ABOUT UNITI
Shaping a future for every customer we serve.

Our fiber connectivity solutions drive a new digital economy and enable success for all of our customers. 

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WHO WE ARE…

Fiber Provider

Uniti is a premier insurgent fiber provider dedicated to enabling mission-critical connectivity across the United States.

With a steadfast commitment to customer service, operational excellence, and superior network capabilities, Uniti builds, operates and delivers critical fiber-based communications services to connect and empower people and businesses.

INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS…

Our Brands

Our brands offer a full suite of advanced infrastructure solutions:​

Uniti Wholesale

We build customer-driven dark fiber infrastructure and provide tailored high-capacity wavelengths, ethernet and cell site backhaul leveraging our optical transport network for carriers, hyperscalers, government, and Fortune 500 customers across the U.S. and Canada.

Kinetic

We build and operate fiber networks and provide transformative multi-Gigabit internet access to homes and businesses in small and medium-sized communities across the Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Midwest U.S.

Uniti Fiber

We build and operate fiber networks and provide next-generation solutions to businesses including banks, hospitals, schools and governments in communities across the Southeast.

Uniti Solutions

We deliver a full suite of industry-leading and scalable managed cloud solutions and security services with end-to-end technical support tailored for mid-to-large enterprises across the U.S.

We harness the collective expertise of our team to shape a future where fiber connectivity solutions drive a new digital economy and enable success for every customer we serve.

Join us in advancing a connected future. Discover how Uniti’s premier fiber solutions can elevate your home, business and community. Contact us to learn more about how we can meet your unique connectivity needs.

MEET THE TEAM…

Uniti Leadership

CHAIRS & DIRECTORS

Board of Directors

UNITI PORTFOLIO

At a Glance

~603K Consumer Fiber Subscribers

A growing base of fiber customers demonstrates strong market traction and adoption.

300+ Metro Markets

Strategically positioned in major metro areas where connectivity demand is highest.

800K+ Building and Data Center Connections

Broad access to commercial buildings and data center connections enables faster, more efficient connectivity.

~2.1M Fiber Enabled Homes

Expanding fiber availability to millions of homes across our service footprint.

~240K Fiber Route Miles

Nationwide reach with a substantial fiber footprint spanning diverse markets and routes.

~11.7M Fiber Strand Miles

Built with the depth and capacity to support customer growth and evolving bandwidth needs.

OUR STORY…

The History of Uniti

Every company has a story—and ours begins in 1943.

From our humble beginnings in Arkansas to becoming a nationwide premier insurgent fiber provider, Uniti’s journey is one of innovation, purpose, and connection. With a steadfast commitment to customer service, operational excellence, and superior network capabilities, we’ve grown into a national leader of modern communications infrastructure. Today, we build and operate mission-critical fiber networks that empower people and businesses across the country—and we’re just getting started.

We invite you to step back in time and explore how it all started, how far we’ve come, and the milestones that shaped who we are today.

Click here to view our timeline.

WHAT WE DO...

Services

Wholesale

Carrier, Hyperscaler & Content Provider Solutions

With an industry-leading fiber backbone, Uniti Wholesale delivers greater reach, capacity, and redundancy.

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Uniti Solutions

Comprehensive IT & Network Services

Uniti offers a robust suite of managed solutions tailored to meet the evolving needs of modern businesses.

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Enterprise

Secure & Scalable Business Solutions

Uniti delivers high-performance connectivity to businesses and government organizations nationwide.

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Kinetic

Residential & Business Internet Solutions

Kinetic serves homes and businesses with ultra-fast, reliable Internet solutions designed for today's digital world.

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Kenny Gunderman
President & Chief Executive Officer
Kenny Gunderman

Kenny Gunderman is president and chief executive officer of Uniti Group Inc. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry and is focused on growing Uniti’s real estate portfolio of mission critical communications infrastructure. He has prior experience at Stephens, Lehman Brothers and KPMG. He currently serves on the board of the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation and the Hendrix College Board of Trustees. Gunderman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hendrix College and an MBA from Yale.

Paul Bullington
Sr. EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Paul Bullington

Paul Bullington is the Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Uniti Group Inc., previously serving as senior vice president of Strategic Operations for Uniti Fiber. Until its acquisition by Uniti in 2017, he served as the CFO of Southern Light, a position he held since the company began operating in 2001. During his time as CFO, the company was named one of the “5,000 Fastest Growing Companies in America” by Inc. Magazine for nine consecutive years.

Bullington also has prior experience at Accenture and Royal Cup Coffee. He formerly served on the Board of Directors for Eastern Shore Repertory Theatre and is a former director of First Community Bank in Alabama. Bullington holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Birmingham-Southern College and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Daniel Heard
Sr. EVP & General Counsel
Daniel Heard

Daniel Heard is Sr. Executive Vice President & General Counsel for Uniti. Heard is responsible for the company’s legal affairs and corporate governance.

