Board of Directors
USAC has a 20-member Board of Directors. Members of the Board of Directors provide leadership and guidance in USAC's administration of universal service.
All meetings of USAC’s Board are open to the public and are held in Washington, DC. The quarterly meeting schedule and the non-quarterly meeting schedule are available along with the minutes from previous board meetings.
USAC’s Board does not make policy or interpret statutes or rules or the intent of Congress, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), or any state or federal agency. Board members do not receive compensation for service on the Board, but are entitled to reimbursement for expenses directly incurred as a result of participation on the USAC Board.
Board Composition
USAC’s Board of Directors represents the universal service stakeholder community.
Three directors represent incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) made up from the following:
- One for Bell Operating Companies (BOCs),
- One for ILECs other than BOCs with annual operating revenues over $40 million, and
- One for ILECs other than BOCs with annual operating revenues less than $40 million.
Two directors represent interexchange carriers (IXCs) (i.e., long distance companies) made up from the following:
- One for IXCs with over $3 billion in annual operating revenues, and
- One for IXCs with less than $3 billion in annual operating revenues.
Three directors represent schools that are eligible to receive discounts.
One director represents libraries that are eligible to receive discounts.
One director represents Tribal Communities.
Two directors represent rural health care providers that are eligible to receive discounts.
Seven directors, each representing one of the following:
- Wireless providers,
- Competitive local exchange carriers,
- Cable operators,
- Information service providers,
- Eligible consumers,
- State telecommunications regulators, and
- State consumer advocates.
USAC’s chief executive officer is also a Board member.
Selection Process for the Board of Directors
USAC’s Board members, excluding the CEO, are appointed for three-year terms. Board members may be reappointed for subsequent terms pursuant to the initial nomination and appointment process described below. If a Board member vacates a seat prior to the completion of the term, USAC must notify the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and a successor will be chosen pursuant to the nomination and appointment process.
Sixty days before the expiration of a Board member’s term, the industry or non-industry group that is represented by that member nominates, by consensus, a new candidate. The industry or non-industry group submits the name of its nominee, along with relevant professional and biographical information, to the Chairman of the FCC. Only members of the industry or non-industry group that a Board member will represent may submit a nomination for that position.
The Chairman of the FCC reviews the nominations submitted by industry and non-industry groups and selects each member of USAC’s Board. If an industry or non-industry group does not reach consensus on a nominee or fails to submit a nomination for a position on the Board, the Chairman of the FCC can select the representative for the group.
By-laws and Board of Directors Committees
USAC’s corporate by-laws have been adopted by the Board of Directors and establish the rules governing the management of the corporation, such as annual meeting dates, quorum requirements, committees, and officer duties. The current committees of the Board of Directors include:
Officers
Kenneth F. Mason
Chair
Board of Directors
Kenneth F. Mason, Chair
Affiliation: Industry Consultant, Charleston, SC
Committee(s): Executive High Cost & Low Income
Terms: Through December 31, 2027
Ken Mason was most recently the Senior Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs for Frontier
Communications Corporation. Ken responsibilities included directing Frontier's legislative and
regulatory activities at the federal level and within certain states where Frontier operates. As part
of his responsibilities, Ken became intimately involved in the development and implementation
of Universal Service goals and requirements.
Ken is currently working as an industry consultant and has close to 30 years of experience in the
wireline and wireless telecommunications industry, with over 25 of those years at Frontier.
During that time, he held positions with increasing responsibility covering a variety of areas in
the business, including playing a key role in attaining the required regulatory approvals during
Frontier's transactions and restructuring.
He has spoken on numerous industry panel discussions related to intercarrier compensation,
Universal Service and rural broadband at the FCC, and at NARUC and other industry
conferences. Ken's experiences have enabled him to develop a wide array of skills in people as
well as issue management, negotiations, sales, marketing, government relations and advocacy,
development of industry coalitions, budgeting, and finance.
He has a BBA from St. Bonaventure University and an MBA from SUNY-Empire State College.
He has been a member of the USAC Board of Directors since 2013 and is currently the Board Chair.
