WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., April 29, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:UNTD), a leading provider of value-priced Internet services, today announced the appointment of Carol A. Scott, Ph.D. to its board of directors. Dr. Scott is a professor of marketing and faculty director of the Executive Program at The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
"The addition of Carol Scott to United Online's board of directors reinforces our goal to have extremely experienced and talented individuals such as Carol in our management and director ranks," stated Mark R. Goldston, chairman, CEO and president of United Online. "I am thrilled to have Carol and her incredible marketing and strategic prowess as part of our team."
Dr. Scott has been on the faculty at UCLA since 1977, and served the school in a variety of administrative positions from 1986 through 1994, including chairman of the faculty and associate dean for academic affairs. She was also a visiting associate professor at the Harvard Business School in 1985, and was on the faculty at Ohio State University for three years prior to joining UCLA in 1977. Dr. Scott is a frequent author and lecturer and has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Consumer Research since 1980.
United Online also announced today that Jennifer Fonstad, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a venture capital firm, is leaving the United Online board of directors to continue focusing her attention on emerging growth companies. Ms. Fonstad joined the United Online board of directors (then the NetZero board of directors) when Draper Fisher Jurvetson made a venture capital investment in NetZero in 1999.
"We are very appreciative of Jennifer's board service since the early days of NetZero and are glad to have had her as an initial part of the team that has grown the company into a leading Internet access services company. Jennifer's insight and focus on emerging growth companies has been invaluable in the evolution of our business," added Goldston.
In addition to Dr. Scott, there are five other members of the United Online board including Mark R. Goldston, United Online's chairman, CEO and president, James T. Armstrong, managing director of Clearstone Venture Partners, Robert Berglass, Chairman of Davexlabs LLC, Dennis Holt, chairman and CEO of Patriot Communications, and Kenneth L. Coleman, founder, chairman and CEO of ITM Software.
About United Online
United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:UNTD), is a leading provider of value-priced Internet access through its NetZero, Juno and BlueLight Internet consumer brands. The company's high-quality services are offered at less than half the standard prices of its major competitors and are available in more than 6,000 cities across the United States and in Canada. United Online is headquartered in Westlake Village, CA, with offices in New York City, San Francisco and Hyderabad, India. For more information about United Online and its Internet access services, please visit www.untd.com.