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NTCA Announces 2015 Board of Directors(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 30 -- NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association issued the following news release: NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, the premier national association representing nearly 900 independent, community-based telecommunications companies, today announced the member representatives who have been elected to serve on the association's 2015 Board of Directors. The 2015 board members were elected to represent commercial and cooperative company representatives in the association's six geographic regions. Board members will be seated at the Rural Telecom Industry Meeting & EXPO March 8 in Phoenix, Ariz. The board will elect officers, including president and vice president, later this year. "NTCA members have chosen a highly qualified and uniquely skilled group of industry leaders to guide the association next year," said NTCA Chief Executive Officer Shirley Bloomfield. "These individuals' contributions have made and will continue to make our association stronger and better positioned to take on the challenges of today and to seize opportunities in the future. I look forward to working closely with each of them." The following representatives were elected to the board: Central Region Commercial: Douglas 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: Mitchell Moore, Clear Creek Communications (Oregon City, Ore.) 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.) [Category: Telecommunications] TNS 24HariCha-141001-30FurigayJane-4881719 30FurigayJane (c) 2014 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |