New York Yankees Manager and Domestic Violence Prevention Advocate Joe Torre to Keynote National Domestic Violence Summit.

Verizon Wireless CEO Denny Strigl Will Addresses Attendees on Impact of Domestic Violence on Business

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. -- National Domestic Violence Summit

WHO: Leaders and experts in the issue of domestic violence prevention,
     response and recovery join Joe Torre, the Verizon Foundation and
     its national partners - the Corporate Alliance to End Partner
     Violence, Family Violence Prevention Fund and National Domestic
     Violence Hotline - for a one-day forum.

WHAT: Building Solutions: National Domestic Violence Summit is
      designed to raise awareness about the issue and its far-reaching
      effects on families and the workplace and workforce; demonstrate
      how technology can improve program delivery; and expand or build
      effective programs that deliver substantive outcomes in
      prevention of and recovery from domestic violence. Joe Torre,
      manager of the New York Yankees and founder of Safe at Home
      Foundation, will share his personal experience with domestic
      violence.

WHY: Domestic violence is a widespread problem that takes a toll on
     individuals, families, communities and businesses. Consider that:

    -- 21 percent of full-time employed adults in the United States
       are victims of domestic violence (2005 landmark CAEPV survey).
    -- More than 5,000 cases of workplace violence are reported every
       day in the United States (Pinkerton Security report Feb. 2003).
    -- The health-related costs of intimate partner violence exceed
       $5.8 billion each year - $4.1 billion in direct medical and
       mental health care services and over $1.7 billion in lost
       productivity (2003 CDC report).

WHEN:  Monday, November 13, 2006
       7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

WHERE: North Maple Inn
       300 North Maple Avenue
       Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

KEYNOTE: Joe Torre, Manager, New York Yankees and
         Founder, Safe at Home Foundation

PANELISTS:

-- Kathryn C. Brown, Senior Vice President of Public Policy and
   Corporate Responsibility, Verizon

-- Patrick R. Gaston, President, Verizon Foundation

-- Jim Gerace, Vice President, Corporate Communications,
   Verizon Wireless

-- Dan Mead, President, Verizon Services Organization

-- Lupita Reyes, National Program Director, Verizon Foundation

-- Sheryl Cates, Executive Director, Texas Council on Family Violence
   and National Domestic Violence Hotline

-- Esta Soler, Founder and President, Family Violence Prevention Fund

-- Kim Wells, Executive Director, Corporate Alliance to End
   Partner Violence

-- Angela Smith Cobb, Program Manager, The Allstate Foundation

-- Corinne R. Meltzer Graffunder, Chief of Program Implementation and
   Dissemination Branch, Division of Violence Prevention,
   National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

-- Casey Gwinn, Special Assistant to the District Attorney,
   San Diego Family Justice Center Foundation

-- Bea Hanson, Chief Program Officer, Safe Horizon

-- Karen Jeffreys, Project Coordinator, Rhode Island Coalition Against
   Domestic Violence

-- Yolanda B. Jimenez, Commissioner, Office to Combat Domestic
   Violence, City of New York

-- Carol M. Kurzig, Executive Director, Avon Foundation

-- Lisa Lederer, President, PR Solutions

-- Jennifer Lewis-Hall, Author and Journalist

-- Eleanor Lyon, Director, Institute for Violence Prevention and
   Reduction, University of Connecticut School of Social Work

-- Brian O'Connor, Public Communications Manager, Family Violence
   Prevention Fund

-- Jane Randel, Vice President of Corporate Communications,
   Liz Claiborne Inc.

-- Amy J. Sanchez, Director of Fund Development and Communications,
   Casa de Esperanza

-- Cindy Southworth, Founder and Director, Safety Net,
   National Network to End Domestic Violence

-- Cassandra R. Thomas, Senior Vice President,
   Houston Area Women's Center

RSVP: Anna Marie Johnson Teague
      dawson duncan Communications
      713-858-5423
      [e-mail]

About the Verizon Foundation

Verizon delivers technology that touches life. The Verizon Foundation uses that technology and the foundation's financial resources to improve literacy and K-12 education; to support victims of domestic violence; and improve the delivery of health care. In 2005, the foundation awarded more than $74 million in grants to charitable and nonprofit agencies in the United States and abroad. The foundation also supports Verizon Volunteers, which is one of the largest employee volunteer programs in the United States and responsible for 2 million hours of community service since 2000 and $35.6 million in combined contributions to nonprofits in 2005 alone. For more information on the foundation, visit www.verizon.com/foundation.

About Verizon

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), a Dow 30 company, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 57 million customers nationwide. Verizon Business operates one of the most expansive wholly-owned global IP networks. Verizon Telecom is deploying the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network to deliver the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services to customers. Based in New York, Verizon has a diverse workforce of approximately 250,000 and generates annual consolidated operating revenues of approximately $90 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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