Patti Clifford is Director of Operations for Texas Telecom, the country's leading consulting organization for community networks and technology. In 2000 she directed technology network planning for more than 30 Texas communities with a total budget of approximately 15 million dollars. Clifford is also Associate Director of the national TeleCommunity Resource Center and Director of the famed "Internet Roadshow" community technology educational programs.

A twenty-year technology industry professional, she was a senior administrator with Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), worked five years with the Texas legislature and remains an active college technology teacher. She serves as coordinator of the TeleCommunity Bandwidth Conferences and of the National Community Technology Conferences.

Ms. Clifford is a specialist in community-wide technology project planning and in effective computer and technology skills training programs.