Paul Sunu

Paul H.
Sunu is the founder of Madison River, established in 1996, where the title held was Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director in 2007.
Current jobs include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Windstream Holdings II LLC, Chief Executive Officer at Windstream Communications LLC, and Chairman at Allstream Business US, Inc. Former jobs include Chief Executive Officer & Director at FairPoint Communications, Inc. from 2010 to 2017; Chief Executive Officer at Berkshire Telephone Corp.; Vice Chairman at Electric Lightwave LLC and Electric Lightwave Communications, Inc.; Chairman at Windstream Holdings, Inc. from 2020 to 2023; Director at Centennial Communications Corp.
from 2007 to 2009; Director at Fusion Connect, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer & Director at Hawaiian Telcom, Inc. in 2008; Director at Merscom LLC; Director at Uniti Group LLC from 2025 to 2026; Professor at Elon University; and Chief Financial Officer at Hargray Communications Group, Inc. from 2008 to 2010.
Education includes undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois and graduate studies at the University of Illinois College of Law.