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Board of Directors

The NECA Board of Directors has 15 members. Ten directors represent three membership divisions and five represent all members (outside directors). Federal Communications Commission rules establish board size and representative groupings.

The groupings are:

Subset 1: Bell Operating Companies (two representatives)
Subset 2: Other telcos with revenues of $40 million or more (two representatives)
Subset 3: All remaining telcos (six representatives)
Outside Directors: Non-telco directors representing all subsets (five representatives)

Each subset nominates and elects its own representatives. Outside directors are elected by the entire membership.

Meetings | Committees | 2023 Annual Report

Directors

	Kevin Beyer, chair Represents Subset 3 Chief Executive Officer Federated Telephone Cooperative Chokio, Minnesota Director since January 2019
	Tom Preston, vice chair Represents Subset 3 Chief Executive Officer Duo County Telephone Jamestown, Kentucky Director since November 2015
	Trevor Bonnstetter Represents Subset 3 Chief Executive Officer WK & T Mayfield, Kentucky Director since January 2009
	Bill Hegmann Represents Subset 3 Director Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative Texarkana, Arkansas
	Raymond Henagan Represents Subset 3 Chief Executive Officer Rock Port Telephone Company Rock Port, Missouri Director since January 2005
	George Hopkins Outside Director Attorney Little Rock, Arkansas Director since January 2007
	Randy Houdek Represents Subset 3 Director Oregon Farmers Mutual Telephone Company Oregon, Missouri Director since July 2005
	Hank Hultquist Represents Subset 1 Vice President - Federal Regulatory AT&T Services, Inc. Washington, D.C. Director since January 2023
	Evelyn C. Jerden Represents Subset 2 Senior Vice President - Regulatory Dynamics LICT Corporation Tucson, Arizona Director since February 2008
	William H. Johnson Represents Subset 1 Senior Vice President - Federal Regulatory & Legal Affairs Verizon Washington, D.C. Director since January 2018
	Robert Peters Outside Director Retired Rural Utilities Service Executive Bumpass, Virginia Director since January 1999
	Greg A. Phelps, Ph.D. Outside Director Professor, Lindsey Wilson College Columbia, Kentucky Director since January 2013
	Mark S. Schreffler Outside Director Founder Mid-America Computer Corporation Blair, Nebraska Director since October 1997
	Michael Shultz Represents Subset 2 Vice President - Regulatory and Public Policy Consolidated Communications Conroe, Texas Director since January 2009
	Leslie Toombs, Ph.D. Outside Director Adjunct online professor, Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, Oklahoma Director since January 2017