People

Abilities of Florida (Clearwater): Appointed Vicki McNabb, placement specialist, to be special-events coordinator for this organization that provides employment and other services for disabled people.

AIDS Project Los Angeles: Appointed Herb K. Schultz, vice-president of state affairs at the American Association of Health Plans (Washington), to be director of government affairs.

American Foundation for Urologic Disease (Baltimore): Appointed Katherine A. Rogers, account supervisor at Eisner and Associates (Baltimore), to be director of membership and communications, and Allison W. Sibal, development coordinator, to be director of development.

American Lung Association of Oregon (Portland): Appointed Warden M. Minor, executive director of the Providence Newberg Health Foundation (Newberg, Ore.), to be president and chief executive officer.

American Society-U. of Haifa (New York): Appointed Paul Jeser, vice-president for regional operations and campaigns at American Friends of the Hebrew U. (New York), to be executive vice-president.

American Society of Civil Engineers Foundation (Washington): Appointed Jeanne G. Jacob, director of development, to be vice-president for development.

Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation (Little Rock): Appointed John Bel, vice-president and chief development officer at Santa Rosa Health Care (San Antonio), to be president.

Associated Day Care Services (Boston): Appointed Shelley Walker, director of development at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (Boston), to be vice-president for development, marketing, and public affairs.

Baltimore Opera Company: Appointed Janet Mullany, manager of the Theater Chamber Players (Washington), to be public-relations manager.

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (N.Y.): Appointed Thomas Philion, executive director of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, to be director of marketing and creative concepts.

California State U. at San Bernardino: Appointed Jo Ann Hankin, vice-president for finance and administration at Whittier College (Cal.), to be vice-president for university advancement.

Cape Cod Conservatory of Music and Arts (West Barnstable, Mass.): Appointed Judith Shaw Beardsley, development and public-relations director at Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs, to be director of public relations and development.

CARE (Atlanta): Appointed Marilyn F. Grist, vice-president for marketing and communications and interim senior vice-president for external relations, to be senior vice-president for external relations.

Caring House (Durham, N.C.): Announced the resignation of Lynn Howard, executive director.

Carrier Foundation (Belle Mead, N.J.): Appointed Grace P. Zotter, executive director for Underwood-Memorial Hospital Foundation (Woodbury, N.J.), to be executive director.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Art Commission (N.C.): Announced the resignation of Jennifer Murphy, executive director, who will work as a private consultant.

The Children’s Museum (Boston): Appointed Denise Trapani Hall, associate director at the DeCordova Museum (Lincoln, Mass.), to be vice-president of development.

Christian Relief Services (Lorton, Va.): Appointed Frank L. Mooney, vice-president at the Foundation for Affordable Housing Solutions (Rockville, Md.), to be director of asset management.

Cincinnati Museum Center: Appointed Douglass W. McDonald, president and chief executive officer of Genesee Country Village and Museum (Rochester, N.Y.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Rensselaer County Area (Troy, N.Y.): Appointed Darlene V. Suto, director of fund development at Hudson Valley Girl Scouts (Delmar, N.Y.), to be director of planning and development.

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (South Orange, N.J.): Appointed Barbara A. Rambo, vice-president of community relations at First Union National Bank (Trenton, N.J.), to be executive director.

Crime Prevention Association of Philadelphia: Appointed Fred Allen Barfoot, development director at Southern Home Services (Philadelphia), to be development director.

Emmanuel College (Boston): Appointed Susan Roux, director of development at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Boston), to be director of major gifts.

The Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Jeffrey Pankratz, founder and executive director of the Community Organization Legal Assistance Project (Indianapolis), to be director of management and organization.

Episcopal Community Services (Philadelphia): Appointed Monika M. Wysong, director of development at the Women’s Association for Women’s Alternatives (Swarthmore, Pa.), to be grant manager.

Florida History Center & Museum (Jupiter): Appointed Dorothy Keane-White, arts coordinator at Northwood U. (Midland, Mich.), to be executive director.

Fund of the Four Directions (New York): Ingrid Washinawatok, executive director, was found murdered on March 4, near the border of Venezuela and Colombia, where she was working on a project involving the Uwa people. Her body was found with those of Lahe’ena’e Gay, chairwoman of the Pacific Cultural Conservancy International (Pahoa, Hawaii), and Terence Freitas, an environmental biologist; all three had been taken hostage on February 25.

Guilford College (Greensboro, N.C.): Appointed Bobby Wayne Clark, director of university relations at Duke U. (Durham, N.C.), to be vice-president for public affairs and special assistant to the president.

Harcum College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.): Appointed Suzanne Vargus Holloman, former vice-president of employer services at the Private Industry Council of Philadelphia, to be dean of corporate and community services.

Hebrew Home of Greater Washington (Rockville, Md.): Appointed David K. Donin, mid-Atlantic regional director of operations at the Gaithersburg, Md., office of HCR ManorCare (Toledo, Ohio), to be chief operating officer.

Heritage Foundation (Washington): Appointed Kevin Gallagher, a consultant for the Caring Foundation (Washington), to be director of development. He succeeds Catherine Smith, who will now serve as director of events for the organization’s 25th-anniversary campaign.

Illinois Arts Council (Chicago): Appointed Rhoda A. Pierce, deputy director, to be executive director.

Indiana State U. (Terre Haute): Appointed Bruce Mack, regional director of development and director of development for the College of Liberal Arts at Pennsylvania State U. (University Park), to be assistant vice-president for university development.

Iowa Dollars for Scholars (Des Moines): Appointed Judi A. Pierick, president and chief executive officer of Cutting Edge and Beyond (Des Moines), to be executive director.

Legal Aid Society of San Francisco: Appointed Paul Knudsen, director of corporate and foundation partnerships at Project Open Hand (San Francisco), to be director of development.

Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Holly Bard, director of marketing at Intelsat (Washington), to be assistant vice-president for college relations; Melissa Abraham Hartnell, coordinator of alumnae relations and annual giving at St. Mary’s Academy (Portland), to be associate director of annual giving; Nikole Koelbel, public-relations assistant at Columbia Sportswear Company (Portland), to be coordinator of alumni relations; Allison Eldridge Loft, director of volunteer development at the United Way of Greater Portland (Me.), to be director of donor relations; Shelly Meyer, manager of grants and special projects at the St. Louis Science Center, to be associate director of publications; and Kathy Park, director of development at the Portland Opera, to be associate vice-president for development.

Literacy Services of Wisconsin (Milwaukee): Appointed Jeff Martinka, business liaison for the office of Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist, to be executive director, and Amy Ambrose, administrative-services supervisor, to be development director.

Mattatuck Museum (Waterbury, Conn.): Appointed Terry P. Cassidy, executive director of Literary Volunteers of America-Connecticut (Hartford), to be executive director.

The Menil Foundation (Houston): Announced the resignation of Miles Glaser, chief financial officer, and the resignation of Paul Winkler, director of the Menil Collection.

Merrimack College (North Andover, Mass.): Appointed Richard Reming, manager of conferences and events, to be director of community relations and Friends of Merrimack.

National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (Galesburg, Ill.): Norbert C. Smith, founder and board chairman, died in Naples, Fla., on April 7. He was 75.

National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Denver): Appointed Chris Ives, director of planning and marketing research at Columbia Health One (Denver), to be director of business opportunities.

National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington): Appointed Kathryn (Kitty) O’Leary Higgins, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor, to be vice-president for public policy.

Northern Illinois Dollars for Scholars (Naperville): Appointed Richard Dystrup, a social-sciences teacher and coach at Lockport Township High School (Ill.) and former mayor of Lockport, to be area director.

