News & Events
2005 Press Releases
vCom CEO elected to the Board of Directors of COMPTEL
ORLANDO, Fla. - COMPTEL members on Monday, Oct. 10th elected their 2005-2006
Board of Directors. Nine directors were elected in each of the large, medium
and small member categories. Of the 27 directors, 14 will serve one-year
terms and 13 will serve for two years.
Gary Storm, President & CEO of vCom Solutions, was elected to a 2-year term.
"It is an honor to be elected to the Board of COMPTEL," said Storm. "I look
forward to representing the Small Carrier Group, and I am excited to foster
a stronger relationship between our members, so we can compete against the
ILECs. I also look forward to working with all the Board Members to make
sure our voice is being heard in Washington, and that the competitive industry
continues to offer a choice to businesses."
COMPTEL also named member company representatives to serve on its Executive
Committee. The Board and its Executive Committee are listed
below:
Large Member Representatives (Companies with annual revenues above $300 million):
- 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 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 Member Representatives (Companies with annual revenues of $25 million-$300 million):
- Cbeyond Communications, Jim Geiger, CEO
- Eschelon Telecom Inc., Russ Merbeth, Federal Counsel
- Lightyear Network Solutions, J. Sherman Henderson III, 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., Peter Aquino, President & CEO
- TDS METROCOM, Jim Butman, President, CLEC Operations
- Xspedius Communications, Jim Falvey, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Small Member Representatives (Companies with annual revenues of less than $25 million):
- 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
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COMPTEL is the leading industry association representing communications
service providers and their supplier partners. Based in Washington, D.C.,
COMPTEL advances its member's business through policy advocacy and through
education, networking and trade shows. COMPTEL members are entrepreneurial
companies building and deploying next-generation networks to provide competitive
voice, data, and video services. COMPTEL members create economic growth
and improve the quality of life of all Americans through technological innovation,
new services, affordable prices and customer choice. COMPTEL members share
a common objective: advancing communications through innovation and open
networks. For more information, call COMPTEL at 202/296-6650.