Mae Douglas was appointed Vice President and Chief People Officer for Cox Communications in 2000. She is responsible for all of Cox’s human resources functions, including talent and leadership development, organizational development, workforce planning & recruiting, employee relations, labor relations, diversity, compensation and human resources management systems.

Ms. Douglas joined CableRep, Cox’s advertising sales division, in 1995 as Manager of Employee Relations and was promoted to Director of Employee Relations in 1998. She was promoted to Regional Vice President of Ad Sales for CableRep in 1999.

Ms. Douglas joined Cox from Ciba-Geigy Corporation in Greensboro, NC, where she was responsible for all human resources functions for the company’s Agricultural Division.

Ms. Douglas is a graduate of the University of North Carolina where she earned a B.A. degree in Sociology.

She currently serves on the board of directors for the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), was formerly a board member for the Women in Cable and Telecommunications Foundation (WICT) and Cable Positive. In 2002, Douglas was selected as a Woman to Watch by WICT and in 2003, she was selected as a Wonder Woman by WICT and MultiChannel News. She has been listed among the Top 50 minorities and women in cable in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2005 she was presented the first Pioneer award for outstanding leadership and commitment to diversity by NAMIC Atlanta as part of its 25 year celebration. The Kaitz Foundation that same year named her a diversity champion in the industry. In 2005, Black Professional Magazine listed her among their Top 100 Blacks in Corporate America.

Under her leadership Cox Communications has received recognition for its people practices from WICT and Working Mother Media as Best Operator For Women in 2003, 2004, and 2005; Training Magazine Top 100 for workforce training and development in 2005; DiversityInc Top 50 companies for Diversity in 2005 and Cable World Top 10 companies in cable in 2006.

She is also a member of the Society of Human Resources Management, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources, and the Grady Health System Foundation Board.

August 2006