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February 26, 1997 CONTACT:Tracey Kennedy (401) 525-3631 NYNEX Announces New State President for Rhode Island PROVIDENCE -- Donna C. Cupelo has been named NYNEX President & CEO for Rhode Island. In this capacity, she will serve as the states chief NYNEX executive, representing all areas of the corporation including primary responsibility for service, earnings, government and regulatory affairs, public policy, community affairs and economic development. Cupelo, who was vice president and general manager for NYNEX operations in central and western Massachusetts, succeeds Carol Grant, who accepted a position as vice president of human resources at Textron Inc., a global, multi-industry company headquartered in the Ocean State, effective February 1. Donna Cupelo is eminently qualified to continue NYNEXs longstanding commitment to provide local leadership in the communities where our customers live and work, said Wayne Budd, Senior Vice President -- NYNEX New England. Cupelo joined New England Telephone in 1978 as a market administrator in Worcester, Mass., supporting business customers in central and Western Massachusetts. She received a business administration degree from Providence College in 1978 and an M.B.A. from Babson College in 1981. -- After holding a variety of sales, marketing and process improvement positions with New England Telephone and NYNEX, she became vice president and general manager for NYNEX operations in central and Western Massachusetts in April 1995. Cupelo has been active in the American Cancer Society; Telephone Pioneers of America; the Dedham, Mass., Food Pantry and Housing Authority; and in the Franklin, Mass., school system. NYNEX is a global communications and media corporation that provides a full range of services in the northeastern United States and high-growth markets around the world, including the United Kingdom, Thailand, Gibraltar, Greece, Indonesia, the Philippines, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The corporation is a leader in telecommunications, wirefree communications, directory publishing and video entertainment and information services. NYNEX is also managing sponsor of FLAG -- Fiberoptic Link Around the Globe -- the world’s longest undersea fiber optic communications cable. FAX copies of recent NYNEX news releases are available free of charge, 24 hours a day. Call 1-800-331-1214 and an automated system will provide instructions. go to news archive