Heard previously was a partner in the law offices of Kutak Rock LLP in Little Rock, Arkansas.

At Kutak Rock, Heard represented public companies in corporate, securities and merger and acquisition transactions. His clients comprised a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, information technology and food processing. He has extensive experience in negotiating, structuring and consummating mergers and acquisitions, public offerings of debt and equity securities and other corporate finance transactions.

Heard graduated from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Arkansas.

Michael Friloux
Sr. EVP & Chief Technology Officer
Michael Friloux

Michael Friloux is Sr. Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Uniti. He has over 30 years of telecommunications and information systems technology experience and is focused on future proofing Uniti’s information technology systems.

Friloux previously was chief executive officer and president of PEG Bandwidth where he led the wireless backhaul provider through a time of rapid expansion serving 2,400 cell towers over a 15,000 route mile network through 16 states.

Prior to joining PEG Bandwidth, Friloux served as president and chief operations officer for Citynet Fiber Networks where he developed the company into a leading regional wholesale carrier network spanning 13 states and 8,000 route miles.

Friloux started his career as a software engineer for Sabre Computer Services (American Airlines.)

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State University.

Jennifer Ragsdale
EVP & Chief Administrative Officer & Chief People Officer
Jennifer Ragsdale

Jennifer Ragsdale is Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer & Chief People Officer at Uniti, a Certified Great Places to Work company. Ragsdale oversees Uniti’s customer experience management, human resource efforts, diversity and inclusion programs, and leads execution strategy to create a culture of high performance.

Prior to joining Uniti, Ragsdale spent more than a decade in the human resources field, building and executing programs to drive operation strategies and organizational transformation.

Ragsdale is a certified professional in Human Resources (PHR), a SHRM certified Human Resources Professional (SHRM-CP) and is certified in Diversity and Inclusion in HR Management. Ragsdale previously served as the president of the Central Arkansas Human Resources Association. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Central Arkansas.

Ric Chura
EVP & Chief Information Officer
Ric Chura

Ric Chura serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Uniti. In this role, he is responsible for developing and executing the company’s cybersecurity strategy, overseeing technology governance and compliance, and leading the integration of numerous acquisitions.

Prior to joining Uniti, Chura held the position of Vice President of Information Technology at PEG Bandwidth, which was acquired by Uniti in 2016. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, having held leadership roles at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Predictive Systems, Callisma, and FiberTower.

Chura completed the Master Program on Negotiation at Harvard University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University.

Ronald J. Mudry
SVP of M&A
Ronald J. Mudry

Ron Mudry is Senior Vice President of M&A of Uniti Group Inc. In this role, Mudry is responsible for Uniti’s growth opportunities across its fiber and wireless infrastructure segments. He is also responsible for Strategy and Corporate Development.

Mudry leads Uniti’s sales and business development initiatives which include providing fiber based services to wireless carriers, wireline carriers, hyperscalers, content companies, cable MSOs and other wholesale customers. Mudry previously served as President of Sales and Business Development at Uniti Fiber.

Mudry has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and was the founder of two start-up fiber operating companies that grew to become leaders in their industry segment. He joined Uniti in 2016 following the acquisition of Tower Cloud, a company he founded in 2006, that was a leader in fiber, small cell and cell site backhaul services in the Southeast, U.S. Earlier in his career, he founded Progress Telecom (formed in 1998) and before that spent 15 years with GTE Corporation (now Verizon) where he held key management positions in finance, sales and marketing, international operations, treasury, strategic planning, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mudry serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of INCOMPAS, a telecommunications industry association.

Mudry holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in finance from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Tampa.

Eric Daniels
SVP & President - Uniti Network
Eric Daniels

Eric Daniels is Senior Vice President & President – Uniti Network. In his current role, he leads a team of over 400 employees and is responsible for the construction and operation of over 18,000 miles of fiber optic networks throughout the South, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and Midwestern United States.

Prior to its purchase by Uniti Group in 2017, Daniels served as founding partner and chief operating officer of Southern Light, growing the business from its inception to eventually constructing and operating nearly 6,000 miles of fiber optic cable infrastructure. With a team of 250 employees, Daniels oversaw the engineering, construction and ongoing management of the company’s physical and logical networks.

With a Navy career spanning from 1989 to 2015, Daniels retired as a commander after serving in both the active duty Navy and the Navy Reserve, and was awarded two Meritorious Service Medals, four Navy Commendation Medals, two Navy Achievement Medals, and a variety of campaign and service ribbons. He was involved in nearly every major theater of operations, and was mobilized in 2003 for OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.

Daniels is a native of Mobile, Alabama and a graduate of the US Naval Academy, the Surface Warfare Officer School, and the AEGIS Combat Systems Officer School.

