– USA, TX – Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) today announced the appointment of Kevin Stephens to its Board an independent director, effective immediately.
Mr. Stephens most recently served as Executive Vice President and President, Business Services for Altice USA.
“We are very pleased to welcome Kevin to the Board and look forward to the contributions he will make as a member of our Board,” said Board Chairman, Landis Martin. “Crown Castle will benefit greatly from Kevin’s extensive experience in the fiber and telecommunications industry as we continue to scale our fiber operations and invest in assets that will help support the development of nationwide 5G networks.”
Ari Fitzgerald, Chairman of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, said, “With Kevin, as well as the recent appointments of Tammy K. Jones and Matthew Thornton, III, the Board has added three high caliber individuals with a tremendous mix of skills, diversity, backgrounds and experience. We look forward to working together to help drive continued value creation for all shareholders.”
About Kevin Stephens
Mr. Stephens most recently served as EVP and President, Business Services for Altice USA. In that role, he was responsible for $1.4 billion in annual revenue, providing high-speed data connectivity and cloud services to enterprise, wholesale and small and medium business customers. Prior to his role with Altice, Mr. Stephens served as President, Commercial and Advertising Operations at Suddenlink Communications. Mr. Stephens also previously held senior leadership positions at both Fortune 500 and start-up firms, including Cox Communications, Choice One Communications and Xerox Corporation, where he started his career.
Mr. Stephens has served as a board director for a private manufacturing company and a diverse range of national nonprofit organizations throughout his career, and is currently a member of the investment committee at Cultivation Capital, a private equity firm. Mr. Stephens is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council.
Mr. Stephens holds a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.
About Crown Castle
Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 80,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service – bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them.
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