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    PODCAST: "Behind the Solutions" with NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association

    April 19, 2023
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    About Shirley Bloomfield
    Shirley Bloomfield is Chief Executive Officer of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, the premier association representing nearly 850 independent telecommunications companies that are leading innovation in rural and small-town America.

    With more than 30 years of experience representing the country’s smallest telecom operators, she is an expert on the role of federal communications policies in sustaining the vitality of rural and remote communities and the benefits rural broadband networks bring to millions of American families and businesses and the national economy.

    Shirley has a strong track record of leadership in seeking synergies and aligning strategic partnerships among rural telecom companies, their larger counterparts, other rural utilities and local and federal governments, further expanding business opportunities for small communications providers.

    Under her leadership, NTCA has made broadband an integral part of policy conversations in Washington, D.C., and has secured billions of dollars in federal funding for rural service providers to expand build-out and sustain networks and help close the digital divide. She is a strong supporter of national efforts to improve the resilience and reliability of critical electric and telecommunications infrastructure and serves as a board member of NRTC and the Southeast Reliability Corporation (SERC).

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    NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association is building a better broadband future for rural America. Proudly representing more than 850 independent, family-owned and community-based telecommunications companies, NTCA helps members build and deliver broadband connectivity and operate essential services in rural and small-town communities across the U.S.

    NTCA is committed to advancing policies to help close the digital divide and advocates on behalf of its members in the legislative and regulatory arenas and provides educational programming, training and development by publishing comprehensive industry research, conducting in person and virtual events and offering an array of employee benefit programs. For more information, visit www.ntca.org and follow NTCA on Twitter @ntcaconnect, LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ntca and Facebook: www.facebook.com/NTCARuralTelecom.

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    While product innovations fuel network evolution, the leaders and doers BEHIND those innovations have the inside scoop about them. And oh, how we can learn from their business challenges, successes, doubts and personal struggles. Listen in on more ISE podcasts: www.isemag.com/podcasts/ise-podcasts. 

    About the Author

    Sharon Vollman | Editor-in-Chief, ISE Magazine

    Sharon Vollman is Editor-in-Chief of ISE Magazine. She oversees the strategic direction and content for ISE Magazine. She also leads the educational content development for ISE EXPO. Vollman has created educational partnerships with the major communications and entertainment providers including AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink, Frontier Communications and Cincinnati Bell. She has covered the telecom industry since 1996. Prior to that, she worked in advertising with Ogilvy & Mather and CME. Vollman has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism/Advertising from the University of Iowa.
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