PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Consultant, Legg Strategies (2005-2009).
  • Served as a Rural Advocate for ubiquitous broadband deployment in the regulatory, financial and public policy arenas.  Served as a public relations advisor for telecommunications strategies toward FCC compliance.
  • Serves as Vice-Chair, Broadband Properties Magazine.  Encouraging buildout of high-speed nationwide broadband connectivity.
  • Advised on a national marketing effort for Connect Kentucky, a public/private partnership aimed at encouraging broadband development, ultimately at a national level.  Promoted the need to identify/map broadband existence, launch local plans to drive Internet usage and to build alliances with telecommunications providers and others.
• Administrator, Rural Utilities Service (2001-2005).  Headed $9 billion agency administering loans and grants for the infrastructure needs of rural America through telecommunications and other programs.
  • Spearheaded new programs and developed rules/regulations.
  • Managed electricity program including generation, transmission and distribution projects.
  • Initiated the first telecommunication/electricity alliance to develop non-traditional loan applications.
  • Allocated first-time funding for renewable energy.
• Executive Director and CEO, The Center for Rural Development (1994-2001).  Assisted in the development and implementation of a telecommunication program designed to maximize technology hardware in rural communities throughout Kentucky.
• Alternate Federal Co-Chairman, Appalachian Regional Commission (1990-1993).  Promoted economic policies for the region; assisted in the management of a $190 million budget aimed at building infrastructure and other programs relative to rural economic development.

AFFILIATIONS

• U.S. Department of Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (2006-Present).

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