Josh Hildebrandt serves as the Director of Broadband Initiatives at the Georgia Technology Authority, focusing directly on Georgia’s broadband deployment strategy and connectivity funding mechanisms and supporting local communities and providers in their high-speed internet expansion efforts. Before starting at GTA, Josh worked at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources where he oversaw the agency’s legislative and public policy efforts, communications, and external affairs. Prior to joining DNR, Josh served in Governor Brian Kemp’s administration as the Policy Advisor for rural initiatives including agriculture, natural resources and technology and as the Coastal Region Manager for then Secretary of State Kemp. A native of Chattanooga, TN and graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, TN, he is happy to now call the Atlanta area home with his wife Elizabeth.