ABOUT SWIFT


Connecting Communities. Transforming Lives.

ABOUT SWIFT


Connecting Communities. Transforming Lives.

An investment in digital equality

SWIFT, a regional broadband expansion project initiated by the Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus and delivered in partnership with member municipalities and the government of Ontario and Canada, is committed to improving access to high-speed internet services across Southwestern Ontario.

Focused on enabling greater digital equality between rural and urban populations, SWIFT subsidizes the construction of open-access high-speed networks to encourage service providers to expand broadband infrastructure in underserved rural areas.


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Our Team

Barry Field

Executive Director

Jen Broos

Executive Assistant and Office Manager

Melissa O’Brien

Manager, Communications and Stakeholder Relations

Keith Doucet

Senior Network Architect

Kathryn Paquette

Project Manager

Joyce Taylor

GIS Specialist

Our Board

Allan Thompson

Town of Caledon

Chris Gerrits

Dufferin County

David Mayberry

Vice Chair

Oxford County

David Miller

Brant County

Gary McNamara

Chair

Essex County

George Bridge

Wellington County

George Cornell

Simcoe County

Jamie McGrail

Chatham-Kent

Joanne Vanderheyden

Middlesex County

Kevin Marriott

Lambton County

Luke Charbonneau

Bruce County

Robert Foster

Treasurer

Niagara Region

Roger Watt

Huron County

Selwyn (Buck) Hicks

Secretary

Grey County

Sue Foxton

Region of Waterloo

Todd Kasenberg

Perth County

Tom Marks

Elgin County
Tom Masschaele Councillor, Norfolk County

Tom Masschaele

Norfolk County

OUR GOVERNANCE

SWIFT, initiated by the Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus, was established to strategically leverage public funding to incent broadband expansion across Southwestern Ontario’s underserviced communities.

The project’s governance model was developed to ensure proper oversight of SWIFT’s operational, financial and reporting processes.