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	Death	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	Death	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	Death	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	Death	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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