Jim Rogers

James E. Rogers, Jr. (Jim) is president of HealthConnect Networks, a firm devoted to bringing low cost Broadband services to non-profit health care providers across the United States in conjunction with Healthcare Connect fund subsidies.   Jim founded his independent telecommunications and computer consulting firm in 1995.  In 2007, Jim helped found the New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC), a non-profit network that has grown to over 1,350 participating New England health care providers.  NETC was awarded 24.6 million dollars by the FCC as part of the Rural Health Care Pilot Program.   Jim and NETC were contributors to the new Healthcare Connect Fund rules.  He is a Trustee on the Board of Acadia Hospital in Bangor, Maine, a Trustee on the Board of Phillips-Strickland House in Bangor, Maine, and previously served as adjunct faculty at Husson University and on the State of Maine Telecommunications Forum.   In 2019, Jim formed Mission Broadband to help municipalities solve the Broadband crisis in rural America.  Jim has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Maine and spends as much time as he can sailing with his wife, children and grandchildren in Penobscot Bay and the Gulf of Maine.