Since announcement of the merger with Qwest, CenturyTel has worked to determine the organizational leaders and structure for the combined company.

Included are leadership appointments in Wholesale, Corporate Strategy, Regulatory, Legal, Network, Human Resources and IT. All appointments are effective when the merger closes.

· Bill Cheek, President Wholesale Operations

Responsible for sales, sales operations, account management, product management, marketing, solutions engineering, order initiation centers, carrier relations/management, dispute resolution, revenue assurance, interconnection contracts and customer service for all wholesale business segments. He is also responsible for pay station operations.

· Stephanie Comfort, EVP Corporate Strategy & Development

Responsible for corporate strategy and planning, corporate development, customer insights and portal development.

· Steven Davis, SVP Public Policy & Government Relations

Responsibilities include all state and federal regulatory activities, including policy development, issue advocacy, compliance and enforcement proceedings.

· Stacey Goff, EVP, General Counsel & Secretary

Responsibilities include all aspects of the combined company’s legal affairs, including support for business units, corporate functions, board and shareholder related legal matters, litigation, intellectual property and regulatory matters. He will also be responsible for corporate communications, investor relations, aviation, brand management, records retention, compliance and ethics functions.

· Dennis Huber, EVP Network Services

Previously EVP Network Services and IT, his responsibilities include all shared network services for consumer, SOHO, small business, business markets and wholesale. These functions include strategic network architecture, planning, engineering, design, construction, new product development, technology labs and data hosting. Dennis will also have responsibility for Long Distance Operations and Service Delivery for the National and International Networks which includes the field operations, provisioning, CPE delivery, and field technicians responsible for these networks.

· Don McCunniff, SVP Human Resources

Responsible for all aspects of human resources, including compensation and benefits, payroll, diversity, labor relations, field HR, HR policy, corporate culture, staffing, recruitment, corporate training and development.

· Girish Varma, SVP IT Services

Responsible for all IT services and support including systems architecture and design, delivery, overseas software development and for development and sales support of enterprise IT services. Bill Bradley will continue as SVP and Chief Information Officer and will be responsible for U.S. software development, management of internal computing infrastructure and applications as well as overall systems conversions reporting to Girish.

These leaders join the previously announced positions of Glen Post as Chief Executive Officer and President, as well as the following direct reports to Glen:

· Chris Ancell, President Business Markets Group

Responsible for all sales, service and support for the larger enterprise business markets channel including sales support, sales engineering, marketing, product management, pricing, proposal management and customer care. Chris will also have responsibility for government programs for the business markets group.

· Stewart Ewing, EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary

Responsible for finance, accounting, budgeting, billing, treasury, tax, supply chain, procurement, real estate, fleet, decision support, insurance, internal audit, separations, revenue assurance, SOX compliance, national security, environmental health/safety and risk management functions.

· Maxine Moreau, SVP Integration & Process Improvement

Responsible for our remaining Embarq customer conversions as well as leading the integration of CenturyLink and Qwest. She will have responsibility for the overall organization and systems integration, synergy management, business IT systems governance and business process improvement.

· Karen Puckett, EVP & Chief Operating Officer

Responsible for all sales, service and support for the consumer, SOHO and small enterprise customers including sales support, sales engineering, marketing, product management, pricing and customer care. She will be responsible for all shared service delivery functions for all market segments which include dispatch, repair, network operations centers, provisioning functions and credit and collections. We will operate the combined company leveraging CenturyLink’s local operating model structure with region presidents, general managers, in-region field technicians and retail operations.

Other Qwest Senior Executives

Teresa Taylor, EVP & Chief Operating Officer; Rich Baer, EVP, General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer; Joseph Euteneuer, EVP & Chief Financial Officer; Bob Tregemba, EVP Network Operations; Dan Yost, EVP Mass Markets; and Roland Thornton, EVP Wholesale Markets will, in addition to continuing in their current roles with Qwest through the closing, play crucial roles in advising the newly named Tier 1 leaders as they plan their areas of responsibility for the combined company. They will also play key roles in the overall organizational design and employee selection process.

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