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President Bush Plans to Appoint WorldCom’s Ebbers to NSTAC

Washington D.C., July 16, 2001 - President Bush announced on July 9, 2001, that he intends to appoint Bernard J. Ebbers, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WorldCom to the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC).

The President's NSTAC is composed of up to 30 Presidentially appointed industry leaders (usually chief executive officers). In its advisory role to the President, the NSTAC provides industry-based analyses and recommendations on a wide range of policy and technical issues related to telecommunications, information assurance, infrastructure protection, and other national security and emergency preparedness concerns.

Mr. Ebbers served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Competitive Telecommunications Association from 1993 through 1995. He was among 16 outstanding CEOs recognized by Financial World in April 1997 and one of Business Week’s “25 Top Managers” in 1997. Most recently, he was included in Upside magazine’s “Elite 100” (December 1998) and was named one of the “Wired 25” by Wired magazine (November 1998).

Because of his commitment to developing jobs and resources in Mississippi’s telecommunications industry, Mr. Ebbers was inducted into the Mississippi Business Hall of Fame in May 1995 and received on the company’s behalf the “Business of the Year” award from the MetroJackson Chamber of Commerce in December 1998.

In 1992, Mr. Ebbers received Mississippi College’s highest honor, the Alumnus of the Year award, and was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree. Currently, he serves on the Mississippi College board of trustees. In addition, Mr. Ebbers was granted an honorary doctorate from Tougaloo College in May 1998.

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