INTELLIBRIDGE EMPLOYEE NAMED 2005 AZALEA QUEEN

October 18, 2004 (Press Release) -- October 18, 2004, Washington, D.C. — Ms. Kristine Austgulen has been named the Azalea Queen for Norfolk International’s Azalea Festival 2005 to be held April 18 – 23. She is to represent her native country of Norway. Each year a NATO member nation is designated as Most Honored Nation and is represented by a queen who presides over the Festival. A citizen of Bergen, Norway, Ms. Austgulen is a graduate student studying international politics at American University in Washington, DC, and is an accomplished athlete and scholar. She was named Academic All-American Athlete of the Year in 2003. Ms. Austgulen has served on the business development team at Intellibridge since January of 2004 and has contributed to numerous successes at the company.

According to the festival’s website, the tradition of the International Azalea Festival began in 1953, just one year after the establishment of NATO's Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT) in Norfolk, VA. In that year, the citizens of Norfolk organized a salute to these allied forces in order to create new friendships, provide a basis for cultural exchange, recognize the military's role in maintaining peace in the world and pursue new lines of trade between Norfolk and the world. Former queens have included presidential daughters Luci Baines Johnson, Tricia Nixon, and Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower.