RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., November 18, 2005.

Empatha, Inc., today announced the election of Arisa Batista Cunningham of Johnson & Johnson, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Ms. Cunningham is Vice President, Diversity, Medical Devices & Diagnostics Group Worldwide, Johnson & Johnson Corporate Staff. In this role, Ms. Cunningham is responsible for initiating and coordinating activity within the Medical Devices & Diagnostics Group to achieve the diversity vision throughout the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.

Ms. Cunningham has extensive experience in domestic and international marketing, strategic planning and patient advocacy with major consumer and pharmaceutical companies, including Procter & Gamble, American Can Company, Revlon, and American Home Products. She joined Johnson & Johnson in 1994 as the Director of Marketing, Direct Access Diagnostics, where she established the marketing, sales, and public relations strategies for the world's first home HIV Testing and Counseling Service.

More recently, Ms. Cunningham was Director, Patient Advocacy, in the Strategic Consumer Group, supporting Ortho Biotech Products and Tibotec Therapeutics, Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies. Many different awards, including J&J Achievement, J&J Team Excellence, J&J Standards of Leadership, several OBI President's Cup Awards, and the OBI Teal Diamond Awards, have acknowledged her work in this capacity.

“Arisa Batista Cunningham brings a wealth of experience and talent to the Empatha Board, and a unique perspective from the community level,” says Dr. Gary Noble, Chair of the Board. “It is also a great pleasure to have the opportunity to work with Arisa, one of the most accomplished and delightful colleagues I had while I was with Johnson & Johnson.”

Empatha, Inc., is a health communications company providing premium quality contact centers on sensitive health and human services issues. It offers a full range of services to federal and state governments, the pharmaceutical industry, contract research organizations, biotechnology companies, and social service organizations. The services include test results counseling, research study enrollment, research study implementation and support training, curriculum design and implementation, technical assistance programs, and direct consumer response.

Empatha, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Social Health Association (ASHA), a nonprofit organization based in Research Triangle Park and founded in 1914.