Colorado Diversity Council Recognizes Level 3's Maggie Chan Jones as Top Influential Woman Leader

BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced Maggie Chan Jones, senior vice president of North America Marketing, is one of nine women to receive the Colorado Diversity Council's Most Powerful and Influential Women Award for 2014. The award highlights high-ranking female professionals in various industries who exhibit the tenacity it takes to excel in their fields of expertise.

"We are proud to award these noteworthy women with the Most Powerful and Influential Women Award," said Dennis Kennedy, Founder & CEO of the Colorado Diversity Council. "Their accomplishments blaze a path for the next generation of female leaders."

"I am humbled and honored to receive this award along with such talented and pioneering Colorado businesswomen," said Jones. "This award highlights the positive impact female leaders can have in their communities, and I look forward to continuing with my work at Level 3 to help pave the way for other women to achieve their goals and reach their leadership potential." 

As head of marketing for the North America region at Level 3 Communications, Jones is responsible for defining the company's regional marketing strategy, creating customer-focused marketing programs, and driving return on marketing investments to deliver financial results.

Before joining Level 3, Maggie spent more than seven years at Microsoft Corporation. Most recently, she was the marketing director of U.S. Cloud Services and Office 365. Her team led the launch and implementation of the Office 365 business in the United States. Prior to that role, Maggie held several leadership and global marketing positions in product marketing, product management, and channel strategy and development at Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and ADIC.

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About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that provides local, national and global communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Level 3's comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 500 markets in over 60 countries over a global services platform anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected by extensive undersea facilities. For more information, please visit www.level3.com or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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