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Manish Bhatia (MBA) has joined digital measurement and analytics firm comScore, Inc., as chief revenue officer. He most recently served as executive VP of new product innovation at Arbitron. Rebecca Holecko (MBA) has founded SAT by MBA, an SAT tutor center, in Parsippany, N.J. Holecko is community liaison representative from the Montville Township Literacy Foundation.
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Bruce Higson-Smith (MBA) has been appointed to the board of directors of Saskatoon, Canada–based Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. A mining engineer, Higson-Smith is senior VP of corporate strategy at Golden Star Resources Ltd. In November Chester McPherson was appointed acting commissioner of the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB). He has served as the deputy commissioner of market operations for DISB since 2011.
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In January Eric Rivera (MPA) was appointed VP for student affairs at San Diego State University. He was formerly acting VP.
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John P. Butler (MBA) has joined the board of directors at Relypsa, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that develops and manufactures drugs to treat disorders in the areas of renal, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases. He is the president and CEO of Akebia.
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Klein Wealth Management, helmed by Peter J. Klein (MBA), recently entered into partnership with HighTower entrepreneurial advisors, where Klein is now partner and managing director. Thomas Walker (MBA) is CFO of Tableau Software, which launched a successful IPO last year.
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In February Alessandra Otero-Reiss (MBA) was one of 12 television executives honored at the Multicultural TV Leadership Awards ceremony in New York, sponsored by Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News. Otero-Reiss is VP of multicultural marketing at Time Warner Cable, where she has worked since 2009.
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Yoav Sibony has been hired as VP of global sales by Harvard Bioscience, Inc., which develops products used to advance life science research and regenerative medicine. He previously served as global sales effectiveness manager at Corning Life Sciences. Victoria E. (Siculiano) Smith is an online marketing coach and founder of Say WOW Marketing. She is the host of the Smarter Online Marketing podcast, geared to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
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Rachel Katz-Galatt (MBA) is founder of Healthy Mama, which offers support, resources, and product solutions for pregnant, nursing, and busy moms. Katherine Sheehan (MBA) is executive VP and general manager of research company GfK’s consumer trends team.
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Anna Aleman (MPA), executive director of the FEMAP Foundation, was given the 2013 Hicks-Middagh Award, presented annually to the University of Texas at El Paso alumnus/alumna who best represents excellence in the communications field. Michelle DePass (MPA) has been named dean of the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at the New School. She will also be the Tishman Professor of Environmental Policy and Management as part of her appointment. She previously worked at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where she served as assistant administrator for international and tribal affairs.