Stephanie Copeland
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Stephanie Copeland, became a Partner of Fourpoints Funding on January 1, 2019. Previously, Stephanie served on Governor John Hickenlooper’s cabinet as the Executive Director for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. She joined the governor’s cabinet from The Zayo Group, where she served as President of the communications infrastructure services firm. She was part of the leadership team taking the company public, controlling the full P&L and operational responsibilities for Zayo’s network services. Prior, she served as Chief Operating Officer at WildBlue, where she was responsible for the operations of the $500 million rural broadband business. Stephanie spent her career in the Telecommunications sector in both the US and Europe. In the early 1990s, she moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to take a management position with Cable & Wireless. After returning to the U.S. in 1994 she joined the team that started MFS International, a company that built some of the first competitive fiber networks in Europe, and in 1998 joined the early team at Level 3 Communications and spent 3 years in London building out Level 3’s business in Europe. Copeland holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois in German and Commercial studies. She completed post graduate courses at the University of Paderborn in Paderborn, Germany. Copeland currently serves on the governing boards of Techstars, CentriLogix, Tilson Technology and Trelora. She also serves on the advisory board of Crestone Capital Partners, on the steering committee of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network and the executive committee of Startup Colorado. During her time at the state of Colorado, she served as a board member for the Colorado Broadband Deployment Board and the Colorado Workforce Development Council. Copeland is an advocate and supporter of women in business, serving as a mentor to support women across the communications industry. She was named Fierce Telecom’s top women to watch in 2015. Prior Community Service work includes the board of directors at the Children’s Museum of Denver, the board of directors of Minds Matter Colorado and the board of directors of KIPP Colorado.