Broadband Communities Summit 2024 | Total Telecom | 6 May 2024 | The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center, 1601 Lake Robbins Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380, USA

This summit is the leading event for community leaders, property owners, network infrastructure builders and telco service providers to meet and discuss strategies for delivering connectivity for communities across the US.

The 4 key themes:
Strategy:
• Exploring the investment, regulatory and policy context for delivering connectivity to US communities. Key topics will include the progress of BEAD funding allocation, legal and regulatory challenges, partnership models, investment, and commercial strategy for network deployments.
Technology & Operations:
• Discover the latest cutting-edge technologies and innovations which are enabling property owners, service providers, and public officials to improve network deployments and to offer the best services for residents and end-users.
Communities:
• Community development is central theme throughout the Broadband Communities Summit and this year will see a renewed emphasis on closing the digital divide and ensuring that no community is left behind. This stage will focus on the multitude of communities which make up the US; from master-planned developments to rural towns, from tribal nations to communities living in large cities, and more.
Multifamily:
• Bringing multifamily property owners together with the key providers and stakeholders who are enabling the digitisation of their assets and unlocking the power of connectivity for residents. This stage will explore the technical, operational, legal, and commercial challenges for the multifamily sector.

2024 Speakers

Barry Adair
EVP GM, Wabash Communications Co Op

Christopher Ali
Pioneers Chair & Professor of Telecommunication, Penn State University

Guillermo Alvarez-Rivas
VP of New Business Development, Cox Communications

Matt Ames
Partner, Hubacher Ames & Taylor

Shawn Arner
Deputy Assistant Administrator, USDA

Steven Augustino
Partner, Nelson Mullins

Bill Badran
Broadband Services Supervisor, Holland Board of Public Works

Joseph Baeumel
Vice President of Business Development and Partner Strategy, KGPCo

Chris Bailey
Sales Director, Wesco

Lane Bailey
Deputy Director, Arkansas State Broadband Office

Jim Baller
Partner, Keller and Heckman LLP

Andrew Beach
Sr. Vice President Community Technology and Innovation, Mill Creek Residential

Ty Beauchamp
Division Director for Information Technology (IT), Harris County Public Library

Toni Beck
Vice President of External Affairs, Comcast

Erin Benal
Senior Broadband Development Coordinator, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Megan Beresford
Director of Broadband Programs, Learn Design Apply Inc.

Dom Beveridge
Principal, 20 For 20

Rahul Bhardwaj
Partner, Digital Infrastructure Group

Rush Blakely
President and Chief Executive Officer, RealtyCom Partners

Sarah Bleau
Broadband Specialist, NTIA

Will Booth
Director of Operations, T3 Tribal Technology Training

Jeff Boozer
SVP, Marketing & Sales, CHR Solutions

L. Elizabeth Bowles Bravo
Chief Executive Officer, Aristotle Unified Communications Inc.

Christopher Bruen
Senior Director, Research, National Multifamily Housing Council

Scott Buehrle
VP of Multifamily Sales & Strategy, Frontier

John Burchett
Director Communications Policy & Communication, GFiber

Delia Burke
Manager, City of Seattle

Andrew Butcher
President, Maine Connectivity Authority

Duncan Cannon
Director of Building Technology, Cortland

Scott Carroll
Director, Multifamily Product & Devices, Comcast Cable Communications

Scott Casey
Chief Executive Officer, ROVR

Drew Clark
CEO, Broadband Breakfast

Jennifer Clark
Board Member, Lake County IL

Laura Cole
BiblioTech Director, BiblioTech Public Library, Texas

Arielle Collins
Program Manager, LA Office of Broadband Development & Connectivity

Tessi Cook
Director of Supply Chain and Logistics, Lumos Fiber

Tom Coverick
Managing Director, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

Chad Crank
Managing Director, Grain Management

Chris Curtin
VP MDU Expansion, Ubiquity

Pierrette Renée Dagg
Director of Research, Merit Network Inc

Alex Damato
Vice President, Policy, Charter Communications

Ian Davis
Attorney, Davis Craig, PLLC

Douglas Dawson
Owner and President, CCG Consulting

Marycruz De Leon
Senior Community Development Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Kathryn de Wit
Broadband Research Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Joshua Delzell
Director Of Ancillary Services, Venterra Realty

Ken Demlow
Senior Project Manager, HRGreen, Inc.

