Verizon's Diane McCarthy Named to Common Ground Alliance Board of Directors
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Posted on March 2, 2010 at 11:49:01 AM
Verizon's Diane McCarthy Named to Common Ground Alliance Board of Directors
Company Executive Represents Telecommunications Stakeholders
SAN DIEGO, March 2 -- Diane McCarthy, senior vice president of Verizon network field operations, has been named to the Common Ground Alliance board of directors.
McCarthy, whose appointment is effective immediately, will represent the telecommunications stakeholder group on the alliance board. McCarthy's nomination has been endorsed by the North American Telecommunications Damage Prevention Council, the designated telecommunications stakeholder group for the alliance. Each director on the board represents one of 16 alliance stakeholder categories.
The Common Ground Alliance is a member-driven association dedicated to ensuring public safety, environmental protection and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices and fostering a sense of shared responsibility for underground-facility protection, supporting research, conducting public awareness and education programs, identifying and disseminating best practices, and serving as a clearinghouse for damage data collection, analysis, and dissemination.
"Ms. McCarthy's leadership will be instrumental in the alliance's effort to help reduce damages and keep our communities safe and connected," said Bob Kipp, president of the organization.
In her role at Verizon, McCarthy leads a technical field operations team of approximately 15,000, spanning the U.S. and 25 countries located in Asia-Pacific, Canada and Latin America. Her team is responsible for all installation and repair of Verizon's wireline wholesale and enterprise voice and data services, as well as customer equipment services and environmental health and safety in those regions. Prior to her current role, McCarthy oversaw domestic special services operations and wholesale and retail ordering, provisioning and repair.
McCarthy has a B.A. degree in communications from Rutgers University and has completed coursework at Wharton, the Brookings Institute and the Center for Creative Leadership. She recently was named 2009 Corporate Woman of the Year by Garden State (N.J.) Woman magazine in recognition of her leadership and commitment to community service.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 91 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of approximately 222,900 and last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $107 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.
VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.
Source: Verizon
CONTACT: Lynn Staggs of Verizon, +1-918-590-2403,
lynn.staggs@verizonbusiness.com
Web Site: http://www.verizon.com/
Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html
Company Executive Represents Telecommunications Stakeholders
SAN DIEGO, March 2 -- Diane McCarthy, senior vice president of Verizon network field operations, has been named to the Common Ground Alliance board of directors.
McCarthy, whose appointment is effective immediately, will represent the telecommunications stakeholder group on the alliance board. McCarthy's nomination has been endorsed by the North American Telecommunications Damage Prevention Council, the designated telecommunications stakeholder group for the alliance. Each director on the board represents one of 16 alliance stakeholder categories.
The Common Ground Alliance is a member-driven association dedicated to ensuring public safety, environmental protection and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices and fostering a sense of shared responsibility for underground-facility protection, supporting research, conducting public awareness and education programs, identifying and disseminating best practices, and serving as a clearinghouse for damage data collection, analysis, and dissemination.
"Ms. McCarthy's leadership will be instrumental in the alliance's effort to help reduce damages and keep our communities safe and connected," said Bob Kipp, president of the organization.
In her role at Verizon, McCarthy leads a technical field operations team of approximately 15,000, spanning the U.S. and 25 countries located in Asia-Pacific, Canada and Latin America. Her team is responsible for all installation and repair of Verizon's wireline wholesale and enterprise voice and data services, as well as customer equipment services and environmental health and safety in those regions. Prior to her current role, McCarthy oversaw domestic special services operations and wholesale and retail ordering, provisioning and repair.
McCarthy has a B.A. degree in communications from Rutgers University and has completed coursework at Wharton, the Brookings Institute and the Center for Creative Leadership. She recently was named 2009 Corporate Woman of the Year by Garden State (N.J.) Woman magazine in recognition of her leadership and commitment to community service.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 91 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of approximately 222,900 and last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $107 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.
VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.
Source: Verizon
CONTACT: Lynn Staggs of Verizon, +1-918-590-2403,
lynn.staggs@verizonbusiness.com
Web Site: http://www.verizon.com/
Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html