Making Broadband a Team Sport
A virtual call for nonprofits and ISPs on expanding broadband in SC
As part of the SC Broadband Advisory Council, Together SC has joined with the SC Broadband Office, within the State Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS), and the SC Association of Community Economic Development (SCACED) to host a session connecting nonprofits who are working to aid communities with broadband adoption with the Internet Service Providers (ISP) who are applying to the SC Broadband Office for infrastructure grant dollars to expand broadband access for all.
Who Should Attend:
- Internet Service Providers (ISP) interested in strengthening their grant applications by partnering with local nonprofits, CDCs, and other community groups
- Nonprofits and philanthropic partners across the state, especially those working in the target areas marked in red and pink on the map below:
Agenda:
- Welcome & Objectives
- Overview of Broadband work in SC and Application Process - Jim Stritzinger, ORS
- Panel of Internet Service Providers to share with nonprofits their needs and perspectives
- Moderator: Jim Stritzinger
- Panel Representatives from: Comcast, West Carolina Rural Telephone Co-op and Carolina Connect
- Panel of Nonprofit and Community Leaders to share with ISPs their needs and perspectives
- Moderator: Bernie Mazyck, SCACED
- Nonprofit Panel:
- Kathy Schwarting, MHA, CEO, Palmetto Care Connections
- Phyllis Martin, CEO, Tri-county Cradle to Career
- Paola A. Gutíerrez, MHA, Rural Health Action Plan Lead Strategist, Office of Rural Health
- Q & A
Attendees (82)
Carla Angus
Executive Director of Dramatic Coffee Beans
Lake City Creative Alliance
Mary Butz
Administration & Office Coordinator
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Alana Jordan
Development & Marketing Director
Together SC
Phyllis Martin
Executive Director
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Madeleine McGee
President/CEO
Together SC
Mamie Nicholson
President
The Self Family Foundation
Emilee O'Brien
Director of Advocacy
United Way of the Piedmont
Mauricio Orozco
IT Business Analyst | Data Privacy Liaison | Information Security Liaison
SC Commission for Minority Affairs
Mindy Popovich
President
United Way of Sumter, Clarendon & Lee Counties
Daniel Prohaska
President & CEO
Lions Vision Services
Karen Quadrio
Chief Development Officer
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Cindi Rourk
CEO
Climb Fund
Langley Shealy
Steering Committee
South Carolina Grantmakers Network
Jeff Smith
President
Greenwood County Community Foundation
Paige Stephenson
President & CEO
United Way of the Piedmont
Andrew Stevenson
Manager, Legal Affairs
Lumos
Desmonies White
Events & Program Manager
Together SC
