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Contact: Eileen Cassidy Rivera
Vice President Communications
eileen.rivera@vangent.com


VANGENT, INC. CONTRIBUTES $10K TO VIRGINIA TECH “HOKIE SPIRIT MEMORIAL FUND”

Corporate Donation to Assist Families and Victims of April 16 Tragedy

Arlington, VA, September 17, 2007 - Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and business process outsourcing solutions, today announced it contributed $10,000 to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund, established by the Virginia Tech Foundation, to provide a vehicle for donors seeking to make donations to assist families, victims and the Virginia Tech community in the wake of the tragic events of April 16.

Vangent initiated a matching gift program and posted a link to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund on its company website to facilitate online donations from employees and concerned citizens. Vangent is committed to helping the communities where its employees live and work, and believes that giving back to the community is an important principle of corporate social responsibility. The company sponsors an annual Community Giving Program, in addition to supporting special needs such as the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.

“We were deeply saddened by the unspeakable tragedy of April 16,” stated Mac Curtis, President and CEO of Vangent, Inc. “Many of us in Arlington and Northern Virginia have ties to Virginia Tech as an institution where our senior leaders and employees attended college, or where the children of our neighbors, colleagues and friends currently attend. As a new school year begins and the university community remembers the victims, we hope that Vangent’s contribution to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund will help the affected families.”

About Vangent, Inc.
With over 5,500 employees worldwide, Vangent, Inc. is a leading global provider of Consulting, Systems Integration, Human Capital Management and Business Process Outsourcing services to the U.S. federal and international governments, higher education institutions and corporations. Clients include the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Justice and Labor; the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, as well as Fortune 500 companies.

Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the company has offices throughout the U.S. and in Mexico, the U.K., Canada, Venezuela and Argentina.

Vangent, Inc.
4250 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 1200
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (703) 284-5600
FAX: (703) 284-5628

 
 


 


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