Taylre Beaty

State Broadband Director
Tennessee Economic & Community Development

Taylre Beaty started as the State Broadband Director at Tennessee Economic and Community Development (TNECD) in September 2021. Prior to joining TNECD, she worked for USDA Rural Development, most recently as a Policy Advisor for Rural Utilities Service in Washington, D.C. During her time at USDA, she worked on then Secretary Sonny Perdue’s broadband priorities including the American Broadband Initiative, FCC Precision Ag Task Force, and critical broadband infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. She earned a master’s in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M University and a bachelor’s in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She is originally from East Tennessee.

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Presentation(s):

• Pre-Conference: The State Broadband Office

  Sunday, June 12, 2022
  12:40pm – 1:30pm

• Municipal Fiber: How Communities Use Fiber to Thrive

  Wednesday, June 15, 2022
  10:25am – 11:00am