PAST SPEAKERS
Meet the incredible speaker lineup that joined us at Broadband Communities Summit 2026
Azif Abdulsalam, Director of Enterprise Solutions Engineering, Cambium Networks
Matt Ames, Partner, Hubacher Ames & Taylor
Leo Anderson, Chief Technology Officer, Paul Bunyan Communications powered by the GigaZone
Tim Arbeiter, Director, Consulting Services, Finley Engineering Company, Inc.
Bill Baker, CEO, Nextlink Internet
Ed Barrett, President - Broadband, HR Green, Inc.
Jordana Barton-Garcia, Director, Rio Grande Valley Broadband Coalition, Connect Humanity
Ariana Batori, Principal, Stonepeak Partners
Adam Bell, Chief Executive Officer, Internet Subway
Dom Beveridge, Principal, 20 For 20
Rahul Bhardwaj, Partner, DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP
D. Rush Blakely, III, President & CEO, RealtyCom Partners
Mrs Kindra Bosch, VP Strategic Growth, Full Circle Fiber Partners/LSCG
David Bronston, Special Counsel, Phillips Lytle L.L.P.
Billy Bob Brown Jr., Executive Assistant Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Emergency Communications Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Valarry Bullard, Broadband Director, State of New Jersey
Teresa Burnett, Executive Director, Monahans Chamber of Commerce
Martin Canchola, Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Apartment SEO
Duncan Cannon, Sr. Director of Building Technology, Cortland
Scott Casey, Chief Executive Officer, ROVR
Bill Chapman, Superintendent Emeritus, London ISD
Chris Chase, CEO, Discernity
David Child, Director of Market Development, Anthem Broadband
Bryant Clayton, Broadband Development Office Director, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Wil Clowdus, Chief Financial Officer, Highline Fiber
Abby Crawford, CEO, Foundation Creative
Nick Curran, Deputy CIO- Infrastructure, City of Houston
Sarah Davis, VP, Market Development, Fidium Fiber
Ian Davis, Attorney, Davis Craig, PLLC
Marycruz De Leon, Manager, Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Curtis Dean, Executive Director, Community Broadband Action Network
Joshua Delzell, Director Of Ancillary Services, Venterra Realty
Andrew DeMattia, Co-CEO, Talkie Communications
Mr Scott Demming, Vice President of Strategy & Business Intelligence, Mountain Ltd.
Rebecca Denman, President of Business Development, UniTek Global Services
Jessica Denson, Communications Director, Connected Nation
Brandon Dinsmore, Executive Director, NDN Development Group
Brandon Dinsmore, Tribal Outreach & Workforce Programs Specialist, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
Erin Dobozy, Regulatory Affairs Director, Broadband, NRECA
Andrew Dunn, Regional Vice President, Cloud Sales - SmartMDU, Calix
Joshua Edmonds, CEO, DigitalC
Jeff Erwin, COO, UTOPIA Fiber
Carroll Faulkner, Engineer, Faulkner Consulting LLC
Justin Foster, Director of Community Technology, Embrey Partners
Jessica Fowler, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Blueprint Broadband a Mac Mountain Company
Lan Fullerton, Senior Attorney, Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP
Heather Gate, EVP of Digital Transformation, Connected Nation
Joe Gehrdes, Director, External Affairs, Huntsville Utilities
John George, Senior Director, Business Development, Lightera, formerly OFS
Stephanie Georges, Founder & CEO, Meraki Dignity Project
Aadil Ginwala, Senior Policy Advisor to the CIO, University of Pittsburgh
Ethan Gnepp, Vice President, RealPage Whitesky Communications
Josh Goodell, VP of Broadband & Converged Product Management, AT&T Connected Communities
Ryan Graney, Attorney, Davis Craig, PLLC
Tanner Grayham, Director of Finance, BSR REIT
Rob Griffin, Broadband Director, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Kami Griffiths, Founding Executive Director, digitalLIFT (Formerly CTN)
