Carolyn T. Hogg has served as the Chief Information Officer for the City of Fresno for the past five years. Recognizing that a city is only as good as the region surrounding it, led her to partner with agencies outside of city hall to maximize public funds. Today, Carolyn and her team of partners such as the San Joaquin Valley Regional Broadband Consortium, Office of Community and Economic Development at CSU Fresno, the USDA, and the Strong Cities/Strong Communities (SC2) Federal team are working together to bring wireless broadband to the rural area which will be used for smarter farming, distance learning, tele-health, and sharing of open data and common applications used among all municipalities throughout the region to maximize public funds.