Aetna Names Roy Clason, Jr. Vice President of Public Relations.Business & Insurance Editors HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001 Aetna (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AET AET Aetna, Inc. AET After Extra Time AET Actual Evapotranspiration AET Alliance for Environmental Technology AET Alpha-Ethyltryptamine AET Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. ) today announced the appointment of Roy Clason, Jr. as vice president of Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , reporting to Senior Vice President of Communications Roger Bolton. Clason will be responsible for media relations and other external communications. Clason, 39, has extensive experience in public relations, most recently with the world's-largest public relations agency, Burson-Marsteller, where he served as a managing director. Before that he served as vice president, Worldwide Corporate Communications, for Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. , where he directed the management of all corporate communications, including crisis communications, financial communications and media relations. Other experiences include vice president, Global Communications, for Mastercard International in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; and vice president, Corporate Communications for the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. in Washington, D.C., where he served as a top adviser to Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole. Clason also held senior communications and public relations positions in the Reagan and Bush administrations. Additionally, as a Naval Reserve officer, he was a Pentagon spokesperson during the Persian Gulf War Persian Gulf War or Gulf War (1990–91) International conflict triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Though justified by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on grounds that Kuwait was historically part of Iraq, the invasion was presumed to be . A graduate of Whittier College, Clason replaces Joyce Oberdorf, who left Aetna in February. "Aetna is engaged in a significant transformation of the way we do business. We are putting the patient at the center of everything we do, and building strong partnerships with physicians and hospitals. Roy is a thoughtful and seasoned professional, who will help us develop and execute a strategy to communicate the many changes we are making at the new Aetna," Bolton said. Aetna is the nation's leading provider of health care and group benefits, serving more than 19 million health care members, 14 million dental members and 11 million group insurance customers. Information about Aetna is available at www.aetna.com. |
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