Advisory Board

Roger Timmerman is the CEO of UTOPIA Fiber and a broadband industry leader with over 20 years of experience in telecommunications and Information Technology. He has led the expansion of UTOPIA Fiber’s open-access fiber network to 23 cities, delivering high-speed internet to tens of thousands of subscribers.

His past roles include designing and building networks for Vivint Wireless, iProvo, and Brigham Young University, where he earned both BS and MS degrees in Information Technology. Timmerman is a recognized advocate for competitive, community-focused broadband infrastructure. 

Over a decade at Comcast, Dan has supported various teams with a current focus on the company's federal, state and local government and community affairs teams. He is an award-winning marketing and communications professional adept at creating and managing multi-year projects that bring new audiences to an existing brand. Excellent writer and public speaker with on-air and press relations experience and well-rounded academic training and professional experience in management, marketing and strategy. 
Dan now provides advice and support to Comcast’s federal, state and local government and community affairs teams as they work to educate and inform policymakers about our innovations in reliability and security, delivered affordably and in a way that offers incredible value for consumers. 

Joseph Wender serves as Executive Director of the Schools, Health, and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB), where he leads efforts to ensure that every school, library, and healthcare provider has access to affordable, high-speed broadband. He previously served as Director of the Capital Projects Fund, overseeing the $10 billion program at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and helping to ensure that all communities have access to modern internet access.

He also worked for 13 years on Capitol Hill, including as Senator Ed Markey’s Senior Policy Advisor, where he led a team covering a wide range of issues including telecommunications and infrastructure. Wender additionally worked as then-Representative Markey’s Legislative Director. Prior to working for Markey, Wender served as Counsel for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He received his BA from Wesleyan University and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.  

Stephen Rose is CEO of Render Networks and a technology executive with more than 25 years of experience in telco and digital infrastructure. He has held senior leadership roles at IBM and Nokia, including on the leadership team of the Nobel Prize-winning Nokia Bell Labs.