The Advisory Committee was created to share insight and provide guidance for the literacy work of CCLD.
| Name | Institution | Constituent Group |
| Jevonda Keith | Council on Postsecondary Education | Council on Postsecondary Education |
| Jim Berger | Western Kentucky University | WKU |
| Richard Heine | Community | Community - Charities/Foundations |
| Sen. Dan Kelly | Kentucky State Senate | State Legislature |
| Sarah Hawker | Kentucky Adult Education | KYAE |
| Gloria McCall | Kentucky Community and Technical College System | KCTCS |
| Rina Gratz | Kentucky Department of Education | KDE |
| Diane Porter | Eastern Kentucky University | EKU |
| Brack Marquette | Columbia Gas | Community - Business |
| Rebecca Powell | Georgetown College | Association of Kentucky Independent Colleges and Universities (AKICU) |
| Kathy Quinn | Kentucky Education Television | Media (KET/KYVU) |
| Elizabeth Rightmyer | University of Louisville | U of L |
| Lynne Smith | Northern Kentucky University | NKU |
| Joyce Shatzer | Murray State University | MuSU |
| Kentucky Council on Accreditation and School Improvement, Commissions on Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools | Middle/High Teachers, Principals, Superintendents |
| Jonell Tobin | Morehead State University at West Liberty | Adult Educators |
| Kim Townley | Kentucky Department of Education - Early Childhood | Early Childhood |
| Lucien Yates | Kentucky State University | KSU |
| Barbara Walker | Oklahoma State University | (National Literacy Researcher) |
| Cindy Read | National Center for Family Literacy | NCFL |
| Deneen Zimmerman | River Ridge Elementary School | Elementary Teachers, Principals, Superintendents |
| Jennifer Grisham-Brown | University of Kentucky | UK |
| Bonnie Banker | Asbury College | Association of Kentucky Independent Colleges and Universities (AKICU) |
| Jack Hayes | Fayette County Publilc Schools System | FCPS |
| Mary Anne Pollock | Morehead State University | MSU |
| Polly Page | Northern Kentucky University | Community - Family Workplace |