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# Broadband Breakfast on August 17, 2022 – Summer of Broadband: Tennessee
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/broadband-breakfast-on-august-17-2022-summer-of-broadband-tennessee/
- Published: 2022-08-10T15:53:33.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-06T15:39:29.000Z
- Description: In Tennessee, we’ll see what the Volunteer state is doing to bring a plan together on broadband policy.
- Author: Broadband Breakfast
- Tags: Broadband Live, Podcasts, #bblo, bblot, Broadband Breakfast, Broadband.Money, Drew Clark, Featured, liveonline, Taylre Beaty, Tennessee, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 09:59, #added-preview-divider

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**Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 12 Noon ET – Summer of Broadband: Tennessee**

State broadband offices will play a critical role in the rollout of the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. In the months of July and August, Broadband Breakfast will take the pulse of broadband efforts at the state level in visits to about half-dozen states across the country. On August 17, we will speak with those in the office of the State of Tennessee to learn what those in the Volunteer state are doing in bringing a plan together on broadband policy.

**Panelists:**

- **Taylre Beaty,** Broadband Program Director, Tennessee Department of Community and Economic Affairs
- **Drew Clark** (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

#### *Panelist resources:*

- **[Tennessee Staying Neutral on Provider and Technology for Broadband Plans](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tennessee-staying-neutral-on-provider-and-technology-for-broadband-plans/), Broadband Breakfast, March 10, 2022**
- **[Tennessee Broadband Initiative](https://www.tn.gov/ecd/rural-development/tnecd-broadband-initiative.html?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)**
- **[Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Map](https://www.tn.gov/ecd/rural-development/tennessee-broadband-grant-initiative/tnecd-broadband-accessibility-map.html?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)**
- **[Tennessee State Broadband Office portal](https://broadband.money/state-broadband-offices/tennessee?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), Broadband.Money**

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**Taylre Beaty** started as the State Broadband Director at Tennessee Economic and Community Development in September 2021\. Prior to joining TNECD, she worked for USDA Rural Development, most recently as a Policy Advisor for Rural Utilities Service in Washington, D.C. During her time at USDA, she worked on then Secretary Sonny Perdue’s broadband priorities including the American Broadband Initiative, FCC Precision Ag Task Force, and critical broadband infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. She earned a master’s in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M University and a bachelor’s in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She is originally from East Tennessee.

**Drew Clark** is the Editor and Publisher of [BroadbandBreakfast.com](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/author/drew-clark) and a nationally-respected telecommunications attorney. Drew brings experts and practitioners together to advance the benefits provided by broadband. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, he served as head of a State Broadband Initiative, the Partnership for a Connected Illinois. He is also the President of the Rural Telecommunications Congress.

**WATCH HERE, or on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOyPRLDveiVft5JpHW2br3Q?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/broadbandcensus?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/broadbandbreakfast).**

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