AT&T's Marina Younani, Head of Healthcare Markets West, Joins ABL Organization

Santa Ana, CA — January 1, 2010 — Marina Younani, AT&T's Regional Vice President, Healthcare Markets - West, has joined the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization (ABL). As part of California’s leading vertical-industry Chief Executives’ Organization, ABL Members provide one another with executive leadership coaching through its confidential, professionally-facilitated, peer-CEO Advisory Board Round Tables, executive learning workshops, network of CEO peers, and expert resources.

Marina's organization includes Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington, and her top performing team is responsible for selling the full suite of AT&T strategic services to the healthcare industry.  AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the U.S. and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies.

Marina has worked for AT&T for over 16 years. Previously, she was Western Region Sales Center VP for the newly integrated Mobility Team. After full immersion of the Mobility Team into GBS, Marina led the Western Region Mobility Team for AT&T’s Wholesale and SI segment. Her main responsibility focused on penetrating key accounts with Line of Business Applications. Prior to her mobility experience, Marina was in charge of the Western Region Select Markets Group as Regional Sales VP. She was responsible for growing AT&T’s market position in the Western Region through client relationship management and new business development. She was also responsible for all sales operations for California, Nevada and Arizona. Earlier, Marina was Director of Sales for the Western U.S. for the Emerging Markets Organization, where she oversaw a sales organization focused on attracting small and mid-size businesses’ telecommunications services.

Marina earned two Bachelor’s degrees – in Political Science and in Criminal Justice – from Indiana University, in 1992. She now resides in San Ramon with her husband and two young daughters.

"ABL's trademark on the ‘executive leadership development’ industry has been its ability to drive cutting-edge innovation, expertise and best business practices via our CEO-peer Round Table program. Marina's leveraged expertise will further this endeavor," said Mimi Grant, President of ABL Organization.

About the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization
ABL supports the needs of its Member CEOs by providing a place for top-level executives to draw on the experience, knowledge and skill sets of their peers in a vertical industry, personal advisory board – “multi-coach approach” – setting.

The core component of the CEO Membership experience is the group Round Table meeting. Members meet once a month for a half-day with a group of peer CEOs, Presidents, COOs and Division General Managers from non-competing companies, all from the same industry (healthcare, technology or life sciences), in a trusted and confidential board room-like setting, which allows ABL Members to tackle topics and enhance their decision making and business performance. Topics include: developing and honing new business strategies and best practices, new lines of business, “A-players” on the management team, and an effective board of directors, as well as understanding trends in new markets, mergers and acquisitions, compensation, and other “hot” topics brought to the Round Tables by the Members themselves.

ABL Members also gather several times a year at workshops and conferences to exchange ideas and connect with other chief executives beyond their own CEO peer groups. In effect, ABL Members serve as one another’s business coaches within the Round Tables and are encouraged to connect and leverage their co-Member peers’ particular skills and expertise for additional leadership coaching, one-on-one, outside of their monthly group meeting. In addition, each Round Table’s facilitator also serves as an objective business advisor, offering executive and industry insights and advice.

 ABL's Chief Executive Leadership Development Round Table program is currently offered in California's Greater Los Angeles, Orange and San Francisco County areas. More information about the ABL Organization can be found at http://www.abl.org .