Abt Associates Names Kathleen L. Flanagan as President and CEO

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Abt Associates announced that
Kathleen L. Flanagan has been named President and CEO, succeeding Wendell J.
Knox who had announced his retirement in June of last year. Knox, who has
served as President and CEO for the last 17 years, will continue to serve on
the company's Board of Directors. Flanagan will assume her new position on
October 1, 2009.

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Since 2005, Flanagan has led the company's Social, Economic and Health Policy
Line of Business as Group Vice President. In this capacity she is responsible
for leading the company's entire domestic line of business encompassing a
portfolio of health, environment, and social and economic policy projects.
This line of business accounts for over $100 million in annual revenue and
include approximately 300 staff.

"An extensive search process was completed by the Board of Directors which
considered many candidates from a wide variety of fields. I am delighted that
Kathleen was chosen unanimously by the Board. We believe Kathleen has the
leadership skills, industry and policy knowledge, and strategic and
operational experience to lead our growing and multi-faceted business," said
Abt Associates Chairman John A. Shane.

Flanagan joined the company in 1983 as a policy analyst in the Health Area and
since that time has worked across the broad range of markets and policy areas
that reflect the company's business today. In 1989 she became Managing Vice
President of the company's Labor Economics Research Area, overseeing research
on workforce development and income security programs. In the mid-1990's
Flanagan and her education colleagues launched an international workforce and
education practice winning projects from clients including USAID, The World
Bank and the U.S. Department of Labor. In 1998, she launched the company's
Housing and Community Revitalization practice and built a team of more than 75
researchers and technical assistance staff working on affordable housing and
community development policies at the federal, state and local levels. Since
2001, she has been a member of the company's senior executive team, playing a
prominent role in shaping the company's growth strategy and attracting top
talent to the company.

"I am honored to be chosen as Abt Associates' fourth President and CEO. My
predecessors built an impressive company with a large and diverse portfolio of
high quality, high impact research, technical assistance and implementation
projects worldwide. I look forward to working with my colleagues to build on
this success and firmly establish Abt Associates as a global leader that
delivers high impact results for our clients," said Flanagan.

Flanagan received a B.A. in Economics and Master of Science in Public Policy
from the University of Rochester in New York.

Abt Associates applies scientific research, technical assistance, survey, and
consulting expertise to a wide range of social, economic and health policy
issues; international development; clinical trials and registries; and complex
business problems. Founded in 1965, the company provides services to U.S.
federal, state and local governments; universities and foundations; media; and
major corporations. In fiscal year 2009 the company had revenue of $264
million. Its staff of over 1,300 is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Atlanta, Georgia; Bethesda, Maryland; Durham, North Carolina; Lexington,
Massachusetts (Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions, Inc.); New York, New York (Abt SRBI);
and in Africa, Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

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Peter Broderick, Vice President, Corporate Communications of Abt Associates,
+1-617-349-2882, peter_broderick@abtassociates.com