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
Indiana
Indiana's diploma implementation page links the final diploma rule, readiness seals, work-based-learning experiences, funding alignment, and a 2026–27 Credentials of Value list.
Redesigning the Indiana Diploma ↗26 distinct member profiles across 3 committee records · 22 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 · Education13 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairBob BehningBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairMichelle DavisBiography & initiatives ↗
memberAndrew IrelandBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBecky CashBiography & initiatives ↗EDPhoto unavailablememberEd DeLaneyBiography & initiatives ↗
memberHunter SmithBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJake TeshkaBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJulie McGuireBiography & initiatives ↗
memberMartin CarbaughBiography & initiatives ↗SKPhoto unavailablememberSheila KlinkerBiography & initiatives ↗TPPhoto unavailablememberTonya PfaffBiography & initiatives ↗VSPhoto unavailableranking democratic memberVernon SmithBiography & initiatives ↗
memberZach PayneBiography & initiatives ↗Senate · Education and Career Development13 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairJeff RaatzBiography & initiatives ↗
memberAndrea HunleyBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBrian BuchananBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDaryl SchmittBiography & initiatives ↗
memberFady QaddouraBiography & initiatives ↗
memberGary ByrneBiography & initiatives ↗
memberGreg GoodeBiography & initiatives ↗
ranking democratic memberJ.D. FordBiography & initiatives ↗
memberLinda RogersBiography & initiatives ↗
memberShelli YoderBiography & initiatives ↗
memberSpencer DeeryBiography & initiatives ↗
memberStacey DonatoBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTyler JohnsonBiography & initiatives ↗Joint / unicameral · Education Interim Study14 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairBob BehningBiography & initiatives ↗vice chairJeff RaatzBiography & initiatives ↗memberAndrea HunleyBiography & initiatives ↗memberGary ByrneBiography & initiatives ↗memberGreg GoodeBiography & initiatives ↗memberHunter SmithBiography & initiatives ↗memberJ.D. FordBiography & initiatives ↗memberJake TeshkaBiography & initiatives ↗memberJulie McGuireBiography & initiatives ↗SKPhoto unavailablememberSheila KlinkerBiography & initiatives ↗memberShelli YoderBiography & initiatives ↗memberSpencer DeeryBiography & initiatives ↗TPPhoto unavailablememberTonya PfaffBiography & initiatives ↗VSPhoto unavailablememberVernon SmithBiography & initiatives ↗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 →