Noemi Guerra, Economic Stability Supervisor, Bastrop County Cares
Greg Guice, Chief Policy Officer, Vernonburg Group
Sachin Gupta, Vice President, Centranet
James Hamrick, SVP Technology, Gables Residential
Mark Harrington, Sales Manager, Verizon Enhanced Communities
Trey Hayes, Grid Investment & Connectivity Director, Alabama Power Company (Southern Co)
Aaron Hildreth, Co-Founder, Intellipop LLC
James Hoffman, VP, External and Customer Affairs, Alabama Fiber Network
Terry Holmes, President, Fortitude Ventures Llc
Earnie Holtrey, Director of Infrastructure, Mytra Consulting
Brent Hovland, Acting VP, MDU Sales & Strategy, Verizon Enhanced Communities
Art Hubacher, Partner, Hubacher Ames & Taylor
Colby Humphrey, Senior Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts
JOHN JANOCHA, Senior Director Sales, Verizon Enhanced Communities
Rob Johnson, CTO, Novos Fiber
Tyson Johnston, Head of Development, Toptana Technologies
Quinn Jordan, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Telephone Electronics Corporation (TEC)
Kirsten Kampmeier, GIS Analyst, Bastrop County Cares
Ed Keathley, Vice President of Product Strategy, The Preiss Company
Mr. Bob Knight, CEO, Harry Marketing
Catherine Krantz, Area Director for Broadband, Communities Unlimited
Matt Larsen, CEO, Vistabeam
Aaron Lee, Sr. Manager, System Engineering MDU, RUCKUS Networks
Brent Legg, Executive Vice President, Connected Nation
Hilda Legg, Consultant, Legg Strategies
Kyle Leissner, President, WireStar Networks
Laurel Leverrier, Assistant Administrator, USDA
Casey Lide, Partner, Keller and Heckman Llp
Mr. Thomas Lochner, Director, State of Alaska - Alaska Broadband Office
Kate Luthy, Assistant Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel, AT&T
Philip Macres, Principal, Klein Law Group PLLC
Bree Maki, Executive Director, State Of Minnesota
David Malfara, CEO, Big Bang Broadband LLC
Jason Malmquist, Executive Vice President, CHR Solutions, Inc
Brian Mason, Emergency Management Coordinator, City of Houston
Nick Maynard, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, US Ignite
Stacie McDonald, Vice President of Strategic Communications, Harry Marketing
Jeff McElhiney, consultant, managedwifi
Scott McGee, President, Connext Strategies
Tom McKinley, CEO, CoreConnect Community Broadband
Kimberly McKinley, Chief of Staff, TAK Broadband
America Melragon, Director of Ancillary Revenue, Morgan Properties
Norma Mercado, Executive Director, Bastrop County Cares
Christopher Merrell, Chairman/Founder, Communications Consulting Group
Sadie Molinet, Vice President of External Affairs, ITG
Lisa Moore, Senior Director, Community Technology, Mill Creek Residential
Dan Myers, Chief Executive Officer, Dojo Networks
Sonia Naez, Executive Director, NAVAJO NATION BROADBAND OFFICE
Jason Nicolay, Managing Director, Fifth Third Bank
Francella Ochillo, Adjunct Professor & Policy Consultant, Johns Hopkins University
Joel Ogren, Chief Executive Officer, Assured Communications (ASSURED)
Brad Parina, Project Manager, Whitespace
Elizabeth Parks, President and CMO, Parks Associates
Mark Pearson, Broadband Coordinator, Communities Unlimited
Jose Peña, Director of Innovation and Technology, City of Pharr
Chip Pickering, Chief Executive Officer, INCOMPAS
Paul Pine, EVP, Gridsource
Matthew Plaster, Senior Advisor for Strategy, NTIA
Jeff Platon, VP of Marketing, Wi-Fi Alliance
Mary Ellen Player, CEO, AOP Strategies
Mary Ellen Player, SVP Operations, mStreetFiber
Yury Pukha, CEO, Academic Researcher, Intelligent Edge Consulting LLC
Mr. Keith Quarles Jr., President And CFO, A2D Inc Ecommunity Holdings Llc
Tim Rabdau, VP MDU Sales, Optimum
Bryan Rader, President, Pavlov Media
