NEWS RELEASE

MEDIA CONTACT:
Beth Worsley, 919-889-6972
publicity@raleighjaycees.org

January 24, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

         Raleigh Jaycees Announce 2007 Executive Board of Directors

Raleigh, N.C.—Ed Blackman has been elected the 75th president of the
Raleigh Jaycees. A resident of Raleigh, Blackman has been a member of the
Raleigh Jaycees for three years, serving most recently as community
services vice president. Blackman is a software developer with IBM.

Peter Ansbacher, who served as the 2006 president of the chapter, has been
named chairman of the board. Ansbacher, who lives in Cary, is a six-year
member of the Raleigh Jaycees and a sales representative with AT&T, The
Real Yellow Pages.

The Raleigh Jaycees executive board of directors is composed of chairman of
the board, president, four vice presidents and 16 other board members all
serving one-year terms. The following members have been elected to vice
president positions: Carter Pettibone, Raleigh, fundraising; Paul Hoover,
Raleigh, management development; Suzannah Tremmel, Raleigh, individual
development and Jamilyn Cole, Clayton, membership development.

The remaining members of the 2007 Raleigh Jaycees board of directors
include: Susan Brosnan, David Crutchfield, Jilian Fairhurst, Pam Fisher,
Alison Houchin, Bart Poynor, Patrick Sauter, Heather Snyder and Linnell
Vaughan, all of Raleigh; Jennifer Jerzak, Alicia Nathison, Nader Sreyo and
Charles West of Cary; Clifton Hamilton and Stacy Hanna, Clayton and Beth
Worsley, Durham.

Celebrating its 75th year as part of the Raleigh community, the Raleigh
Jaycees is an organization dedicated to leadership development through
community service. This 200+ member all-volunteer civic organization runs
more than 100 community service and leadership development projects each
year. The Raleigh Jaycees is an affiliate organization of the N.C. Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber
International. Membership is open to anyone between 21 and 40 years of age.
The Raleigh Jaycees meet the first and third Tuesday of each month at the
McKimmon Center on the North Carolina State University campus. For more
information about the Raleigh Jaycees visit www.raleighjaycees.org or call
(919) 713-0031.

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