CELLCO PARTNERSHIP Annual Report (10-K) Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

The following is an excerpt from a 10-K SEC Filing, filed by CELLCO PARTNERSHIP on 3/12/2004.

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Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

The following table presents information regarding members of our board of representatives, our executive officers and other significant employees.

Name                           Age    Position
Ivan G. Seidenberg              57    Chairman of the Board of Representatives
Arun Sarin                      49    Representative
Dennis F. Strigl                57    President and Chief Executive Officer,
                                      Representative
Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.         59    Representative
Doreen A. Toben                 54    Representative
Kenneth J. Hydon                59    Representative
Tomas Isaksson                  49    Representative
Julian Horn-Smith               55    Representative
Lowell C. McAdam                49    Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
                                      Officer, Representative
Richard J. Lynch                55    Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Andrew N. Halford               44    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Roger Gurnani                   43    Vice President-Information Systems and Chief
                                      Information Officer
John G. Stratton                43    Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Marc C. Reed                    45    Vice President-Human Resources
Steven E. Zipperstein           44    Vice President-Legal & External Affairs, General
                                      Counsel and Secretary
James J. Gerace                 40    Vice President-Corporate Communications
Margaret P. Feldman             46    Vice President-Business Development

Ivan G. Seidenberg has been Chairman of the board of representatives of Verizon Wireless since the company's launch in April 2000. He became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Communications in January 2004. From 2002 to 2004, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Communications. From 2000 to 2002, he was Co-Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Communications. From 1998 to 2000, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation. From 1997 to 1998, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation. From 1997 to 1998, he was Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation. From 1995 to 1997, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NYNEX Corporation. His career in the communications industry also includes positions as Vice Chairman of NYNEX's Telecommunications Group and President of its Worldwide Information and Cellular Services Group. He serves on the boards of directors of Honeywell International Inc., Wyeth, and Viacom Inc

Arun Sarin has been a member of our board of representatives since July 2003. He became Chief Executive of Vodafone Group Plc. in July 2003. He was Chief Executive Officer for the United States and Asia Pacific region until 2000, when he became a non-executive director of Vodafone Group Plc. He was a director of AirTouch Communications Inc. from 1995 to 2000 and was its President and Chief Operating Officer from 1997 to 1999. In the past, he has served as a board member for The Gap, Inc., The Charles Schwab Corporation and Cisco Systems, Inc.

Dennis F. Strigl has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Wireless and has been a member of our board of representatives since the company's launch in April 2000. In addition, he has served as Executive Vice President of Verizon Communications since 2000. He had been President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Mobile and its predecessors since 1991, and was also Group President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Global Wireless Group from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Strigl served as President of Ameritech Mobile Communications from 1984 to 1986, where he was instrumental in launching the nation's first cellular communications network. He later served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Data Research Inc., and Vice President-Operations and Chief Operating Officer for New Jersey Bell. Mr.

Strigl is a past Chairman and current member of the Executive Committee of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, and currently serves on the boards of directors of Anadigics, Inc., PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and PNC Bank.

Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. has been a member of our board of representatives since the company's launch in April 2000. He became President and Vice Chairman of Verizon Communications in 2000 upon completion of the Bell Atlantic-GTE merger. From 1998 to 2000, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation. From 1997 until 1998, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic's Network Group and Chairman of the company's Global Wireless Group and was Vice Chairman of Bell Atlantic Corporation prior to its merger with NYNEX. He serves on the boards of directors of Hewlett Packard Company and ARAMARK Corporation.

Kenneth J. Hydon has been a member of our board of representatives since the company's launch in April 2000. He is Vodafone's Financial Director and has been a member of Vodafone's board of directors since 1985. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He is director of several subsidiaries of Vodafone, and promotes U.S. investor relations. Mr. Hydon is also a Non-Executive Director of Reckitt Benckiser Plc and Tesco Plc.

Tomas Isaksson has been a member of our board of representatives since January 2002. He has been Chief Executive, Americas Region for Vodafone since 2002. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Isaksson was President of Vodafone Global Platform and Internet Services. From 1995 to 2000, he was President and CEO of Swedish mobile operator Europolitan. Mr. Isaksson is a member of the Vodafone Group Executive Committee as well as Group Operational Review Committee and a board member of Ledstiernan AB. He also is a member of the board of directors of ATX Technologies, Inc. and Clickmarks, Inc.

Julian Horn-Smith has been a member of our board of representatives since July 2003. He became Vodafone's Group Chief Operating Officer in 2001 and has been a member of Vodafone Group Plc's board of directors since 1996. Mr. Horn-Smith has also held the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Vodafone Holding GmbH since 2003. Since joining Vodafone in 1984, Mr. Horn-Smith has held various senior management positions. Mr. Horn-Smith is a Non-Executive Director of Smiths Industries Plc and a member of the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft e.V. In 2002, he joined the board of the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum, a UK-based organization promoting responsible business activity internationally.