Bradford Randall, Editor, Total Telecom
Jeff Reiman, President, The Broadband Group
Eric Rex, Director, KeyBanc Capital Markets
Tom Roper, Senior Account Manager MDU, RUCKUS Networks
Jeff Rose, Director of Special Initiatives, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP
Kaylon Ross, Sr Director Ancillary Services, AvalonBay Communities Inc
Darren Roy, Network Engineer, RuralNet, Inc
Crayton Saby, Relationship Manager, CoBank
Connor Sadro, Regional Broadband Director, Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Ryan Salmon, Broadband Planning Analyst, Harris County Universal Services
James Sanford, Managing Partner, Digital Infrasrructure Group
Valerie M Sargent, Multifamily News Correspondent, Broadband Communities
Ariane Schmidt, Executive Director, Spokane Regional Broadband Development Authority Broadlinc
Sophia Schneckloth, Associate Director Property Acquisition, AT&T Connected Communities
Rick Seemann, VP of Product Management, Sonar Software
Josh Seidemann, Vice President of Policy, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association
Josh Siddon, Founder & Principal, ResiQ
Angela Siefer, Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
Dan Siemon, CEO, Preseem
Annie Sirski, Infrastructure Grants Specialist, Learn Design Apply
Mr Kevin Smith, Director of Business Development, Mountain Ltd.
William Sokolowski, VP, Sales, Spectrum Community Solutions
Bernie South, GIS Analyst, Bastrop County Cares GIS Data Analyst - Volunteer
Chris Stebner, Project Consultant, NEO Connect
Tom Stender, Managing Member, Infinisys
Bob Stewart, Senior Manager - Tariffs and Training, National Exchange Carrier Association
Sean Stokes, Partner, Keller And Heckman
Minh Ta, Principal, Government Affairs, Carlyle Group
David Tashjian, SVP, Xfinity Communities, Comcast Cable Communications
Andrea M. Taylor, Founder & CEO, Livsee
Brad Thomas, Director of Business Development, Coax Fiber Solutions, LLC
T Thompson, Executive Director, Central Broadband Progress Authority
Roger Timmerman, CEO, UTOPIA Fiber
Nicol Turner-Lee, Center For Technology Innovations Brookings Instit
Thomas Tyler, Founder, C207 Partners
Derek Underwood, Vice President of Sales - Americas, Cambium Networks
He/Him Joseph Valandra, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Tribalready Inc
Bill Valentino, VP Strategic Partnerships, Dycom Industries Inc
Joe Varello, VP, National Sales, Spectrum Community Solutions
Thinus Venter, Director, Business Development, GOGETit
Barend Venter, CEO, GOGETit
Peter Voderberg, Chief, Broadband Ohio, Ohio Department of Development
David Waite, Principal, Fifty Elm LLC
Nate Walowitz, Director, Regional Broadband, Northwest Colorado Council Of Governments
Derrick Watchman, President / Owner, Sagebrush Hill Group
Lauren Weber, Digital Opportunity Outreach Coordinator, Texas Broadband Development Office
Molly Weiner, Director, Local and Regional Planning, Connected Nation
Sue Weiske, VP, Associate General Counsel, Spectrum Community Solutions
William Wells, Executive Director, aSTEAM Village
Chuck Wiebe, Managing Director, Moorgate Partners
Linda Willey, Vice President Business Services, Camden
Mike Wittrock, Chief Operations Officer, DIRECTV
Robert Wolf, Client Delivery, Vice President, Techwave Consulting Inc
Dean Wolfe, VP Technology &Vendor Relations, Choice Property Resources, Inc.
Ed Wolff, CEO, Aerwave
Matt Wootton, General Manager, AT&T Connected Communities
Kandra Young, CEO & General Manager, Coleman County Telephone Cooperative
Adam Zacks, SVP, Sky connect
David Zelenok, Founder and CEO, ZK Engineers
Kyle Zimbelman, Chief Operating Officer, Golden State Connect Authority (GSCA)
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