The Board
Courtney Bird
President
Retired Teacher, Builder, Cape Cod Marathon Director, and Falmouth Conservation Commission member
Marilois Snowman
Vice President
CEO and Founder of Mediastruction
David Isenberg
Clerk
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Bell, AT&T, Labs (retired) and former Senior Advisor to the FCC
Art Gaylord
Member at Large
Co-founder and Chairman Emeritus, OpenCape, retired Information Technology Director WHOI
Dan Gessen
Member at Large
Falmouth High School Grad, Class of 2018. Junior at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Peter Zeeb
Member at Large
Peter Zeeb is President and CEO of Geosyntec Consultants, He received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from MIT.
Jason Cullinane
Member at Large
US Army, Retired. Marketing, Branding & Identity specialist.
Advisory Board
Brough Turner
Advisory Board
Brough Turner is the founder of netBlazr Inc., Former Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Natural MicroSystems
Steve Crocker
Advisory Board
Part of the team that invented the Internet. Member, Internet Hall of Fame.
Eugene Curry
Advisory Board
Attorney, Chair of the Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation and of the Infrastructure Committee of the Cape Cod Technology Council
Sean Gonsalves
Advisory Board
Senior reporter, Institute for Self Reliance’s Community Broadband Networks Initiative.
Chris Mitchell
Advisory Board
Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative at the Institute for Local Self Reliance. He is a leading national expert on community broadband networks
Friends
Sam Patterson
Select Board Member, EDIC Board Member
Justin Jaschke
Founder and Fmr. CEO of Verio
Partners
Falmouth EDIC
The Falmouth Economic Development and Industrial Corporation (EDIC) is a nonprofit founded in 1981, working to ensure the economic health or our community. The EDIC funded the feasibility study and recognize the power of a fiber optic network in securing Falmouth’s economic future.
OpenCape
OpenCape is a nonprofit founded in 2006, that operates the existing fiber optic network on Cape Cod. OpenCape serves some of the municipal buildings, the schools, the libraries, and some businesses in Falmouth. Their existing network would serve as the back bone for Falmouth’s network and OpenCape is an excellent model to follow.
Community Networks
MuniNetworks.org provides resources for the movement to build broadband networks that are directly accountable to the communities they serve. We offer case studies, fact sheets, video and other resources to help leaders make informed decisions about community owned networks.