Julie Tritt Schell
Vice Chair
Board of Directors
Julie Tritt Schell, Vice Chair
Affiliation: Pennsylvania E-Rate Coordinator, Mechanicsburg, PA
Committee(s): Executive Schools & Libraries Audit
Terms: Through December 31, 2025
Julie Tritt Schell is the State E-Rate Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, a role she’s held since the program’s inception. In addition, she has served as the Co-Chair of the State E-Rate Coordinators’ Alliance (SECA), and Co-Chair of the SHLB E-Rate Group. Previously, Ms. Schell was the Director of the Pennsylvania Office of Educational Technology, where she was responsible for all K-12 and higher education technology policy and funding initiatives. In addition, she negotiated and developed education training partnerships with 3-Com, Cisco and Oracle, coordinated the state telecommunications contract on behalf of schools and libraries, and served on the Governor's Rural Telecommunications Task Force. Ms. Schell began her career in public policy as a member of the government relations staff of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association.
Radha Sekar
Chief Executive Officer
Board of Directors
Radha Sekar, Chief Executive Officer
Affiliation: Universal Service Administrative Company, Washington, DC
Committee(s): Executive High Cost & Low Income Rural Health Care Schools & Libraries
Terms: N/A
Radha Sekar is the Chief Executive Officer. Most recently, Ms. Sekar served as the CFO for both the Farm Service Administration and the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), where she oversaw a $30 billion budget in borrowing authority and another credit portfolio of $40 billion.
Ms. Sekar served as the Executive Associate Director for Management and Administration and previously the Chief Financial Officer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2010 to 2015. She also served as a Senior Advisor and Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) from 2007 to 2010.
Previously, Ms. Sekar worked at both IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she actively worked with government agencies, such as the DoD, to reconfigure and improve processes across departments. Ms. Sekar began her career in 1989, at Electronic Data Systems (now a part of HP) on the IT side of finance.
Joan H. Wade, Ed.D.
Treasurer
Board of Directors
Joan H. Wade, Ed.D., Treasurer
Affiliation: Association of Educational Service Agencies, Executive Director, Ripon, WI
Committee(s): Executive Schools & Libraries
Terms: Through December 31, 2026
Joan Wade, Ed.D. is a life-long educator with over 30 years of service in public education. She began serving as the Executive Director for the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA), on July 1, 2016.
Dr. Wade began her career as a library media specialist in Montello, Wisconsin. After attending graduate school, she served in various administrative capacities in Wisconsin school districts including as Technology Coordinator for Portage Community School District, and Distance Learning Director for CESA 5.
In 1998, Dr. Wade was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly served as a State Representative in the Wisconsin State Legislature from 1998 - 2001. She served on the Education, Agriculture and Ways and Means Committees as well as chair of the state's Tourism committee.
Dr. Wade has served as CEO for CESA 6 for 15 years. During her tenure, she led CESA 6 through a visioning and systems design process that resulted in several major initiatives. Among her accomplishments was an in-depth study of the Next Generation of Schools, leading to several new services for CESA 6, including an annual symposium of the best practices in next generation thinking. As a champion of education, Dr. Wade and CESA 6 would host monthly legislative forums for district administrators, board of education members and regional legislators to discuss educational policies and issues.
Dr. Wade is a graduate of UW-Whitewater, received her Masters Degree from UW-Madison and her Doctorate degree from Edgewood College also in Madison, Wisconsin.
She has always been an advocate for the value of regional educational service agencies. She seeks to provide forums for courageous leaders to network and inspires bold solutions to current and future complex challenges facing education. Dr. Wade strives to bring together diverse voices in order to yield effective regional and national networks that produce results for the common good.
Olivia Wein
Secretary
Board of Directors
Olivia Wein, Secretary
Affiliation: National Consumer Law Center, Senior Attorney, Washington, DC
Committee(s): Executive High Cost & Low Income
Terms: Through December 31, 2027
Olivia Wein is an attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) focusing on low income consumer access to affordable and reliable telecommunications, energy and utility services. She is co-author of the fifth edition of NCLC's manual Access to Utility Service and co-author of The Rights of Utility Consumers. In addition to her recent appointment to the Universal Service Administrative Company Board of Directors, Ms. Wein serves on the Federal Communication Commission's Consumer Advisory Committee and was active in the recent reform of the federal Lifeline program. She co-chairs the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Coalition. She was an Economic Justice Fellow at Consumers Union prior to her work at NCLC.
