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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 4, 2009
MEDIA CONTACT
Margaret Boles
202-296-6650
mboles@comptel.org
COMPTEL Elects New Board Members
PAETEC’s Ambersley to take the helm as new chairman
Dallas, Texas – March 4, 2009 – At the COMPTEL PLUS Spring 2009 Convention & Expo, the association elected 16 companies to serve on the COMPTEL Board of Directors for the 2009-2011 term. These companies join 11 others that are currently serving on the Board for the 2008-2010 term. Joe Ambersley, a founding officer of PAETEC Communications, was elected Chairman. Mr. Ambersley succeeds Sherm Henderson, President and CEO of Lightyear Network Services, who has served as Board Chairman for the past six years.
Other Board Members elected to the Executive Committee include Julia Strow of Cbeyond, who will serve as Vice Chairman; Jim Butman of TDS Metrocom, who will serve as Treasurer; and Bill Capraro of CIMCO Communications, Dale Schmick of YourTel America, Jerry Watts of Deltacom and Sherm Henderson of Lightyear.
“I have had the pleasure of serving on COMPTEL’s Board for many years and I am honored to take the reigns as Chairman as we continue to grow and strengthen our membership,” said Mr. Ambersley. “Sherm has left hard shoes to fill but I am delighted he will remain active on the Board and I am confident that, with the continuing support and hard work of my fellow Board Members and the COMPTEL staff, the association will remain a driving force in the communications industry.”
Large Member Companies (annual revenues above $300 million)
- Cavalier, Francie McComb
- Deltacom, Jerry Watts
- NuVox, Riley Murphy
- One Communications, Jim Prenetta
- PAETEC, Joe Ambersley
Medium Member Companies (annual revenues of $25million-$300 million)
- Americatel, Gary Fry
- CIMCO Communications, Bill Capraro
- FPL Fibernet, David Eckmann
- TDS Metrocom, Jim Butman
Small Member Companies (annual revenues of under $25million)
- ANI Networks, Joe Koppy
- DDR Broadband Networks, Grey Humphrey
- FiberLight, Kevin Coyne
- Homisco, Ron Contrado
- TSI, Deborah Ward
- VoX Communications, Ron Harden
- YourTel America, Dale Schmick
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About COMPTEL
Based in Washington, D.C., COMPTEL is the leading industry association representing competitive communications service providers and their supplier partners. COMPTEL members are entrepreneurial companies driving technological innovation and creating economic growth through competitive voice, video, and data offerings and the development and deployment of next-generation, IP-based networks and services. COMPTEL advances its members’ interests through trade shows, networking, education, and policy advocacy before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the courts. COMPTEL works to ensure that competitive communications providers can continue to offer lower prices, better service, and greater innovation to consumers. For more information, please call (202) 296-6650.
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