Tribal Broadband: Key Considerations and Expectations

Empowering Tribes by Creating Broadband Programs that Respect Sovereignty

Monday, June 2, 2025

1:50 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Moderator(s)

Joe Gillard

Executive Editor
ISE Magazine
Port Townsend, Washington, United States

Panelist(s)

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Andrew Metcalfe

President and CEO
Native Networks
Claudia Tarbell (she/her/hers)

Senior Engagement Manager for Tribal and Indigenous Communities
Calix, New York, United States
Robert Griffin

Broadband Director
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Durant, Oklahoma, United States
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Brian Hollister

CEO
Bonfire

For generations, a lack of infrastructure investment has left Tribes on the wrong side of the digital divide. The panel will share real life experiences of digital divide and how architecting a fiber network will empower growth and will change the health and welfare across the country.