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Michael T. Prior is President and Chief Executive Officer and serves as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Prior joined the company in 2003 as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and became the company's Chief Executive Officer in 2005. Previous to joining the company, Mr. Prior was a partner with Q Advisors LLC, a Denver based investment banking and financial advisory firm focused on the technology and telecommunications sectors. Mr. Prior began his career as a corporate attorney with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in London and New York. He received a B.A. degree from Vassar College and a J.D. degree summa cum laude from Brooklyn Law School. Mr. Prior currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Competitive Carriers Association. Michael is also an active member of the Board of Trustees of Essex County Community Foundation an area non-profit organization which serves to promote philanthropy and support charitable activities in the community.

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.

Bill Colton is a Partner at NextWave Advocacy, LLC and CEO / Co-Founder at Global Telesourcing and is based in Washington d.c. Metro Area. He has worked as Managing Director, Latin America at Optima Direct and Vice President, Political Communications at DDC Advocacy. Bill attended GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY between 1991 and 1996 and Radnor High School between 1987 and 1991.

Enrique Ortiz de Montellano is a Presidente & CEO at Claro Puerto Rico. He attended Universidad Anáhuac del Sur, A.C..

Jason Kubasak is an Owner at Internet Professionals, CEO at D&S Communications, and CEO at Mako Networks and is based in Elgin, Illinois. He attended Northwestern University between 1989 and 1992.