{"id":5453,"date":"2024-12-20T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/?page_id=5453"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:20:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:20:46","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/es\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuestro equipo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\t\tNuestro equipo\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>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<h2>\n\t\t\tEquipo directivo superior\t<\/h2>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rectangle-156-3.jpg\" alt=\"Rectangle 156 (3)\" height=\"315\" width=\"283\" title=\"Rect\u00e1ngulo 156 (3)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 283px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 283\/315;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rectangle-156-3.jpg 283w, https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/12\/Rectangle-156-3-270x300.jpg.webp 270w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tMark Colwell\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Executive Director<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3>Mark Colwell<\/h3>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Mark earned a master&#8217;s degree from the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he was the top graduate.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" title=\"Leer biograf\u00eda\" target=\"_self\"  data-modal=  \"role=\"button\"\" aria-label=\"Leer biograf\u00eda\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeer biograf\u00eda\n\t\t<\/a>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JC-Prof-Pic.jpg\" alt=\"JC Prof Pic\" height=\"1408\" width=\"1264\" title=\"JC Prof Pic\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1264px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1264\/1408;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JC-Prof-Pic.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/04\/JC-Prof-Pic-808x900.jpg.webp 808w, https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/04\/JC-Prof-Pic-919x1024.jpg.webp 919w, https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/04\/JC-Prof-Pic-768x855.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/04\/JC-Prof-Pic-11x12.jpg.webp 11w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1264px) 100vw, 1264px\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tJo Ann Cain\t<\/h3>\n\tChief Financial and Administration Officer\n\t\t\t<h3>Jo Ann Cain<\/h3>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Through collaborative leadership and a solutions-oriented approach, she has built high-performing teams and strengthened financial infrastructures that support sustainable performance.<\/p>\n<p>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<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" title=\"Leer biograf\u00eda\" target=\"_self\"  data-modal=  \"role=\"button\"\" aria-label=\"Leer biograf\u00eda\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeer biograf\u00eda\n\t\t<\/a>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ashindi-e1736407181165.jpg\" alt=\"Ashindi\" height=\"405\" width=\"364\" title=\"Ashindi\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 364px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 364\/405;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ashindi-e1736407181165.jpg 364w, https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/Ashindi-e1736407181165-270x300.jpg.webp 270w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tAshindi Maxton\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Director de Mission Telecom Giving<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3>Ashindi Maxton<\/h3>\n<p>Ashindi is the Director of Mission Telecom&#8217;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<p>Ashindi was part of a team recognized by Inside Philanthropy as &#8220;Donor Organizers of the Year&#8221; and has been listed three times on Washington Magazine&#8217;s &#8220;Young and the Guest List&#8221; of geniuses, visionaries, crusaders, and innovators shaping Washington&#8217;s future as well as the &#8220;NAACP Power 40&#8221; list of the most influential African-Americans under forty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" title=\"Leer biograf\u00eda\" target=\"_self\"  data-modal=  \"role=\"button\"\" aria-label=\"Leer biograf\u00eda\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeer biograf\u00eda\n\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tConsejo de Administraci\u00f3n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>John Schwartz<\/p>\n\t<p>Presidente del Consejo<\/p>\n\t<p>Jamaa Bickley-Rey<\/p>\n\t<p>Sabrina Hersi Issa<\/p>\n\t<p>James Traynor<\/p>\n\t<p>Ns\u00e9 Ufot<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MissionTelecom_Scribble28-1-e1734653427615.png\" alt=\"MissionTelecom_Scribble28 1\" height=\"863\" width=\"462\" title=\"MissionTelecom_Scribble28 1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 462px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 462\/863;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MissionTelecom_Scribble28-1-e1734653427615.png 462w, https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/12\/MissionTelecom_Scribble28-1-e1734653427615-161x300.png.webp 161w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tTelecomunicaciones personalizadas para un mayor impacto\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>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<a href=\"https:\/\/missiontelecom.org\/es\/get-started\/\" target=\"_self\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Team Driven by a commitment to bridging the digital divide, we empower communities through innovation, collaboration, and reliable connectivity. 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