Sen. Cory Gardner Picked to Run NCTA as Competitive and Spectrum-Access Challenges Mount
Gardner was recently Chairman of the Senate Leadership Fund, an outside fundraising group to help Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., elect Republicans and keep GOP control.
Cable: NCTA – The Internet & Television Association has appointed former Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican of Colorado, as its next President and CEO, succeeding Michael Powell, who is retiring after nearly 15 years at the helm. Gardner will begin his tenure on Sept. 22, 2025. “This is a moment of tremendous opportunity for our industry to lead in expanding wired and wireless connectivity, investing in American ingenuity and people, and powering our digital economy,” Gardner said. “We are connecting America to a brighter future and boundless opportunity.”
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Gardner was recently Chairman of the Senate Leadership Fund, an outside fundraising group to help Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) elect Republicans and keep GOP control. “Gardner, 51, first came to Congress in the huge House Republican class of 2010. He ran for Senate in 2014, beating Democrat Mark Udall. Gardner served just one term before losing to Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.),” Punchbowl News reported. Gardner worked on committees overseeing technology and telecommunications. He built a reputation for bipartisan dealmaking and advancing policies on energy, rural development, and cybersecurity. In 2019, Gardner co-sponsored the TOWER Infrastructure Deployment Act (TOWER Act) with the goal of increasing broadband deployment across the country and addressing the workforce shortage within the telecommunications industry. (More after paywall.)
