Christopher Mitchell

Director, Community Broadband Networks
Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Chris Mitchell is a leading national expert on community networks and internet access. He runs MuniNetworks.org, a comprehensive online clearinghouse of information about community broadband, and his research and reports are available online at ILSR.org. The White House used his research in 2015 as the building blocks for a National Economic Council report encouraging community networks. Mitchell serves as a policy director for Next Century Cities, a national collaboration of mayors and chief information officers seeking universal access to fast, affordable, reliable internet connections. He is also a senior adviser to the Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC). Mitchell has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Macalester College and earned a master’s degree in public policy from the Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.