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Claudia S. Toussaint
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
and Chief Ethics Officer
EMBARQ
Claudia Toussaint is General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics Officer for EMBARQ. This NYSE-listed company has approximately 18,000 employees and operates in 18 states offering voice, data, high speed internet, wireless and entertainment services to over 5 million customers.
In her position, Ms. Toussaint is responsible for the company’s legal affairs as well as corporate governance and legal support for the Board of Directors. Ms. Toussaint also oversees the company’s ethics & compliance program. Ms. Toussaint previously served as Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics Officer.
Prior to her roles at EMBARQ, Ms. Toussaint served as Vice President, Corporate Governance and Ethics, and Corporate Secretary for Sprint, a role she assumed in April 2003. From 1997 through early 2003, she served as an attorney for Sprint Corporation and its operating subsidiaries in roles of increasing and varied responsibility.
Before joining Sprint in 1997, Ms. Toussaint was an attorney at the Los Angeles office of Morrison & Foerster LLP.
Ms. Toussaint holds a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California in Los Angeles.