The Wireless Internet Service Providers Associations (WISPA) announced CEO Claude Aiken will depart effective April 30, just a few weeks after WISPAMERICA 2022, March 14-17, in New Orleans.
A former official in the Federal Communications Commissioner, Aiken has been CEO of WISPA since March 2018 and has helped to elevate the association in Washington.
“We are grateful for the four years in which he helped us grow and we wish Claude much success in the future,” said Todd Harpest, WISPA Chairman. “Claude has been a positive impact on WISPA and the thousands of innovators and entrepreneurs who are laser-focused on providing better connectivity across the world.”
“The future, of WISPA and its members, is bright,” Aiken said in a prepared statement. “It continually amazes me how much our members can accomplish, and this role has been one of the greatest joys of my professional career. Incredible volunteer leaders and dedicated staff have come together to accomplish things that I couldn’t have imagined possible when I first started in 2018.”
WISPA has organized a search committee for a CEO, with an outreach email for interested parties to SelectionCommittee@wispa.org.
WISPA has about 1,000 members. These wireless internet service providers are part of what the association described as an evolving industry that supports fixed broadband connectivity, including equipment suppliers, support services, and other components.
