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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Mark Taylor X-To: Louise Kitchen X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Mark_Taylor_Jun2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Taylor-M X-FileName: mtaylor.nsf Contact: Toni L. Griffin Vice President of Corporate Communications 212.716.3975=20 For Immediate Release=20 AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS A= ND=20 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE=20 NEW YORK, May 2, 2000 -- Thirteen distinguished business, legal and dispute= =20 resolution professionals were elected to the Board of Directors of the=20 American Arbitration Association at its annual meeting held April 27 in New= =20 York, according to William K. Slate II, president and chief executive offic= er=20 of the Association.=20 In addition, four current board members were elected to serve on the=20 Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Jerry M. Hunter, Esq., Bryan= =20 Cave LLP; Richard K. Jeydel, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General= =20 Counsel, Kanematsu USA Inc.; Richard W. Page, Esq., The Page Firm; and Mark= =20 A. Roesler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CMG Worldwide, Inc.=20 The newly elected members of the board are: George F. Becker, President,=20 United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC; John Beechey, Esq., Clifford= =20 Chance LLP; Jose M. de Lasa, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General= =20 Counsel, Abbott Laboratories; Robert A. Georgine, Chairman, President and= =20 CEO, The Union Labor Life Insurance Company (ULLICO); Gilberto Giusti, Esq.= ,=20 Pinheiro Neto-Advogados; Olivia F. Kirtley, CPA, Vice President, Vermont=20 American Corporation; Angel Mu=0Foz-Noya, Esq., Lespier & Mu=0Foz-Noya; Dr.= Joan=20 Parker, labor-management and employment arbitrator; Dr. Alejandro Ponieman,= =20 Asociacion Interamericana de Mediacion Centro Para la Resolucion de=20 Conflictos; Dennis Rivera, President, 1199 SEIU New York's Health & Human= =20 Service Union, AFL-CIO; Juan Rodriguez, Legal Advisor, BP Amoco p.l.c.;=20 Professor Theodore J. St. Antoine, James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor=20 Emeritus of Law, University of Michigan Law School; and Timothy J. Sullivan= ,=20 President, the College of William and Mary.=20 The leader in conflict management since 1926, the American Arbitration=20 Association is a not-for-profit, public service organization dedicated to t= he=20 resolution of disputes through the use of arbitration, mediation,=20 conciliation, negotiation, democratic elections, and other voluntary=20 procedures. In 1999, more than 140,000 cases were filed with the American= =20 Arbitration Association in a full range of matters including commercial=20 finance, construction, labor and employment, environmental, health care,=20 insurance, real estate and securities disputes. Through 37 offices in the= =20 United States and cooperative agreements with arbitral institutions in 38= =20 other countries, the AAA provides a forum for the hearing of disputes, rule= s=20 and procedures and a roster of impartial experts to hear and resolve cases.
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