Regular Members
 

AT&T-Kentucky 

www.bellsouth.com 

601 W. Chestnut Street SW

Louisville, KY 40202 

Joan Coleman - President   

502/582-2167     Fax 502/564-2140     joan.coleman@att.com  

Tony Taylor - Director-External & Legislative Affairs

502/582-2164     Fax 502/564-8667     tony.taylor@att.com  

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1879                         Employees - 2,468

Access Lines - 831,188                          Exchanges - 171

Counties Served - 79: Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carroll, Casey, Christian, Clark, Clay, Crittenden, Daviess, Estill, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton, Graves, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Hopkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Letcher, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, McCracken, McClean, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Meade, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Pike, Powell, Robertson, Rockcastle, Scott, Shelby, Simpson, Spencer, Todd, Washington, Webster, Whitely, Woodford, Trigg, Trimble, Union, and Warren.

BALLARD TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE 

www.brtc.net

159 W. Second Street

PO Box 209

La Center, KY 42056-0209

270/665-5186     Fax 270/665-8186 

Harlon E. Parker - General Manager 

Randy Grogan - Assistant General Manager

Stephen Jones II - Customer Marketing Manager

Janice K. Chittenden - Administrative Assistant

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1951                         Employees - 30

Access Lines - 6,655                              Exchanges - 7

Counties Served - 2: Ballard and McCracken.

BRANDENBURG TELEPHONE COMPANY

www.bbtel.com

200 Telco Drive

PO Box 599

Brandenburg, KY 40108-0599

270/422-2121     Fax 270/422-4448    

J. D. Tobin, Jr. - President/Manager 

Allison Willoughby - Assistant General Manager

Dray Willoughby - Plant Manager

Ruth Crawford - Office Manager

Randall Bradley - Controller

Kelly Roberts - Commercial Manager

George Lewis - CO Supervisor

Tom Hewlett - Marketing Manager

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1951                         Employees - 144

Access Lines - 26,937                            Exchanges - 8

Counties Served - 3: Breckinridge, Hardin and Meade.

CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE

www.cincinnatibell.com

221 E. 4th Street 

Cincinnati, OH 45201 

Fax 513/723-1367

Mark Romito - Director-Government Relations           513/397-1366      mark.romito@cinbell.com 

Scott Ringo - Director-Regulatory Affairs                     513/397-1354      scott.ringo@cinbell.com

Bob Wilhelm - Pricing and Tariffs Manager                 513/397-6858      bob.wilhelm@cinbell.com

Jouett Kinney - Regulatory Attorney                              513/397-7260      jouett.kinney@cinbell.com

Tom McCloud - Regulatory Specialist-Complaints     513/397-1312     tom.mccloud@cinbell.com

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1874                                  Employees - 2,583 (FTE)

Access Lines - 1,026,012 (224,569 KY)        Exchanges - 22 (10 KY)

Counties Served - 6: Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and Pendleton.

COALFIELDS TELEPHONE COMPANY

(a subsidiary of Gearheart Communications)

www.gearheart.com

20 Lanesville Road

PO Box 160

Harold, KY 41635-0160 

606/478-9401     Fax 606/478-8923 

Paul R. Gearheart - President 

Paul D. Gearheart - Vice-President

John C. Schmoldt - Director of Operations

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1955                         Employees - 34

Access Lines - 6.867                              Exchanges - 3

Counties Served - 2: Floyd and Pike.

DUO COUNTY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

www.duo-county.com

2150 N. Main Street

PO Box 80

Jamestown, KY 42629-0080

270/343-3131     Fax 270/343-6500 

Bill Magruder - EVP/Chief Executive Officer           magruder@duotel.com

Daryl Hammond - VP/Chief Financial Officer          dhammond@duotel.com

Mark Henry - VP/Operations                                     mhenry@duotel.com

Eric West - Marketing Director                                 ewest@duotel.com

Rick Eldridge - Engineering Manager                     reldridge@duotel.com

Rob Lamb - IT Supervisor                                         rlamb@duotel.com

Mike Bradshaw - OSP Supervisor                           mbradshaw@duotel.com

Susan Emerson - Administrative Assistant            semerson@duotel.com

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1954                         Employees - 50

Access Lines - 13,000                            Exchanges - 4

Counties Served - 4: Adair, Casey, Cumberland and Russell.

FOOTHILLS TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

www.foothills.net

1621 Kentucky Route 40W

PO Box 240 

Staffordsville, KY 41256

606/297-3501     Fax 606/297-2000

Tom Preston - General Manager                                      tpreston@foothills.net

Lonnie Kelly - Plant Manager                                            lkelly@foothills.net

Susan Fairchild - Chief Operations Officer                     susanf@foothills.net 

Ruth Conley - Controller                                                     ruthc@foothills.net 

Jack Holbrook - Service Manager                                    jack51@foothills.net 

Carol Francis - Director-Marketing                                  carolf@foothills.net                 

Shawn Thompson - Central Office/Headend Engineer  shawnth@foothills.net

Kim Stambaugh - Customer Service Manager               kdstambaugh@foothills.net

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1951                         Employees - 62

Access Lines - 15,429                            Exchanges - 8

Counties Served - 5: Breathitt, Johnson, Lawrence, Magoffin and Morgan.

