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Leadership and Staff

The Fiber Broadband Association consists of approximately 2,400 company member delegates and a nine-member Board of Directors serving three-year terms. Working committees drive member value and Association activities. The Association’s professional staff includes a full-time CEO/President who is supported by a team of full-time staff and partners devoted to membership engagement, research, industry affairs, workforce development, training, education, public relations, and marketing.

Board of Directors

Ashley Brown (Chair) Ashley Brown (Chair)
Senior Director, Field Marketing, Adtran
Evann Freeman (Vice Chair) Evann Freeman (Vice Chair)
Vice President, Government & Community Relations, EPB
Rob Shema (Secretary) Rob Shema (Secretary)
Director of Corporate Development and Govt Affairs - altafiber
Jimmy Todd (Treasurer) Jimmy Todd (Treasurer)
CEO & General Manager, Nex-Tech
Sachin Gupta Sachin Gupta
Vice President, Business and Technology Strategies, Centranet
Scott Jackson Scott Jackson
National Market Manager - Broadband, Graybar
Brendan O’Boyle Brendan O’Boyle
National Sales Manager, Communications Markets - PLP
Ariane Schaffer Ariane Schaffer
Head of Federal & State Policy, GFiber
Roger Timmerman Roger Timmerman
Executive Director - UTOPIA Fiber
Ashley Travers Ashley Travers
Vice President, Strategic Partnership - KGPCo
Bob Whitman Bob Whitman
VP Market Development - Corning Inc.

Senior Council

Gregg Logan Gregg Logan
VP of Engineering, Telapex, Inc.
Kevin Morgan Kevin Morgan
Chief Marketing Officer, Clearfield
Katie Espeseth Katie Espeseth
Vice President of New Products, EPB
Joe Jensen Joe Jensen
Americas Market Development, Corning Incorporated
Joseph Jones Joseph Jones
President, On Trac, Inc.
John George John George
Senior Director, Solutions Engineering and Fusion Splicers, OFS
Joanne Hovis Joanne Hovis
President - CTC Technology & Energy

Strategic Partners

Tom Cohen Tom Cohen
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Jeff Kavadias Jeff Kavadias
Kavadias Consulting PLLC

Fiber Broadband Association Staff

Membership

Vice President, Membership

Manager, Membership Outreach & Engagement
Member Experience Coordinator

Association and Member Services Assistant

Public Policy

Vice President, Public Policy

Public Policy Manager
Director of Public Policy
GFiber Public Policy Fellow

Workforce Development

Vice President, Research and Workforce Development
Director, Workforce Development
Workforce Development Program Manager

Sales

Sales Administrator

Latin America

Director, Industry Affairs & Member Services, LATAM
Operations Specialist, LATAM

Regulatory & Public Affairs Coordinator
Engagement & Communications Associate

Operations

Vice President, Operations

Director, Internal Operations & Events
Director, Marketing

Marketing Content Manager

Team Executive Administrative Assistant
Community Management Coordinator
Webinar Producer & Virtual Event Operations Manager