President
CTC Technology & Energy
Joanne Hovis is a nationally recognized authority on broadband markets and on the evolving role of public–private partnerships in the provision of communications services to the public. For more than 25 years, she has overseen CTC’s consulting services related to strategic planning,
market analysis, business modeling, and financial analysis for localities, states, and tribal governments throughout the country.
Joanne leads the CTC teams that advise the states of Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Vermont; the cities of Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.; and the statewide broadband networks in Colorado, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. She also leads CTC’s advisory work regarding federal broadband funding programs such as ARC/EDA POWER grants, USDA RUS grants (such as ReConnect and Community Connect), and New Market Tax Credits. She has expertise in the Federal Communications Commission’s E‐Rate program, Lifeline program, and Healthcare Connect Fund. Joanne is also advising clients on new federal funding programs such as the FCC’s
Affordable Connectivity Program (formerly the Emergency Broadband Benefit) and the NTIA’s Infrastructure Act (IIJA) programs, while keeping a close eye on and providing singular analysis for clients around funding programs created by the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act and
the American Rescue Plan Act.
Joanne has testified on multiple occasions before Congress on rural broadband, broadband public‐private partnerships, and the digital divide, and has provided expert presentations to the
Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, and other national organizations.
Joanne is also CEO of the Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) and a member of the boards of directors of the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, Consumer Reports, and the Fiber Broadband Association. She is a former president of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA).
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Sunday, June 12, 2022
1:40pm – 2:30pm
Monday, June 13, 2022
9:05am – 9:45am