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• NTCA advocates on behalf of its members in the legislative and regulatory arenas, and it provides training and development; publications and industry events; and an array of employee benefit programs.
• Shirley Bloomfield serves as the NTCA Chief Executive Officer with 23 years in the telecommunications industry.
• Rhonda Armstrong, vice president of administrative services for Sebastian Telephone Co. in Foresthill, Calif., and Terry Force, president of Blue Valley Tele-Communications of Home, Kan., are Co-Presidents of NTCA's Board of Directors.
• NTCA was incorporated on June 1, 1954.

• The association's signature events are the Annual Meeting and EXPO, usually attended each February by more than 2,600 attendees from rural telephone companies across the country and NTCA's Fall Conference - an education-oriented meeting, with more 1,500 attendees each September.
• In an era of exploding technology, deregulation and marketplace competition, NTCA’s members are leading the IP evolution for rural consumers, delivering technologies that make rural communities vibrant places in which to live and do business. Because of their efforts, rural America is fertile ground for innovation in economic development and commerce, education, health care, government services, security and smart energy use.

NTCA is the source for the latest information on the rural telecommunications industry.

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