Joanne Hovis

President, CTC Technology & Energy

Member of Consumer Reports’ Board of Directors since 2018. Ms. Hovis is President of CTC Technology & Energy. As CTC’s President, she directs the firm’s work related to strategic planning, market analysis, business modeling, grant funding, and financial analysis for localities, states, and tribal governments throughout the country. Ms. Hovis is a nationally recognized authority on broadband markets and on the evolving role of public–private partnerships in the provision of communications services to the public. Ms. Hovis leads the CTC teams that advise the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, and New Mexico; the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle; and the statewide broadband networks in Colorado, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. She also leads CTC’s advisory work regarding federal broadband funding programs. Ms. Hovis advocates for consumer and local interests in broadband and has testified before Congress on rural broadband, broadband public‐private partnerships, and the digital divide, and has provided expert presentations to the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, and other national organizations. She is the co-founder and CEO of the Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) and the former president of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA). Ms. Hovis serves on the boards of the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society and the Fiber Broadband Association.