President, Verizon New Jersey

Dennis M. Bone is President - Verizon New Jersey and is responsible for all of Verizon’s corporate interests in New Jersey.

Prior to the Bell Atlantic / GTE merger, Bone was president and chief executive officer of Bell Atlantic-West Virginia, a position he held since 1995. Prior to that, he was vice president-external affairs for Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.


Bone started his Bell Atlantic career in 1979 as an outside plant engineer for New Jersey Bell. He worked in operations, competitive assessment, rate planning and regulatory matters before being named vice president-external affairs for Bell Atlantic-New Jersey on March 1, 1993.

Bone is a 1973 graduate of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. He also has a Master of Business Administration degree in finance and economics from Rutgers University and a Master of Science degree in counseling from The Johns Hopkins University. He also has been awarded three honorary doctorates.

Bone is on the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the Newark Alliance, the Liberty Science Center, Centenary College and the New Jersey Network Foundation. In addition, he is on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the New Jersey Utilities Association. Bone serves on Governor Corzine’s Economic Growth Council, the State Employment and Training Commission and is Chairman of the State Council for Adult Literacy Education Services. Bone also is Chairman of the West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation.