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Jeannie Diefenderfer has been appointed to the board of directors of MRV Communications, a communications service company in Chatsworth, Calif. Before retiring in 2012, Jeannie spent more than 28 years in leadership positions at Verizon Communications, most recently as senior vice president for Verizon Enterprise Solutions. She also serves on the boards of the Ms. Foundation for Women and Tufts University, from which she graduated with a BS in chemical engineering.