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For Immediate Release 
AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
NEW YORK, May 2, 2000 -- Thirteen distinguished business, legal and dispute 
resolution professionals were elected to the Board of Directors of the 
American Arbitration Association at its annual meeting held April 27 in New 
York, according to William K. Slate II, president and chief executive officer 
of the Association. 
In addition, four current board members were elected to serve on the 
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Jerry M. Hunter, Esq., Bryan 
Cave LLP; Richard K. Jeydel, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General 
Counsel, Kanematsu USA Inc.; Richard W. Page, Esq., The Page Firm; and Mark 
A. Roesler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CMG Worldwide, Inc. 
The newly elected members of the board are: George F. Becker, President, 
United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC; John Beechey, Esq., Clifford 
Chance LLP; Jose M. de Lasa, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General 
Counsel, Abbott Laboratories; Robert A. Georgine, Chairman, President and 
CEO, The Union Labor Life Insurance Company (ULLICO); Gilberto Giusti, Esq., 
Pinheiro Neto-Advogados; Olivia F. Kirtley, CPA, Vice President, Vermont 
American Corporation; Angel Muoz-Noya, Esq., Lespier & Muoz-Noya; Dr. Joan 
Parker, labor-management and employment arbitrator; Dr. Alejandro Ponieman, 
Asociacion Interamericana de Mediacion Centro Para la Resolucion de 
Conflictos; Dennis Rivera, President, 1199 SEIU New York's Health & Human 
Service Union, AFL-CIO; Juan Rodriguez, Legal Advisor, BP Amoco p.l.c.; 
Professor Theodore J. St. Antoine, James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor 
Emeritus of Law, University of Michigan Law School; and Timothy J. Sullivan, 
President, the College of William and Mary. 
The leader in conflict management since 1926, the American Arbitration 
Association is a not-for-profit, public service organization dedicated to the 
resolution of disputes through the use of arbitration, mediation, 
conciliation, negotiation, democratic elections, and other voluntary 
procedures. In 1999, more than 140,000 cases were filed with the American 
Arbitration Association in a full range of matters including commercial 
finance, construction, labor and employment, environmental, health care, 
insurance, real estate and securities disputes. Through 37 offices in the 
United States and cooperative agreements with arbitral institutions in 38 
other countries, the AAA provides a forum for the hearing of disputes, rules 
and procedures and a roster of impartial experts to hear and resolve cases.