This list includes individuals who have supported the ideation of developing and launching VAL-Ed. The list is alphabetized by organization.

*Dr. Temple Lovelace - Assessment for Good, AERDF

Angela Bahng - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

*Brandee Tate - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

*Dr. Susan Lottridge - Cambium Assessment

Dr. Jim Short - Carnegie Corporation

Lindsay Jones - CAST

Dr. TJ Heck - CenterPoint Education Solutions

*Laura Slover - CenterPoint Education Solutions

Peter Leonard - Chicago Public Schools

*Dr. Ellen Forte - edCount

Dr. Karla Egan - EdMetric

Dr. Beth Davis - Education First

Khaled Ismail - Education First

*Dr. Michael Walker - ETS

*Dr. Andrew Ho - Harvard University

Dr. Jessica Sutter - Institute for Citizens and Scholars

*Dr. John Whitmer - Institute for Education Statistics (IES)

*Hal Plotkin - Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)

Ulrich Boser - The Learning Agency

Natalie Rambis - The Learning Agency

Perpetual Baffour - The Learning Agency Lab

*Aneesha Badrinarayan - Learning Policy Institute

*Dr. Susan Lyons - Lyons Assessment Consulting

Dr. Britte Haugan Cheng - Menlo Education Research

*Andy Calkins - Next Generation Learning Challenges

Pete Lavorini - Overdeck Family Foundation

*Dr. Pōhai Kūkea Shultz - University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa

Dr. Jack Schneider - University of Massachusetts Lowell

Dr. Jennifer Randall - University of Michigan

Carly Bolger - The Walton Family Foundation

Danielle Eisenberg - The Walton Family Foundation

Edward Hui - The Walton Family Foundation

*Dr. Andrew Latham - WestEd

* Indicates the individual also gave an interview in the fall of 2022