Ask Me Anything! With Tamarah Holmes, PhD, Director of the Office of Broadband at the Virginia Dept. of Housing and Community Development

About Our Distinguished Guest

Dr. Holmes is a state broadband office leader whom peers look to for direction. She has served the Commonwealth of Virginia for nearly nine years as a program manager for the Virginia Appalachian Regional Commission and then starting in 2019 as the director of the Office of Broadband.

She has a storied background in civic service, having previously served as a coordinator for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program for Newark, NJ, an administrative project analyst for Richmond, VA, and a community development block grant coordinator Chesterfield County, VA.

Dr. Holmes holds a bachelor's of arts in political science from Drew University, a master's of science in urban policy and analysis from the New School, and a doctorate of philosophy in public policy and administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Check out Broadband.money's Innovator Spotlight profile of Dr. Holmes and Virginia DHCD's Office of Broadband.