Laura Lane to lead UPS office in D.C.

Laura Lane, an experienced public affairs professional with extensive government and corporate service, has been named to lead UPS’s public affairs office in District of Columbia, US and will oversee the company’s government relations efforts around the world.

Lane will succeed Arnie Wellman, who has guided UPS’s worldwide public affairs operations since 1992. Wellman is retiring after a combined 38 years of service in various UPS positions. The transition will be completed February 15, 2012.

"Arnie’s leadership and dedication to navigating the public affairs issues that affect UPS have ensured the company’s voice is heard and that UPS has the opportunity to prosper and grow," said Teri McClure, senior vice president, Legal and Compliance, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. "The company soon will look to Laura to provide that same type of leadership. She brings to UPS an incredibly broad range of global experience and that’s what a global company such as UPS requires."

Lane most recently worked as the managing director and head of international government affairs for Citigroup. Before joining Citi, Lane was the vice president for global public policy at Time Warner, where she represented the company on the federal and international levels on issues affecting Time Warner and its divisions.

Lane served in the US Foreign Service from 1990-1997, including postings to Bogota, Colombia and Rwanda. She worked in the State Department Operations Center from 1994-1995 as watch officer under Secretary Warren Christopher, then moved to the Trade Policy and Programs office in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs from 1995-1997. She served as the State Department representative on the US Basic Telecommunications negotiating team, which concluded the first-ever global agreement on basic telecommunications in 1996.

In her government career, Lane also was responsible for bilateral trade affairs with the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries at the US Trade Representative. There, she negotiated market access commitments on trade in services with China as part of its accession to the World Trade organization (WTO) and served as US negotiator for the WTO Financial Services negotiations, which resulted in a first-ever global agreement in 1997.

"I’m excited about starting this new chapter in my professional career," said Lane. "I’m joining a world-class public affairs team that’s dedicated to opening new markets and advancing policies that help UPS serve its customers around the world."

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