On Wednesday, April 18, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will join a coalition of stakeholders to launch a series of regional listening sessions targeting the expansion of broadband access in rural America.
The launch and subsequent listening session are being organized by Farm Foundation, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, CoBank, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), and the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC).
WHO WILL PARTICIPATE:
- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue
- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai
- Rural Utilities Service Administrator Ken Johnson
- Tennessee Telecommunications Association Executive Director Levoy Knowles
- North Arkansas Electric Cooperative Executive Director Mel Coleman
- Constance Cullman, President and CEO, Farm Foundation
- Shirley Bloomfield, CEO, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association
- Jim Matheson, CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
- Thomas Halverson, President and CEO, CoBank
- Sheldon Petersen, CEO, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (CFC)
- Jannine Miller, USDA Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Infrastructure
- Joe Swedberg, Chairman of the Board, Farm Foundation
WHAT: Launch of E-Connectivity Listening Sessions
WHERE: Whitten Patio, U.S. Department of Agriculture
WHEN: 9:15 to 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2018
TO ATTEND: RSVP required by 10 a.m. Tuesday by e-mailing [email protected]
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mary Thompson, Farm Foundation, 630-601-4152
Kelly Wismer, NTCA, 703-351-2015
Stephen Bell, NRECA, 571.205.7719
Jo Solonika, CoBank, 720-583-9180
Brad Captain, CFC, 800-424-2954