COMPTEL members yesterday elected their 2005-2006 Board of Directors at the annual membership meeting. The full board will meet this morning and select the new chairman, vice chairman, vice chairman-treasurer and executive committee. Nine board members were elected in each category: Large Member (companies with annual revenues over $300 million), Medium Member (annual revenues of $25 million to $300 million), and Small Member (annual revenues of under $25 million).
Of the 27 directors elected, 14 will serve one-year terms, and 13 will serve two-year terms. The new board members drew lots after the election to determine the length of their term.
New COMPTEL Board members are:
Large Company
Broadwing Communications, Scott Widham, President, Sales & Marketing
Covad Communications, Susan Jin Davis, Vice President, Government & External Affairs
IDT Corp., James Courter, CEO & Vice Chairman
ITC^DeltaCom, Jerry Watts, Vice President, Government & Industry Affairs
Level 3 Communications Inc., Cindy Z. Schonhaut, Director Federal Regulatory Affairs
NuVox, Jim Akerhielm, CEO
PAETEC Communications, Joe Ambersley, President, PAETEC South
US LEC Corp., Aaron Cowell, President & CEO
XO Communications, Carl Grivner, CEO
Medium Company
Cbeyond Communications, Jim Geiger, CEO
Eschelon Telecom Inc., Russ Merbeth, Federal Counsel
Lightyear Network Solutions, Sherman Henderson, President & CEO
Looking Glass Networks Inc., Lynn Refer, CEO
New Edge Networks, Penny Bewick, Vice President, External Affairs
Pac-West Telecomm Inc., John Sumpter, Vice President, Regulatory
RCN Corp., Pete Aquino, President & CEO
TDS METROCOM, Jim Butman, President, CLEC Operations
Xspedius Communications, Jim Falvey, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Small Company
Alliance Group Services Inc., Tom Coughlin, Chairman
Arrival Communications, Tony Distefano, CEO
CIMCO Communications, Bill Capraro, President & CEO
Homisco, Ron Contrado, President & CEO
PPL Telcom LLC, David Kelley, President
Remi Communications, David J. Malfara Sr., President & CEO
USCarrier Telecom LLC, Phil Forbes, Executive Vice President & CTO
VCOM Solutions Inc., Gary Storm, President, CEO & Founder
Vox Communications Corp., Ron Harden, Executive Vice President
