Priority 1 / people and responsibilities
Start with the decision structure.
Education, funding, higher-education, and workforce committee records for the ten states marked “Validate first.” Select a state, expand a committee, then choose a member.
Selected state
Florida
Florida publishes a 2026–27 CAPE Industry Certification Funding List. A certification must first be approved on the Master Credentials List before consideration for the CAPE funding list.
CAPE Secondary ↗31 distinct member profiles across 3 committee records · 16 portraits available. Names may repeat across committees. This is a sourced working directory, not a guarantee of complete current membership.
Funding, eligibility gaps, and next action →House · Education and Employment20 listed membersRoster checked
Membership and leadership compared with the linked official roster.
memberAnne GerwigBiography & initiatives ↗BYPhoto unavailablememberBrad YeagerBiography & initiatives ↗DTPhoto unavailablememberDana TrabulsyBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDanny NixBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJudson SappBiography & initiatives ↗KBPhoto unavailablerepublican committee whipKim BerfieldBiography & initiatives ↗KDPhoto unavailablememberKim DanielsBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKim KendallBiography & initiatives ↗KMPhoto unavailablememberKiyan MichaelBiography & initiatives ↗LDPhoto unavailablememberLisa DunkleyBiography & initiatives ↗PSPhoto unavailablememberPaula StarkBiography & initiatives ↗RHPhoto unavailablememberRita HarrisBiography & initiatives ↗SVPhoto unavailablememberSusan ValdésBiography & initiatives ↗TEPhoto unavailablememberTae EdmondsBiography & initiatives ↗TEPhoto unavailablememberTiffany EspositoBiography & initiatives ↗
memberWallace AristideBiography & initiatives ↗YHPhoto unavailableranking memberYvonne HinsonBiography & initiatives ↗Senate · Education Pre-K-128 listed membersRoster checked
Membership and leadership compared with the linked official roster.
chairCorey SimonBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairAlexis CalatayudBiography & initiatives ↗
memberClay YarboroughBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDanny BurgessBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDon GaetzBiography & initiatives ↗
memberLori BermanBiography & initiatives ↗
memberRosalind OsgoodBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTracie DavisBiography & initiatives ↗Senate · Education Postsecondary6 listed membersRoster checked
Membership and leadership compared with the linked official roster.
Worked example / Missouri
Brad Hudson
Senate Education vice chair; his official biography also lists CTE Advisory Council service. His career includes the Missouri House and Stone County Assessor’s office.
Documented education initiative
Hudson sponsored SB 1442 on elementary literacy. The official record lists “Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection”; this baseline does not treat the proposal as enacted law.
SB 1442 · official bill record ↗Why this matters to the strategy
Analytical next step: understand how the state connects CTE pathways, credential value, and funding decisions. Council service identifies a relevant policy role; it does not establish buying authority, a position on Pearson, or responsibility for Missouri’s cited grant.
Still to verify
Specific CTE proposals and outcomes, current grant recipients and usable budgets, Pearson product eligibility, and the agency or district purchasing decision.
What comes next
Confirm the remaining Priority 1 rosters and enrich their leadership profiles with official biographies and dated bill records. In parallel with that research sequence, qualify each state’s funding recipient, eligible purchase, and procurement window before changing its pursuit recommendation. This page is a research snapshot, not an automatic monitoring service.
Why so many states are in Priority 2 →