Julie A Dobson

Principal Occupation During Past Five Years: Chairman, TeleBright Corp., a telecommunications decision-support technology company, since 2002. Chief Operating Officer, TeleCorp PCS, 1998-2002. Ms. Dobson is a resident of Potomac, Maryland, and was Chief Operating Officer and one of the founding principals of TeleCorp PCS, a wireless/mobile phone company serving more than a million customers when sold to AT&T Wireless. A 1978 William & Mary graduate, she earned an MBA in Finance at the University of Pittsburgh the following year before beginning a long career in what became Verizon, starting in sales with Bell of Pennsylvania, and concluding as president of one of the company's non-regulated businesses, Bell Atlantic Mobile (New York). Other directorships include: Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., Wayne, PA; and LCCI, McLean, VA. Ms. Dobson currently serves as Chair of the Audit and Ethics Committee and is a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. The Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Dobson qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined by the SEC regulations.