Alternate Access® President Named Woman Business Owner of the Year

RALEIGH, N.C. (June 29, 2007) – Alternate Access® president and director of marketing Adrienne K. Lumpkin has been named the 2007 Woman Business Owner of the Year by the Greater Raleigh chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners at the installation and award ceremony held last night at Brier Creek Country Club.

The annual award is presented to a NAWBO member based on exemplary performance in several areas, including business accomplishments, ability to overcome obstacles, involvement in NAWBO, support of other women business owners, and civic and community involvement.

“I am honored to receive this award,” stated Lumpkin. “NAWBO is such an important, rewarding part of my life. NAWBO continuously provides numerous opportunities for women business owners to serve, share insights and learn from others, develop friendships and support each other’s businesses.”

Lumpkin was nominated by the 2006 award recipient, and fellow NAWBO member, Judy T. Smith, owner of Smith Seal of NC. Smith explained, “Adrienne lives and breathes NAWBO and has tirelessly, skillfully and cheerfully served the organization. She is an inspiration to women and a great motivator – and she does all of this with grace and charm.”

An 11-year member of the Greater Raleigh NAWBO, Lumpkin has served the organization in various capacities, including serving on the national nominating committee, serving on the local board for three years – as president for one year – and taking on myriad special projects.

Lumpkin’s company, Alternate Access, is a leading provider of converged communications solutions that has nearly tripled its installed base of clients over the past three years. It has also grown one of its niche markets, the florist industry, by 60 percent. Today the company has customers nationwide and in Canada.

For more information on Alternate Access, contact Lia Luisi at (919) 463-9680 or via e-mail at lia.luisi@thinkpartnership.com.

About Alternate Access
Founded in 1993, Raleigh, North Carolina-based Alternate Access provides intelligent
business phone systems to small-business and branch-office clients locally and nationwide.
Their innovative phone system solutions help increase profits by boosting staff performance
and efficiency, enhancing customer service, and adding management reporting capabilities
– all while decreasing labor and infrastructure costs. Products include IP-PBX with Voice
over IP, fax servers, unified messaging, Web collaboration, interactive voice response and
call center applications, headsets and specialty phones. By employing extensive experience
and best practices, award-winning Alternate Access works in partnership with its customers
to build creative yet cost-effective solutions. Customers discover sustainable competitive
advantages while unlocking new business opportunities and reducing operations costs. For
more information on Alternate Access visit www.AlternateAccess.com.

About NAWBO
Founded in 1975, NAWBO propels women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political
spheres of power worldwide. Thirty years later, NAWBO is still the only organization that
solely represents the interest of women entrepreneurs in all industries. The organization’s
mission is to strengthen the wealth-creating capacity of its members and promote economic
development; to create innovative and effective change in the business culture; to build
strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and to transform public policy and influence
opinion makers. Visit www.nawbo.org for more information.

Alternate Access® President Named Woman Business Owner of the Year

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