Association for Continuing Education

ACE is located at:

164 Main Street
Los Altos, CA 94022

Phone: 650.948.5583
Fax: 650.941.6417
www.ace4education.org

Team

Martha Sessums, President - Martha@ace4education.org
Philip Mustain, General Manager - Philip@ace4education.org
Sami Morgan, School Support Specialist - sami@ace4education.org

Board of Directors

Martha Sessums, President
Philip Mustain, Treasurer
Paul Krivonos, Secretary
Chip Maloney, Director
David Cohen, Director

Biographies

Martha Sessums – President
Martha spent nearly 30 years in high technology public relations, managing external and internal communications, positioning and marketing. Most recently, she was Vice President Corporate Communications for Covad Communications, driving a program to popularize broadband communications. She has also held managing positions at Hill and Knowlton Inc., Brodeur & Partners Public Relations, Network Equipment Technologies, Western Digital Corporation, Apple Computer and Regis McKenna Public Relations. Martha served on the Board of Directors of the Humane Society Silicon Valley. She earned an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Philip M. Mustain – General Manager
Philip has spent over 30 years managing the operations, sales and marketing for companies in the Internet, wireless and video markets. Philip was a founder and the CEO of FrontBridge Technologies, Inc., an e-mail security company. Prior to FrontBridge, Mr. Mustain served as the Chief Operating Officer for Wireless Holdings, Inc. where he developed the company as a high-speed wireless Internet access service provider. Prior to Wireless Holdings, Mr. Mustain was the owner and General Partner of Bay Area Cablevision. Inc., that provided wireless cable television to multi-dwellings and hotels in the San Francisco Bay area.

Sami Morgan – School Support Specialist
Sami is a recent graduate from Lewis and Clark College in 2010 with a B.A. in Economics and a minor in Art. Sami provides ACE Partnership Schools with technical assistance for getting the best performance from the network and is very interested in the role technology has taken in enhancing education.

ACE has served the Bay Area for More Than 40 Years

ACE, a privately funded, non-profit organization, was founded in 1968 initially to deliver worksite-based education programs originating from Bay Area schools and universities using closed circuit television.

With the growth of the Internet for delivering innovative education, in 2000, ACE and its partners evolved ACE's services to include the delivery of broadband wireless Internet, similar to a DSL line, but delivered over radio spectrum.

Now in 2010, ACE, partnering with Clearwire Communications, is providing educational services utilizing an advanced wireless 4G WiMAX network. WiMAX is similar to WiFi in that it provides Internet access but, is faster, and covers greater distances. Its technology and mobility supplies Internet access for miles, not just in the coffee shop.

Clearwire Communications is building a WiMAX network throughout the United States, and it has partnered with ACE to utilize a portion of ACE's licensed radio spectrum to complete the SF Bay Area portion of their network. This partnership provides ACE the necessary hardware and connectivity to utilize Clearwire's WiMAX network for its educational partners. Wireless networks provide broadband technology to deliver mobile Internet access to devices such as the iPhone, iPad, smartphones, book readers, printers, peripherals, computers and other devices using a wireless Internet connection.

The broadband spectrum that ACE provides to Clearwire Communications for its network is Educational Broadband Service spectrum that has been licensed to ACE for the past 40 years by the Federal Communications Commission.

Clearwire Communications, LLC, is an operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR.)

Governance

A Board of Directors leads the Association for Continuing Education (ACE) with all of the powers of governing and directing, and of overseeing the management and affairs of the organization. The corporate governance principles of ACE are composed of a series of documents adopted by the Board of Directors and reviewed periodically to ensure they continue to meet the needs of the organization and reflect current industry best practices. Membership requirements for the Board are uniform and follow best practices for corporate boards. Governance procedures provide clear guidance about expectations and enhance Board and individual Board member performance and include:

Board Responsibilities - Approved by Board 12/11/2004
Code of Conduct: Board of Directors - Approved by Board 12/11/2004
Board Meeting Rules - Approved by Board 12/11/2004
Board Member Conflict of Interest Questionnaire - Approved by Board 12/11/2004
Document Retention and Destruction Policy - Approved by Board 3/28/2009
Whistleblower Policy and Procedures - Approved by Board 3/28/2009

Financials and Reporting

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization, the Association for Continuing Education relies on private financing and does not accept donations from the public or funding from any Federal or State institution or government entities.

Copies of the organization's annual financial reporting and tax reports are available at the organization's business offices during regular business hours or from the California State Attorney General's office.




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