Dr. Liz Lance has been selected as Q-Life’s first executive director.  The agency board says Lance brings extensive operational leadership experience along with a personal understanding of broadband’s transformative impact in Wasco County.  She has over a decade of strategic technology leadership experience, most recently serving as Chief of Staff at the analytics firm Performica.  With Q-Life, Lance will focus on expanding the agency’s 17-mile fiber optic network further into Wasco County while maintaining reliable, cost-effective telecommunications infrastructure that enhances regional economic development.  Lance is currently the Secretary for Dufur Volunteer Fire and Ambulance.