Senate Communications and Technology Committee
Hearing to Discuss Improving Access to High-Speed Broadband Internet
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 | 10:00 a.m.
Blue Spruce Lodge
Indiana County Parks & Trails
1128 Blue Spruce Rd
Indiana, PA 15701
Public hearing to discuss improving access to high-speed broadband internet in the Commonwealth
10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
10:15 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. Panel I
- Commissioner Kennard – Public Utility Commission
- Barry Denk, Director – The Center for Rural Pennsylvania
- Sherri R. Collins, Acting Executive Director – Governor’s Office of Broadband Initiatives
- Frank Buzydlowski, Esq. Director of Government Relations – Verizon
- Steven J. Samara, President – Pennsylvania Telephone Association
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Panel II
- Kristopher J. Gazsi, Esq. Assistant Director – Pennsylvania Local Government Commission
- Joseph H. Gerdes III, Director of Government Relations – PA Association of Township Supervisors
- Rodney D. Ruddock – Indiana County Commissioner
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Panel III
- David N. Taylor, President & CEO – Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
- Edward Matts, Director of Information Systems – North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission
- Chad Carrick, President & CEO – REA Energy Cooperative, Inc.