Board of Directors

Alex Gellman is the Chief Executive Officer of Vertical Bridge Holdings L.L.C., the largest private owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in the U.S.

Prior to co-founding Vertical Bridge, Mr. Gellman was President and COO of Global Tower Partners, the largest privately-held tower company in the United States. Mr. Gellman was instrumental in the sale of Global Tower Partners to American Tower Corporation in 2013 for over $4.8 billion. Previously, Mr. Gellman has been involved in a number of successful ventures, including Sonitrol Corporation, a leading provider of verified electronic security in North America where he served as President and COO until its sale to Stanley Works.

Mr. Gellman also co-founded Apex Site Management, the largest third-party manager of wireless and wireline communications sites in the U.S. Apex merged with SpectraSite Communications to create the largest telecommunications site portfolio in the United States. Following the merger, Mr. Gellman served as President and CEO of SpectraSite-Transco Communications, Ltd., a joint venture between SpectraSite and British Gas to develop tower sites in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Gellman previously served as Vice President – Development and a co-founder of Horizon Cellular Group, a start-up backed by McCaw Cellular to acquire, develop and operate rural cellular franchises in the eastern United States.

Mr. Gellman earned an MBA in Finance and Accounting from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS in Biology from Tufts University.

Jay A. Brown was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2016. Mr. Brown was Crown Castle’s Chief Financial Officer from July 2008 to May 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Brown served as Treasurer of Crown Castle from May 2004. Since joining Crown Castle in August 1999, he has served in a number of positions in corporate development and corporate finance. Prior to joining Crown Castle, Mr. Brown worked for a start-up health care company and Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Brown holds a BBA from Baylor University.

Steven Vondran is Executive Vice President and President, U.S. Tower Division, American Tower. Mr. Vondran joined American Tower in 2000 as a member of our Corporate legal team and served in a variety of positions until August 2004, when he was appointed Senior Vice President of our U.S. Leasing Operations. In August 2010, Mr. Vondran was appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel for the US Tower Division and served in that role until August 2018, when he was appointed to his current position.

Mr. Vondran joined the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) Board in September 2018, and, in October 2018, he joined the Board and of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA).

Prior to joining American Tower, Mr. Vondran was an associate at the law firm of Lewellen & Frazier LLP, served as a telecommunications consultant with the firm of Young & Associates, Inc., and was a Law Clerk to the Hon. John Stroud on the Arkansas Court of Appeals. He received his J.D. with high honors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business from Hendrix College.

Todd Boyer is the Chief Executive Officer of TowerCo and manages the overall operations and business activities.  Before becoming CEO in 2018, Todd had been involved in leading the Sales & Business Development efforts for Colocation & Build To Suit for 13 years, as well as spearheading the site development for new tower builds and tower acquisitions.

Prior to coming over to TowerCo, Todd held several management positions at SpectraSite Communications, which was later acquired by American Tower.  He served as Director of Strategic Site Development, Director of Sales for the Northeast & West Region and as National Sales Manager.

Todd began his career in the wireless industry working on several new market carrier build outs for SBA Communications and Nextel Communications, where he held various site development roles on the east and west coast. Todd has over 26 years of experience in the wireless infrastructure industry and has a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Ohio University.

Mr. Farscht has been involved in the wireless services industry and the wireless infrastructure industry for more than twenty years. He is experienced in all aspects of the tower industry including tower ownership, colocations, tower development, tower and site management, and land and tower acquisitions. Prior to founding Diamond Communications LLC in 2006, Mr. Farscht was a senior executive at AAT Communications. Prior to AAT, Mr. Farscht was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns and held previous positions with CIBC World Markets and Citibank in investment banking with significant experience working on principal transactions. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and completed his MBA at Columbia University Business School.

David E. Weisman is the co-founder and co-managing member of Infra Holdings, LLC. He has been engaged in the wireless industry as an investor, executive and attorney for more than 40 years. He was the co-founder and CEO of the InSite Wireless Group, LLC until its sale to American Tower in December, 2020. Prior to InSite, he was a co-founder as well as President and CEO of Mountain Union Telecom, LLC from 1999 until its sale in 2006. Prior to founding Mountain Union Telecom, LLC, he practiced law in Washington, DC.   

Mr. Weisman received his law degree from The George Washington University National Law Center with honors, an LLM in Taxation from The George Washington University National Law Center and is a graduate of Brown University. He is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland and is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association.   

