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Shirley Bloomfield
Chief Executive Officer
 
Michael Romano
Sr. Vice President of Policy
Photo: Shirley Bloomfield - Click to view more information Shirley Bloomfield became NTCA's CEO on July 1, 2010. Bloomfield brings her strength as an advocate for rural telecommunications and a unique combination of rural telecom knowledge, expertise in building alliances and management capabilities to the position. 
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  Photo: Michael Romano - Click to view more information Michael Romano joined the association as senior vice president of policy on August 23, 2010.  Romano oversees the association's recently merged government affairs and legal and industry divisions, with a particular focus on NTCA's regulatory and industry efforts.  
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Tom Wacker
Vice President of Government Affairs
 

Joshua Seidemann
Director of Policy
Photo: Tom Wacker - Click to view more information Tom Wacker serves as vice president of government affairs for NTCA, guiding the organization's legislative advocacy program.
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  Photo: Joshua Siedemann - Click to view more information Joshua Seidemann is director of NTCA's policy division. He focuses on federal telecommuni- cations advocacy on the regulatory side.
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Jill Canfield
Director of Legal and Industry
 

Rick Schadelbauer
Economist
Photo: Jill Canfield - Click to view more information Jill Canfield is the director of legal and industry at NTCA. Canfield prepares many of NTCA's pleadings for submission to the FCC, federal courts and other agencies.
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  Photo: Rick Schadelbauer - Click to view more information Rick Schadelbauer is NTCA's economist.  He provides economic and financial analysis to support the work of the association's legal and industry affairs division.
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Steve Fravel
Emerging Technologies Manager
 

Lori Fischetti
Vice President of Association Services
Photo: Steve Fravel - Click to view more information Steve Fravel is the emerging technologies manager for NTCA. He covers trends
and issues from video to wireless to
all technologies for NTCA's advocacy
efforts.
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  Photo: Lori Fischetti - Click to view more information Lori Fischetti is the vice president of association services and oversees education, meetings and membership, as well as the philanthropic arm of the association, the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS).
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Barbara Ritter
Vice President of Human Resources
   
Photo: Barbara Ritter - Click to view more information Barbara Ritter is vice president of human resources at NTCA. In this role, she is responsible for NTCA's Executive Search Program and NTCA's HR Consulting Program.
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703-351-2086
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703-351-2087
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