Ms. Dobson is a resident of Potomac, Maryland, and was President and Chief Operating Officer and one of the founding principals of TeleCorp PCS, a wireless / mobile phone company serving more than 1 million customers when sold to AT&T Wireless.
A 1978 William & Mary graduate, she earned an MBA in finance at the University of Pittsburgh the following year before beginning a long career in what became Verizon, starting in sales with Bell of Pennsylvania and concluding as president of one of the company's non-regulated businesses, Bell Atlantic Mobile (New York).
Other directorships include: Safeguard Scientific, Inc.; INA Trust, Philadelphia.; TeleBright Corporation, Rockville, Maryland.
Ms. Dobson is chairwoman of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Audit and Ethics Committee. The Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Dobson qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert," as defined by Securities and Exchange Commission rules.
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