Members
Sheba Chacko
Board of Directors
Sheba Chacko
Affiliation: BT in the Americas, Chief Regulatory Counsel, McLean, VA
Committee(s): Audit High Cost & Low Income
Terms: Through December 31, 2026
Sheba Chacko heads up the regulatory function for BT’s operations in the Americas. Prior to joining BT, Sheba practiced communications law with U.S. law firms, advising and assisting fixed telephony, wireless, Internet and satellite clients with their regulatory needs. Sheba has a Juris Doctor degree from Duke Law School, and a Master of Laws degree in International Law from Georgetown University Law Center.
Indra Sehdev Chalk
Board of Directors
Indra Sehdev Chalk
Affiliation: T-Mobile USA, Inc., Director, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Committee(s): High Cost & Low Income Schools & Libraries
Terms: Through December 31, 2025
Indra Sehdev Chalk joined T-Mobile in 2007 and is currently a Director of Federal Regulatory Affairs in its Government Affairs department. Ms. Chalk leads T-Mobile’s advocacy before the Federal Communications Commission on universal service and an ever-evolving set of other consumer issues, including robocalling, messaging, and—most recently—the Emergency Broadband and Affordable Connectivity Plans and as well as the Emergency Connectivity Fund. Ms. Chalk currently serves on the board of the Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA), the ATIS-managed body helping the industry achieve success in mitigating the problem of unwanted robocalling. Ms. Chalk is a graduate of Stanford University and received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. She is admitted to practice in the state bars of Texas and Washington, D.C.
Brian W. Dalhover
Board of Directors
Brian W. Dalhover
Affiliation: Zayo Group, LLC, Vice President of SLED Engineering & Policy. Mt. Juliet, TN
Terms: December 31, 2026
Brian Dalhover is currently the Vice President of SLED Engineering & Policy at Zayo Group, LLC. His responsibilities include developing and executing comprehensive strategies to ensure Zayo’s alignment and support of publicly funded anchor institutions and public funding compliance. His role requires a deep understanding of the technical landscape and regulatory environment, which he navigates by leveraging his broad experience in the wireline and wireless telecommunications industry. Brian’s responsibilities include leading Zayo’s cross-functional collaboration to drive initiatives focused on public funding programs and compliance with particular attention on Universal Service goals and requirements.
Brian’s entire career has been dedicated to the funding, design, installation, maintenance, and operation of telecommunications networks. His journey began at an MSO (CableOne, Inc.) where he served as a field technician and several engineering roles. After a decade at CableOne, Brian joined Education Networks of America (ENA), and served in Solutions Engineering roles where he worked tirelessly to serve the needs of E-Rate customers across ENA’s 35-state footprint. In addition, Brian also led ENA’s Rural Healthcare practice, ensuring the design and delivery of equitable solutions to our nation’s most rural healthcare providers. Joining Zayo as part of its acquisition of ENA, Brian brings with him a wealth of experience and is now responsible for influencing and establishing key strategies for both engineering and policy associated with Zayo’s entire SLED vertical.
Brian actively participates in SHLB and has represented Zayo on numerous national and regional industry panel discussions related to middle-mile networks, public-private partnerships, maximizing E-Rate funding for private fiber networks, WiFi, and cybersecurity.
Brian’s experiences have enabled him to develop a deep set of life skills, but it's his unwavering commitment to leadership and public service that truly sets him apart. His dedication to civic service led him to serve as a Reserve Officer for the Mt. Juliet Police Department, where he volunteers his time working on patrol and special events to ensure the safety of his local community. In addition, Brian volunteers as a martial arts instructor and coach, teaching children critical life skills such as discipline, goal setting, and perseverance in the face of adversity. He has a B.S. in Information Technology from the University of Phoenix and has held dozens of technical certifications from Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia), Fortinet, and Certified Wireless Network Professional (CWNP), and maintains an active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Sarah Freeman
Board of Directors
Sarah Freeman
Affiliation: Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, Commissioner, Indianapolis, IN
Committee(s): High Cost & Low Income Rural Health Care
Terms: Through December 31, 2027
Sarah Freeman was appointed by Governor Mike Pence as Commissioner on September 19, 2016, and was most recently reappointed by Governor Eric Holcomb on December 20, 2021. Commissioner Freeman sits on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), is a member of the NARUC Committee on Telecommunications, and chairs its Subcommittee on Education and Research. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Universal Service Administrative Company, chairs the MISO Advisory Committee, and is a member of the EPRI Advisory Council. Freeman is also Vice President of the Mid-American Regulatory Conference and serves on the Board of Directors of the Organization of MISO States.
Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Freeman served as a senior staff attorney with the nonpartisan Indiana Legislative Services Agency, where she drafted utility and transportation legislation and served as counsel to numerous legislative committees.
A native Hoosier, Commissioner Freeman earned her undergraduate degrees in psychology, French, and political science from Indiana University – Bloomington and her juris doctor degree from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Anisa Green
Board of Directors
Anisa Green
Affiliation: AT&T, Director – Federal Regulatory, Washington, DC
Terms: December 31, 2027
Anisa Green, Director – Federal Regulatory, has over 26 years of experience and expertise in regulatory, policy, advocacy, and legal work. She is based in the AT&T DC office on the External & Legislative Affairs Federal Regulatory team currently working on universal service regulatory issues, with a focus on consumer broadband affordability, digital equity, prevention and elimination of digital discrimination, secured access to communications afforded to survivors of domestic violence, and rural healthcare matters. She also serves as Chief of Staff for the EVP and Chief Regulatory Officer. During her career – she’s not only gained a wealth of knowledge in the telecommunications, media, and technology field, she has enriched her network along the way.
Her commitment to serving her community is integral to her work. She champions various organizations focused on empowering, encouraging and educating the youth, women, and marginalized communities, including AT&T’s External & Legislative Affairs Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force, Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) , FCBA Diversity Pipeline Committee, FCBA Foundation, FCC’s Equity and Diversity Council, Genesys Works, Crittenton, Girls Who Code, Junior Achievement, the NETwork Black Integrated Communications Professionals, Women of AT&T, Women in Technology, Women in Cable Telecommunications, Year Up and many others. She has mentored and sponsored aspiring leaders on their way to career success while maintaining humility, candor, and perspective. She also started her own personal styling and event planning business to help people feel better about themselves and have a good time doing it.
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY with roots in West Indies, Anisa finished her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Communication at the George Washington University, became a certified paralegal and has taken numerous continuing legal education credits to further her knowledge in the TMT space. When she is not caring for her family, she takes advantage of a few stolen moments by shopping, reading a book, catching a movie, or taking a long walk/ride.
Amber Gregory
Representative for state telecommunications regulators
Board of Directors
Amber Gregory, Representative for state telecommunications regulators
Affiliation: Arkansas State Library, Manager of E-Rate Services, Little Rock, AR
Committee(s): Audit Schools & Libraries
Terms: Through December 31, 2025
Amber Gregory has worked with the E-Rate program since 2010 as the Manager of E-Rate Services at the Arkansas State Library. In this role, she helps public libraries navigate the E-Rate program to ensure that library bandwidth supports community needs. In addition, Ms. Gregory chairs the American Library Association’s E-Rate Task Force, on which she has served since 2014. At the Arkansas State Library, Ms. Gregory is a member of the Library Development department, where she manages statewide projects relating to broadband access and adoption, technology planning, and digital inclusion. Ms. Gregory holds a Master of Science in Information Science from the University of Tennessee and a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Colorado State University.
Daniel Kettwich
Board of Directors
Daniel Kettwich
Affiliation: ADS Advanced Data Services, Inc., CEO, Mount Pleasant, TX
Committee(s): Rural Health Care
Terms: December 31, 2027
Mr. Kettwich has thrived in many different roles over his career, since 2003 as the founder, President and CEO of ADS Advanced Data Services, Inc. (ADS), a services company supporting rural organizations seeking access to advanced broadband for healthcare, education, and civic life. Many ADS clients participate in the Rural Health Care or Schools and Libraries programs as well as other federal programs supporting broadband and rural communities. Prior to founding ADS, Mr. Kettwich worked for more than a decade with large technology and telecommunications firms such as Lucent Technologies, Time Warner Telecommunications, ICG Telecom Group, and NSN Network Services (a radio broadcasting company) designing and helping to deploy / maintain networks.