HIGHLAND TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE 

www.highlandtel.net

7840 Morgan County Hwy

PO Box 119 

Sunbright, TN 37872-0119 

423/628-2121     Fax 423/628-2409 

Fred Terry - Manager

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1955                         Employees - 80

Access Lines - 25,198 (7,196 KY)         Exchanges - 10 (2 KY)

Counties Served - 1: McCreary.

LOGAN TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

www.logantele.com

10725 Bowling Green Road

PO Box 97 

Auburn, KY 42206-0097

270/542-4121     Fax 270/542-4800 

Greg Hale - General Manager                             ghale@loganphone.com           x222

Harlan Hess - Operations Manager                    hhess@loganphone.com          x224

Kim Miles - Controller                                           kmiles@loganphone.com         x227

Kristen Brawner - Marketing Manager                kbrawner@loganphone.com    x229

Emily Hayes - Human Resources Manager       ehayes@loganphone.com        x221

Faye Sparks - Information Systems Manager   fsparkes@loganphone.com      x236

Jackie Rogers - Customer Service Supervisor jrogers@loganphone.com        x233

Bart Angel - COE Supervisor                              bangel@loganphone.com         x237

Terry Pedigo - Plant Maintenance Supervisor   tpedigo@loganphone.com       x232

Chad Champbell - Webmaster                           ccampbell@loganphone.com   x223

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1954                         Employees - 27

Access Lines - 6,281                              Exchanges - 6

Counties Served - 7: Butler, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Simpson, Todd and Warren.

MOUNTAIN TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

405 Main Street

PO Box 399 

West Liberty, KY 41472-0399

606/743-3121     Fax 606/743-3635 

Allen Gillum - General Manager                    agillum@mountaintelephone.com   x167

Lana Ingram - Executive Assistant               lingram@mountaintelephone.com   x142

Shayne Ison - Director-Finance/Regulatory    sison@mountaintelephone.com   x155

Richard Fraley - Central Office Manager       rfraley@mountaintelephone.com   x135

Rick Pelfrey - Outside Plant Manager          rpelfrey@mountaintelephone.com   x157

Angie Pennington - Office Manager    apennington@mountaintelephone.com   x134

Lisa Fannin - Director-Marketing                   lfannin@mountaintelephone.com   x123

Teresa Litteral - Director-HR                          tlitteral@mountaintelephone.com   x141

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1950                         Employees - 75

Access Lines - 15,881                            Exchanges - 7

Counties Served - 5: Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan and Wolfe.

NORTH CENTRAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

www.nctc.com

872 Hwy 52 By-Pass

PO Box 70 

Lafayette, TN 37083 

615/666-2151     Fax 615/666-6772 

Tom Rowland - General Manager                                   trowland@nctc.com 

Johnny McClanahan - Customer Support Manager      jmcclanahan@nctc.com

Ronnie Wilburn - Customer Service Manager               rwilburn@nctc.com

Brenda Hiett - Corporate Communications Manager   bhiett@nctc.com

John Jones - Engineering Manager                                jojones@nctc.com

Teresa Patterson - Human Resources Manager           tpatter@nctc.com

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1951                           Employees - 103

Access Lines - 21,977 (5,754 KY)           Exchanges - 10 (1 KY)

Counties Served - 6 (1 KY): Allen.

PEOPLES RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

www.prtcnet.org

US Hwy 421 South

P.O. Box 159 

McKee, KY 40447-0159

606/287-7101     Fax 606/287-1111

Keith Gabbard - Manager                                               kgabbard@prtcnet.org

Howard Price - OSP/Construction Supervisor             hprice@prtcnet.org 

Jeff Bingham- I/R Supervisor                                          jbingham@prtcnet.org
Tony Burch  - Central Office Supervisor                        aburch@prtcnet.org 

Cozette Neeley - Information Systems Manager          cneeley@prtcnet.org 

Tim Bingham - Customer Service Manager                 tbingham@prtcnet.org 

Kay Vickers - Administrative Assistant                         kayv@prtcnet.org

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1950                         Employees - 44

Access Lines - 8,690                              Exchanges - 4

Counties Served - 2: Jackson and Owsley.

SOUTH CENTRAL RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

www.scrtc.com

1399 Happy Valley Road

PO Box 159 

Glasgow, KY 42142-0159 

270/678-2111     Fax 270/678-3030 

Max Phipps, General Manager                                        max_phipps@scrtc.net
Tina Harlow, Corporate Executive Assistant                  tina_harlow@scrtc.net
Chris Lawrence, Business Director                                chris_lawrence@scrtc.net

Kyle Jones, South Central Telcom Manager                  kyle_jones@scrtc.net
Janie Gossett, Human Resources Director                    janie_gossett@scrtc.net
Donnie Bennett, TAC Operations Manager                   donnie_bennett@scrtc.net    
David Quesenberry, Plant/Network Operations Manager david.quesenberry@scrtc.net
Dave Davis, Broadband Operations Manager             dave_davis@scrtc.net
Becky Williams, Marketing Director                               becky_williams@scrtc.net
 

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1950                         Employees - 125

Access Lines - 27,003                            Exchanges - 16

Counties Served - 9: Adair, Allen, Barren, Green, Hart, Larue, Metcalfe, Monroe  and Nelson.

