Photo Image: Rachel Stack
Financing executives to discuss lending strategies and financing for fiber providers at different stages of development
New York, NY, September 23, 2026 – Lightpath, a 100% fiber infrastructure company operating 12,100 route miles of AI-grade networks across 11 U.S. metro markets today announces that Chief Financial Officer Rachel Stack will speak at TMT Finance USA 2026. Stack will join other fiber and finance executives for the panel, “From First Check to Final Takeout, Is Fiber Financing Following the Template or Rewriting It?” taking place on October 7 at 12:20 PM ET.
The panel will examine how fiber platforms are financing growth at different stages of development and which lender groups are currently most active in the market. Speakers will explore how financing demand differs between first-time and repeat issuers, how lenders assess cash-flow durability and portfolio diversification, and how early-stage construction financing can transition into warehouse facilities and asset-backed securitization.
The panelists, which consist of financing executives and lending experts, will discuss the continued evolution of programmatic financing structures. Stack will share her decades of experience in financing and capital markets and explore Lightpath’s unique perspective as a first-time financing issuer, as it recently completed its first asset-backed securitization offering totaling $1.7 billion, as the company continues investing in and expanding its AI-grade fiber infrastructure.
Taking place October 6-7, TMT Finance USA 2026 will bring together senior executives, investors, lenders and advisers to discuss the investment, financing and transaction activity shaping digital infrastructure across fiber, data centers, telecom, cloud and power.
WHAT: From First Check to Final Takeout, Is Fiber Financing Following the Template or Rewriting It?
WHEN: Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | 12:20 p.m.–1:00 p.m. ET
WHERE: Leadership Stage, Conrad New York Downtown
102 North End Avenue, New York, NY, 10282
WHO:
- Rachel Stack, Chief Financial Officer, Lightpath
- Brad Moline, Founder, ALLO Communication
- Scott Johnson, Managing Director, CoBank
- Sarah Overbaugh, Chief Financial Officer, Metronet
- John Apostolides, Managing Director, Rothschild & Co
To learn more about Lightpath, visit lightpathfiber.com.
To learn more about TMT Finance USA 2026 or register for the event, visit live.tmtfinance.com/usa.
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About Lightpath
Lightpath owns, builds and operates an AI-grade, all-fiber network across major U.S. metro markets, delivering high-capacity, low-latency connectivity for cloud, hyperscale, data center and mission-critical enterprise workloads. Purpose-built for scale and resilience, Lightpath supports dark fiber, wavelength and Ethernet services with direct operational accountability from the teams that design and operate the network. For more information, visit lightpathfiber.com and follow Lightpath on LinkedIn.
Media Contact:
iMiller Public Relations for Lightpath
Tel: +1 866 307 2510
Email: lightpath@imillerpr.com
