{"id":41323,"date":"2023-01-03T18:01:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T23:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/?p=41323"},"modified":"2023-01-11T09:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:26:05","slug":"new-year-brings-new-appointments-changes-for-tnba-leaders-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/2023\/01\/new-year-brings-new-appointments-changes-for-tnba-leaders-board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year Brings New Appointments &#038; Changes for TNBA Leaders, Board Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41324\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-41324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karen-Furman-1-e1672786289827.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karen-Furman-1-e1672786289827.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karen-Furman-1-e1672786289827-340x256.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Furman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the past decade, the broadband industry has seen a host of changes. From consumer demands to technological advancements, including 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) service, telecommunications continues to evolve with the times.<\/p>\n<p>To best prepare for the future, Tennessee Broadband Association (TNBA) leaders and board members will shift roles and take on new appointments to continue to serve members.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WK&amp;T and Ardmore Telephone Company CEO Trevor Bonnstetter will represent the TNBA as part of the government affairs team.<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41318\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-41318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trevor-Bonnstetter-628x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trevor-Bonnstetter-628x800.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trevor-Bonnstetter-1257x1600.jpg 1257w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trevor-Bonnstetter-267x340.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trevor-Bonnstetter-1207x1536.jpg 1207w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trevor-Bonnstetter.jpg 1571w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trevor Bonnstetter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WK&amp;T and Ardmore Telephone Company COO Karen Furman will serve on the TNBA Board of Directors.<\/li>\n<li>Knowles has been appointed to the Tennessee Digital Opportunity Advisory Board, a committee organized by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>National representation<\/h2>\n<p>Twin Lakes CEO Jonathan West was elected to serve as the NTCA board member representing the Southeast Region. West has previously served on the NTCA PAC board, the government affairs committee and several ad hoc committees to address the challenges and opportunities faced by the telecommunications industry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41351\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-41351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-West-103-571x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-West-103-571x800.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-West-103-1143x1600.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-West-103-243x340.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-West-103-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-West-103-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-West-103-scaled.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly pleased Tennessee has representation on the NTCA board,\u201d Knowles says. \u201cWest will do a fantastic job. They couldn\u2019t have selected a better person for the position, and he\u2019ll be a great addition for Tennessee and the NTCA.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, the broadband industry has seen a host of changes. From consumer demands to technological advancements, including 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) service, telecommunications continues to evolve with the times. To best prepare for the future, Tennessee Broadband Association (TNBA) leaders and board members will shift roles and take on new appointments&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":41324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,306],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41323"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41356,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41323\/revisions\/41356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}