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Peabody Energy announced today that Lina A. Young has been named to the new position of vice president - health care management, reporting to Executive Vice President - Human Resources and Administration Sharon D. Fiehler.

The position will oversee initiatives to ensure that employee and retiree health care benefits are provided at appropriate costs in a rapidly changing environment. Young will have responsibility for all health care initiatives including health and welfare plans, cost containment, workers' compensation programs and related retiree costs. Bob Sanders, director - health and welfare plans, and Danny Moriarty, director - cost containment, will report to her.

Young joined Peabody in 1994 from Southwestern Bell and has since served in several information services roles, most recently as vice president - information services. She has a master's degree in telecommunications and a master's degree in information management, both from Washington University in St. Louis, and a bachelor's degree in computer science from Tulane School of Engineering in New Orleans.

Information services functions will temporarily report to Mark Phillips, director - business solutions.

Peabody Energy is the world's largest private-sector coal company, with 2001 sales of 194 million tons of coal and $2.6 billion in revenues. Its coal products fuel more than 9 percent of all U.S. electricity generation and more than 2 percent of worldwide electricity generation.

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SOURCE: Peabody Energy