Cathy De La Garza
SVP & President - Uniti Fiber
Cathy De La Garza

Cathleen De La Garza is Senior Vice President & President of Uniti Fiber, fostering Uniti’s commitment to building and operating its fiber network, along with its “customer obsessed” focus. Previously, De La Garza acted as Uniti Fiber’s Chief Development Officer. She led the development and alignment of the companies short- and long-term growth strategy. Her team – comprised of the project management, order management, off net project management, product group, and solutions team – is dedicated to both internal and external customer service as well as service implementation.

As a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, De La Garza was among the first female combat pilots in the US military, serving as an F-15C fighter pilot for twelve years. Her tours of duty included Operation Southern Watch and Operation Noble Eagle in the Middle East and stateside. De La Garza joined the team at Southern Light after leaving the service in 2005.

De La Garza holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a Master of Arts in Organizational Management from The George Washington University.

Active in her community, De La Garza currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Foundation of Alabama, as a Regional Council member for Leadership Alabama and member of the Lower Alabama Bayhawks Lacrosse organization. Cathy participates in various veterans’ organizations throughout South Alabama, including executive sponsorship for Uniti’s diversity and inclusion group for Veterans and First Responders, Proud to Serve. She is a member of St. John Catholic Church (Bromley, AL), serving on the finance committee and as a religious education leader.

John Harrobin
Sr. EVP & President - Kinetic
John Harrobin

John Harrobin, Senior Executive Vice President & President of Kinetic, previously led the consumer business of Frontier Communications, overseeing consumer revenue, product development, sales operations, channel strategy, CRM, marketing, and data analytics. Before Frontier, John served as Chief Marketing Officer at Audible, where he directed the company’s growth turnaround, brand repositioning, and content marketing expansion. Prior to that, he spent 18 years at Verizon Wireless, including as Chief Marketing Officer. John also sits on the Executive Board of Villanova University’s Center for Marketing & Customer Insights. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Mentor by Advertising Women of New York, and a Top CMO by Forbes. He holds a BS from Villanova University and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Greg Ortyl
EVP & President of Strategic Accounts
Greg Ortyl

Greg Ortyl is Executive Vice President & President of Strategic Accounts at Uniti Wholesale.  Ortyl has spent most of his career in the communications infrastructure space with a successful history of leading strategic sales organizations.  

Ortyl co-founded PEG Bandwidth in 2009 and served as senior vice president of Sales until its acquisition by Uniti in 2016.  At PEG he was responsible for overseeing the strategic customer relationships during PEG’s explosive growth, highlighted by consecutive years recognized on the Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list.  Prior to PEG, Ortyl held key sales leadership roles at Level 3 Communications, FiberTower, CenturyTel and other competitive fiber businesses.

Ortyl and his wife, Becky, founded Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, in 2011, with a mission to help families with children who have congenital heart defects. Ortyl holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts from St. Louis University. 

Mike Flannery
EVP & President Uniti Solutions
Mike Flannery

Michael Flannery is Executive Vice President & President of Uniti Solutions & Kinetic Business, where he leads the company’s business to business organization focused on delivering a full suite of innovative industry-leading and scalable managed cloud networking, collaboration and security solutions that power business transformation. He is responsible for overall strategy, execution, operations, and customer experience, supporting clients in addressing their changing technology needs by delivering advanced connectivity, optimized operations, and scalable market leading managed connectivity and networking solutions.

With more than 25 years of industry experience, Flannery is a results-driven executive with deep expertise in revenue growth, customer engagement, and operational excellence. Prior to Uniti, he served as President of Windstream Enterprise & Kinetic Business, where he led both enterprise and SMB business units. He previously held key executive roles at Windstream, including Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and SVP of Customer Advocacy and Experience.

Before joining Windstream in 2017, Flannery held senior leadership roles at EarthLink, including SVP and Managing Director of the SMB business unit and SVP of Business Operations. He also held executive positions at Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing, including Enterprise Business Unit CFO, and Chief of Staff for the enterprise & wholesales business units.

Flannery holds an MBA with a concentration in finance and information systems from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School and a bachelor’s in accounting from the School of Management at Binghamton University.

Francis X. (Skip) Frantz
Chairman

Francis X. (“Skip”) Frantz has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since our spin-off from Windstream. He previously served as a director of Windstream from 2006 until the spin-off, serving as Chairman of its Audit Committee at the time of his resignation from the Windstream board of directors. From July 2006 to February 2010, he served as Chairman of the Windstream board. Mr. Frantz served as the 2006 and 2007 Chairman of the Board and of the Executive Committee of the United States Telecom Association. Mr. Frantz served as Chairman of a community bank in Little Rock, Arkansas from February 2007 until May 2014 and serves as a director of a number of other privately held companies. Prior to January 2006, Mr. Frantz was Executive Vice President–External Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary of Alltel Corporation (“Alltel”). Mr. Frantz joined Alltel in 1990 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel and was appointed Secretary in January 1992 and Executive Vice President in July 1998. While with Alltel, he was responsible for Alltel’s merger and acquisition negotiations, wholesale services group, federal and state government and external affairs, corporate communications, administrative services and corporate governance, in addition to serving as Alltel’s chief legal officer.

