Task Force Co-Chairpersons

Jason Wilson, Director, Governor's Office on Appalachia

Keith Fuller, Director of Corporate Development, Chesapeake Energy

Stu Johnson, Executive Director, Connect Ohio

Project Manager

Bart Winegar, Technical Outreach Manager, Connect Ohio

Committees and Committee Chairs

Commerce:

Chair: Paul D. Prater, Community Affairs Manager, AEP Ohio & WV

Community Leaders:

Chair: Tom Wheaton, Carroll County Commissioner

Gregory R. Carver, Columbiana County Knox Township Trustee Chairman

Greg DiDonato, Executive Director, Ohio Mid-Eastern Government Association

Education:

Chair - Joy Padgett, Director of Government Relations and Grants, Central Ohio Technical College

Angela Underwood, Executive Director, Ohio Mid-Eastern Regional Education Service Agency

Finance:

Chair: David Nadler, SVP / Chief Risk Officer, Ohio Valley Bank

John Glazer, Director, TechGROWTH Ohio

Government Affairs :

Co-Chair : Katrina Flory, Executive Administrator, Ohio Office of Information Technology

Co-Chair: Marianne Townsend, Chief, Telecommunications, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

Jeanne Wilson, Sr. Appalachian Regional Representative, Office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown

Non-Profit:

Chair: Cara Dingus Brook, President/CEO, The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio

Robin Kinny, Energy Committee Chair for Rural Action, Internet Committee member of Central Appalachia Regional Network

Ronald Rees, Executive Director, Corporation for Ohio Appalachia Development (COAD)

Providers:

Chair: Ken Engstrom, Fiber Sales Manager, Horizon Telecom

Dave Davidson, SVP/GM of Ohio, Frontier Communications - Local Exchange Carrier

Ed Kozelek, Regional VP of Government Affairs, Time Warner Cable - CABLE Internet Service Provider

David Weddell, CEO, Cueband - Wireless Internet Service Provider

Denis Walsh, Director of Partner Relations, OARNet

Technology:

Chair: Linda Kenworthy,  Business Development Manager, Intel Americas