A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and as the senior vice president of Tribal Communications, LLC, Joe Valandra gives insight into the broadband issues facing these communities.

AMA invites broadband industry leaders from all corners to share their knowledge and perspectives with our community of state broadband directors, policymakers, broadband providers and broadband investors.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The format is simple:<ul><li>A one hour live webinar with our distinguished guests</li><li>Interactive questions from attendees in the comments below this post</li><li>See a question you also wonder about? “Like” it to upvote it</li><li>Have more questions? Add them as comments to this post</li><li>The moderator will tee up questions for our guest to answer. They'll answer as many questions as time permits, in order of upvotes</li><li>A community moderator will paraphrase our guest’s answers and post as reply</li></ul>Want to weigh in with your perspective? You’re welcome to share your replies! &nbsp;Please be respectful of our distinguished guest. It’s okay to disagree, but thank you for being kind. Trolls will be banned.

<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">About Our Distinguished Guest</h2>For the last year, Joe Valandra has served as the senior vice president of Tribal Communications, LLC.Joe works to help tribal groups find future-proof, broadband solutions to the connectivity problems facing their communities. A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, Joe is uniquely qualified to understand the&nbsp; issues facing these communities.&nbsp;Joe received his JD from University of Minnesota Law School and his Bachelor’s from University of South Dakota.

John Windhausen, founder of the SHLB Coalition and recipient of the Community Broadband Hero of the Year award by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, joins us to give his unique insight into the industry.

<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">About Our Distinguished Guest</h2>John founded the SHLB Coalition in 2009. He started his career as an attorney at the FCC before serving as president of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services. During his time with the SHLB Coalition, John has authored several papers on broadband, and was named the Community Broadband Hero of the Year by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors in 2012. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University and a J.D. from UCLA Law School.

Lori Adams, Nokia's broadband policy and funding strategy group lead, brings her valuable insight into the industry to our next AMA.

AMA invites broadband industry leaders from all corners to share their knowledge and perspectives with our community of state broadband directors, policymakers, broadband providers and broadband investors.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The format is simple:<ul><li>A one hour live webinar with our distinguished guests</li><li>Interactive questions from attendees in the comments below this post</li><li>See a question you also wonder about? “Like” it to upvote it</li><li>Have more questions? Add them as comments to this post</li><li>The moderator will tee up questions for our guest to answer. They'll answer as many questions as time permits, in order of upvotes</li><li>A community moderator will paraphrase our guest’s answers and post as reply</li></ul>Want to weigh in with your perspective? You’re welcome to share your replies! &nbsp;Please be respectful of our distinguished guest. It’s okay to disagree, but thank you for being kind. Trolls will be banned.

<h2>About Our Distinguished Guest</h2>Lori brought more than 20 years of experience as a&nbsp;telecommunications attorney to Nokia when she began leading the company’s broadband policy and funding strategy group in January of 2022.Prior to joining Nokia, she served as the director of commercial and market development for Render Networks between 2020 and 2022, and the director of broadband development at Vantage Point Solutions from 2016 to 2020.&nbsp; Lori received her JD from University of Baltimore School of Law and a Bachelor's Degree from American University.

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