Mia Ruffin serves as Economic Development Planner and Broadband Expansion Team Lead at the Capital Regional Planning Commission (CRPC) in Baton Rouge, LA. She graduated from the University of New Orleans’ Master of Urban and Regional Planning program in May 2020 and became a member of ULI-Louisiana’s Diversity Committee in the fall of 2019. Born and raised in Baton Rouge, she aims to use her professional role to support affordable and accessible broadband access across CRPC’s 11-parish area. Mia also has a background in GIS and coastal zone management.

Jeff Reiman has been active in the telecommunications industry since 2005. brings a comprehensive understanding of technology, capital market structure, and entrepreneurial leadership to assist clients in building structures that advance wired and wireless broadband network deployment strategies for cities, electric utilities, and large-scale development projects. Prior to joining The Broadband Group, Mr. Reiman worked in the Boston office of Credit Suisse investment bank, on the Equities Sales and Trading Floor. Additionally, he has served on the International Sales & Marketing Team of Wave7 Optics, a Fiber-to-the-Home equipment supplier, managing the Mexico, Canada, and Caribbean sales regions. Mr. Reiman began his career at the DC headquarters of a Presidential Campaign and is a graduate of Harvard University with a degree in Government. He currently serves as President of the Harvard Club of Nevada.

Eric is the Cities and Broadband Leader for AECOM’s Technology Solutions Group. He has been in the broadband industry for just over 28 years covering public and private service provider networks that include long haul, middle mile, and last mile design and construction. He was recently responsible for overseeing networkMaryland™’s 24x7x365 wide area network operations, managed LAN and WLAN networks, and critical data center infrastructure and connectivity for Maryland’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT). His technical expertise includes stakeholder consultation, program and project management, master planning and design, and implementation of highly complex public and private sector broadband projects and programs. Eric led one of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) largest and most successful Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grants nationwide ($160 million). It was comprised of designing and building +1000 fiber route miles and connecting +1000 community anchor institutions (CAIs), which spanned all 24 of Maryland’s counties. He specializes in leading cross-functional teams to bring about sound planning, design, and project delivery across a wide range of broadband and technology initiatives. As broadband networks have influenced the way public and private sector organizations deliver services, applications, and data to customers and citizens, Eric focuses on applying a collaborative master plan and design in order to implement solutions that can achieve operational excellence and lasting impact to the end users.

Craig Lewis is the North American Practice Leader for Planning, Landscape, and Urban Design with CallisonRTKL, a global design consultancy of Arcadis. For more than 25 years, he has been infusing an inter-disciplinary approach to building vibrant, urban places across North America that are more livable, equitable, and sustainable. His international, award-winning work spans the range of city building to include planning, urban design, placemaking, transit/transportation, form-based codes, and smart mobility. He is a Fellow with the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP), a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional, an accredited member of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU-A), and an original signatory on the Charter of the New Urbanism. He is the Chair of the ULI Curtis Global Infrastructure Initiative and is a Board member for ULI-Charlotte.