her bachelor's degree in English from Hampton University (formerly Hampton Institute in Virginia), a master's degree in education from the University of Pittsburgh, and has done doctoral study in reading and language arts K-12 at the University of Pittsburgh. Turner Venson's area of concentration is English language arts at the secondary level. She provides training to teachers and administrators and develops training materials in language arts. Previously, she coordinated the New American Schools school reform initiative for the Pittsburgh Public Schools in Pennsylvania. She has also been a high school English teacher, guidance counselor, vice principal, and instructional supervisory specialist for English at the secondary level. Turner Venson has also served as a state and national trainer for writing assessment, a national trainer for standards development, and a reviewer of the alignment between state assessments and standards.