Bridget Duff is a telecommunications industry professional with extensive experience in sales and business development, public policy and government relations, and technology funding and procurement. Bridget has focused her career on bringing technology to schools and libraries since her involvement in the creation of the federal “E-rate” program in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and subsequent FCC proceedings. Her work in both the public and private sectors has centered on facilitating technology innovation in schools and communities through influencing public policy, bringing state of the art technology solutions to the education market, and helping both educators and vendors access technology funding. Bridget is widely regarded as an expert in the E-rate program and held the cable industry seat on the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) Board of Directors from 2003-2007. In her current role with Cox Communications, Bridget serves as the corporate Director of Education Sales Solutions for Cox Business. She works with local Cox teams throughout the country as they partner with K-12, higher education, and library institutions to implement their technology visions. She also represents Cox at national education technology conferences, policy forums, and thought leadership meetings.