Mr. Weisman serves on the Board of Directors of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) and was the past Chairman from 2019 – 2021; he is a member of the Board of Directors of The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) and FINCA impact, which operates micro lending banks in 19 countries servicing the poorest entrepreneurs needing access to financial resources; the Board of Directors of the National Archives Foundation in Washington, D.C.; the Board of Directors of the Folger Shakespeare Poetry Foundation and the Board of Directors of the Parkmont School in Washington, D.C. He was formerly Vice President/Counsel to Radio Club of America, Inc., one of the oldest wireless associations in the United States.  

Tom Kane has been with NB+C for 25 years and after several roles of increasing responsibility currently serves as its CEO. Tom manages the overall operations and resources of NB+C, and oversees all high-level strategic decisions that direct the overall growth of the company. Under his leadership, the company has experienced significant growth, launched several new business units, and expanded its geographic reach.

He was also a principal in the company’s tower subsidiary, Network Towers, LLC, a development company that successfully built 90 communication towers across six states. The tower portfolio was sold to a public tower company in 2006.  In 2007, Tom utilized the company’s tower development capabilities and backlog to lead a successful management buyout of NB+C, creating a 100% management-owned LLC.

Tom is currently treasurer of the MD-DC Wireless Association, and he served for six years on the board of directors for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) – Maryland Chapter. He is also a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Washington, DC/Baltimore chapter, and currently chairs the Workforce Development Committee for WIA.

Tom received his bachelor’s degree in English literature with a minor concentration in business management from the University of Maryland at College Park and also currently serves on the Board of Directors of his alma mater, DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.

As founder and CEO of Phoenix Tower International, Mr. Kasavana guides the strategic direction of the company, oversees capital investment and sales, development activities across various countries and transaction types, and leads all other significant corporate initiatives, personnel matters, financial oversight and day to day operational matters for the business. Mr. Kasavana founded PTI with a focus on transparent, mutually beneficial transactions and business with its customers, landlords, wireless site developers, owners, and owners of infrastructure and the communities PTI does business in as well as the development of a scalable platform to own and operate wireless infrastructure across multiple international markets and product classes. Today, Phoenix Tower International owns and operates towers multiple countries across North America, South America, the Caribbean and Europe including the United States where it is a leading tower operator.

Prior to founding Phoenix Tower International, Mr. Kasavana was Senior Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions for Global Tower Partners from 2006 to 2013. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing all mergers and acquisitions conducted in both the United States and Latin America, including the negotiation, closing, and integration of the acquisitions of thousands of towers and other wireless infrastructure. During his tenure, he played a key role in the growth of the company and oversaw more than $1.5 billion deployed towards the acquisition of wireless infrastructure.

Prior to GTP, Mr. Kasavana worked at Ernst & Young, LLP in auditing (1998-2004) where he practiced as a Certified Public Accountant and transaction advisory services (2004-2006). He specialized in providing expertise to clients in the areas of technology, wireless infrastructure, manufacturing, and telecommunications.

Mr. Kasavana graduated from Fairfield University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting.

Len Forkas, a serial entrepreneur and 20-year veteran of the wireless infrastructure industry,founded Milestone Communications to serve as the bridge between wireless carriers and public landowners.

Len became intrigued with wireless tower development during his career in commercial real estate. He started at Oxford Development Corporation and Winchester Homes, and then joined a major bank where he oversaw a 900-acre, mixed-use community.

Undaunted by the prospect of entering a new industry, Len launched Milestone in 2001, focusing on a handful of projects in Northern Virginia. Under Len’s leadership, Milestone grew into a well-respected developer that today has partnerships with over 50 municipal, school and utility landowners throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
In 2002, Len founded Hopecam, Inc., a nonprofit that uses video technology to connect homebound children undergoing treatment for cancer to their friends at school. He stays active in Hopecam, serving as the chairman for the charity’s 15-member Board of Directors.

Len, a popular leadership speaker, is the author of What Spins the Wheel, a book that shares team-building lessons he learned while competing solo in Race Across America (a 3,000 mile, coast-to-coast event described as “the toughest bike race in the world”).
An active member of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA), Len serves as a co-leader of the IDF, the association’s peer group for entrepreneurs in the wireless tower industry. Hereceived an MBA from The American University and graduated from the College of Architecture at Ball State University.