Doreen A. Toben has been a member of our board of representatives since October 2002. She has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Verizon Communications since 2002. From 2000 to 2002, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Verizon Communications' Telecom Group. From 1997 to 2000, she was Vice President and Controller for Bell Atlantic Corporation and a member of Bell Atlantic's Executive Committee. Prior to that, she held various financial positions at Bell Atlantic.

Lowell C. McAdam has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since the company's launch in April 2000 and has been a member of our board of representatives since July 2003. From 1997 to 2000, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of PrimeCo. Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of PrimeCo from 1994 to 1997. Mr. McAdam joined AirTouch in 1993 where he served in a number of key positions, including Vice President-International Operations. Prior to that, he held various positions with Pacific Bell.

Richard J. Lynch has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer since the company's launch in April 2000. From 1995 to 2000, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Bell Atlantic Mobile and Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile. He has served as Chairman of the Wireless Data Forum and as a charter member of the executive board of the CDMA Development Group, an organization dedicated to advancement and development of CDMA technology. He currently serves as a member of the Federal Communications Commission's Technical Advisory Council. Mr. Lynch is a senior member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) and has been awarded patents in the area of wireless technology.

Andrew N. Halford has been our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since April 2002. From 1999 to 2002, he served as a Financial Director for various Vodafone businesses, including its Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Prior to this, he held a number of business development, IT and finance directorships in the UK electricity sector from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Halford started his career with Price Waterhouse and worked for them from 1980 to 1992, based both in the UK and South Africa. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, having qualified in 1983.

Roger Gurnani has been our Vice President - Information Systems and Chief Information Officer since the company's launch in April 2000. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Bell Atlantic Mobile. From 1994 to 1997, he was Executive Director-Broadband Systems with Bell Atlantic. Prior to that, Mr. Gurnani held a number of information technology positions at WilTel (now MCI).

John G. Stratton has been our Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer since 2001. From 2000 to 2001, he served as President of our company's Northwest Area. He was President of Bell Atlantic Mobile's Philadelphia Tri-State Region from 1999

to 2000. He also served as Vice President of Marketing and Regional Vice President-Retail Sales and Operations for the New York Metro market since joining Bell Atlantic Mobile in 1993. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Merchandising for Jersey Camera.

Marc C. Reed has been our Vice President - Human Resources since the company's launch in April 2000. From 1997 to 2000, he was Vice President - Human Resources for GTE Communications Corporation, GTE's competitive local exchange carrier. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Reed was Director-Human Resources for GTE Wireless. He began his career with GTE in 1986 at GTE's world headquarters. Effective as of April 1, 2004, Mr. Reed will leave his position at our company to become the Executive Vice President - Human Resources for Verizon Communications. A successor to Mr. Reed has not yet been announced.

Steven E. Zipperstein has been our Vice President-Legal and External Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary since January 2004. Mr. Zipperstein served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Verizon Communications since its launch in 2000 and previously with GTE since 1997. Prior to 1997, Mr. Zipperstein served as Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles and Special Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Zipperstein began his legal career in 1983 at the law firm of Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley.

James J. Gerace has been our Vice President-Corporate Communications since the company's launch in April 2000. From 1995 to 2000, he was Vice President-Public Relations at Bell Atlantic Mobile. From 1991 to 1995, he served as Director of Public Relations for NYNEX Mobile Communications. He began his wireless communications career with NYNEX Mobile Communications in 1986 as Manager of Employee Communications.

Margaret P. Feldman has been our Vice President-Business Development since 2001. From 2000 to 2001, she was Staff Vice President-Tax. From 1997 to 2000, she served as Assistant Vice President-State Tax Planning for GTE Corporation. From 1995 to 1997, Ms. Feldman was Director of Tax Operations for Telecom Products and Services for GTE. She began her career at Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1982, joined Contel Corporation in 1987 and GTE Mobilnet in 1991.

Verizon Wireless has adopted a code of ethics, as that term is defined in Item 406 of Regulation S-K, which applies to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. A copy of this code may be found on our website at http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/aboutUs/index.jsp. We will post any amendments to, or any waiver granted to any executive officer under, this code on our website.

The board of representatives of Verizon Wireless determined that both members of our audit committee, Mr. Hydon and Ms. Toben, are audit committee financial experts, as that term is defined in Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K. Neither Mr. Hydon nor Ms. Toben are independent, as that term is defined in Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act.