Kenny Gunderman
President & Chief Executive Officer

Kenny Gunderman is president and chief executive officer of Uniti Group Inc. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry and is focused on growing Uniti’s real estate portfolio of mission critical communications infrastructure. He has prior experience at Stephens, Lehman Brothers and KPMG. He currently serves on the board of the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation and the Hendrix College Board of Trustees. Gunderman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hendrix College and an MBA from Yale.

Johannes Weber
Director

Johannes Weber was appointed to the Board of Directors on May 21, 2026. Mr. Weber is a consultant for Elliott Investment Management L.P. Prior to becoming a consultant, from 2009 until January 2026, Mr. Weber was portfolio manager at Elliott Investment Management L.P. with responsibility for certain public and private equity and credit investments across multiple industries for fifteen years. In addition, Mr. Weber served on the Board of Directors of Windstream from 2020 to 2025. Mr. Weber holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jarrett Appleby
Director

Jarrett Appleby was appointed to the Board of Directors on May 21, 2026. Since 2017, Mr. Appleby has served as Chief Executive Officer of ASG, a digital infrastructure advisory group that works with leading private equity and technology companies. Mr. Appleby also serves as a Senior Advisor for The Blackstone Group, supporting global digital infrastructure investments, a role he’s held since 2018. He has held a number of executive leadership positions including COO of Digital Realty from 2015 until 2017. Prior to that, Jarrett served as COO for CoreSite Realty from 2012 to 2014, and CMO for Equinix from 2008 to 2012 where he maintained overall marketing, product and business development responsibilities. Mr. Appleby holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics and an MBA from Lehigh University.

Kenny Gunderman
President & Chief Executive Officer
Kenny Gunderman

Kenny Gunderman is president and chief executive officer of Uniti Group Inc. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry and is focused on growing Uniti’s real estate portfolio of mission critical communications infrastructure. He has prior experience at Stephens, Lehman Brothers and KPMG. He currently serves on the board of the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation and the Hendrix College Board of Trustees. Gunderman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hendrix College and an MBA from Yale.

Paul Bullington
Sr. EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Paul Bullington

Paul Bullington is the Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Uniti Group Inc., previously serving as senior vice president of Strategic Operations for Uniti Fiber. Until its acquisition by Uniti in 2017, he served as the CFO of Southern Light, a position he held since the company began operating in 2001. During his time as CFO, the company was named one of the “5,000 Fastest Growing Companies in America” by Inc. Magazine for nine consecutive years.

Bullington also has prior experience at Accenture and Royal Cup Coffee. He formerly served on the Board of Directors for Eastern Shore Repertory Theatre and is a former director of First Community Bank in Alabama. Bullington holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Birmingham-Southern College and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Daniel Heard
Sr. EVP & General Counsel
Daniel Heard

Daniel Heard is Sr. Executive Vice President & General Counsel for Uniti. Heard is responsible for the company’s legal affairs and corporate governance.

Heard previously was a partner in the law offices of Kutak Rock LLP in Little Rock, Arkansas.

At Kutak Rock, Heard represented public companies in corporate, securities and merger and acquisition transactions. His clients comprised a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, information technology and food processing. He has extensive experience in negotiating, structuring and consummating mergers and acquisitions, public offerings of debt and equity securities and other corporate finance transactions.

Heard graduated from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Arkansas.

Michael Friloux
Sr. EVP & Chief Technology Officer
Michael Friloux

Michael Friloux is Sr. Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Uniti. He has over 30 years of telecommunications and information systems technology experience and is focused on future proofing Uniti’s information technology systems.

Friloux previously was chief executive officer and president of PEG Bandwidth where he led the wireless backhaul provider through a time of rapid expansion serving 2,400 cell towers over a 15,000 route mile network through 16 states.

Prior to joining PEG Bandwidth, Friloux served as president and chief operations officer for Citynet Fiber Networks where he developed the company into a leading regional wholesale carrier network spanning 13 states and 8,000 route miles.

Friloux started his career as a software engineer for Sabre Computer Services (American Airlines.)

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State University.

Jennifer Ragsdale
EVP & Chief Administrative Officer & Chief People Officer
Jennifer Ragsdale

Jennifer Ragsdale is Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer & Chief People Officer at Uniti, a Certified Great Places to Work company. Ragsdale oversees Uniti’s customer experience management, human resource efforts, diversity and inclusion programs, and leads execution strategy to create a culture of high performance.

Prior to joining Uniti, Ragsdale spent more than a decade in the human resources field, building and executing programs to drive operation strategies and organizational transformation.

Ragsdale is a certified professional in Human Resources (PHR), a SHRM certified Human Resources Professional (SHRM-CP) and is certified in Diversity and Inclusion in HR Management. Ragsdale previously served as the president of the Central Arkansas Human Resources Association. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Central Arkansas.

