People

Albany College of Pharmacy of Union U. (N.Y.): Appointed Cathy Chazen Stone, a staff member at New York State Department of Health (Albany), to be coordinator of educational grants.

Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland): Appointed Carrie Higginbotham, director of alumni affairs and friends programs, to be director of leadership programs for the office of development and alumni affairs, and Shawna L. Hofstetter, development director at Transitional Housing (Cleveland), to be director of alumni affairs and friends programs.

Center for Creative Studies (Detroit): Appointed Patricia A. Glascock, director of admissions, to be director of alumni relations; Joseph A. Impellizzeri, manager of fund development at the Detroit Police Athletic League, to be director of corporate and foundation relations; and Molly A. Shor, major-gifts officer at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan (Detroit), to be director of individual and annual giving.

Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia): Appointed Catherine Quinn, director of continuing education and cultural programming at Bucks County Community College (Newtown, Pa.), to be director of development.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Va.): Appointed Ken Wolfe, director of planned giving, to be director of principal gifts.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. (Daytona Beach, Fla.): Appointed Perry T. Fulkerson, chief constituency officer and associate campaign director at Clemson U. (S.C.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Epilepsy Foundation of America (Landover, Md.): Appointed Eric R. Hargis, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of the Arthritis Foundation (Atlanta), to be chief executive officer, effective February 1. He succeeds Paulette V. Maehara, who resigned in May to become president and chief executive officer of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (Alexandria, Va.).

Gay Men’s Health Crisis (New York): Appointed Joshua Lipsman, director of the Alexandria Health Department (Va.), to be executive director.

Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.): Appointed William Billiter, director of development for corporate and foundation relations and special development programs at Dartmouth College Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Hanover, N.H.), to be director of foundations and corporations.

Heifer Project International (Little Rock, Ark.): Appointed Janet K. Ginn, assistant to the executive vice-president, to be vice-president of marketing.

Jewish Museum San Francisco: Appointed Constance Wolf, associate director of public programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), to be director.

Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore): Appointed Lisa Libowitz, a consultant in Baltimore, to be director of communications for the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, and Janet Sanfilippo, assistant provost, to be director of city and community relations.

Le Moyne College (Syracuse, N.Y.): Appointed Adrian V. Kerrigan, assistant vice-president for development at St. Joseph’s U. (Philadelphia), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Long Island U., Southampton College (N.Y.): Appointed Carol Gilbert, director of admissions, to be director of alumni relations and special events.

Massachusetts Service Alliance (Boston): Appointed Maureen Curley, director of public policy at Community Service Society of New York, to be executive director.

Mississippi State U. Foundation: Appointed Bryce Griffis, president of Sturgis Timber Company (Starkville, Miss.), to be president.

Partners in Education (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Cathleen Healy, a consultant in Washington, to be director of membership services; Lauren Lamarche, program assistant at the American Lung Association (Fairfax, Va.), to be communications manager; Sara Melnick, director of development, to be director of programs and projects; and Barbara St. Amand, a consultant in Washington, to be director of development.

Population Council (New York): Appointed Linda G. Martin, vice-president for research development at RAND (Santa Monica, Cal.), to be president, effective in February. She will succeed Margaret Catley-Carlson, who announced her intention to resign earlier this year.

Public Broadcasting Service (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Jean C. Chase, director of early-childhood national programming at South Carolina Educational Television (Spartanburg), to be director of the Ready to Learn Service.

Ringling School of Art and Design (Sarasota, Fla.): Appointed Terri Arnell, director of special events in the law school’s office of alumni relations and development at Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), to be director of development.

Roosevelt College (Chicago): Appointed Luisa C. Miller, director of program funding at the Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago), to be executive director of the Chicago Board, which raises funds for student scholarships and special projects.

St. Leo College (Fla.): Appointed Meredith Elorfi, public-relations officer at the American Heart Association (St. Petersburg, Fla.), to be director of public relations; Thomas Pinataro, director of development at the American Red Cross (Tampa, Fla.), to be director of development; and Janet S. Witmer, executive director of SERVE Inc. (St. Petersburg), to be director of alumni relations.

State U. of New York at Buffalo: Appointed Janet Penksa, vice-president at the Center for Health Policy Studies (Albany, N.Y.), to be associate vice-president for university services.

Thirteen/WNET (New York): Appointed Edward Mills, director of the marketing division at the U.S. Committee for UNICEF (New York), to be director of membership.

U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville: Appointed Rebecca M. Wood, coordinator of recruitment publications, to be manager of media relations.

U. of North Florida (Jacksonville): Appointed Janette Vega, development coordinator at the Actuarial Foundation (Schaumburg, Ill.), to be development officer for the College of Computing Sciences and Engineering.

U.S. Soccer Foundation (Washington): Appointed Dave Tyahla, legislative representative for the Chemical Manufacturers Association (Arlington, Va.), to be grant-administration manager.

United Way of New York City: Appointed Richard J. Geswell, vice-president for volunteer and chapter support at the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.), to be senior vice-president for financial resource development.

Up With People (Broomfield, Colo.): Appointed Kimberley A. R. Coupounas, chief operating officer at the Schakleton Schools (Boston), to be vice-president and chief operating officer; Pat Glassner, director of the Longmont Community Foundation (Colo.), to be director of alumni relations; Rebecca Gray, primary media liaison for interplanetary exploration missions at Lockheed Martin Astronautics (Denver), to be director of public relations; Bente Nielsen, director of the European headquarters, to be director of European operations, based in Brussels; and Charlotte Warren, a music teacher in Qatar, to be director of annual giving.