Stephanie Polk
Board of Directors
Stephanie Polk
Affiliation: Lumen Technologies, Senior Vice President of Customer Advocacy, Monroe, LA
Committee(s): Audit High Cost & Low Income
Terms: Through December 31, 2025
Stephanie Polk is CenturyLink’s Vice President of Customer Advocacy. She is responsible for the Customer Advocacy Groups and serves as a champion for customers across all of CenturyLink’s businesses. CenturyLink is a Fortune 200 telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. Her role highlights CenturyLink’s commitment to their customers and improving the customer experience. She has responsibilities for resolving customer complaints, social media support, analytics and process alignment.
Previous to this role, Stephanie has over twenty years of experience with CenturyLink. She has held various leadership roles within Customer Service, Marketing, and IT. Her accomplishments include leading the Level3, Qwest and Embarq business processes and systems integration. She has experience as a technology leader with over ten years in senior leadership roles managing teams of up to 1,000 internal and external technical professionals. She started her career in software development and progressed through systems architecture, training, operational readiness, product development, vendor management, and IT program and solution management roles.
System consolidation and integration have been a large part of her roles in the past nine years. The largest effort reduced 2,500 disparate systems to 1,800 and outsourced 45% of those systems to a leading IT solutions provider. She was also responsible for the management and oversight of an $800M application development and maintenance portfolio that served 17M customers in a 37-state territory.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from University of Louisiana at Monroe and a MBA from Louisiana Tech University. In her personal life, she is passionate about her local community. Stephanie is an active member of the University of Louisiana at Monroe Foundation Board of Trustees and previously served on the YMCA of Northeast Louisiana Board of Directors for eight years and as President for two. She resides in Monroe, Louisiana with her husband and two children.
Christine Sanquist
Board of Directors
Christine Sanquist
Affiliation: Charter Communications, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC
Committee(s): Schools & Libraries
Terms: Through December 31, 2025
Christine Sanquist is Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Charter Communications. Christine handles the company’s advocacy before the Federal Communications Commission and other regulatory agencies on a wide range of broadband and voice issues, including all Universal Service Fund programs. Prior to joining Charter, Christine was an associate attorney in the Communications, Internet and Technology practice group at Jenner & Block LLP. Before entering private practice, Christine was an Honors Attorney at the FCC in the Pricing Policy Division of the Wireline Competition Bureau.
Christine received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and her B.A. in Economics and Government & Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park.
David Schuler, Ph.d.
Board of Directors
David Schuler, Ph.d.
Affiliation: AASA, The School Superintendents Association, Executive Director, Alexandria, VA
Committee(s): Schools & Libraries
Terms: December 31, 2027
For more than two decades, David R. Schuler, Ph.D., has empowered educational leaders and inspired young minds to achieve success in, and well beyond, school house walls and district lines.
As the ninth Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, he brings a forward-thinking approach and a strong track record in strategic innovation, legislative advocacy, team building, and educational leadership. Dr. Schuler's 22-year career as a school superintendent in rural, urban, and suburban settings in two Midwestern states is marked by a dedication to enhancing student achievement and readiness for college, career, and life beyond high school. Dr. Schuler is leading the next iteration of AASA's Learning 2025 Network, a project that envisions a future where education is a transformative force. His leadership has been acknowledged with various accolades, such as being the Superintendent of the Year at both state and national levels.
Kara Semmler
Board of Directors
Kara Semmler
Affiliation: South Dakota Telecommunications Association, Executive Director and General Counsel, Pierre, SD
Committee(s): High Cost & Low Income Rural Health Care
Terms: Through December 31, 2026
Kara Semmler serves as General Counsel and Executive Director of the South Dakota Telecommunications Association (SDTA). SDTA's membership is comprised of South Dakota's cooperative, small commercial, municipal and tribal telecommunications companies. These companies provide broadband, telephone and video services to approximately three-quarters of South Dakota's land mass. Kara represents SDTA membership before the SD Public Utilities Commission, other state agencies, the state legislature, and the FCC.
Kara received a BA in business administration from Carthage College in Kenosha, WI and went on to obtain her law degree from Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. Kara then moved home to South Dakota to practice law. In addition to nearly a decade of private practice legal experience, she served as an attorney at the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission and as a Policy Advisor to Governor Kristi Noem. Kara currently serves on the NTCA Legal Committee and the Industry and Regulatory Policy Committee.
