Constance Weaver Elected AT&T EVP, Public Relations and Brand Management.Business Editors BEDMINSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002 Succeeds Dick Martin, who is retiring after 32-year career The AT&T Board of Directors has elected Constance Weaver to be executive vice president, 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 and Brand Management, effective immediately. Weaver, currently Vice President of Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , succeeds Dick Martin, who has announced plans to retire. As a member of AT&T's executive team, Weaver has played a central role in executing the company's strategy through an extended period of corporate restructuring and change. Before joining AT&T in 1996, she held leadership positions with responsibility for Investor Relations and Financial Communications for Microsoft Corp. and MCI Communications This article is about MCI before it merged with WorldCom. For other uses, see MCI. MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony and . She spent ten years at McGraw Hill, in a number of management positions including product management, marketing, and corporate planning, and where she became Executive Director for a unit of Business Week. Weaver, 50, holds a B.S. from the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
She has authored numerous college and high school textbooks and white papers on topics ranging from investor relations and value management to electronic office procedures. Martin, 56, will remain with AT&T until early next year to ensure a smooth transition and will continue to serve as Chairman of the AT&T Foundation and of the company's Corporate Responsibility Council. He joined Western Electric, then the manufacturing and supply unit of the Bell System, 32 years ago. During his career, he has directed public relations, corporate advertising and brand management, and was named corporate vice president of public relations in 1991. He was elected to his current position by the Board of Directors in 1997, and is a member of the PR Seminar and on the Board of Directors of Arthur W. Page Arthur W. Page was a vice president and director of AT&T in the 1930’s and 40’s, in charge of what we would today call communications, public affairs and public relations. Society. |
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