AOL Time Warner Names Susan Brophy Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2001

Former White House Official to Head Company's Washington, D.C. Office

and Domestic Policy Operations

AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: AOL) announced today the appointment of Susan Brophy as the company's senior vice president for domestic policy, effective October 1.

Reporting to Robert M. Kimmitt, AOL Time Warner's executive vice president for global and strategic policy, Ms. Brophy will serve as head of the company's Washington, D.C. office and oversee AOL Time Warner's domestic policy agenda.

In making the announcement, Mr. Kimmitt said: "With her extensive political experience, working both in Congress and the White House, Susan is ideally suited to head our Washington office and to represent AOL Time Warner on all of the key issues that will affect our company and the media and communications industries in the years to come. I am very pleased that she is joining our team and taking the helm of our domestic policy operation."

Ms. Brophy said: "This is a tremendous opportunity to work with Bob Kimmitt and the rest of the outstanding management team at AOL Time Warner, which is at the leading edge of many important issues affecting the future of the Internet, media and communications industries. I'm looking forward to helping shape and advocate our public policy positions in support of our goal of becoming the world's most valued and respected company."

From 1993 to 1998, Ms. Brophy served at the White House as deputy assistant to the President and deputy director of legislative affairs, where she developed, implemented and directed legislative strategy between the White House and Congress in support of President Clinton's policy priorities.

In 1998, Ms. Brophy moved to Lisbon, Portugal with her husband, Gerald McGowan, the U.S. Ambassador to Portugal. While in Lisbon, Ms. Brophy oversaw the coordination of the visits of President Clinton, several bipartisan Congressional delegations, Cabinet officers and other dignitaries. During this period, she also served as a board member of the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations and as an advisor to Hillary Clinton during her Senate campaign.

From 1992 to 1993, Ms. Brophy was director of congressional relations for the Clinton-Gore transition office, where she served as chief liaison to Congress with oversight responsibility for Cabinet confirmations, personnel and the establishment of first-term legislative priorities. She was previously the principal liaison with Congress during the Clinton-Gore campaign in 1992 and managed the campaign's Washington, D.C. office.

Ms. Brophy came to the Clinton campaign after serving as chief of staff to Colorado Senator Timothy E. Wirth and as administrative assistant to then-Congressman (now Senator) Byron L. Dorgan of North Dakota. Prior to that, she was national political coordinator and deputy director of delegate selection for the Dukakis/Bentsen campaign. She previously served as policy director of the Democratic National Committee.

Ms. Brophy received a B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1974 and an M.P.A. degree from Harvard University in 1982.

AOL Time Warner (NYSE:AOL) is the world's first Internet-powered media and communications company, whose industry-leading businesses include interactive services, cable systems, publishing, music, networks and filmed entertainment.