Carrie Huckeby

Carrie Huckeby is executive director of the Tennessee Broadband Association, representing fifteen broadband providers serving 200,000+ broadband connections and 35% of the state’s landmass. Carrie has over three decades of experience in the telecommunications and cooperative industry, beginning with a 23-year career at Ben Lomand Connect in McMinnville where she held various positions in marketing, sales, and competitive services. In 2010 she joined WK&T Telecommunications Cooperative, and the following year took the role of chief marketing officer for the cooperative’s Telecom Management Services group. She was part of an executive team that managed what was then the largest grant/loan fiber network project in the nation. From 2018 to 2021 Carrie was director of strategy and training for Pioneer, helping broadband providers across the Southeast brand, train for and launch broadband projects into new areas. 

Carrie holds an Associate of Science, business administration and management from Motlow State Community College; a Bachelor of Science, business administration and management from Mid-Continent University; and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Bethel University. She serves on McMinnville’s industrial development board and five years ago launched the The Power of 100 Warren County volunteer group that has raised more than $225,000 that have benefited 17 nonprofit groups in Warren County, Tennessee.