Kara and her husband Aaron have one son. They live in Pierre, SD and enjoy outdoor adventures so readily available in Central South Dakota.
Angela Siefer
Board of Directors
Angela Siefer
Affiliation: National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Executive Director, Columbus, OH
Committee(s): High Cost & Low Income
Terms: Through December 31, 2026
Angela founded the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) in 2015. Since 1997, she has been working in digital inclusion – she helped set up computer labs and digital inclusion programs in underserved areas, managed broadband conferences, conducted research, built a nationwide digital equity ecosystem, and testified multiple times before Congress. As the executive director of NDIA, Angela leads the digital inclusion movement and community of 1,500 affiliate organizations in 50 states, DC, and territories. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Schools, Health, & Libraries Broadband Coalition. Government Technology Magazine named Angela in their “Top 25 Doers, Dreams, and Drivers” of 2019, and she received the United Church of Christ’s Parker Award in 2021. Google.org named Angela one of seven global “Leaders to Watch'' in 2023.
Mona Thompson
Board of Directors
Mona Thompson
Affiliation: Eagle Butte, SD
Committee(s): Schools & Libraries Rural Health Care
Terms: Through December 31, 2026
Mona L. Thompson is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and has lived most of her life on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. Mona left home to pursue her higher education in Oklahoma and obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1987. She returned home and worked for the Office of Indian Education Programs as a Business Manager until 1992, at which time she left home again to pursue her MBA degree at Colorado State University and achieved this in 1994. Upon her return home, she resumed the Business Manager position until she joined the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority (CRSTTA) team as the Marketing/Economic Development Specialist. Mona was promoted to the Assistant General Manager position at CRSTTA in 2002 and was selected as the General Manager in 2012. Mona retired in February 2024, but desires to stay involved in the telecommunications Industry and advocate for Tribal Nations across the country. Mona enjoys spending time with family and her pets, traveling, enjoying the outdoors, reading, and listening to music.
Jeffery J. Waller
Board of Directors
Jeffery J. Waller
Affiliation: State of Alaska, Department of Law, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, AK
Committee(s): High Cost & Low Income Rural Health Care
Terms: Through December 31, 2025
Jeff Waller is the Chief Assistant Attorney General for the Regulatory Affairs & Public Advocacy Section (RAPA) of the Alaska Office of the Attorney General. Pursuant to state statute, RAPA appears before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska when the attorney general determines that participation is in the public interest. Since Mr. Waller joined RAPA in 2012 he has been the attorney responsible for all telecommunication-related dockets. Prior to moving to Alaska, Mr. Waller’s legal work included being outside counsel for electric, water, and wastewater utilities in the South Pacific.
Dr. Katharine Hsu Wibberly
Board of Directors
Dr. Katharine Hsu Wibberly
Affiliation: University of Virginia Health System, Director, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, Charlottesville, VA
Committee(s): Executive Rural Health Care
Terms: Through December 31, 2026
Kathy is Director of the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC). MATRC was established in September 2011 with the mission of providing technical support and other resources to Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington DC in order to advance the adoption and utilization of telehealth within the MATRC region. Kathy is an Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia School Of Medicine, faculty member at the Healthy Appalachia Institute and adjunct faculty member in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU where she has been teaching an online graduate level Research Methods course since 2008.
Just prior to her position with the MATRC, Kathy was Director of the Division of Primary Care and Rural Health in the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE). The OMHHE serves as the State Office of Rural Health, Primary Care Office and Office of Minority Health for Virginia. Kathy's public service career reflects over twenty years of experience in public health, public policy, program development, program evaluation and strategic planning at the federal, state and local government levels. Kathy has had a successful history with grants that includes identifying, reviewing, writing and managing over $13 million of grant funded programs and services in the past six years. Kathy also serves on the Boards of several local, State and national organizations.
Kathy received her B.A. in Psychology with minors in pre-medicine and youth services from Gordon College in Wenham, MA. She went on to receive her M.S. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA. Her specialization was in Group Interventions. Areas of particular interest include family, cultural, and religious issues in preventive health. Kathy also has a Certificate from the Management Academy for Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill.