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Bob Udell is the President and CEO of Consolidated Communications. Prior to being named President and CEO in 2014, Udell served as the Company's President and COO, and as Senior Vice President upon joining the Company in April 2004. Udell has more than 25 years of telecommunications leadership experience including profit and loss management and operations at large- and mid-sized local exchange companies. He served in leadership roles at TXU Communications including Executive Vice President of Business Development, Regulatory and Administration, and Chief Operating Officer. He served in leadership roles at McLeodUSA as Senior Vice President of Network Services and Vice President and General Manager of the company’s Indiana operations, and he held management roles at Bell Atlantic in operations, carrier sales and marketing. Udell serves on the USTelecom Board of Directors and formerly served as Chairman of the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance. He also serves on the boards of the Greater Conroe Economic Development Council and The John Cooper School Board of Trustees. He holds a master's degree in business administration from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Udell completed the Advanced Technology Innovations Program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Business Development, Strategic Planning, Embedded Systems, IPTV, and Business Process Improvement.

Mr. Samuel Jonas has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer of IDT Corp., effective December 31, 2013. Shmuel Jonas has served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company since June 2010. Shmuel Jonas joined the Company in June 2008 and served as a Vice President until June 2009, when he was elected to serve as the Company’s Vice President of Operations. Since 2004, Shmuel Jonas has also been the managing member of Arlington Suites, LLC, manager of a thirty million dollar mixed-use ground up development project in the Bronx, New York.

Christopher has worked as Board Member at First Natl Corp VA, President at Virginia Telecom Industry Assn, and President/CEO at Shentel. He works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at NTCA The Rural Broadband Association and BOARD MEMBER at Virginia Telecom Industry Assn. Christopher attended University of Virginia.

Rocco Commisso is a Chairman/CEO/Founder at Mediacom Communications, Board Member at Mediacom Communications, and Board Member at C-SPAN. He has worked as Exec VP/CFO at CABLEVISION INDUSTRIES CORP, Board Member at AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE CORP, and Board Member at CABLEVISION INDUSTRIES CORP. Rocco works or has worked as MEMBER at Cable Tv Pioneers, BOARD MEMBER at Natl Cable Television Assn, and BOARD MEMBER at Natl Italian American Foundation. He studied at Columbia University.