Professor Heather E. Hudson is Director of the Telecommunications Management and Policy Program in the School of Business and Management at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of several books and more than 100 articles and book chapters on telecommunications and development, focusing particularly on applications and policies for rural and developing regions. Dr. Hudson has planned and evaluated communication projects in northern Canada, Alaska, and more than 50 developing countries in Asia and the Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. She has also consulted for government agencies, consumer and native organizations, foreign governments, telecommunications companies, and international organizations including the World Bank, the ITU, UNDP, UNESCO, USAID, CIDA, International Development Research Centre, and the Commonwealth of Learning.

She can be reached by email at hudson@usfca.edu. Her webpage address is www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/hudson.