MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- President George W. Bush has announced the appointment of Patricia Russo, chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies, to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). NSTAC comprises 30 presidentially appointed industry leaders and provides industry-based analyses and recommendations to the president regarding policy affecting national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications.

In her NSTAC role, Russo will be involved with a wide range of policy and technical issues related to telecommunications, critical infrastructure protection (CIP), homeland security, and other NS/EP concerns. This includes assisting the government in the development of CIP policy and national strategy; assessing research and development issues related to network security technologies and vulnerabilities; and identifying legislative and regulatory matters that potentially impact NS/EP telecommunications.

Russo was one of the executives who helped launch Lucent in 1996 and has spent 20 years of her career managing some of Lucent's and AT&T's largest divisions and most critical corporate functions. She returned to Lucent in January 2002 as president and chief executive officer after serving as president and chief operating officer of Eastman Kodak. Russo was named chairman of Lucent in February 2003. Russo is a member of the board of Lucent Technologies, Schering-Plough Corporation and her alma mater Georgetown University. She graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in 1989, and received a bachelor's degree in political science and history from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She also received an honorary doctorate in entrepreneurial studies from Columbia College in South Carolina.

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