On August 27, 2019 Nuvera Communications, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors had appointed Glenn Zerbe as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective September 3, 2019. Mr. Zerbe, most recently served as Vice President of Sales for Frontier Communications Corporation until March 2019, where he held positions of increasing responsibility since joining Frontier in 2011. Prior to his employment with Frontier, Mr. Zerbe had more than 20 years of sales, marketing and management experience in the communications industry, with companies such as Spanlink, Cisco Systems, SBC, AT&T and IBM. In connection with Mr. Zerbe‘s hiring as new CEO of the Company, the Company has entered into a Transitional and Retirement Agreement with its current CEO Bill Otis. Mr. Otis will step down as CEO of Nuvera on September 3, 2019, and remain an employee until December 31, 2019, with the title of Special Advisor to the Board of Directors. Mr. Otis will continue as a member of the Board of Directors.