STAMFORD, Conn.--July 14, 2003-- Xerox Corporation's Board of Directors elected today Michael D. Brannigan to the additional post of corporate vice president. As senior vice president of the company's North American field sales operations, Brannigan is responsible for a direct sales force of 2,500 that sells and supports Xerox products and services in the United States and Canada. Brannigan, 55, joined Xerox in 1972 as a sales representative and has since held a variety of senior management positions including vice president of Xerox's upstate New York sales group, vice president of the federal public sector business and senior vice president of North American public sector operations. Brannigan holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in business administration from Loyola College of Maryland.