[November 11, 2009] New York Life Adds Ralph de la Vega of AT&T to Board of Directors Tweet Nov 11, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- New York Life Insurance Company announced that its Board of Directors has elected veteran AT&T executive Ralph de la Vega to the company's Board. de la Vega is president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, with responsibility for all consumer marketing, sales, customer care and operations for the company's wireless and wireline businesses. Ted Mathas, chairman, president and CEO of New York Life said, "All of us on the Board are looking forward to having the benefit of Ralph's deep and broad management expertise and enormous consumer and international experience in our deliberations as Directors. He joins a Board filled with accomplished individuals from business, law and government." de la Vega has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining an AT&T Inc. predecessor company in 1974. Prior to being named to his current position in 2008, he served as president-Regional Telecommunications and Entertainment and then President and CEO-AT&T Mobility. Additionally, from 2004-2006, he served as COO of Cingular Wireless where he oversaw the Cingular-AT&T Wireless merger, the largest all-cash merger at the time. Before joining Cingular in January 2004, he served as president-BellSouth Latin America, with overall responsibility for BellSouth's operations in 11 countries. During his career, de la Vega has been instrumental in developing the company's relationships with Apple, Yahoo!, Starbucks and other strategic partners. de la Vega is the author of the just-released book, Obstacles Welcome: Turn Adversity into Advantage in Business and Life (Thomas Nelson,). New York Life Insurance Company is a mutual life insurance company in the United States. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]