Public Welfare Foundation Appoints Mary E. McClymont as President; More Personnel News From the Nonprofit World

AIDS Foundation of Chicago: Appointed David Ernesto Munar, vice president, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Mark Ishaug, who will become president and chief executive officer of AIDSUnited, a newly created organization in Washington resulting from the merger of theNational AIDS Fund and AIDS Action.

American Forests (Washington): Appointed Scott Steen, executive director of the American Ceramics Society (Columbus, Ohio), to be chief executive officer. (See article.)

AmeriCares (Stamford, Conn.): Announced the death of Robert C. Macauley, founder, on December 26. He was 87.

Children, Incorporated (Richmond, Va.): Appointed Marianne Vermeer, a senior fellow at the Acumen Fund (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Marian Cummins, who has retired from this organization that serves needy children all over the world.

Coal River Mountain Watch (Whitesville, W.Va.): Announced the death of its executive director, Julia (Judy) Bonds, on January 3. She was 58.

Community Partnership for Homeless (Miami): Appointed Holly Woodbury, development director at Denver Parks and Recreation, to be director of development.

Crittenton Women’s Union (Boston): Appointed Aisha Francis-Samuels, director of major gifts and donor relations at the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation (Boston), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Cultural Survival (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Suzanne Benally, associate provost for institutional planning and assessment at Naropa U. (Boulder, Colo.), to be executive director of this group that protects indigenous lands, languages, and cultures around the world.

Direct Relief International (Santa Barbara, Calif.): Appointed Kerri Murray, senior director of cardiovascular marketing at GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, based in the Philadelphia office, to bevice president of marketing, communications, and development.

Feed the Children (Oklahoma City): Appointed Cass Wheeler, former chief executive officer of the American Heart Association (Dallas), to be interim president.

GenerationOn (New York): Appointed Christopher Caruso, an assistant commissioner at the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, to be executive director. GenerationOn encourages young people to participate in volunteering and community service.

Ms. Foundation for Women (New York): Appointed Anika Rahman, president of Americans for UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), to be president and chief executive officer. (See article.)

New Mexico State U. Foundation (Las Cruces): Appointed Dennis Prescott, vice president and special adviser to the president for advancement at Baylor U. (Waco, Tex.), to be president.

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona): Appointed Phillip T. Ellmore, assistant vice president at Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pa.), to be chief development officer and executive director of its foundation.

San Francisco AIDS Foundation: Appointed Neil Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Los Angeles), to be chief executive officer.

Save the Children (Westport, Conn.): Announced the retirement of Charles F. MacCormack, president and chief executive officer, effective once his successor has been appointed.

Seton Foundations (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Kenneth L. Gladish, president and chief executive officer of the Austin Community Foundation, to be president and chief executive officer, and senior philanthropic adviser to the Seton Family of Hospitals. He succeeds Gene Attal, who has resigned.

Settlement Music School (Philadelphia): Appointed Amelia Schmertz, director of advancement at the Urban Affairs Coalition (Philadelphia), to be director of development.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program (Boston): Appointed Benjamin Pierce, executive director, to be president.

World Wildlife Fund (Washington): Appointed Rebecca Girvin-Argon, chief philanthropy officer at the Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.), to be senior vice president for development.

Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, Mass.): Appointed Susan Bronson, director of development at the Austen Riggs Center (Stockbridge, Mass.), to be executive director.

YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles: Appointed Alan H. Hostrup, president and chief executive officer of the YMCA of Greater Long Beach (Calif.), to be chief executive officer and president.

Grant Makers

The California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills): Announced the retirement of Gary L. Yates, president and chief executive officer, effective on December 31, 2011.

Elkhart County Community Foundation (Elkhart, Ind.): Announced the retirement of W. Earl Taylor, president, effective on June 30.

Greater New Orleans Foundation: Appointed Joann Ricci, founder and principal of her own consulting firm for charities, grant makers, and educational organizations, based in Chicago, to be vice president of organizational effectiveness, a newly created position.

Houston Endowment: Appointed David Lake, a foundation-relations officer at the U. of Houston, to be a grant officer in the arts and culture program area.

Joyce Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Gretchen Crosby Sims, director of strategic initiatives, to be vice president of programs.

Marie C. and Joseph C. Wilson Foundation (Rochester, N.Y.): Appointed Megan Bell, program manager at the American Institute of Architects (Washington), to be executive director.

PetSmart Charities (Phoenix): Appointed Joy Chesbrough, director of resource development and corporate relations at Medical Assistance Programs International (Brunswick, Ga.), to be director of philanthropy, a newly created position.

Public Welfare Foundation (Washington): Appointed Mary E. McClymont, executive director of Global Rights (Washington), to be president. She succeeds Deborah Leff, who is now Deputy Counselorfor Access to Justice at the United States Department of Justice.

Spencer Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Diana Hess, a professor of curriculum and instruction at the U. of Wisconsin at Madison, to be senior vice president.