AP Seminar Development Committee

2024-25 Development Committee Members

AP development committees represent a unique collaboration between high school teachers and college faculty.     

These dedicated educators play a critical role in the preparation of the AP Seminar course and exam. They represent a diversity of knowledge and points of view in their fields and, as a group, are the authority when it comes to making subject-matter decisions in the exam-construction process. 

Committee Co-Chairs  

• Sheila Carter-Tod, University of Denver – Denver, Colorado
• Michael Welty, Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, Arizona

Committee Members  

• Amber West, University of California, Los Angeles – Los Angeles, California
• Kathryn Dungy, The University of New Orleans – New Orleans, Louisiana
• Marina Gruis, North Central High School – Spokane, Washington
• Gerardo Gonzalez, Lane Tech College Prep High School – Chicago, Illinois
• Allison Malloy, Carmel High School, Carmel Clay Schools – Carmel, Indiana 

Chief Reader   

David Swerdlow, Westminster College – New Wilmington, Pennsylvania