Frontier Communications announced on June 9 that Jacqueline R. Kinney has been appointed vice president of state government affairs for California.
Frontier, which bought out Verizon’s landline telephone, cable and internet service in California earlier this year, has been the subject of scorn across the state, with hundreds of claims of slow internet and unreliable cable pouring in. The State Assembly held a hearing last month over various network issues statewide.
Kinney received her Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America and has focused on the telecommunications industry since law school. She comes to Frontier from the office of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, where she advised him on legal, policy and external communications with an emphasis on technology initiatives. She also served five years as the lead telecommunications consultant with the California State Committee on Energy.Â
Kinney will be responsible for developing and executing Frontier’s government affairs strategy for California. She will be based in Sacramento and report to Vice President Carl Erhart.Â