Mr. Anderson is our Vice President-External Affairs and Marketing. Mr. Anderson is responsible for all of our state and federal regulatory and legislative activities. He is also responsible for our marketing organization, which includes development and implementation of product and marketing plans that support our statewide core businesses. His responsibilities also include the operation of our wholesale services group, which manages and services our business relationships with competitive local carriers and wireless carriers. In addition, he is responsible for the activities of our corporate communications group. Prior to joining Iowa Telecom in 2000 in conjunction with the GTE Midwest Incorporated acquisition, Mr. Anderson spent 21 years with GTE Midwest Incorporated in various management positions involving regulatory and legislative policy development and implementation. From 1989 to 2000, Mr. Anderson was Director of External Affairs for GTE Midwest Incorporated's Midwest operations group. In that position he managed GTE Midwest Incorporated's regulatory and legislative activities in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Minnesota. He is a past President and past Director of the Iowa Telecommunications Association. He has also served on the board of directors of the Nebraska, Minnesota and Missouri Telephone Associations. He is currently a member of United States Telecommunications Association's Telecom Policy Committee. |