Charles Dennie
Principal Consultant, Broadband Solutions WV

David Don
Senior Vice President for Public Policy, Comcast Cable Communications

Seamus Dowdall
Associate Legislative Director, National Association of Counties

Garner Duncan
VP of Sales (Gov/Ed. & Wholesale), Ezee Fiber

Kerem Durdag
Chief Executive Officer, GWI

Zachary Ebner
Senior Manager of Product Management, Quantum Fiber

Joshua Edmonds
Chief Executive Officer, DigitalC

Trent Edwards
President, Mears Group Inc

Andrew Entrikin
Director of Broadband & New Power Supply, Whatcom PUD

Justin Fazzari
Senior Broadband Strategist, Sanborn Geospatial

Evan Feinman
Director of BEAD Program, US Department of Commerce NTIA

Chris Field
Digital Equity Coordinator, University of Pittsburgh

Cindy Fisher
Digital Opportunity Program Supervisor, Texas Broadband Development Office

Jon Gant
Director of the Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives, US Department of Commerce NTIA

Paul Garnett
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Vernonburg Group

Heather Gate
EVP of Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation

John George
Sr. Director, Solutions Engineering, OFS Optics

Sean Gerner
Senior Program Director, EducationSuperHighway

Ryan Gibson
IT Portfolio Manager, BH Management

Brennan Gildersleeve
Vice President, PropTech, GID Investment Advisers

Aadil Ginwala
Senior Policy Advisor, University of Pittsburgh

Dan Glivar
Partner, Holland & Hart L.L.P

Alex Goge
National Director of Sales, Illuminati Labs LLC

Mark Goheen
Sales Director, RUCKUS/CommScope

Heather Gold
VP, External Affairs, Mears Group Inc

Sean Gonsalves
Reporter Editor, The Institute for Local Self Reliance

Arnold Gordon-Bray
Brigadier General (Retired), aSTEAM Village

Bo Gresham
VP Strategy, Dycom Industries Inc

Robert Griffin
Broadband Manager, Choctaw Nation of OK

Kami Griffiths
Executive Director/Co-founder, Community Tech Network

Robert Grosz
President and COO, WorldVue

Carl Guardino
Vice President, Tarana Wireless

Sachin Gupta
Director, Centranet

Trent Harkrader
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

Jennifer Harris
Federal Program Officer, Texas, National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Barbara Hayes
Chief Economic Development Officer, RCRC Rural County Representatives of California

James Henry
Senior Managing Director, Bank Street Group

Aaron Hildreth
Operations, Intellipop LLC

Harrison Hiner
Legislative-Political Coordinator, Communications Workers of America District 6

Tommy Howard
Owner/CEO, Tekwav

Art Hubacher
Partner, Hubacher Ames & Taylor

Paul Hubbard
Snr. Director - Solutions Architecture, RUCKUS/CommScope

Solomon Israel
Managing Director, Dillon Morgan Consulting

Karen Jackson
President and CEO, Apogee Strategic Partners, LLC

Scott Jackson
National Market Manager, Broadband, Graybar

Kyle Johnson
Director, Smart Building Technology, Greystar

Rob Johnson
CTO, NOVOS FiBER

Taylor Jones
CTO, Elauwit Connection Inc

Brett Kilbourne
Mr., Utilities Technology Council

Kevin Kloehn
VP of Customer Relations, Vantage Point Solutions

Bob Knight
CEO, Harry

George Kopas
Vice President, Finance, Ting Internet

Eric Kotin
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Lead For America / American Connection Corps

Catherine Krantz
Area Director for Broadband, Communities Unlimited

Angela Kronenberg
President, Incompas

Kenneth Kuchno
Senior Advisor, Summit Consulting, LLC

Matt Larsen
Chief Executive Officer, Vistabeam

Aaron Lee
Sr. Manager, Systems Engineering, 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 Attorney, Keller and Heckman Llp

Andrew Lipman
Partner, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP

Philip Macres
Principal, Klein Law Group Pllc

Doug Maglothin
Chief Executive Officer, Diamond State Networks

Bill Maguire
Founder, Connected Communities LLC

Lauren Maluso
Member, Davis Craig, PLLC

Prabhu Maragathavannan
Vice President, Smart Buildings, Ubiquity

Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
Associate Director for Research, The Institute for Local Self Reliance

Frank Martinez
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Connected Nation

Leo Martinez
Director - Southeast, AT&T Connected Communities

Jeff McElhiney
Multifamily Technology, Infinisys

Scott McGee
Executive Director, Comcast Cable Communications

Kimberly McKinley
CMO, UTOPIA Fiber

Scott Menhart
Chief Technology & Information Officer, Traverse City Light & Power

Christopher Merrell
Chairman/Founder, Communications Consulting Group

Kerry Merritt
Head of Content, Total Telecom

Heather Mills
Principal Consultant, Tilson

Trevor Minyard
Director of Strategic Services, City Of Mckinney

Adam Moore
Gvp Community Solutions Customer Oper, Spectrum Community solutions

Lisa Moore
Director of Design Innovation, JPI Companies

Patrick Mortiere
Policy Analyst, National Skills Coalition

Daniel Myers
President, Dojo Networks.com

Paul Narro
Public Policy Director, Tekwav LLC Internet Service Provider

Tyler Nesper
Chief Executive Officer, RoamingiQ

Brian O'Hara
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, NRECA

Neal Paye
Vice President, Strategic & Analytics, Cartesian

Joe Pellegrini
President and COO, Great Plains Communications

Shekinah Pepper
Senior ReConnect Policy Advisor, Rural Development U.S.D.A.