Ric Chura
EVP & Chief Information Officer
Ric Chura

Ric Chura serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Uniti. In this role, he is responsible for developing and executing the company’s cybersecurity strategy, overseeing technology governance and compliance, and leading the integration of numerous acquisitions.

Prior to joining Uniti, Chura held the position of Vice President of Information Technology at PEG Bandwidth, which was acquired by Uniti in 2016. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, having held leadership roles at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Predictive Systems, Callisma, and FiberTower.

Chura completed the Master Program on Negotiation at Harvard University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University.

Ronald J. Mudry
SVP of M&A
Ronald J. Mudry

Ron Mudry is Senior Vice President of M&A of Uniti Group Inc. In this role, Mudry is responsible for Uniti’s growth opportunities across its fiber and wireless infrastructure segments. He is also responsible for Strategy and Corporate Development.

Mudry leads Uniti’s sales and business development initiatives which include providing fiber based services to wireless carriers, wireline carriers, hyperscalers, content companies, cable MSOs and other wholesale customers. Mudry previously served as President of Sales and Business Development at Uniti Fiber.

Mudry has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and was the founder of two start-up fiber operating companies that grew to become leaders in their industry segment. He joined Uniti in 2016 following the acquisition of Tower Cloud, a company he founded in 2006, that was a leader in fiber, small cell and cell site backhaul services in the Southeast, U.S. Earlier in his career, he founded Progress Telecom (formed in 1998) and before that spent 15 years with GTE Corporation (now Verizon) where he held key management positions in finance, sales and marketing, international operations, treasury, strategic planning, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mudry serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of INCOMPAS, a telecommunications industry association.

Mudry holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in finance from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Tampa.

Eric Daniels
SVP & President - Uniti Network
Eric Daniels

Eric Daniels is Senior Vice President & President – Uniti Network. In his current role, he leads a team of over 400 employees and is responsible for the construction and operation of over 18,000 miles of fiber optic networks throughout the South, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and Midwestern United States.

Prior to its purchase by Uniti Group in 2017, Daniels served as founding partner and chief operating officer of Southern Light, growing the business from its inception to eventually constructing and operating nearly 6,000 miles of fiber optic cable infrastructure. With a team of 250 employees, Daniels oversaw the engineering, construction and ongoing management of the company’s physical and logical networks.

With a Navy career spanning from 1989 to 2015, Daniels retired as a commander after serving in both the active duty Navy and the Navy Reserve, and was awarded two Meritorious Service Medals, four Navy Commendation Medals, two Navy Achievement Medals, and a variety of campaign and service ribbons. He was involved in nearly every major theater of operations, and was mobilized in 2003 for OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.

Daniels is a native of Mobile, Alabama and a graduate of the US Naval Academy, the Surface Warfare Officer School, and the AEGIS Combat Systems Officer School.

Cathy De La Garza
SVP & President - Uniti Fiber
Cathy De La Garza

Cathleen De La Garza is Senior Vice President & President of Uniti Fiber, fostering Uniti’s commitment to building and operating its fiber network, along with its “customer obsessed” focus. Previously, De La Garza acted as Uniti Fiber’s Chief Development Officer. She led the development and alignment of the companies short- and long-term growth strategy. Her team – comprised of the project management, order management, off net project management, product group, and solutions team – is dedicated to both internal and external customer service as well as service implementation.

As a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, De La Garza was among the first female combat pilots in the US military, serving as an F-15C fighter pilot for twelve years. Her tours of duty included Operation Southern Watch and Operation Noble Eagle in the Middle East and stateside. De La Garza joined the team at Southern Light after leaving the service in 2005.

De La Garza holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a Master of Arts in Organizational Management from The George Washington University.

Active in her community, De La Garza currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Foundation of Alabama, as a Regional Council member for Leadership Alabama and member of the Lower Alabama Bayhawks Lacrosse organization. Cathy participates in various veterans’ organizations throughout South Alabama, including executive sponsorship for Uniti’s diversity and inclusion group for Veterans and First Responders, Proud to Serve. She is a member of St. John Catholic Church (Bromley, AL), serving on the finance committee and as a religious education leader.

John Harrobin
Sr. EVP & President - Kinetic
John Harrobin

John Harrobin, Senior Executive Vice President & President of Kinetic, previously led the consumer business of Frontier Communications, overseeing consumer revenue, product development, sales operations, channel strategy, CRM, marketing, and data analytics. Before Frontier, John served as Chief Marketing Officer at Audible, where he directed the company’s growth turnaround, brand repositioning, and content marketing expansion. Prior to that, he spent 18 years at Verizon Wireless, including as Chief Marketing Officer. John also sits on the Executive Board of Villanova University’s Center for Marketing & Customer Insights. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Mentor by Advertising Women of New York, and a Top CMO by Forbes. He holds a BS from Villanova University and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Greg Ortyl
EVP & President of Strategic Accounts
Greg Ortyl

Greg Ortyl is Executive Vice President & President of Strategic Accounts at Uniti Wholesale.  Ortyl has spent most of his career in the communications infrastructure space with a successful history of leading strategic sales organizations.  

