Steve C. Oldham

Steven C. Oldham is the Chair of USTelecom.  He is also president and CEO of SureWest Communications. Oldham joined SureWest’s Board of Directors in January 2004 and was elected chair of the Audit Committee, serving from June 2004 through December 2005.

Immediately prior to joining SureWest, Oldham served as a senior advisor to The Brattle Group, which provides consulting services and expert testimony on economic, finance, regulatory and strategic issues. He previously served 27 years with Sierra Pacific Resources in many capacities including senior vice president for strategic planning and transmission services. He retired in 2002 as the company’s senior vice president, energy services.

Oldham earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1976 from the University of Utah after spending three years in the United States Army Security Agency. Oldham is past president of the Board of Directors of the WARC, an organization providing services to developmentally disabled adults in Northern Nevada.