Kevin Morgan, chief marketing officer at Clearfield, was elected as the new chair of the board as the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) elected its 2022 board of directors. Morgan will serve a one-year term beginning January 1, 2022, when the term end for the current chair, Katie Espeseth, vice president of new products at utility-based service provider EPB of Chattanooga, TN.
In addition to Morgan and Espeseth, the 2022 board of directors will include:
- Vice Chair: Joseph “JJ” Jones, executive vice president, On Trac, Inc.
- Secretary: Jimmy Todd, CEO and general manager, Nex-Tech
- Treasurer: Joe Jensen, director, Americas market development, Corning
- Joanne Hovis, president, CTC Technology & Energy
- Mark Boxer, technical manager – solutions and applications engineering, OFS
- Scott Jackson, national market manager – broadband, Graybar
- Ben Moncrief, senior vice president – strategic relations and managing director - Alabama, C Spire.
Todd, Jackson, and Moncrief are newly elected board members, each of whom will serve three-year terms. As of December 31, 2021, Gregg Logan, vice president of engineering at C Spire, will leave the board but will begin a five-year term on the FBA’s Senior Council with Mike Hill, CEO of On Trac, Inc.
“The FBA Board of Directors plays a critical role in our effort to advance fiber deployment so that every community across North America can access high-speed reliable broadband. In 2021, our board helped guide us through the momentous passing of the Infrastructure Bill that awarded $65 billion for broadband investment,” said Gary Bolton, President and CEO of the FBA. “As we look towards 2022, there is a huge opportunity for our industry to close the digital equity gap for good, and our newly elected Board has the expertise to help our members navigate this opportunity successfully. I congratulate our newest directors and officers, while also extending gratitude to those that served in 2021.”
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Stephen Hardy is editorial director and associate publisher of Lightwave and Broadband Technology Report, part of the Lighting & Technology Group at Endeavor Business Media. Stephen is responsible for establishing and executing editorial strategy across the both brands’ websites, email newsletters, events, and other information products. He has covered the fiber-optics space for more than 20 years, and communications and technology for more than 35 years. During his tenure, Lightwave has received awards from Folio: and the American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE) for editorial excellence. Prior to joining Lightwave in 1997, Stephen worked for Telecommunications magazine and the Journal of Electronic Defense.
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