For Immediate Release
Contact: Hillary Smith, 703-351-2086, [email protected]
Arlington, Va. (June 17, 2016)—NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association is pleased to announce the election results for the cooperative and commercial seats on the 2017 NTCA Board of Directors for the Southeast Region and Northwest Region.
The newly elected board members will be introduced at the opening general session of both the Northwest and Southeast Regional Conferences this summer. They will be seated in November to fulfill a three-year term expiring in 2019.
The following individuals will represent NTCA’s six regions on the board starting this fall:
Central Region
Commercial: Doug Boone, Premier Communications (Sioux Center, Iowa)
Cooperative: Ron Hinds, GRM Networks (Princeton, Mo.)
North Central Region
Commercial: John Klatt, Lakeland Communications Group, LLC (Milltown, Wis.)
Cooperative: Kevin Beyer, Federated Telephone Cooperative (Chokio, Minn.)
Northeast Region
Commercial: Mark Bahnson, Bloomingdale Telephone Co. (Bloomingdale, Mich.)
Cooperative: James M. “Jim” Dauby, Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative (St. Meinrad, Ind.)
Northwest Region
Commercial: Allen R. Hoopes, Silver Star Communications (Freedom, Wyo.)
Cooperative: Don Bitz, Triangle Communications (Havre, Mont.)
Southeast Region
Commercial: H. Keith Oliver, Home Telephone Co. (Moncks Corner, S.C.)
Cooperative: Fred Johnson, Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative (Rainsville, Ala.)
Southwest Region
Commercial: Janet Britton, EATEL (Gonzales, La.)
Cooperative: William P. “Bill” Hegmann, Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Texarkana, Ark.)
CliftonLarsonAllen, the auditing firm of NTCA, tabulated the results of the contested election by mailed ballot.
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