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
Maryland
Education §21-204 requires statewide goals reaching 45% by 2030–31 for students completing the high-school level of a registered apprenticeship or another industry-recognized occupational credential before graduation.
Education Article Section 21 204 ↗30 distinct member profiles across 3 committee records · 30 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 →Senate · Education, Energy and the Environment11 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairBrian FeldmanBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairCheryl KaganBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBen BrooksBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBryan SimonaireBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDalya AttarBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJason GallionBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKatie HesterBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKevin HarrisBiography & initiatives ↗
memberMary Beth CarozzaBiography & initiatives ↗
memberMary WashingtonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberRon WatsonBiography & initiatives ↗House · Education subcommittee of Ways and Means8 listed membersRoster checked
Added from the linked primary-source subcommittee roster.
chairEric EbersoleBiography & initiatives ↗
memberApril MillerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberCheryl PasteurBiography & initiatives ↗
memberEdith PattersonBiography & initiatives ↗
ex officioJheanelle WilkinsBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJoe VogelBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKent RobersonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKevin HornbergerBiography & initiatives ↗House · Ways and Means19 listed membersRoster checked
Membership and leadership compared with the linked official roster.
chairJheanelle WilkinsBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairJessica FeldmarkBiography & initiatives ↗memberApril MillerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBernice Mireku-NorthBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBob LongBiography & initiatives ↗
memberCaylin YoungBiography & initiatives ↗memberCheryl PasteurBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDerrick ColeyBiography & initiatives ↗memberEdith PattersonBiography & initiatives ↗memberEric EbersoleBiography & initiatives ↗
memberGreg WimsBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJackie AddisonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJason BuckelBiography & initiatives ↗memberJoe VogelBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJulie Palakovich CarrBiography & initiatives ↗memberKent RobersonBiography & initiatives ↗memberKevin HornbergerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberMike GriffithBiography & initiatives ↗
memberWayne HartmanBiography & 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 →