Working Mother 2013 Working Mothers of the Year: Allison Cole, Verizon Communications

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Region President, Verizon New England; Boston, MA; mom of a toddler boy and a baby girl

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As the president of Verizon New England, Allison Cole is one of the highest-ranking women in the region, overseeing more than 4,000 employees. Her team supports sales and customer service operations for consumer and small business customers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Equally impressive as her responsibility, though, is how quickly she rose to her current role.

Allison began her career at Verizon in Arlington, Va., in 2000 at the manager level as just an individual contributor. She quickly moved up in the ranks, being promoted to director before turning 30. As one of Verizon’s emerging young leaders, Allison helped lead the roll out of the company’s nationwide fiber-optic FiOS broadband and TV service – one of the most aggressive investments Verizon has ever made. Today, Verizon serves more than five million FiOS customers, which has helped grow overall consumer revenue despite the continued decline in the traditional landline phone business.

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