Ortyl co-founded PEG Bandwidth in 2009 and served as senior vice president of Sales until its acquisition by Uniti in 2016.  At PEG he was responsible for overseeing the strategic customer relationships during PEG’s explosive growth, highlighted by consecutive years recognized on the Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list.  Prior to PEG, Ortyl held key sales leadership roles at Level 3 Communications, FiberTower, CenturyTel and other competitive fiber businesses.

Ortyl and his wife, Becky, founded Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, in 2011, with a mission to help families with children who have congenital heart defects. Ortyl holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts from St. Louis University. 

Mike Flannery
EVP & President Uniti Solutions
Mike Flannery

Michael Flannery is Executive Vice President & President of Uniti Solutions & Kinetic Business, where he leads the company’s business to business organization focused on delivering a full suite of innovative industry-leading and scalable managed cloud networking, collaboration and security solutions that power business transformation. He is responsible for overall strategy, execution, operations, and customer experience, supporting clients in addressing their changing technology needs by delivering advanced connectivity, optimized operations, and scalable market leading managed connectivity and networking solutions.

With more than 25 years of industry experience, Flannery is a results-driven executive with deep expertise in revenue growth, customer engagement, and operational excellence. Prior to Uniti, he served as President of Windstream Enterprise & Kinetic Business, where he led both enterprise and SMB business units. He previously held key executive roles at Windstream, including Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and SVP of Customer Advocacy and Experience.

Before joining Windstream in 2017, Flannery held senior leadership roles at EarthLink, including SVP and Managing Director of the SMB business unit and SVP of Business Operations. He also held executive positions at Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing, including Enterprise Business Unit CFO, and Chief of Staff for the enterprise & wholesales business units.

Flannery holds an MBA with a concentration in finance and information systems from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School and a bachelor’s in accounting from the School of Management at Binghamton University.

Scott Bruce
Director

Scott G. Bruce was appointed to the Board of Directors on June 29, 2016. Mr. Bruce has served as the President of Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc., a company engaged in the aggregation of rental streams underlying wireless sites and related businesses, since February 2020 and in February 2023 he also became the company’s CEO. Mr. Bruce previously served as Managing Director of Associated Partners, LP, a private investment partnership focusing on creating, operating and investing in wireless communications companies, from its inception in 2006. In addition, Mr. Bruce previously served as Managing Director and General Counsel of Liberty Associated Partners, LP, a predecessor investment vehicle. Previously, Mr. Bruce was General Counsel and Secretary of Associated Group, Inc., a publicly traded company that owned various communications businesses, from 1994 to 2000, when it was sold to AT&T/Liberty Media. He also served as Vice President and General Counsel of Associated Communications Corporation, a publicly traded predecessor company to Associated Group, from 1992 to 1994, when the company sold its cellular telephone businesses to SBC/AT&T. Prior to joining Associated, Mr. Bruce practiced corporate law at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1992. Prior to that, he worked as an auditor in the New York office of Touche Ross & Co. (predecessor to Deloitte) from 1983 to 1985. In connection with Mr. Bruce’s prior responsibilities at Associated, he has held various board memberships at private companies. Mr. Bruce holds an A.B. in History from Colgate University, an M.S. (Accounting) from the New York University Stern School of Business and a J.D. from the Villanova University School of Law.

Harold Zeitz
Director

Harold Zeitz has served as Chief Executive Officer of Ziply Fiber since May of 2020. Prior to joining Ziply Fiber, Mr. Zeitz served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Wave Broadband, a leading broadband data company in Washington, Oregon and California. Mr. Zeitz has also served in executive leadership roles at Classmates, IGT, RealNetworks, Sharebuilder, AT&T Wireless and McCaw Cellular. Mr. Zeitz holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Zeitz is a Board Trustee at Horizon House and a Board Member of Race Communications and Fidium Fiber.

Carmen Perez-Carlton
Director

Carmen Perez-Carlton was appointed to the Board of Directors on October 1, 2019. In 2023, Ms. Perez-Carlton was appointed to the Board of Directors of Summit Utilities, Inc., a company that owns natural gas distribution and transmission subsidiaries that operate in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. From January 2017 to July 2019, Ms. Perez-Carlton served as an independent advisor for Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI), a publicly-traded fiber infrastructure REIT, providing input and strategic guidance on matters related to mergers and acquisitions, strategy and business development opportunities. Previously, she served as President of FPL FiberNet, LLC from 2007 until it was acquired by Crown Castle in January 2017. As President, Ms. Perez-Carlton grew FPL FiberNet through acquisition and network expansion while leading the company through a debt refinancing and ultimately to its eventual sale. Prior to FPL FiberNet, LLC, Ms. Perez-Carlton served as Assistant Controller and Director, Revenue and Recovery for Florida Power & Light, Co. Ms. Perez-Carlton began her career as an Audit Manager with Deloitte and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Florida International University and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive status). Ms. Perez-Carlton has served on multiple non-profit organization’s boards and was recognized in 2013 by Capacity Media as one of the top ten women in the telecommunications industry.

