Joshua Seidemann, Vice President of Policy for NTCA. Josh focuses on federal regulatory issues as well as technology and market trends affecting the rural telecom industry. Josh also leads research initiatives and programming for Smart Rural CommunitySM, an initiative that promotes collaboration among rural broadband providers and other local leaders to deploy broadband-enabled applications to support agriculture, economic development, education, health care and other vital services. He is an active workgroup member of the FCC Precision Ag Task Force, Co-Chair of the NIST Global Cities Team Challenge (GCTC) Rural and Ag SuperCluster, and holds leadership roles in the NTCA Innovation & Business Opportunity and Tribal Affairs committees. Josh writes regularly for trade media and has published papers on education and workforce development, ag tech and broadband adoption. He is a graduate of Yeshiva University and Cardozo School of Law, and is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, New Jersey and New York, and is certified as corporate counsel in Virginia.