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An established presence in the Toledo, Ohio, community, Jeff Ansted works with residential and business customers across more than 20 states in delivering quality, cost-effective telecommunication solutions. At the helm of American Broadband and Telecommunications, Jeff Ansted has developed a suite of local exchange communications products that include local and long-distance calling plans, dedicated IP broadband, and fast, reliable Internet. In addition to meeting the needs of home customers, Mr. Ansted tailors solutions to businesses through the Revere Systems division. He has created tiered plans that reflect the requirements of various clients, from small local businesses with no IT staff to regional companies that need to add on to their existing communications capacities. Mr. Ansted founded his current firm in 2003, following four years in a leadership role as director of Covad Communications’ national sales. An early impetus for growth across midwestern markets such as northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan lay in the need to provide rural broadband and telephony solutions through the USDA Rural Development program. With the division American Assistance, Jeff Ansted currently works to fulfill the needs of households eligible for cell phone and home line services via the Emegrency Broadband Benefit Program and the LifeLine program.

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YPO Signs Strategic Partnerships to Further Serve

The Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) is a worldwide leadership community that unites outstanding chief executives. Since its inception in 1950, the organization has grown to over 30,000 members in 142 countries. Dedicated to keeping them abreast with the latest business management trends and innovations and providing them with exclusive educational and professional opportunities, in 2021, YPO signed a series of strategic partnerships with related organizations. These include the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), and the Brookings Institution. In April 2021, YPO announced its partnership with CCL, a top-grade global provider of leadership learning opportunities serving the majority of Fortune 1000 companies. Committed to understanding and realizing leadership as a force for good, the nonprofit, founded in 1970, facilitates the development of leaders at all levels. Thanks to this partnership, YPO’s members will gain access to custom-tailored CCL executive learning events that aim to increase their effectiveness as leaders. Also, with YPO’s help, representatives of both organizations will jointly plan and realize local educational events and programs. July 2021 marked the beginning of the collaboration between YPO and GIIN, a worldwide proponent of impact investing. Dedicated to scaling impact investing and its effectiveness around the globe, the non-profit boasts a vast network of impact individual and organizational investors spread across 50 countries on six continents. GIIN champions collective action and focused leadership as propellers for industry development. Thus, it aids knowledge exchange, emphasizes innovative investment approaches, collects evidence-based case studies, and creates various tools and resources. As a YPO Impact Partner, GIIN will craft customized educational events for the community members employing its robust arsenal of tools and resources, including IRIS+, GIIN’s system for impact measurement, management, and optimization. The events are to support Y3i, YPO’s impact investing initiative, and help YPO members use business to serve the community and achieve measurable impact. They will also be able to contribute to the GIIN community by sharing their insights into and expertise in impact investing and joining GIIN research initiatives and events. YPO’s partnership with the Brookings Institution dates from September 2021. A public policy non-profit, the Brookings Institution unites over 300 experts who research an array of topics ranging from local and foreign policies to governance and global economics. Its main goal since its inception in 1916 has been to provide independently conducted comprehensive research to facilitate pragmatic and innovative solutions to pressing social issues. The Brookings Institution will function as YPO Content Contributor and share with members the most up-to-date information on research and analysis of policies and initiatives with profound influence on current business leadership. In addition, YPO members will have the opportunity to participate in exclusive briefings and discuss breaking news matters with the Institution’s scholars. Representatives of all organizations welcomed the newly-formed partnerships and future collaboration. Xavier Mufraggi, YPO’s chief executive officer, expressed his excitement at connecting the community members with such world-renowned organizations and the prospect of working together towards achieving common goals. John R. Ryan, CCL president and chief executive officer, shared the center’s long-harbored admiration towards YPO’s community of exceptional leaders and appreciated the opportunity to enhance even further their effectiveness. GIIN’s co-founder and chief executive officer Amit Bouri recognized the potential of YPO’s members to spur exponential growth of impact investing worldwide and how exciting it was to work towards realizing it to produce favorable outcomes for all. Cara Pomponio, managing director of Brookings Development, noted how partners like YPO were essential to realizing the Institution’s mission and anticipated the chance to share its findings on urgent global matters with such a diverse cross-section of business leaders.