Aristotle CEO Elizabeth Bowles Talks Broadband at P3C 2026
Aristotle CEO, Elizabeth Bowles, is heading to Dallas, Texas for the Public-Private Partnership Conference & Expo (P3C) 2026—the big event where government leaders and private companies team up to tackle America’s infrastructure challenges.
This year’s theme, “New Perspectives. New Partnerships. Endless Possibilities,” focuses on new ways to build, pay for, and maintain essential projects—from roads and water systems to schools and broadband.
Bowles will share her experience helping rural areas get reliable internet, showing how smart partnerships between public and private groups can get results fast.
About the Panel:
Broadband is Back! Capitalizing on Federal Funding and the Data Center Boom
Tens of billions in Federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding programs are being deployed across states to help bridge the digital divide. Yet many underserved areas will remain, particularly as the growing demands from data center deployments and widespread AI adoption continue to increase connectivity needs.
This session will draw on the experience of both public and private participants to explore real-world examples of how these sectors can collaborate to create mutually beneficial, forward-looking partnerships.
Topics will include Federal funding, public needs, private opportunities, and collaboration models—all illustrated through concrete public-private partnership examples.
About the Event
Public-Private Partnership Conference & Expo (P3C)
March 23–25, 2026
Dallas, Texas
P3C is the annual infrastructure conference where public officials and private industry collaborate on alternative project delivery methods to more efficiently design, build, finance, operate and maintain America’s essential infrastructure. The conference brings together public officials and private industry leaders to collaborate on alternative project delivery, finance, and maintenance for essential infrastructure, aiming to bridge the growing $3.7 trillion infrastructure investment gap.
About Elizabeth Bowles
A passionate advocate for the expansion of affordable broadband services in rural and underserved areas, Elizabeth has testified before Congress and the FCC and is currently serving as Chair of the FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, which is an independent advisory body tasked with making policy recommendations for eliminating the digital divide. A past President of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), Elizabeth currently serves on WISPA’s Policy Committee and is its Arkansas State Coordinator.
Elizabeth is licensed to practice law in Washington, D.C. and Arkansas, as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States and a number of U.S. Courts of Appeals. Prior to joining Aristotle’s leadership team in 2000, Elizabeth was an attorney with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Arnold & Porter, where she practiced in the fields of intellectual property and commercial litigation with an emphasis on international and technology law.
Elizabeth graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a B.A. in International Studies and obtained her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1993, where she graduated first in her class, Order of the Coif, and was awarded the Founder’s Medal. Elizabeth also received the top score on the 1993 bar exam.
Elizabeth has served on numerous boards and committees, including the Arkansas State Bank Board, Better Business Bureau of Arkansas (past President), Rotary Club 99 (Communications Chair), Central Arkansas Executives Association, City Year Little Rock/North Little Rock (Founding Board Member), YPO Chapter Chair and Regional Education Chair, Arkansas’ Quality Digital Learning Study Committee, the Arkansas Broadband Council, and Arkansas’ FASTER committee.
