Citizens Communications Announces Election of Two Directors to Board of Directors

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2005--Citizens Communications (NYSE: CZN) announced today that Larraine D. Segil and Myron A. Wick III were elected to the company's Board of Directors effective March 7, 2005.

Ms. Segil is a Partner at Vantage Partners, a consulting firm with expertise in helping companies manage their critical business relationships. She is a regular commentator on CNN, CNBC and Yahoo FinanceVision on alliances and mergers and is a monthly correspondent for IT Malaysia and IT Singapore.

Formerly CEO of an aerospace materials distribution company, Ms. Segil is the co-founder of The Lared Group, a Los Angeles-based international marketing consulting firm. She is also CEO of Larraine Segil Productions, Inc., a virtual corporation whose products include web-based programs, videos, satellite television, and live executive education. Ms. Segil earned a JD degree from Southwestern University and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Myron A. "Mike" Wick III is a principal in Proactive Partners, L.P., a merchant banking fund investing in, and providing financial services to, "micro cap" public companies. Since 1989, Mr. Wick has participated as a founder and investment banker for StoryFirst Communications, Inc., and served as Chairman of the Board from 1993 through 2003. StoryFirst is the largest privately-owned television and radio broadcast company in Russia.

In 1988, Mr. Wick co-founded McGettigan, Wick & Co., Inc., an investment banking firm providing financial advice to small public and private companies. In 1987, he created three joint ventures: Karo Bio in Sweden, Pac Bio in Australia, and Meta Bio with Pfizer in the U.S. for work with diabetes and obesity. Prior to this, he was COO of California Biotechnology, a publicly-traded biotechnology company. Earlier, he joined Bessemer Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in high-tech companies. From 1977 to 1983, he was CEO of Werner Erhard and Associates, a network of companies offering philosophical and educational courses and programs. From 1975 to 1977, he was President and CEO of Cox Hobbies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leisure Dynamics, Inc. of Minneapolis. Prior to this, Mr. Wick was the CFO and Director of Corporate Planning for Leisure Dynamics in New York and Minneapolis.

Mr. Wick is a graduate of Yale College and the Harvard Business School and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Columbia. He is currently a Director of Modtech Inc., StoryFirst Communications, Inc., MicroIslet, and Tanager Foundation. He is Chairman of the Hoffman Institute and The Natural Step. From 1985 to 1996, he was Chairman of Breakthrough for Youth, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to empowering inner-city youth. He was appointed by President George H. Bush as a member of the Peace Corps Advisory Council from 1991 to 1993.

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