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

• 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.

• Holly Hillgardner
• English Teacher, South Bronx Preparatory, New York

Holly Hillgardner is an English teacher with experience in multiple College Board endeavors, including pre-AP® and AP® consulting, Springboard® consulting, and College Board Schools. She holds a master's degree from Texas Christian University and is currently on leave from South Bronx Preparatory to pursue her Ph.D. from Drew University.

• Carol Jago
• President-Elect, National Council of Teachers of English

Carol Jago has taught English in middle and high school for 32 years and directs the California Reading and Literature Project at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Carol served as AP® Literature content advisor for the College Board and has published six books for teachers with Heinemann.She has also published four books on contemporary multicultural authors for NCTE's High School Literature series. Carol has written a weekly education column for the Los Angeles Times, and her essays have appeared in English Journal, Language Arts, and NEA Today, as well as in other newspapers across the nation. She edits the journal of the California Association of Teachers of English, California English, and served on the planning committee for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading Framework and the 2011 NAEP Writing Framework.

• 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.

• Hephzibah Roskelly
• Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Hephzibah Roskelly is professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she teaches classes in rhetoric, American literature, and pedagogy. She is former Chief Reader for the AP® Language and Composition Exam, and former chair of the SAT® Reading Committee. She is a member of the North Carolina Humanities Council. Her books include Everyday Use: Rhetoric in Reading and Writing (2008).

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

Dr. Sandra Shannon is a longtime Reader for the AP Examination. She is Graduate Full Professor of Dramatic Literature and Criticism in the department of English at Howard University and one of the nation's leading scholars on the life and works of playwright August Wilson.Sheis currently editor of Theatre Topics journal and immediate past president of the Black Theatre Network. She is also founder of the interdisciplinary-focused August Wilson Society at Howard University.
Shannon'sreputation as a nationally recognized scholar in African American theatre can, in part, be attributed toherprolific publication record, whichincludes two-book length studies: The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson and August Wilson's Fences: A Reference Guide; oneedited collection: August Wilson and Black Aesthetics;and a significant number of additional publications in notable refereed journals, such as College Literature, African American Review, MELUS, Obsidian II,and Callaloo and in collections, such asThe Influences of Tennessee Williams, Contemporary African American Playwrights, Critical Reflections on the Fiction of Ernest Gaines, African American Performance and Theater History: A Critical Reader, May All Your Fences Have Gates: Essays on the Drama of August Wilson, and August Wilson: A Casebook. She is also the editor ofaspecial issue of Theatre Topics on teaching African American theatre and a special issue of the Zora Neale Hurston Forum on playwright August Wilson. She is currently editing the forthcoming collection, Approaches to Teaching the Plays of August Wilson, to be published by the Modern Language Association.
A frequently sought-after speaker, she has delivered numerous keynote addresses, as well as participated invarious publicforumson current trends in scholarship on African American theatre.