{"id":5453,"date":"2024-12-20T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/?page_id=5453"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:14:58","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/es\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuestro equipo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\tNuestro equipo\t<\/h1>\n\t

Impulsados por nuestro compromiso de reducir la brecha digital, empoderamos a las comunidades a trav\u00e9s de la innovaci\u00f3n, la colaboraci\u00f3n y una conectividad confiable.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tEquipo directivo superior\t<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\tMark Colwell\t<\/h3>\n\t

Executive Director<\/p>\n\t\t\t

Mark Colwell<\/h3>\n

Mark is the Executive Director. Before joining Mission Telecom, Mark served as the Senior Manager of Broadband Programs for the Colorado Broadband Office, where he managed a team working on federal broadband grant programs, including Capital Projects Funds (CPF) and the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Adem\u00e1s, Mark fue designado por el gobernador Polis para formar parte de la Junta de Implementaci\u00f3n de Banda Ancha de Colorado, que financia subvenciones estatales y federales para conectar a los habitantes de Colorado que no tienen acceso a Internet o que tienen un servicio deficiente.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mark comenz\u00f3 su carrera como asistente legislativo en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos, centr\u00e1ndose en temas de telecomunicaciones, espectro, banda ancha rural y TI. Tambi\u00e9n trabaj\u00f3 como analista s\u00e9nior de operaciones comerciales en DISH Network, gestionando proyectos relacionados con la prestaci\u00f3n de una experiencia al cliente de primer nivel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mark earned a master’s degree from the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he was the top graduate.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeer biograf\u00eda\n\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"Rectangle\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\tStephen Kowal\t<\/h3>\n\t

Director de Tecnolog\u00eda<\/p>\n\t\t\t

Stephen Kowal<\/h3>\n

Stephen es el director de Tecnolog\u00eda. Es un l\u00edder multicultural y centrado en el cliente, especializado en transformaci\u00f3n global, con m\u00e1s de 20 a\u00f1os de experiencia en transformaci\u00f3n y expansi\u00f3n digital, estrategias centradas en la tecnolog\u00eda y mejora del rendimiento. Es muy apreciado por impulsar a las empresas emergentes hasta convertirlas en l\u00edderes del mercado.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stephen logra constantemente un crecimiento acelerado y rentabilidad a trav\u00e9s de la expansi\u00f3n operativa, modelos empresariales digitales y de entrega en la nube, y soluciones tecnol\u00f3gicas de vanguardia. Ha repetido el \u00e9xito al escalar negocios para obtener ganancias r\u00e1pidas y dominio del mercado, con ingresos de hasta $5B+.<\/p>\n

Antes de trabajar en Mission Telecom, Stephen fue jefe de estrategia de TI, arquitectura y an\u00e1lisis empresarial en Liberty Latin America, donde cre\u00f3 lucrativas plataformas de tecnolog\u00eda digital y mejor\u00f3 el marketing digital multicanal para respaldar nuevas propuestas de valor comercial para los clientes, impulsando la estrategia de TI para una r\u00e1pida transformaci\u00f3n y varias adquisiciones por un valor total de m\u00e1s de $3B.<\/p>\n

A trav\u00e9s del desarrollo de relaciones y el liderazgo colaborativo, Stephen ha demostrado en repetidas ocasiones su capacidad para reestructurar, dirigir equipos e integrar transformaciones tecnol\u00f3gicas multimillonarias en organizaciones grandes y medianas, incluidas empresas emergentes, lo que ha dado lugar a logros en materia de salidas a bolsa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stephen tiene una licenciatura en Ingenier\u00eda El\u00e9ctrica e Inform\u00e1tica por el Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico Stevens y se caracteriza por su firme compromiso de superar a la competencia gracias a su esp\u00edritu creativo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeer biograf\u00eda\n\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"Rectangle\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\tElizabeth Rivera\t<\/h3>\n\t

Director de Marketing y Comunicaciones<\/p>\n\t\t\t

Elizabeth Rivera<\/h3>\n

A Elizabeth le apasiona el poder de la comunicaci\u00f3n para impulsar el cambio. Con una carrera dedicada a la defensa de los derechos humanos, la libertad de expresi\u00f3n y la equidad digital, aporta un profundo compromiso con la narraci\u00f3n de historias y la creaci\u00f3n de movimientos.<\/p>\n

