The NAE’s 2022 class includes other high-profile leaders in technology and engineering, including Elon Musk.

ConnectK12.org aggregates, analyzes, and visualizes federal E-rate program data at the district and state levels. The site currently reflects school connectivity data for funding year 2021.

Silver Star is also working in partnership with the Wyoming State Broadband Program and its Idaho counterpart to expand and improve internet access to other places like Afton. 

According to the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, more than 42 million American households lack access to the internet, and the pandemic brought the need for accelerated digital transformation to center stage, emphasizing that connectivity technologies, such as internet access, are critical to closing the digital divide and increasing digital equity in communities. 

The event will also feature live panels hosted by KGW8-TV, an NBC affiliate in Portland, Oregon, and the national rural network, RFD-TV, which will be broadcasting from its American Farm Bureau studio in Washington, DC.