Mary McLaughlin
Director

Mary McLaughlin has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, where she has led both B2C and B2B businesses and consistently driven sustainable growth.  She previously served on the board of Windstream.  She held several senior executive roles at Comcast, most recently serving as Regional Senior Vice President for the Mid-Atlantic—one of Comcast’s largest and most complex regions. In this role, Ms. McLaughlin led a multidisciplinary team of over 5,000 teammates, serving more than 2.3 million residential and business customers.  She was responsible for all aspects of the region’s operations, and under her leadership, Comcast was recognized by The Washington Post as a Top Workplace in the D.C. area. Ms. McLaughlin is known for her ability to develop strong, results-driven operating plans and to lead large, diverse teams in executing them effectively. Her leadership has consistently translated strategy into measurable outcomes, delivering operational excellence and sustained business performance. She has received numerous national leadership honors, including being named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Cable” in 2020.  Before entering the telecommunications industry, Ms. McLaughlin served as an Assistant Attorney General in Massachusetts, focusing on consumer protection. She holds a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Certified Director.  Ms. McLaughlin is also deeply committed to community service. She currently serves on the boards of the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Maryland Medical System Foundation.

Joe Natale
Director

Mr. Natale is a seasoned telecom, technology, and media executive with over 30 years’ experience as a leader, operator, and business builder. He is the former president and chief executive officer of Rogers Communications, a diversified communications and media company and Canada’s largest provider of wireless communications, cable tv and internet and sports entertainment services. Prior to joining Rogers, Natale held several executive positions at Telus Communications from 2003 to 2015, including President and CEO. Previously, he was a senior partner at KPMG and held successive senior leadership roles with KPMG Consulting. Natale was co-founder and CEO of a business transformation and systems integration consulting firm which was acquired by KPMG. He serves on the board of Shopify and Sun Life. He previously served as a member of the board of Windstream.

Francis X. (Skip) Frantz
Chairman

Francis X. (“Skip”) Frantz has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since our spin-off from Windstream. He previously served as a director of Windstream from 2006 until the spin-off, serving as Chairman of its Audit Committee at the time of his resignation from the Windstream board of directors. From July 2006 to February 2010, he served as Chairman of the Windstream board. Mr. Frantz served as the 2006 and 2007 Chairman of the Board and of the Executive Committee of the United States Telecom Association. Mr. Frantz served as Chairman of a community bank in Little Rock, Arkansas from February 2007 until May 2014 and serves as a director of a number of other privately held companies. Prior to January 2006, Mr. Frantz was Executive Vice President–External Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary of Alltel Corporation (“Alltel”). Mr. Frantz joined Alltel in 1990 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel and was appointed Secretary in January 1992 and Executive Vice President in July 1998. While with Alltel, he was responsible for Alltel’s merger and acquisition negotiations, wholesale services group, federal and state government and external affairs, corporate communications, administrative services and corporate governance, in addition to serving as Alltel’s chief legal officer.

Kenny Gunderman
President & Chief Executive Officer

Kenny Gunderman is president and chief executive officer of Uniti Group Inc. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry and is focused on growing Uniti’s real estate portfolio of mission critical communications infrastructure. He has prior experience at Stephens, Lehman Brothers and KPMG. He currently serves on the board of the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation and the Hendrix College Board of Trustees. Gunderman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hendrix College and an MBA from Yale.

Johannes Weber
Director

Johannes Weber was appointed to the Board of Directors on May 21, 2026. Mr. Weber is a consultant for Elliott Investment Management L.P. Prior to becoming a consultant, from 2009 until January 2026, Mr. Weber was portfolio manager at Elliott Investment Management L.P. with responsibility for certain public and private equity and credit investments across multiple industries for fifteen years. In addition, Mr. Weber served on the Board of Directors of Windstream from 2020 to 2025. Mr. Weber holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jarrett Appleby
Director

Jarrett Appleby was appointed to the Board of Directors on May 21, 2026. Since 2017, Mr. Appleby has served as Chief Executive Officer of ASG, a digital infrastructure advisory group that works with leading private equity and technology companies. Mr. Appleby also serves as a Senior Advisor for The Blackstone Group, supporting global digital infrastructure investments, a role he’s held since 2018. He has held a number of executive leadership positions including COO of Digital Realty from 2015 until 2017. Prior to that, Jarrett served as COO for CoreSite Realty from 2012 to 2014, and CMO for Equinix from 2008 to 2012 where he maintained overall marketing, product and business development responsibilities. Mr. Appleby holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics and an MBA from Lehigh University.

