Lois Hedg-Peth

After a career spanning 23 years, Lois Hedg-peth retired from AT&T in November 2001. She held the position of president of fixed wireless operations immediately prior to her retirement. Hedg-peth joined AT&T in 1978 as an operations supervisor in Phoenix. She spent the next 12 years working in various assignments in the company. One of her earlier assignments was being in charge of the AT&T infrastructure and facilities for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 1990 Hedg-peth was promoted to access vice president, West. Based in California, she was responsible for access purchases in excess of $5 billion from Pacific Bell, US West, and GTE. Hedg-peth moved to New Jersey in 1992 to become general manager of domestic consumer communications services.

With her return to California in 1994, Hedg-peth became director of regulatory support. She was named regional vice president in Consumer Communications Services in 1995. In 1996 Hedg-peth began to lead AT&T's efforts to enter the local market in California, Hawaii, and Nevada. In 1997 Hedg-peth was named AT&T president, Pacific and Western states. In 1998, while serving in that same capacity, Hedg-peth was named the lead AT&T executive responsible for ensuring the efficient and timely implementation of the company's merger with Teleport Communications Group. In April 2000 she joined the wireless group of AT&T as president of fixed wireless operations.

Hedg-peth received a Bachelor of Science in Systems Science and Engineering degree from Washington University in 1978 and a master's of business administration from Pepperdine University in 1984. She attended the Program for Management Development at Harvard University in 1987.

Hedg-peth has served on the board of the USC Center for Telecommunications Management, the California Cable Television Board, the California Symphony Board, and the Women's Leadership Board for the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. She currently serves on the board of the Puente Learning Center in Los Angeles. Hedg-peth lives in Moraga, California, with her husband, Scott, and her two stepsons, Justin and Steve.