• Responsible for regulatory, state legislative, and local government issues affecting Brightspeed and its customers • Meet regularly with mayors, city council members, county commissioners, administrators, and staff of key cities and counties to articulate the Company’s vision and plans • Development and implementation of public policy and legislative positions and strategies, monitoring legislation, and coordinating with local lobbyists, industry players and third-party organizations • Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with key public and government officials and other industry players • Resolve right-of-way, permitting, pole attachment/joint use and similar issues with states, counties, and cities • Ownership of relationships with state telecom and broadband industry associations and coalitions • Proactive evaluation of proposed legislation and regulations, and working with legislative staff to draft and ultimately incorporate proposed revisions that benefit Brightspeed and the telecom industry • Analyze broadband grant requirements and execute on the company’s strategic plan of maximizing the award of broadband grants