Members
SREB Commission on Artificial Intelligence in Education
Chaired by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and co-chaired by Brad D. Smith, president of Marshall University in West Virginia and former Silicon Valley CEO, the commission brought together policymakers, education leaders and business executives from SREB’s 16 states in 2024 and 2025.
Alabama
Alan Baker, State Representative, Alabama
Terri Collins, State Representative, Alabama
Srinivas Javangula, Director-Data and Research, Alabama State
Department of Education
Eric Mackey, State Superintendent of Education, Alabama State
Department of Education
Nick Moore, Former Education Policy Advisor & Coordinator,
Governor’s Office of Education & Workforce Transformation,
Alabama
Jim Purcell, Executive Director, Alabama Commission on Higher
Education
Amy Serafini, Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator of
Educational Leadership, Auburn University
Arkansas
Mason Campbell, Assistant Commissioner of Academic Affairs,
Arkansas Division of Higher Education
Ethan Hodge, Computer Science Teacher, Russellville School
District
Kelly Griffin, Special Advisor, Arkansas Department of
Education
Delaware
Mara Gorman, State Representative, Delaware
Matthew J. Kinservik, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and
Professor of English, University of Delaware
Alyssa Moore, Education Associate, Digital Learning, Delaware
Department of Education
Dave Sokola, State Senator, Delaware
Kevin Wright, Instructional Media Coordinator, Appoquinimink
School District
Florida
John Matthew Cortez, AI Educator, Pinellas County
Schools
Alex Rizo, State Representative, Florida
Nancy Ruzycki, Instructional Associate Professor and Director of
Undergraduate Laboratories, University of Florida
Juan Tovar, AI Teacher in Residence, University of Florida
Georgia
D. Glen Cannon, President, Gwinnett Technical College
Michael P. Shannon, President, University of North
Georgia
Xiaoming Zhai, Associate Professor, University of
Georgia
Kentucky
Amanda Mays Bledsoe, State Senator, Kentucky
David Couch, Chief Information Officer and Associate Commissioner
for the Office of Information Technology, Kentucky Department of
Education
Louisiana
Tristan Denley, Deputy Commissioner for Academic Affairs and
Innovation, Louisiana Board of Regents
Jason Hughes, State Representative, Louisiana
Ronnie Morris, President, Louisiana State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education
Maryland
Eric Ebersole, State Delegate, Maryland
Katie Fry Hester, State Senator, Maryland
Amy Pearlman, Chief Information Officer, Maryland State
Department of Education
Shawn Rushing, Assistant State Superintendent, Maryland
State Department of Education
Erin Senior, Director of Digital Learning and School Library
Media, Maryland State Department of Education
Mississippi
Melissa Banks, Director of Data Use and Professional Learning,
Mississippi Department of Education
Kevin W. Felsher, State Representative, Mississippi
Errick L. Greene, Superintendent, Jackson Public
Schools
Scott Delano, State Senator, Mississippi
Kollin Napier, Director, Mississippi Artificial Intelligence
Network (MAIN), Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
North
Carolina
Jay Chaudhuri, State Senator, North Carolina
Vera Cubero, Western Region Digital Teaching and Learning, North
Carolina Department of
Public Instruction
Robert Van Dyke, Assistant Director for Computer Science, IT, and
Technology Education, North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction
Vanessa Wrenn, Chief Information Officer, North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction
Oklahoma
Arturo Alonso-Sandoval, State Representative, Oklahoma
Rhonda Baker, Former State Representative; Director of
Education Programs for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber,
Oklahoma
Allison Garrett, Former Chancellor, Oklahoma State Regents for
Higher Education
Jennifer Monies, Managing Partner, Growth, Saxum
Adam Pugh, State Senator, Oklahoma
South
Carolina
Henry McMaster (Commission Chair), Governor of South
Carolina
Charles Appleby, Senior Advisor to the Coordinating Council for
Workforce Development, South Carolina Department of Employment
and Workforce
Melanie Barton, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Education
Advisor, South Carolina Governor’s Office
Jeff Bradley, State Representative, South Carolina
Kim Christ, Director of Workforce and Education Innovation, South
Carolina Council on Competitiveness
Stanton Greenawalt, Former Professor of Cybersecurity,
Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Deepti Joshi, Associate Professor of Computer Science, The
Citadel
David Thornton, Information Technology Teacher, Spartanburg
County School District
Tennessee
Steven Gentile, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education
Commission
Vijay Gollapudi, Chief Information Officer, Tennessee
Department of Education
Robbie K. Melton, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic
Affairs and Vice President for Technology and Innovation,
Tennessee State University
Lizzette Reynolds, Commissioner of Education, Tennessee
Department of Education
Texas
Giovanni Capriglione, State Representative, Texas
Tan Parker, State Senator, Texas
Michelle Singh, Assistant Commissioner, Digital
Learning, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Kyla Torre, Senior Director, Digital Learning, Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board
Virginia
Michelle Lopes Maldonado, State Delegate, Virginia
Schuyler Van Valkenburg, State Senator, Virginia
West Virginia
Brad Smith (Commission Co-Chair), President, Marshall
University
Melanie Baker, Research and Policy Analyst, West Virginia Higher
Education Policy Commission
Jade Irving, Senior Project Officer, West Virginia Higher
Education Policy Commission
Erika Klose, Director, Office of PK-12 Academic Support, Division
of PK-Adult Instruction and Career Engagement, West Virginia
Department of Education
Business Leaders
Youngjun Choi, Director of Advanced AI and Robotics, UPS Robotics
AI Lab
Brian Eggleston, General Manager for Vehicle Manufacturing
Innovation, Toyota Motors North America
Craig Klopatek, Senior Vice President and Chief Information
Officer, CenterWell & Corporate Services, Humana
Kim Majerus, Vice President, US Public Sector Education, State,
and Local Government, Amazon Web Services
Rene Plasencia, Florida Lead Account Partner, IBM
David Zasada, Vice President Education and Corporate
Responsibility, Intuit