On September 20, 2019, the Board of Directors of Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. approved the appointment of Diedre L. Williams to the position of Senior Vice President, Operations and People Matters of the Company effective September 22, 2019. In this role, Ms. Williams will be responsible for leadership of the company’s product and service delivery, customer service, engineering and human resources. Ms. Williams has served as the company’s Vice President of Human Resources since August 2015 and served as the Director of Human Resources Operations beginning in September 2011.