The 16-member body is reported to represent a broad range of voices—urban and rural, traditional and nontraditional, academia and industry—to help build a model that delivers results for every Missouri student:

Matt Davis, of Eldon; Noah Devine, of Kansas City; Emily LeRoy, of Hermann; Jim Meats, of Springfield; Mike Podgursky, of Columbia, Don Thalhuber, of Columbia; Michael “Jeremy” Tucker, of Liberty; Chris Vas, of Kansas City; Casey Wasser, of California; and David Wood, of Versailles.

These ten appointments will be joined on the Task Force by two members of the State Board of Education. Kerry Casey, of Chesterfield; and Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge, of Pasadena Hills.

Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin and Missouri House Speaker Jonathan Patterson have also appointed Senators Rusty Black and Travis Fitzwater as well as Representatives Ed Lewis and Marlene Terry to serve on the Task Force.