Seminar Kick-Off & Welcome

Caitlin Cain
LISC VP and Rural Director

Lisa Glover
CEO, LISC

Tim Rios
Senior Vice President, Rural Strategy Leader, Social Impact & Sustainability, Wells Fargo

Video Message from Mitch Landrieu

Mitch Landrieu
White House Senior Advisor & Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator

Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law: Implementation Status

Matt Josephs
SVP Policy, LISC

Driving Catalytic Investments in Infrastructure

Executive Roundtable: Early Investors in a Catalytic Concept

Lisa Glover
CEO, LISC

Lynette Bell
President, Truist Foundation

Jasmine Thomas
Senior Director, Airband Initiative (US), Microsoft

Break & Lunch

Rural LISC Address: The Human Infrastructure Moving Digital Infrastructure Forward

Christa Vinson
Rural LISC Program Office

Ted Stiger
Senior Director of Government Relief & Policy, RCAP

Remarks from Andy Berke

Andy Berke
Special Representative for Broadband at NTIA

Rural Broadband from the Ground Up: Delivering on a $65 Billion Promise

Panel discussion on how innovative partnerships and local political will finally close the rural digital divide.

Scott Woods, Host
Director, Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives at NTIA, Office of Internet Connectivity & Growth*

Anna Read
Senior Officer Broadband Initiative, Pew Charitable Trust

Jerry Kuthy
Program Officer, Cameron Foundation

Josh Seidemann
VP of Policy, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association

Bob Knight
Economic and Community Development Commissioner, Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut and Co-chair, Fiber Broadband Association’s Public Officials Group

Opening Message

Mark Colón
U.S. Department of Commerce

Break

Investing in Innovative and Resilient Infrastructure in Rural Communities - Fireside Chat on

Panel discussion on strategies to access funds for resilient infrastructure and the need for coordination between government entities as well as local leaders setting a creative vision.

George Ashton
President, LISC Fund Management and Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives

Justin Maxson,
Under secretary, USDA

Joe McKinney
Executive Director, NADO

Emily E. Rose
Senior Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation

Annie Donovan
Chief Operating Officer, LISC

Brian Vo
Chief Investment Officer, Connect Humanity

Networking Cocktail Reception