Vermont Land Trust (Montpelier): Appointed Whitney Brice, acting director of development and director of major gifts at Fletcher Allen Health Care (Burlington, Vt.), to be director of development and communications.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. (Blacksburg): Appointed Nevin Kessler, interim associate vice-president of development, to be associate vice-president of development.

Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.): Appointed Wendy Hopkins, associate director of alumni relations, to be director of alumni relations and secretary of the Society of Alumni.

Winona State U. (Minn.): Appointed James C. Schmidt, vice-president for student affairs at Riverland Community College (Austin, Minn.), to be vice-president for university advancement.

Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra (Madison): Appointed Sarah Sirios, development coordinator at the Benedictine Life Foundation (Madison), to be development and communications director.

GRANT MAKERS

The Central Indiana Community Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Brenda Delaney, bookkeeper at the accounting firm of Birk, Gross, Bell, and Coulter (Indianapolis), to be accounting manager, and Ralph Taylor, director of outreach service at the Indiana Youth Institute (Indianapolis) and Pamela Velo, agency liaison at United Way of Central Indiana (Indianapolis), to be program officers.

Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region (Fredericksburg, Va.): Appointed Steven P. Miller, national director of anti-hunger ministries at the United Church of Christ (Cleveland), to be executive director.

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (Asheville): Appointed Sheryl L. Aikman, director of the annual fund and alumni affairs at the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Law, to be director of donor and affiliate services.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Announced the resignation of Miguel Angel Corzo, director of the Getty Conservation Institute.

The Grand Rapids Foundation (Mich.): Appointed Lynne Black, finance and administration director, to be vice-president for finance and administration; Molly Parker, development director, to be vice-president for development; and Marcia Rapp, program director, to be vice-president for programs. The foundation also appointed Ruth Bishop, executive assistant, to be education program associate, and Lon Swartzentruber, vice-president of operations at Pathfinder Resources (St. Paul), to be donor-relations director.

Kaiser Permanente-Central Eastern Division (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Patricia Mathews, senior economic-development consultant at D.C. Agenda (Washington), to be divisional director of community relations.

Henry Luce Foundation (New York): Appointed Michael F. Gilligan, director of accreditation and leadership education at the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (Pittsburgh), to be program director for theology, and Helena Kolenda, a corporate associate at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York), to be program officer for Asia.

Philadelphia Foundation: Appointed Fernando Chang-Muy, coordinator of the Emma Lazarus Partnership of Southeastern Pennsylvania, to be a program officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Corporate Counsel Association Foundation (Washington): Elected Catherine R. Mack, vice-president, general counsel, and secretary at Federal Realty Investment Trust (Rockville, Md.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America (New York): Elected Peter L. Haynes, president and chief executive officer of the Consumers Water Company (Portland, Me.), to be chairman of the Board of Governors.

CDC Foundation (Atlanta): Elected Bernard Marcus, chairman of the Home Depot (Atlanta), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Dance/USA (Washington): Elected D. David Brown, general manager of the Boston Ballet, to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Education & Assistance Corporation (Hempstead, N.Y.): Elected Steven J. Eisman, senior partner in the law firm of Bee, Eisman, & Ready (Mineola, N.Y.), to be chairman of the board. EAC provides counseling, educational, and vocational services to children, youths, and families.

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation (Washington): Elected Bruce Kovner, founder and chairman of the Caxton Corporation (New York), to be a trustee.

The Hyams Foundation (Boston): Elected Sandra Martin, program officer at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation-Boston, to be a trustee.

Independent Sector (Washington): Elected Patricia L. Willis, director of corporate and education affairs at the BellSouth Corporation (Atlanta), to be vice-chairperson of the Board of Directors; Robert B. Rogers, chairman and chief executive officer of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.), to be treasurer; and Lucille Echohawk, senior adviser at the American Indian College Fund (Denver), to be secretary. Independent Sector also appointed the following people to the board: Marilda Gandara Alfonso, vice-president and executive director of the Aetna Foundation (Hartford, Conn.); Hanmin Liu, president of the United States-China Educational Institute (San Francisco) and a trustee at the W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.); Gabriella E. Morris, president of the Prudential Foundation and vice-president for community resources at the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Newark, N.J.); and Chuck Supple, president and chief executive officer of Public Allies (Washington).

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (Washington): Elected Walter M. Higgins, president and chief executive officer at AGL Resources (Atlanta), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Philadelphia Futures: Elected Patricia A. Coulter, senior vice-president and general manager at the Philadelphia office of Lee Hecht Harrison, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Salvation Army of Richmond (Va.): Elected Sheila Marsh, founder and principal of the In-House Advantage (Chesterfield, Va.), to be chair of the Advisory Board.

United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Paul Tagliabue, National Football League commissioner, to be chairman of the Board of Governors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Caplin & Drysdale (Washington): Appointed Catherine E. Livingston, deputy tax legislative counsel at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, to be a member, focusing on tax-exempt organizations.

Fidelity Investments (Boston): Appointed Cynthia L. Egan, executive vice-president for trustee services for the Fidelity Management Trust Company, to be president of the Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.