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USTelecom hires Mike Saperstein, ex-Frontier Communications, as vice president-law and policy, effective April 9, and Kelly Misselwitz, ex-aide to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., as vice president-government affairs, effective March 22 ... Claude Aiken is departing as Commissioner Mignon Clyburn's wireline legal adviser, they confirm; he reportedly is to become president of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association; WISPA and Aiken declined to comment ... Internet Association hires Jordan Haas, ex-International Trade Administration, as director-trade and international policy, succeeding Ari Giovenco, hired by Amazon.

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With American Enterprise Institute Executive Director-Media Relations and Strategic Marketing Judy Mayka Stecker hired by Department of Health and Human Services as assistant secretary-public affairs, AEI's Michael Pratt returns to media department as director-media relations and marketing ... IBM hires Leigh Feldman, ex-Citigroup, as managing director, Promontory Financial Group and head, U.S. privacy practice in global privacy and data protection team ... Nuance Communications board votes to hire Mark Benjamin, leaving NCR, as CEO, effective April 23, succeeding Paul Ricci, retiring effective March 29; Chief Financial Officer Dan Tempesta will be interim CEO between the two chiefs.

Meredith promotes Klarn DePalma to executive vice president, MNI Targeted Media and Dana Neves to vice president-general manager, WFSB Hartford, succeeding DePalma ... TeenSafe smartphone monitoring service hires Scott Hotes, ex-Voleon Capital Management, as chief technology officer ... Sinclair promotes Lee Schlazer to vice president-distribution.

Madrona Venture Group adds Sudip Chakrabarti, ex-Lightspeed Venture Partners, as partner, Investment team ... Best Buy adds Richelle Parham, general partner in private equity firm Camden Partners Holdings, to its board ... Limelight Networks says Mark Midle, Goldman Sachs, resigns from its board.