Judy Dumont

Judy Dumont

Director
MBI

Judith Dumont was appointed Director of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) in 2009 by Governor Deval Patrick. The MBI, a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, is working to expand affordable, quality broadband access, further broadband adoption and spur economic growth throughout the Commonwealth. Judy is leading the MBI initiatives including MassBroadband 123, a 1,200-mile fiber-optic, open-access network, which will extend broadband connectivity to more than 120 communities in western and north central Massachusetts. Construction of the MassBroadband 123 network is ongoing and will be completed in the summer of 2013. She has also overseen the development and deployment of MassVetsAdvisor, a portal for Veterans to quickly find and access their benefits online.

Judy has over 20 years of management experience, including more than 17 years in the wireless telecommunications industry. She was President of the Decisioning Solutions business unit at Lightbridge, Inc., a Massachusetts publicly traded software provider for the industry, which she helped grow from $0 to over $175 million in revenue.

Judy has a B.S. in Business from Fitchburg State College and a Masters in Management Information Systems from Boston University. She has served on the Board of Advisors for Fulfillment Plus, an Internet e-commerce fulfillment company, and the Board of Directors for Club Passim, a nonprofit folk music cultural center. She has been a member of The Boston Club since 2001. In that time, she served on and chaired the Strategic Planning Committee.