The broadband grants community is honored to have Jade Piros de Carvalho, director of the Kansas Office of Broadband Development, as the latest guest in the Ask Me Anything! series.

AMA invites broadband industry leaders from all corners to share their knowledge and perspectives with our community of state broadband directors, policymakers, broadband providers and broadband investors.&nbsp; The format is simple:<ul><li>A one hour live webinar with our distinguished guests</li><li>Interactive questions from attendees in the comments below this post</li><li>See a question you also wonder about? “Like” it to upvote it</li><li>Have more questions? Add them as comments to this post&nbsp;</li><li>The moderator will tee up questions for our guest to answer. They'll answer as many questions as time permits, in order of upvotes</li><li>A community moderator will paraphrase our guest’s answers and post as reply</li></ul>Want to weigh in with your perspective? You’re welcome to share your replies!Please be respectful of our distinguished guest. It’s okay to disagree, but thank you for being kind. Trolls will be banned.

<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">About Our Distinguished Guest</h2>Jade Piros de Carvalho is no stranger to government work. For the past decade, Jade has served the City of Hutchinson, Kansas, in several capacities, including representative, vice-mayor, and currently, mayor.Despite serving on the city council as mayor, Jade also serves the state of Kansas as the director of the office of broadband development -- a position she had held for the past seven months.Jade holds a Master of Public Administration in public policy analysis from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wichita State University.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Deputy director of the Indiana Broadband Office, Earnie Holtrey, shares with us his knowledge in the broadband industry.

AMA invites broadband industry leaders from all corners to share their knowledge and perspectives with our community of state broadband directors, policymakers, broadband providers and broadband investors.&nbsp;The format is simple:<ul><li>A one hour live webinar with our distinguished guests</li><li>Interactive questions from attendees in the comments below this post</li><li>See a question you also wonder about? “Like” it to upvote it</li><li>Have more questions? Add them as comments to this post&nbsp;</li><li>The moderator will tee up questions for our guest to answer. They'll answer as many questions as time permits, in order of upvotes</li><li>A community moderator will paraphrase our guest’s answers and post as reply</li></ul>Want to weigh in with your perspective? You’re welcome to share your replies!Please be respectful of our distinguished guest. It’s okay to disagree, but thank you for being kind. Trolls will be banned.

<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">About Our Distinguished Guest</h2>Earnie Holtrey has served the state of Indiana in its broadband office for the past four years. Previously, he worked as a project manager for the Office of Broadband Opportunities -- a precursor to the the state broadband office.&nbsp;Prior to his work with the Office of Broadband Opportunities, Earnie served as the East Central Community Liaison for the Office of Community and Rural Affairs, which helped to dispense broadband grants.Earnie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Ohio State University.&nbsp;

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