Scott Bruce
Director

Scott G. Bruce was appointed to the Board of Directors on June 29, 2016. Mr. Bruce has served as the President of Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc., a company engaged in the aggregation of rental streams underlying wireless sites and related businesses, since February 2020 and in February 2023 he also became the company’s CEO. Mr. Bruce previously served as Managing Director of Associated Partners, LP, a private investment partnership focusing on creating, operating and investing in wireless communications companies, from its inception in 2006. In addition, Mr. Bruce previously served as Managing Director and General Counsel of Liberty Associated Partners, LP, a predecessor investment vehicle. Previously, Mr. Bruce was General Counsel and Secretary of Associated Group, Inc., a publicly traded company that owned various communications businesses, from 1994 to 2000, when it was sold to AT&T/Liberty Media. He also served as Vice President and General Counsel of Associated Communications Corporation, a publicly traded predecessor company to Associated Group, from 1992 to 1994, when the company sold its cellular telephone businesses to SBC/AT&T. Prior to joining Associated, Mr. Bruce practiced corporate law at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1992. Prior to that, he worked as an auditor in the New York office of Touche Ross & Co. (predecessor to Deloitte) from 1983 to 1985. In connection with Mr. Bruce’s prior responsibilities at Associated, he has held various board memberships at private companies. Mr. Bruce holds an A.B. in History from Colgate University, an M.S. (Accounting) from the New York University Stern School of Business and a J.D. from the Villanova University School of Law.

Harold Zeitz
Director

Harold Zeitz has served as Chief Executive Officer of Ziply Fiber since May of 2020. Prior to joining Ziply Fiber, Mr. Zeitz served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Wave Broadband, a leading broadband data company in Washington, Oregon and California. Mr. Zeitz has also served in executive leadership roles at Classmates, IGT, RealNetworks, Sharebuilder, AT&T Wireless and McCaw Cellular. Mr. Zeitz holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Zeitz is a Board Trustee at Horizon House and a Board Member of Race Communications and Fidium Fiber.

Carmen Perez-Carlton
Director

Carmen Perez-Carlton was appointed to the Board of Directors on October 1, 2019. In 2023, Ms. Perez-Carlton was appointed to the Board of Directors of Summit Utilities, Inc., a company that owns natural gas distribution and transmission subsidiaries that operate in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. From January 2017 to July 2019, Ms. Perez-Carlton served as an independent advisor for Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI), a publicly-traded fiber infrastructure REIT, providing input and strategic guidance on matters related to mergers and acquisitions, strategy and business development opportunities. Previously, she served as President of FPL FiberNet, LLC from 2007 until it was acquired by Crown Castle in January 2017. As President, Ms. Perez-Carlton grew FPL FiberNet through acquisition and network expansion while leading the company through a debt refinancing and ultimately to its eventual sale. Prior to FPL FiberNet, LLC, Ms. Perez-Carlton served as Assistant Controller and Director, Revenue and Recovery for Florida Power & Light, Co. Ms. Perez-Carlton began her career as an Audit Manager with Deloitte and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Florida International University and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive status). Ms. Perez-Carlton has served on multiple non-profit organization’s boards and was recognized in 2013 by Capacity Media as one of the top ten women in the telecommunications industry.

Mary McLaughlin
Director

Mary McLaughlin has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, where she has led both B2C and B2B businesses and consistently driven sustainable growth.  She previously served on the board of Windstream.  She held several senior executive roles at Comcast, most recently serving as Regional Senior Vice President for the Mid-Atlantic—one of Comcast’s largest and most complex regions. In this role, Ms. McLaughlin led a multidisciplinary team of over 5,000 teammates, serving more than 2.3 million residential and business customers.  She was responsible for all aspects of the region’s operations, and under her leadership, Comcast was recognized by The Washington Post as a Top Workplace in the D.C. area. Ms. McLaughlin is known for her ability to develop strong, results-driven operating plans and to lead large, diverse teams in executing them effectively. Her leadership has consistently translated strategy into measurable outcomes, delivering operational excellence and sustained business performance. She has received numerous national leadership honors, including being named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Cable” in 2020.  Before entering the telecommunications industry, Ms. McLaughlin served as an Assistant Attorney General in Massachusetts, focusing on consumer protection. She holds a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Certified Director.  Ms. McLaughlin is also deeply committed to community service. She currently serves on the boards of the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Maryland Medical System Foundation.

Joe Natale
Director

Mr. Natale is a seasoned telecom, technology, and media executive with over 30 years’ experience as a leader, operator, and business builder. He is the former president and chief executive officer of Rogers Communications, a diversified communications and media company and Canada’s largest provider of wireless communications, cable tv and internet and sports entertainment services. Prior to joining Rogers, Natale held several executive positions at Telus Communications from 2003 to 2015, including President and CEO. Previously, he was a senior partner at KPMG and held successive senior leadership roles with KPMG Consulting. Natale was co-founder and CEO of a business transformation and systems integration consulting firm which was acquired by KPMG. He serves on the board of Shopify and Sun Life. He previously served as a member of the board of Windstream.