Fiber Connect 2025 Awards Celebrate Key Industry Leaders at Fiber Connect 2025

Today at Fiber Connect 2025, the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) announced the winners for the Fiber Connect 2025 Awards. The awards honor individuals, companies, and innovations that are advancing the fiber broadband industry and creating lasting impact across communities.

“This year’s submissions showcased the incredible energy, innovation, and leadership driving our industry forward,” said Gary Bolton, President and CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association. “The award winners are helping shape the future of fiber broadband and making sure that every community has access to reliable, high-performance connectivity. Congratulations to all of our 2025 winners.”

2025 Fiber Connect Award Winners

• Fiber Under Forty Award: Jason Moore, COO, RouteThis
  Recognizing individuals born in 1986 or later who are making an impact on their companies or the broader fiber broadband industry.

• Women Changing Fiber for Good Award: Pamela Sherwood, Vice President Regulatory, Compliance and Broadband Office, Brightspeed
  Celebrating women whose contributions are improving the fiber broadband industry and leaving a lasting legacy.

• Advocacy Allstars Award: Paul Breakman, Vice President of Business Development, Adtran
  Honoring individuals working to advance the agenda of the fiber broadband industry at the state and federal levels.

• Community Impact Award: Hawaiian Telcom
  Highlighting fiber broadband projects that are transforming communities and changing lives across North America.

• Product Innovation Award: Corning, Corning Evolv FlexNAP
  Showcasing technological advancements that enhance fiber broadband’s ability to meet the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s customers.

• Light It Up Award: Render Networks
  Recognizing the teams working together to support fiber broadband network expansion through construction, planning, and integration.

• Constellation Award: Alabama Fiber Network: Cullman Electric Coop, Covington Electric Coop, North Alabama Electric Coop, Coosa Valley Electric Coop, Central Alabama Electric Coop, Tombigbee Electric Coop, Joe Wheeler EMC
  Celebrating coalitions of companies that joined forces to advance fiber broadband networks across communities, states, and regions.

All Fiber Connect 2025 Award winners were recognized during the Awards Luncheon at Fiber Connect 2025 on Monday, June 2, 2025. To learn more about Fiber Connect 2025, visit the conference website here or subscribe to FBA’s Fiber Forward Weekly newsletter here to stay updated on the latest industry news. View the 2024 Fiber Broadband Association Award Winners here.

About the Fiber Broadband Association

The Fiber Broadband Association is the largest and only trade association that represents the complete fiber ecosystem of service providers, manufacturers, industry experts, and deployment specialists dedicated to the advancement of fiber broadband deployment and the pursuit of a world where communications are limitless, advancing quality of life and digital equity anywhere and everywhere. The Fiber Broadband Association helps providers, communities, and policy makers make informed decisions about how, where, and why to build better fiber broadband networks. Since 2001, these companies, organizations, and members have worked with communities and consumers in mind to build the critical infrastructure that provides the economic and societal benefits that only fiber can deliver. The Fiber Broadband Association is part of the Fibre Council Global Alliance, which is a platform of six global FTTH Councils in North America, LATAM, Europe, MEA, APAC, and South Africa. Learn more at fiberbroadband.org.

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