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Lowell McAdam
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Verizon Communications Inc.
great service to customers. In turn, they invest back into
our communities, with more than 300,000 hours of
volunteer service and more than $9.5 million in donations
to thousands of nonprofits around the world. In addition,
the Verizon Foundation made $66.5 million in contributions,
which includes $11 million in matching gifts.
We are constantly exploring new ways to use technology to
solve pressing social issues. Through our focus on
education, we harness young people’s fascination with
technology to give them real-world skills and encourage
greater participation in science, technology, engineering
and math disciplines. We are also focused on being good
stewards of the environment. We have invested $137
million in green energy, which will reduce our own carbon
footprint, and our products are helping our customers be
more energy-efficient and reduce their environmental
impact. All these initiatives are having a measurable
positive impact on society. You can read about our results
and learn more about all our Corporate Responsibility
initiatives at verizon.com/about/responsibility.
I’m proud of the recognition we’ve received from sources
such as J.D. Power, Diversity Inc. and Fortune magazine,
which named us its most admired communications company
again in 2014. But I am even more gratified by the efforts
of our dedicated employees, whose talents and community
spirit make customers’ lives better, help businesses be
more productive and transform society for the better.
2014 has been a noisy year. As you would expect, we
responded to the competitive challenge by raising our game
and delivering strong results for customers and
shareowners. 2015 promises to raise the bar even higher. I
am confident we will rise to the challenge again and—with
the guidance of our Board, the efforts of our leadership
team and the hard work of our more than 177,000
employees—remain one of the very few companies built for
long-term success in this dynamic industry.
The Verizon Innovative App Challenge, part of Verizon’s long-standing commitment to improve education, gives middle and high school students the
opportunity to design and code real mobile apps. Winning teams work with engineers from MIT to build their apps and share them in the marketplace. Last
year, the Best in Nation team from Resaca Middle School in Los Fresnos, Texas, won for its Hello Navi app, which team members created to help a visually
impaired classmate navigate the school. The app also secured team members an invitation to the White House Science Fair.
Visit verizon.com/about/responsibility/education/ to learn more.
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