Windstream Names Sarah Day President of Consumer & Small Business

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN) Chief Executive Officer Tony Thomas today announced the appointment of Sarah Day as president of Consumer and Small Business (C/SMB) effective Jan. 1, 2016.

Day will be responsible for leading, managing and developing the short- and long-term strategies of the C/SMB unit. Day, who joined the company in 2008, has served for six months as interim president of C/SMB. Previously, she was senior vice president of C/SMB Marketing and Customer Care.

"I have great confidence in Sarah," said Thomas. "She has a tremendous wealth of experience as a strategic leader and is delivering high-quality products to our customers."

"I'm very excited to take on this challenge of leading the consumer and small business division of Windstream," said Day. "This team has a proven track record, and we have a clear strategy and plan in place to continue our success."

Windstream Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: WIN)