Brian O’Hara

Senior Director, Regulatory Issues, Broadband & Telecommunications
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)

O’Hara, who has more than 20 years of telecommunications and broadband industry experience, joined NRECA in October 2017, focusing on telecommunications and broadband issues. In this position, he will develop and direct association regulatory policy on telecom and broadband issues for more than 900 electric cooperatives, many of whom are offering, deploying or exploring broadband business opportunities. O’Hara has a B.A. in history and political science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and an M.A. in government from Johns Hopkins University.