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Sprint’s Forsee Appointed by President to NSTAC

Arlington, Va., May 06, 2004 - President Bush announced on May 6, 2004 that he is appointing Gary D. Forsee, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sprint, to the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). Mr. Forsee replaces William Esrey, who retired from Sprint in 2003.

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 (IA), infrastructure protection, and other national security and emergency preparedness concerns.

The current NSTAC chair is Dr. Vance D. Coffman, Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Mr. Forsee has spent more than 30 years in the telecommunications industry. Most recently, he served as Vice Chairman of BellSouth Corporation where he had responsibility for all of BellSouth's domestic operations.

Upon joining BellSouth in September 1999, he managed staff functions throughout the corporation and subsequently was President of BellSouth International.

Before joining BellSouth, Mr. Forsee spent 10 years with Sprint, including time with Global One -- a joint venture of Sprint, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom.

In December 1989, Mr. Forsee joined Sprint as Vice President and General Manager of the Government System Division. He subsequently served as President-Government Systems and President-Business Services Group from February 1991 to February 1993. Following these assignments, he was Senior Vice President of staff operations for the Long Distance Division.

After serving as interim Chief Executive Officer of Sprint's wireless venture, now the company's PCS Division, and leading the company's bidding activity during the PCS auctions, he became the Long Distance Division's president and chief operating officer in March 1995. In February 1998, Mr. Forsee assumed the position of president and chief executive officer of Global One. He resigned from Global One in July 1999.
Prior to joining Sprint, Mr. Forsee was with AT&T and Southwestern Bell for almost 18 years. The position he held prior to moving to Sprint was Vice President of government sales and programs in AT&T's Federal Systems division.

Forsee holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla. He presently serves as Chairman of the National Board of Trustees of the March of Dimes and is on the University of Missouri-Rolla Board of Trustees. He also is a member of The Business Roundtable and the Kansas City Civic Council and is a member of the board of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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