Alternate Access® president to compete in Man &Woman of the Year fundraiser for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

RALEIGH, N.C. (March 29, 2007) – Adrienne K. Lumpkin, president and director of marketing at
Alternate Access®, will compete in the Triangle Man & Woman of the Year fundraiser, hosted by
the Eastern N.C. Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Alternate Access is a leading
provider of converged communications solutions. Money raised during her eight-week fundraising
campaign will help fund research to cure blood cancers.

In its fourth year, the local event raises money to assist in the Society’s mission to cure leukemia,
lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their
families. Nearly 4,000 new cases of blood cancer are anticipated in North Carolina alone this
year, with 118,000 expected nationwide.

“This fundraiser offers so much more than healthy competition with my peers,” said Lumpkin. “It
provides an opportunity to help raise awareness of leukemia, lymphoma and other types of blood
cancers. To know that the money we raise will help find cures for and assist families affected by
these diseases – that is a great feeling.”

Lumpkin specifically hopes to raise awareness of myeloma, which occurs in African-Americans at
nearly double the incidence rate over Americans of European decent.

During the eight-week fundraiser, candidates can raise money via e-mail with an online
fundraising Web page, letter writing, special events and personal requests. Candidates can begin
accepting donations at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, following the campaign’s kick-off event.
Winners will be announced in May at a grand finale event. To donate to Lumpkin’s campaign visit
her site at www.lls.org/ncemwoy.

All candidates for Woman of the Year will raise money in honor of the 2007 Boy of the Year, Ryan
Carasiti, a brave youth from the Triangle who has battled acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) for
3 years. Leukemia is the leading disease-killer of children under the age of 15.

The Society expects to invest $62 million in research in 2007, with $6.1 million funding research
projects at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

For more information on Adrienne Lumpkin’s participation in the Man & Woman of the Year
fundraiser, contact Lia Luisi at (919) 463-9680 or via e-mail at lluisi@marketsmart.net.

To learn more about the Man & Woman of the Year fundraiser or the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society, visit www.lls.org or call the Chapter office at (919) 677-3993.

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About Adrienne K. Lumpkin
Adrienne Lumpkin co-founded Alternate Access with her partner and husband, Kelly, 14 years
ago. A graduate of Harvard Business School, she brings 20 years of marketing experience in the
technology sector, via marketing and management roles at IBM and Hewlett-Packard, to the
table, ensuring Alternate Access keeps a consistent hand on the pulse of the marketplace.

Adrienne is the Central Region chair of the Wake County Public School Business Alliance
Leadership Team, and serves as president-elect on the Enloe High School PTSA board, as well
as being a parent representative for the School Improvement Plan. She has received the Triangle
Business Journal’s Women in Business Award and the Business Leader Woman Extraordinaire
Award. She is a lifetime member of the National Black MBA Association, having served six years
on the National Board of Directors. This organization has recognized her twice as MBA of the
Year, awarded her the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Award of Relevance, and recognized Alternate Access
as Small Business of the Year.

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 the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®, based in White Plains, N.Y., is the world’s largest
voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient
services. The Society’s mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma,
and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since its founding in 1949, the
Society has provided more than $483 million for research specifically targeting blood cancers.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Eastern N.C. Chapter serves patients in 49 Eastern North
Carolina counties. The Triangle-based chapter, with a satellite office in Wilmington, raises money
for research leading to a cure for blood cancers and to enhance the quality of life for local patients
through services such as family support groups, educational programs and financial assistance.

Alternate Access® president to compete in Man &Woman of the Year fundraiser for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

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