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Southern Arizona
michael.dunne@cox.com
p. 520 867 7479
m. 520 955 0043


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April 21, 2008 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lisa Lovallo Named Cox Vice President & System Manager for Southern Arizona

TUCSON– Lisa Lovallo has been named Cox Communications Vice President and System Manager for Tucson and Southern Arizona operations. Lovallo replaces Anne Doris who was promoted in December to general manager of Cox’s Cleveland, Ohio, operations.

“We eagerly anticipate Lisa’s contributions to Cox’s success in becoming the most trusted provider of communication and entertainment services in Arizona,” said Steve Rizley, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Cox Communications, Inc., Arizona system. He said that Lovallo’s responsibilities will include all business, community and government affairs for the Southern Arizona markets.

Active in state and local economic development, Lovallo serves as the Chair of the Governor’s Workforce Policy Council and Chair of the Pima County Small Business Commission. She is a past recipient of the YWCA’s Women on the Move award and the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Spirit of Philanthropy award.

Before joining Cox, Lovallo served as Director of Student Affairs and Advancement for the University of Arizona where she developed strategies and business plans for the division, including external relations and community initiatives. She is also an adjunct professor for the UA’s Eller College of Management.

Lovallo also held several positions with Tucson-based North American Enterprises, including Chief Operating Officer, Vice President and National Sales Manager. She began her career with Procter & Gamble Distributing Company, serving as Unit Manager of the Paper Products Division and Sales Manager of the Patient Care Products Division for Los Angeles and Southern California.

Lovallo has a bachelor’s of arts degree from the University of Arizona, where she was active in student government and played on the Women’s Basketball team. She is a trustee for St. Gregory’s College Prep School, San Miguel High School and is a board member of Planned Parenthood of Arizona.

Cox Communications Arizona
Cox Communications Arizona is the third largest cable provider and a multi-service broadband communications company serving nearly 3 million residential and business product subscribers in Arizona (a product subscriber represents an individual service purchased by a customer). In the metro Phoenix, Cox serves approximately 2.5 million product subscribers. In Southern Arizona, Cox serves approximately 400,000 product subscribers. Cox’s 18,000-mile hybrid fiber coaxial cable network throughout Phoenix and Southern Arizona provides homes and businesses with digital television, high speed Internet, home networking, high-definition television and digital telephone service over its own nationwide IP network, as well as integrated wireless services in partnership with Sprint (NYSE: S). During the past four years, Cox has topped 10 J.D. Power and Associates’ studies of customer satisfaction. Cox Media is responsible for the sale of cable advertising throughout Arizona. Cox Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc and serves approximately 6 million customers nationwide and wholly owns and operates the Travel Channel.
Additional information about Cox in Arizona is available at www.cox.com/arizona.