Citizens Communications Appoints Jerry Elliott Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.Business Editors STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2002 Citizens Communications Citizens Communications is the parent company of Frontier Telephone, providing telephone and internet access in 24 states. The company headquarters are located at 3 High Ridge Park in Stamford, Connecticut. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CZN, CZB) announced today that the Board of Directors has appointed Jerry Elliott vice president and chief financial officer of the company. Mr. Elliott has also been appointed vice president and chief financial officer of Electric Lightwave, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ELIX), Citizens' 85-percent owned competitive local exchange carrier. Mr. Elliott's appointments are effective March 1, 2002. He will report to Scott Schneider, vice chairman of Citizens Communications. Most recently, Mr. Elliott was managing director of Morgan Stanley's Communications (media and telecom) Investment Banking Group. In this position he led all aspects of client coverage, including mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity transactions. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. in 1998, Mr. Elliott was a partner
with the law firm of Shearman & Sterling where he focused on equity
and debt financings, specializing in media, communications, high yield
and private equity. In addition, he was a member of the Securities Law
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Earlier in his career, Mr. Elliott was an attorney with the Dallas law firm of Locke Purnell and an accountant at Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing . He received B.B.A. and J.D. degrees from Baylor University Baylor University, mainly at Waco, Tex.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1845 by Baptists (see Baylor, Robert E. B.) at Independence, moved 1886 and absorbed Waco Univ. (chartered 1861). The library has a noted Robert Browning collection. , where he was the editor-in-chief of the Baylor Law Review, and an LL.M LL.M Legum Magister (Master of Laws) in Taxation from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the , where he was editor of the Tax Law Review. About Citizens Communications Citizens Communications currently is the seventh largest local exchange company in the United States, serving 2.5 million telephone access lines in 24 states. Citizens owns approximately 85 percent of Electric Lightwave, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELIX), a facilities-based, integrated communications provider that offers a broad range of services to telecommunications-intensive businesses in the West. More information about Citizens may be found at www.czn.net. This document contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the statements. These and all forward-looking statements (including oral representations) are only predictions or statements of current plans that are constantly under review by the company. All forward-looking statements may differ from actual results because of, but not limited to, changes in the local and overall economy, changes in market conditions for debt and equity securities, the nature and pace of technological changes, the number and effectiveness of competitors in the company's markets, success in overall strategy, changes in legal or regulatory policy, changes in legislation, the company's ability to identify future markets and successfully expand existing ones, the mix of products and services offered in the company's target markets, the effects of acquisitions and dispositions and the ability to effectively integrate businesses acquired. These important factors should be considered in evaluating any statement contained herein and/or made buy the company or on its behalf. The foregoing information should be read in conjunction with the company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not limited to, reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. The company does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of future events or circumstances. |
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