Joanne Hovis is a nationally recognized authority on broadband markets and on the evolving role of public-private partnerships in the provision of communications services to the public. For more than 25 years, she has overseen CTC’s consulting services related to strategic planning, market analysis, business modeling, and financial analysis for localities, states, and tribal governments throughout the country.

Joanne leads the CTC teams that advise or have advised the states of Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, and Oregon, and the cities of Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.

Her expertise includes the funding opportunities available to local, state, and tribal governments and public-private partnerships through the federal government and other sources. She has guided clients through project planning, application writing, and fund management. Her work on behalf of clients has included successful applications for funding from a range of agencies, including the FCC/USAC, Rural Utilities Service, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Joanne has testified before Congress on rural broadband, broadband public-private partnerships, and the digital divide, and has provided expert presentations to the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, and other national organizations.

She is a member of the boards of directors of the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society and Consumer Reports, and a member of the Fiber Broadband Association’s Senior Advisory Council. She is a former member of the Fiber Broadband Association board and a former president of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA).