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Jennifer L. Blevins Joins AXA Financial As Executive VP In Charge Of Human Resources

New York, NY -- Jennifer L. Blevins has joined AXA Financial, Inc., as Executive Vice President in charge of Human Resources, effective Jan. 2, 2002. The announcement was made today by Christopher "Kip" Condron, President and CEO of AXA Financial. She will report directly to Mr. Condron.

Ms. Blevins has assumed responsibility for all Human Resources functions, including compensation, benefits, recruiting, training, employee relations, HR operations, HR management information systems and HR communications.

"Based on her achievements both domestically and internationally in the financial services industry, I am confident that Jennifer will make significant contributions in further aligning the HR function with our strategic business and growth initiatives," Mr. Condron said. "She has clearly demonstrated the critically important management and leadership skills we need."

Ms. Blevins brings extensive human resources experience in financial services to her new role. She joins AXA Financial from Chubb & Son, where she was most recently Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Worldwide Human Resources. Earlier, she served as Senior Vice President, European Human Resources, for Chubb Insurance Company of Europe. While with Chubb in Europe, she served as Secretary of the corporation’s International Advisory Board and as a member of the Conference Board of Europe’s Human Resources Council.

Previously, she held human resources positions for First Interstate Bank of California, Los Angeles, and First Chicago.

Ms. Blevins graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She resides in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.

AXA Financial, Inc., with approximately $483 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2000, is one of the world's premier financial services organizations through its strong brands: The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., AXA Advisors, LLC, Alliance Capital Management L.P, Sanford C. Bernstein, and its premier wholesale distribution organization, Equitable Distributors. AXA Financial is a member of the global AXA Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth management. AXA’s operations are diverse geographically, with major operations in Western Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific region. AXA had $845 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2000 and reported consolidated revenues of approximately $74 billion for the full year 2000. The AXA ordinary share is listed and trades under the symbol AXAon the Paris Stock Exchange. The AXA American Depositary Share is also listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA.