Management
Sam Carpenter
General Manager/ Owner
Sam founded Centratel in Bend, Oregon in 1984. With a background in engineering, construction management, surveying, forest management, publishing, and journalism, his outside interests include mountaineering, back-country skiing, cycling, writing, reading, property management, construction/development, traveling, and especially hiking with his two hounds in the Kentucky backwoods.
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Teresa Abbas
Administrator
Spends time with her husband and two children enjoying car races, camping and just hanging out watching movies.
Laura Grace Marksberry-Knight
Operations Manager /
Quality Assurance
A Western Kentucky native, she earned a degree in Sociology and, while working for a small communications company, found she had a knack for customer service. In her downtime she enjoys her dogs, concerts, and traveling.
Jason Hoan
IT Chief / Editor
Loves spending time with his family and friends and enjoys taking road trips around scenic Oregon.
Yvette Wahl
HR Specialist
Yvette lives in Texas. She is a graduate of Concordia University with a degree in Human Resources Management. She enjoys spending time with her daughters and grandchildren, traveling, and home interior design.
Emanuel Gug
IT Engineer / Developer
Lives in Transylvania, Romania, is passionate about developing web applications, and in his free time, traveling with his wife and new son.
Briela Christensen
Operations / Customer Service / Editor
Briela loves spending time with her husband, two kids, and pets. She enjoys exploring the great outdoors, hiking, photography and baking.
Mandy LeCoure
Onboarding Specialist
Mandy has lived most of her life in the beautiful Willamette Valley. She loves entertaining, traveling, and spending time with her husband and two young children!
Stephanie Foreman
Deputy Operations/
Quality Assurance Manager
Originally from the San Francisco area, Stephanie relocated her family from California to Oregon in 2013. She spends her free time with her four children.
Fabio Bertoli
Graphics/ Web Designer
Lives in Concordia, Italy. He loves music, movies and singing in his band. He enjoys cooking, reading, going to the gym, hiking and spending time with his girlfriend.
Andi Freeman
Administration
(on personal leave)
Andi is a 23-year Centratel veteran, loves to find solutions to any challenge, and hates to lose! She has two children and a tremendously supportive husband.
Sam Kirkaldie
Minority owner
(silent partner)
Sam has been active in the media and telecom. fields for over 30 years. A stock holder since 2000, Sam has special interests in community affairs, writing, systems organization and public relations.
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