TDS TELECOM - HYDEN

www.tdstelecom.com

24014 Hwy 421

Box 969 

Hyden, KY 41749 

Fax 606/672-9005

Bruce H. Mottern - Manager-State Government Affairs-KY, OH & TN

865/671-4753     Fax 865/675-3881          bruce.mottern@tdstelecom.com

James T. Elless - Regional Manager of Field Services-KY, IN, OH & VA 

812/874-1422     Fax 812/874-3500          jim.elless@tdstelecom.com

Nicholas Ruskowski - Market Manager-KY & IN

765/675-2200     Fax 765/675-6161     nicholas.ruskowski@tdstelecom.com

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1928                         Employees - 13

Access Lines - 9,200                              Exchanges - 7

Counties Served - 4: Breathitt, Harlan, Leslie and Perry.

TDS TELECOM - LEWISPORT

www.tdstelecom.com

30 Pell Street

PO Box 439 

Lewisport, KY 42351 

Fax 270/295-3139 

Bruce H. Mottern - Manager-State Government Affairs-KY, OH & TN

865/671-4753     Fax 865/675-3881          bruce.mottern@tdstelecom.com

James T. Elless - Regional Manager of Field Services-KY, IN, OH & VA 

812/874-1422     Fax 812/874-3500          jim.elless@tdstelecom.com

Nicholas Ruskowski - Market Manager-KY & IN

765/675-2200     Fax 765/675-6161     nicholas.ruskowski@tdstelecom.com

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1922                         Employees - 2

Access Lines - 1,386                              Exchanges - 1

Counties Served - 1: Hancock.

TDS TELECOM - SALEM

www.tdstelecom.com

221 E. Main Street

PO Box 25 

Salem, KY 42078-0025

Fax 270/988-3111 

Bruce H. Mottern - Manager-State Government Affairs-KY, OH & TN

865/671-4753     Fax 865/675-3881          bruce.mottern@tdstelecom.com

James T. Elless - Regional Manager of Field Services-KY, IN, OH & VA 

812/874-1422     Fax 812/874-3500          jim.elless@tdstelecom.com

Nicholas Ruskowski - Market Manager-KY & IN

765/675-2200     Fax 765/675-6161     nicholas.ruskowski@tdstelecom.com

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1946                         Employees - 2

Access Lines - 2,170                              Exchanges - 1

Counties Served - 2: Crittenden and Livingston.

THACKER-GRIGSBY TELEPHONE COMPANY

www.tgtel.com

60 Communications Lane

PO Box 789 

Hindman, KY 41822 

606/785-9500     Fax 606/785-9521 

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1956                         Employees - 42

Access Lines - 7,899                              Exchanges - 6

Counties Served - 4: Breathitt, Floyd, Knott and Perry.

WEST KENTUCKY RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

www.wk.net

237 N. 8th Street

PO Box 649 

Mayfield, KY 42066-0649 

270/674-1000     Fax 270/856-3651 

Trevor R. Bonnstetter - Chief Executive Officer

James G. Stokes - Controller/Office Manager 

Craig Sullivan - Outside Plant Superintendent 

Susan Staley - Information Systems Manager 

Gary McClain - Public Relations Manager 

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1951                           Employees - 71

Access Lines - 16,313 (14,086 KY)         Exchanges - 19 (15 KY)

Counties Served - 6: Calloway, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, Marshall, and McCracken.

WINDSTREAM KENTUCKY EAST

(formally Kentucky ALLTEL)

www.windstream.com

130 W. New Circle Road Suite 170

Lexington, KY 40505

Fax 859/357-6163

Dan Powell - Vice President, Wireline Operations-Kentucky   859/357-6002

dan.powell@windstream.com

Dan Logsdon - Vice President, External Affairs                      859/357-6125    

daniel.logsdon@windstream.com

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1880                         Employees - 676

Access Lines - 508,000                          Exchanges - 94

Counties Served - 48: Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Butler, Carlisle, Carter, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Garrard, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hardin, Harlan, Hart, Hickman, Jessamine, Knott, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Scott, Taylor, Union, Warren, Wayne, and Woodford.

WINDSTREAM KENTUCKY WEST

(formally ALLTEL Kentucky)

www.windstream.com

229 Lees Valley Road

Shepherdsville, KY 40165

502/921-2388

Fax 859/357-6163

Dan Powell - Area President, Wireline Operations  859/357-6101   dan.powell@windstream.com

Dan Logsdon - Vice President, External Affairs      859/357-6125   daniel.logsdon@windstream.com 

Quick Facts

Year Established - 1954                         Employees - 23

Access Lines - 27,000                            Exchanges - 5

Counties Served - 3: Bullitt, Jefferson and Spencer.