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Verizon

COMPANY

Formed by the acquisition of GTE by Bell Atlantic in 2000.

Official Website:
http://www.verizon.com/

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
NYSE:VZ

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$75.1B (2005)

Employees:
250,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.	Business	c. 1944	President of Verizon
William Barr	Government	23-May-1950	US Attorney General, 1991-93
Maura C. Breen	Business	c. 1955	Senior VP at Verizon
William M. Freeman	Business	c. 1952	CEO of Arbinet-thexchange, 2004-05
Patrick R. Gaston	Business	5-Aug-1957	President, Verizon Foundation
Bruce S. Gordon	Business	15-Feb-1946	President of the NAACP, 2005-07
John F. Killian	Business	c. 1955	President, Verizon Business
Charles R. Lee	Business	c. 1941	CEO of Verizon, 2000-02
Eduardo R. Menascé	Business	c. 1946	Former Verizon executive
Frederic V. Salerno	Business	c. 1944	CFO of Verizon, 2000-02
Ivan G. Seidenberg	Business	10-Dec-1946	Chairman and CEO of Verizon
Dennis F. Strigl	Business	c. 1947	President & COO of Verizon
Thomas J. Tauke	Politician	11-Oct-1950	Congressman from Iowa, 1979-91
Peter Tippett	Computer Programmer	c. 1953	Antivirus software pioneer
Doreen A. Toben	Business	1949	CFO of Verizon
M. Edward Whelan III	Activist	c. 1959	Ethics and Public Policy Center
John Wohlstetter	Activist	c. 1947	Discovery Institute

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
Richard Carrión	Business	26-Nov-1952	CEO of Popular, Inc.
M. Frances Keeth	Business	c. 1946	Former EVP at Royal Dutch Shell
Robert W. Lane	Business	14-Nov-1949	CEO of Deere, 2000-09
Sandra O. Moose	Business	c. 1941	Ex-VP, Boston Consulting Group
Joseph Neubauer	Business	19-Oct-1941	CEO of ARAMARK
Donald T. Nicolaisen	Business	1944	SEC's Chief Accountant, 2003-05
Thomas H. O'Brien	Business	c. 1938	CEO of PNC Financial, 1988-2000
Clarence Otis	Business	c. 1955	CEO of Darden Restaurants
Hugh B. Price	Activist	1941	President of the Urban League, 1994-2003
Ivan G. Seidenberg	Business	10-Dec-1946	Chairman and CEO of Verizon
John Snow	Government	2-Aug-1939	US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06
John R. Stafford	Business	1937	CEO of American Home Products, 1986-2001
Robert D. Storey	Business	?	Retired Partner, Thompson Hine

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
James R. Barker	Business	c. 1936	Interlake Steamship Co.
Helene L. Kaplan	Attorney	19-Jun-1933	Of Counsel, Skadden Arps
Charles R. Lee	Business	c. 1941	CEO of Verizon, 2000-02
Russell E. Palmer	Business	13-Aug-1934	Dean of the Wharton School, 1983-90
Frederic V. Salerno	Business	c. 1944	CFO of Verizon, 2000-02
Walter V. Shipley	Business	2-Nov-1935	CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1996-99

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ken Hydon	Business	1944		Finance Director of Vodafone, 1985-2005

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
James Earl Jones	Actor	17-Jan-1931	Voice of Darth Vader and CNN
Nick Kroll	Actor	5-Jun-1978	Ruxin on The League
Brian Posehn	Comic	6-Jul-1966	Mr. Show with Bob and David
Prince	Musician	7-Jun-1958	Purple Rain
Stephen Rannazzisi	Actor	4-Jul-1978	Kevin on The League
Henry Rollins	Musician	13-Feb-1961	Black Flag
Donald Trump	Business	14-Jun-1946	The Donald

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