FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
eLEC Welcomes Former Time Warner Executive Gayle Greer
to its Board of Directors
White Plains, NY - January 26, 2005 - eLEC Communications Corp. (OTCBB:ELEC), a
CLEC and integrated packet communications service provider, today announced that
it has appointed Gayle Greer to the company's Board of Directors. Additionally,
Greer will serve on eLEC's Audit Committee as an independent director. Greer
retired from Time Warner Entertainment in 1998 after serving 20 years in a
variety of executive positions, including Senior Vice President of Time Warner
Communications and Group Vice President of Time Warner Cable.
eLEC's CEO, Paul Riss, commented, "Gayle brings to eLEC a wealth of knowledge
and expertise in telecom and cable. During her 20-year tenure at Time Warner,
for instance, she managed the integration of telephony and cable operations in
several cable divisions. In addition, as an independent director, Gayle adds
strength to our Board from an accountability standpoint, underscoring our strong
commitment to be Sarbanes-Oxley compliant."
Riss added, "Gayle is highly regarded as one of the country's most prominent
business executives, and we are very fortunate to have her join our Board of
Directors. Her insight will be particularly important as we migrate from
traditional circuit switched telephone service to our new Voice over IP (VoIP)
service offerings through our subsidiary VoX Communications Corp."
Ms. Greer served as co-founder and Chairwoman of GS2.Net, a business service
provider that delivered managed application solutions to emerging and aggressive
growth companies in the broadband services market and to the charitable giving
market through GS2.Net's portfolio company, Donor Net. She was also co-founder
and past Chairwoman of the National Association of Minorities in Cable and
Telecommunication. In addition, she serves on the board of directors of ING
North America Financial Services Company, and One World Theater of Austin, TX.
She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Houston.
Ms. Greer's management experience also includes more than 10 years with
non-profit organizations with an emphasis on community development and
empowerment, job development and affordable housing.
She has been featured in the Denver-based magazine, "In The Black," and has
appeared as a guest panelist on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Ms. Greer is the
recipient of several awards, including Time Warner's Andrew Heiskell Community
Services Award, The National Cable Television Association's Vanguard Award for
Leadership, and the L.
Patrick Mellon Mentorship Award. She has also been featured in the Denver
Business Journal's 1997-2001 Who's Who in Telecommunication.
About eLEC Communications
eLEC Communications Corp., headquartered in White Plains, NY, is a publicly
traded local telecommunications company that is taking advantage of the
convergence of the technological and regulatory developments in the Internet and
telecommunications markets. eLEC provides an integrated suite of communications
services to business and residential customers, including local, long distance,
dedicated access, and VoIP.
About VoX Communications
Based in Celebration, FL, VoX Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
eLEC Communications Corp. VoX provides enhanced Voice over IP (VoIP) telephone
service to small business and residential customers who have a high-speed
broadband Internet connection. VoX's VoIP service is a feature-rich, low-cost
and high-quality alternative to traditional landline phone service. For more
information, visit www.myvox.net.
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This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. eLEC's actual results may differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a
difference include, among others, certain risks and uncertainties over which the
company may have no control. For further discussion of such risks and
uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained
in the forward-looking statements, see the discussions contained in eLEC's
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended November 30, 2003, eLEC's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarters ended February 29, 2004, May
31, 2004 and August 31, 2004 and any subsequent SEC filings.
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