The Fiber Broadband Association announced yesterday its 2023 Board of Directors. Joseph “JJ” Jones, President at On Trac, Inc., was elected as the new Chair of the Board for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2023. He has served as Chair of the Conference Committee for a decade and was Vice Chair of the Board in 2022.
“2023 will be one of the most exciting years for both the Fiber Broadband Association and our industry,” said Gary Bolton, President and CEO at the Fiber Broadband Association. “Our membership is working hard to accelerate the deployment of fiber broadband networks and enable every community to leverage the economic and societal benefits that only fiber can deliver. Our 2023 Board of Directors is an impressive, diverse group of leaders that will guide us through this journey and accelerate our vision to advance quality of life and digital equity anywhere and everywhere.”
The full 2023 Board of Directors includes the following leaders that have demonstrated a continued commitment to the Fiber Broadband Association and its mission to create a better broadband future in North America:
- Chair: Joseph “JJ” Jones, President at On Trac, Inc.
- Vice Chair: Jimmy Todd, CEO and General Manager, Nex-Tech
- Secretary: Kimberly McKinley, Chief Marketing Officer, UTOPIA Fiber
- Treasurer: Joe Jensen, Director, Americas Market Development, Corning
- Mark Boxer, Technical Manager – Solutions and Applications Engineering, OFS
- Katie Espeseth, Vice President of New Products, EPB
- Scott Jackson, National Market Manager – Broadband, Graybar
- Gregg Logan, Vice President of Engineering, Telapex, Inc.
- Ariane Schaffer, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google Fiber
Kimberly McKinley and Ariane Schaffer are newly elected Board members and will each serve three-year terms starting in 2023. Each of these individuals have demonstrated long-term commitments to the Fiber Broadband Association. McKinley was a co-creator of the Fiber Broadband Association’s Public Officials Roundtable and served as co-chair of the Roundtable and Marketing Committee for two years. Schaffer served as co-chair of the Fiber Broadband Association’s Public Policy Committee.
Mark Boxer was re-elected to a second, three-year term and will continue to provide exceptional leadership for the Association’s Optical Telecom Installer Certification workforce development initiatives. Gregg Logan will fulfill the remainder of a vacant board seat term. He has served as secretary on the Fiber Broadband Association’s Board of Directors in previous years, and most recently on the Association’s Senior Council Committee.
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