AP United States History 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 U.S. History 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

• Cherisse Jones-Branch, Arkansas State University – Jonesboro, Arkansas 
• Melissa Smith, Cyprus High School – Magna, Utah 

Committee Members 

• Natalie Mendoza Gutierrez, University of Colorado Boulder – Boulder, Colorado
• Chris Hodson, Brigham Young University – Provo, Utah
• Joshua McGehee, Page High School – Greensboro, North Carolina
• Erica Amann, El Dorado High School – Placentia, California
• Mark DiGiacomo, The Pennington School – Pennington, New Jersey 

Chief Reader

Hilary Green, Davidson College – Davidson, North Carolina