Meet The Women Transforming the Broadband Industry: Seven Women Driving Digital Inclusion

Cierra is an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is passionate about social justice issues, fiber-optic internet and sourdough bread. When she's not researching and writing about broadband and internet service providers, you can find her reading a book.

I write about the internet for a living, and in my time reviewing internet service providers, I’ve rarely encountered a woman CEO. 

In fact, of the 15 ISPs that each cover 2% or more of the country, I can only count one company with a woman CEO. According to the Women Business Collaborative, only 10% of Fortune 500 companies have women CEOs. 

The broadband industry is constantly evolving. New developments in internet connectivity, from Li-Fi to 5G internet, have changed how we get online over ...