Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE:CCI) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM 5.02 — DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

(d) On November 2, 2017, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Crown Castle International Corp. (“Company”), on the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, expanded the size of the Board to 12 members and appointed Andrea J. Goldsmith to fill the newly-created vacancy on the Board, both effective February13,2018. Ms.Goldsmith has not yet been appointed to any committees of the Board, although the Board may appoint her to one or more committees in the future.

Ms. Goldsmith will receive compensation for her service as a non-employee director of the Board consistent with the Company’s non-employee director compensation arrangement, which is described in Exhibit10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2017.

Ms. Goldsmith has served as the Stephen Harris professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University since 2012 and has served as a professor or assistant professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University since 2007. Ms. Goldsmith also founded and served as the Chief Technology Officer of Plume WiFi (formerly, Accelera, Inc.) from 2010 to 2014 and Quantenna Communications, Inc. from 2005 to 2009. Ms. Goldsmith is a frequent lecturer and writer regarding wireless communications.