{"id":1850,"date":"2022-04-28T18:44:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iqfiber.com\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:27:17","slug":"congratulations-to-fbas-women-in-fiber-committees-march-2022-women-in-fiber-spotlight-kim-smithers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iqfiber.com\/congratulations-to-fbas-women-in-fiber-committees-march-2022-women-in-fiber-spotlight-kim-smithers\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to FBA\u2019s Women in Fiber\u00a0Committee&#8217;s March 2022 Women in Fiber Spotlight, Kim Smithers!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Women in Fiber Spotlight is a special initiative meant to highlight and recognize the different roles and careers for women in fiber, telecom, tech, and construction.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nominated by Patti Lewis, IQ Fiber, she had this to say about\u00a0Kim Smithers, Chief Marketing Officer:\u00a0&#8220;I\u00a0have been working with Kim for only six months, but she continuously blows me away at ALL the things she knows, and she is just fearless!&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiberbroadband.org\/page\/women-in-fiber-spotlight-kim-smithers-march\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ KIM SMITHERS&#8217; FULL INTERVIEW<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Women in Fiber Spotlight is a special initiative meant to highlight and recognize the different roles and careers for women in fiber, telecom, tech, and construction.        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