Verizon Names New General Counsel and Public Policy Lead

Verizon Names New General Counsel and Public Policy Lead NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2014 - Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE,Nasdaq: VZ) today announced that Craig Silliman, senior vice president, publicpolicy, has been named executive vice president - public policy and generalcounsel. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, he will succeed Randal S. Milch, who has been appointedto a new position as strategic policy adviser to Lowell C. McAdam, Verizon'schairman and CEO. Milch will oversee strategic policy initiatives. In his new role, Silliman will also report to McAdam and lead the company'spublic policy, legal, regulatory, government affairs and security groups. "Randy's leadership during some of the company's most significant changes haveplayed a major part in our success and is something we will take full advantageof in his new role," said McAdam. "Craig is a proven leader with extensiveexperience across the business in legal, public policy and legislative issues,which will serve him well in this new role." Silliman currently leads global public policy, federal and state legislativeand regulatory affairs, strategic alliances, national security, and privacy,and he has served in a number of other senior management roles at Verizon. Assenior vice president and general counsel for Verizon's wireline consumer,business and wholesale groups, Silliman was responsible for all legal andregulatory support for Verizon's wireline business unit globally, managing ateam of more than 260 legal and regulatory experts located in 20 countries. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is aglobal leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wirelinecommunications services to consumer, business, government and wholesalecustomers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network,with more than 106 million retail connections nationwide. Verizon also providesconverged communications, information and entertainment services over America'smost advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutionsto customers in more than 150 countries. A Dow 30 company with more than $120billion in 2013 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 178,500. Formore information, visit www.verizon.com/news/. VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches andbiographies, media contacts and other information are available at Verizon'sonline News Center at www.verizon.com/news/. The news releases are availablethrough an RSS feed. To subscribe, visit www.verizon.com/about/rss-feeds/. SOURCE: Verizon Communications Inc.

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