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Katherine J. (Kathy) Harless serves on the board of directors of Idearc Inc., the nation's most advanced provider of yellow pages and shopping information. Previously, Harless served as president and CEO of Idearc Inc. from 2006-2008. She served as president of Verizon Information Services from 2000-2006. Before that, she was president of GTE Airfone, where she directed overall operations, including the expansion of air-to-ground public telecommunications services in the United States and other countries. Harless worked for GTE from 1973 to 2000, starting in her hometown of San Angelo, Texas, and carrying out assignments of increasing responsibility in finance, sales, marketing and operations before being named regional president for GTE Telephone Operations in Texas and New Mexico in 1994. Harless serves on the board of directors for the Toro Company and on the advisory board for the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. She also serves as secretary treasurer on the Yellow Pages Association board. Harless is a member of the Committee of 200 and Leadership America. She was featured in the November/December 2005 issue of Profiles in Diversity Journal as one of 77 "Women Worth Watching in 2006." Harless earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. | 