Anteriormente, ocup\u00f3 el cargo de directora de Comunicaciones y Defensa en IFEX, una red mundial sin fines de lucro integrada por m\u00e1s de 100 organizaciones que defienden el derecho a la libertad de expresi\u00f3n. Tambi\u00e9n es miembro del consejo de administraci\u00f3n de Media Defense, una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro con sede en el Reino Unido que brinda apoyo legal a periodistas y medios independientes de todo el mundo.<\/p>\n

Her experience includes consulting and translation work for NGOs such as Mozilla’s Foundation Internet Health Report, Witness, and Engine Room, as well as serving as the Latin America and Spain Editor for Global Voices. A published author of over 200 articles on human rights, freedom of expression, digital activism, gender, and social movements, she was also a 2019 Cannes Lions winner in the Human Rights category of the Act Responsible competition.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth holds a Master of Arts degree with distinction in Global Media and Post-National Communications from SOAS, University of London, and a magna cum laude bachelor’s degree in international business from the Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeer biograf\u00eda\n\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"JC\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\tJo Ann Cain\t<\/h3>\n\tChief Financial and Administration Officer\n\t\t\t

Jo Ann Cain<\/h3>\n

Jo Ann is a strategic finance executive specializing in financial transformation and operational turnarounds across nonprofit, higher education, technology, and professional services organizations. She brings extensive experience modernizing financial operations, strengthening reporting and compliance, and implementing systems that improve decision-making and support long-term organizational growth.<\/p>\n

Jo Ann is known for stabilizing complex environments and building scalable financial frameworks that restore operational discipline and enable leadership teams to make informed strategic decisions. She has repeatedly helped organizations improve financial visibility, streamline processes, and align financial strategy with organizational priorities.<\/p>\n

Prior to her current role, she held senior finance leadership positions across multiple industries where she led financial modernization initiatives, implemented enterprise systems, and partnered closely with executive leadership and boards to guide organizations through periods of change and transformation.<\/p>\n

Through collaborative leadership and a solutions-oriented approach, she has built high-performing teams and strengthened financial infrastructures that support sustainable performance.<\/p>\n

Jo Ann holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Brenau University, and a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, graduating magna cum laude, from Arizona State University. She is an Arizona licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeer biograf\u00eda\n\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"Ashindi\"\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\tAshindi Maxton\t<\/h3>\n\t

Director de Mission Telecom Giving<\/p>\n\t\t\t

Ashindi Maxton<\/h3>\n

Ashindi is the Director of Mission Telecom’s Grants Program. As a serial social entrepreneur and strategist working at the intersection of racial justice, democracy reform, and philanthropy, she believes everyone benefits by moving power and resources to the communities that have least often had access to them. Ashindi has co-founded multiple innovative philanthropic organizations and campaigns that continue to serve and resource the field of racial and social justice. These include the Donorsof Color Network, New Media Ventures, the Youth Engagement Fund, the Reflective Democracy Campaign, the Emergent Fund, and the ClimateFunders Justice Campaign.<\/p>\n

Ashindi was part of a team recognized by Inside Philanthropy as “Donor Organizers of the Year” and has been listed three times on Washington Magazine’s “Young and the Guest List” of geniuses, visionaries, crusaders, and innovators shaping Washington’s future as well as the “NAACP Power 40” list of the most influential African-Americans under forty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

En una etapa anterior de su vida, Ashindi fue becaria Fulbright en la Rep\u00fablica Dominicana, donde estudi\u00f3 la conciencia racial en los ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os. Tambi\u00e9n ha trabajado con orgullo como maestra de quinto grado y directora de una escuela p\u00fablica especializada en artes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeer biograf\u00eda\n\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tConsejo de Administraci\u00f3n\t<\/h2>\n\t

John Schwartz<\/p>\n\t

Presidente del Consejo<\/p>\n\t

Jamaa Bickley-Rey<\/p>\n\t

Sabrina Hersi Issa<\/p>\n\t

James Traynor<\/p>\n\t

Ns\u00e9 Ufot<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"MissionTelecom_Scribble28\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\tTelecomunicaciones personalizadas para un mayor impacto\t<\/h2>\n\t

Nuestros servicios est\u00e1n dise\u00f1ados espec\u00edficamente para mejorar la eficacia de las organizaciones sin fines de lucro, las escuelas y las bibliotecas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tM\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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