Overview

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Slater, 58, is a partner at the law firm Patton Boggs LLP, focusing his practice in the areas of transportation and infrastructure and public policy.

Prior to joining Patton Boggs, from February 1997 to January 2001, Slater was the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. In that position, Slater was responsible for overseeing national transportation policy, encouraging intermodal transportation, negotiating international transportation agreements and assuring the fitness of U.S. airlines.

Prior to his appointment as Secretary of Transportation, from 1993 to 1997, Slater was the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, which provides financial and technical support for constructing, improving and preserving the U.S. highway system.

Slater’s experience as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and as the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration positions him well to provide oversight to our Company, which operates in a highly regulated industry, and to advise the Board and senior management on logistics, strategic partnerships, government relations and public policy. Each of these areas is an important focus for Verizon and has a fundamental impact on the way the Company operates. Slater also brings to the Board his experience guiding clients in developing infrastructure, as well as insights on the role of law in our business.

Slater has served as a Director of Verizon since 2010 and is a member of the Corporate Governance and Policy Committee.

He is also a director of Kansas City Southern (since 2001), Transurban Group (since 2009) and Atkins plc (since 2011).

In the past five years, Slater has served as a director of Delta Air Lines, Inc. and ICx Technologies, Inc.