Staci Pies
VP, Public Policy, Crown Castle

Angela Polania
Principal, Elevate Consult

Revati Prasad
Vice President of Programs, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

Keith Quarles Jr.
President And CFO, A2D Inc Ecommunity Holdings Llc

Bryan Rader
President, Pavlov Media

Shahrukh Raheem
Head of Product, Software Services, eero

Cole Raines
Executive Director, One Harlan County

Bradford Randall
Editor, Broadband Communities

Lori Reeves
Senior Advisor, National Multifamily Housing Council

Jeff Reiman
President, The Broadband Group

Eric Rex
Vice President, KeyBanc Capital Markets

Colin Rhinesmith
Director, Digital Equity Research Center, Metropolitan New York Library Council

Elizabeth Sanner
Broadband Program Manager, Appalachian Regional Commission

Michael Santorelli
Director Aclp, New York Law School

Valerie M Sargent
Multifamily News Correspondent, Broadband Communities

Calen Schultz
Managing Director, Community Outreach Partners

Vincent Scipione
Smart City Manager, City of Syracuse

Jigyasa Sharma
Program Manager, US Ignite

Jesse Shekleton
Director of Broadband Operations, Jo-Carroll Energy Cooperative

Angela Siefer
Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance

Mike Smith
President & Chief Executive Officer, Whitespace

Gigi Sohn
Senior Fellow and Public Advocate, American Association for Public Broadband

Katrina Sosa
Senior Corporate Counsel, Hotwire Communications

Chris Spadone
Senior Vice President, Provider Relations, Onboard Rs

Donovan Spann
Broadband Infrastructure Coordinator, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

Hayley Steffen
Legal Advisor, Federal Communications Commission

Sean Stokes
Partner, Keller And Heckman

Rob Strait
Partner, Moss Adams

Jeffrey Sural
Principal/Owner, Sural Consulting

Kirk Taylor
Member Attorney, Hubacher Ames & Taylor Pllc

Andrea Taylor
SVP Product and Marketing, CSC ServiceWorks

Austin Thompson
Founder & Executive Director, Community Dynamix

Karen Thompson
Director, Telecommunications; Operations & Investment Services, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

Roger Timmerman
Chief Executive Officer, UTOPIA Fiber

Heidi Todacheene
Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of the Interior

Mai Tran
Member, Davis Craig, PLLC

Michael Turbes
Assistant Vice President of Senior Legal Counsel of Mobility and Entertainment, AT&T

Brian Vair
Outreach Team Lead, Texas Broadband Development Office

Alisa Valentin
Broadband Policy Director, Public Knowledge

Mike Watson
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Extenet Systems Inc

Reg Weiser
Chief Executive Officer, Positron Access Solutions

William Wells
Executive Director, aSTEAM Village

Joseph Wender
Director, Capital Projects Fund, U.S. Department of Treasury

Amy Wheelus
CTIO, Gigapower

Linda Willey
Vice President Business Services, Camden

Kyla Williams Tate
Director of Digital Equity, Cook County Government, Illinois

Misti Willock
VP - Strategic Partnerships, Resound Networks

John WIndhausen
Executive Director, SHLB Coalition

William "Billy" Wise
Broadband Manager, Victoria Electric Cooperative

Dean Wolfe
Vice President, Technology & Vendor Relations, Choice Property Resources, Inc.

Michael Wood
Market Manager, Clearfield

Donald Workman
Co-Founder, Chairman, COO, RTA

David Zelenok
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ZK Engineers

2024 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Spectrum

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• AT&T
• Ruckus Commscope
• Directv

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Brightspeed
• Clearfield
• Onboard
• Quantum Fiber
• UbiQuity
• Verizon
• Xfinity Communities

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Dojo Networks
• Dycom
• Eero
• Frontier
• Optimum Communities
• Tarana
• Tilson

FEATURED SPONSORS:
• BHC Engineering
• Cox Communities
• Finley
• Mears
• OFS

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• CHR Solutions
• Future Infrastructure