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Steve Coran chairs Lerman Senter’s Broadband, Spectrum, and Communications Infrastructure practice. He advises broadband providers, private equity firms, and technology companies on policy, transactions, compliance, and FCC licensing, and represents a trade association before the FCC, Congress, and other federal agencies on spectrum policy, broadband funding, Internet regulation, and Universal Service Fund issues. Steve negotiates complex multi-party deals and communications agreements, including spectrum and tower leases and dark fiber arrangements, and counsels clients on regulatory compliance and enforcement. He has helped clients secure major federal funding for gigabit fiber builds. Steve is a 2024–2025 Best Lawyer and holds an A/V Martindale-Hubbell rating.

Ashley is a proven leader in engineering and global supply chain management. Throughout her career, she has scaled critical projects for KGPCo and Fortune 500 telecommunications giant Verizon Communications, Inc., both domestically and internationally. Currently serving as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at KGPCo, Ashley spearheads the strategic planning and execution of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. This $42.5 billion government-funded initiative aims to expand high-speed internet accessibility across the USA. Ashley played a key role in pioneering the first 5G Super Bowl in Atlanta, GA, then replicated that success for similar projects in Miami and Tampa, FL. Notably, she transformed U.S. sourcing efforts, which led to the establishment of Verizon Services in Dublin, Ireland. Ashley holds an MBA from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Science from Emerson College. She has furthered her professional development through programs at Harvard University Business School, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Penn State University.

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ITG Communications

Heather is a Principal Consultant with ITG Communications’ Broadband Consulting team, advising clients across the full grant lifecycle—from program design and application development to post-award monitoring, compliance, and reporting. Her recent work includes supporting Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant program design and implementation. With more than a decade of experience in project management and data analysis, she brings deep expertise in strategic planning for broadband funding, execution of complex funding and deployment initiatives, and grant administration, budgeting, and financial and programmatic reporting. Heather also has extensive experience navigating federal environmental and cultural compliance requirements, including NEPA and Section 106. In addition, she has spent over a decade supporting clients participating in FCC programs such as E-Rate and Lifeline/ACP.

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Lori (Sherwood) Adams currently serves as the Vice President of Broadband Policy & Funding Strategy for Nokia. In her role, Adams is responsible for developing strategies and tools to enable increased company participation in state, federal, and international programs supporting infrastructure deployment by Nokia’s business organizations. Adams is a highly skilled telecommunications attorney and senior executive with more than twenty years’ experience and a successful track record in the government and private sector. This includes extensive experience with business development, federal, state, and local telecommunications issues, legal and regulatory matters, grant funding, municipal broadband, strategic planning, project management for large complex projects, public policy, government affairs, lobbying and public speaking. Adams has a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from the American University and is an honors graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law.