Northwest Burn Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Sharon Edberg, director of the Wesley Homes Foundation (Seattle), to be executive director; Elizabeth Huttman, development director, to be associate director; and Patti Simon, program coordinator at the Seattle Midwifery School, to be program director.

Palm Beach Atlantic College (West Palm Beach, Fla.): Appointed Becky Peeling, manager of public relations at the Upledge Institute (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), to be marketing director.

Partnerships With Industry (San Diego): Appointed Vickie Cap, program director at the Oceanside, Cal., office, to be associate executive director, and Deena Feinman, project director and grants coordinator at the San Diego office of the Council of Jewish Federations, to be development director.

Pikes Peak United Way (Colorado Springs): Appointed Ann Lang, president of the New Center Area Council (Detroit), to be president and chief executive officer.

Pioneer Human Services (Seattle): Appointed Michael J. Burns, president and chief executive officer of Sea Watch International (Easton, Md.), to be president and chief executive officer.

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota, Fla.): Appointed Jamie L. Bedford, administrative assistant at the Biological Research Association (Sarasota), to be membership coordinator, and Sandra Krawetz, director of campus advancement at the U. of South Florida at Sarasota-Manatee, to be deputy director for development and marketing.

Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.): Appointed Priscilla Miller, development researcher at U. of New England (Biddeford, Me.), to be a researcher in the institutional-advancement office.

Seedco (New York): Appointed Roland V. Anglin, deputy director for community and resource development at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be senior vice-president, effective July 1. He will succeed Ernest L. Osborne, executive vice-president, who is retiring.

Shenandoah U. (Winchester, Va.): Appointed Chris Northrup, former marketing manager at Pace Energy (Fairfax, Va.), to be director of major and planned gifts.

Shriver Hall Concert Series (Baltimore): Appointed William A. Nerenberg, former executive director of National Association of Fleet Resale (Baltimore), to be managing director.

Sinclair Community College (Dayton, Ohio): Appointed Karen L. Usrey, manager of campaign operations for Citizens for Sinclair, to be alumni coordinator.

Southern Methodist U. (Dallas): Appointed Brad E. Cheves, associate dean for advancement and director of the Institute for Public Policy at Pepperdine U. (Malibu, Cal.), to be assistant vice-president for development.

St. Cloud State U. (Minn.): Appointed Bernie Omann, former chief of staff to the Governor of Minnesota (Minneapolis), to be director of university relations.

U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville: Appointed Jackie R. McMorris, director of alumni affairs at DeKalb Technical Institute (Clarkston, Ga.), to be associate director of the alumni association.

U. of St. Thomas (Houston): Appointed H. Ken DeDomincis, vice-president for institutional advancement at Texas A&M U. at Corpus Christi, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Western Michigan U. (Kalamazoo): Appointed Jerry R. George, director of athletic development at Valparaiso U. (Ind.), to be director of development for the division of intercollegiate athletics; Shannon K. Landis, banquet manager, to be coordinator of donor relations and special events; and Alice I. Stout, director of capital campaigns and major gifts at St. Joseph’s Mercy of Macomb Hospital Foundation (Mt. Clemens, Mich.), to be director of major gifts.

Whittier Street Health Center (Roxbury, Mass.): Appointed Phyllis B. Cater, senior vice-president for programs and services at the Dimock Community Health Center (Roxbury), to be president and chief executive officer.

WHYY (Philadelphia): Appointed Barbara L. Phillips, head of the office of development at the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery (Washington), to be director of development.

Womens Way (Philadelphia): Appointed Beth Z. Palubinsky, senior project director at Public/Private Ventures (Philadelphia), to be president.

The Woodbourne Group (Baltimore): Appointed Joy Spratley Wynn, special assistant to the president and director of special projects, to be chief of staff. The Woodbourne Group provides child-care and educational programs for Baltimore residents.

WVPT (Harrisonburg, Va.): Appointed Jeffrey R. Wampler, a senior consultant at Ketchum Inc. (Dallas), to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

California HealthCare Foundation (Oakland): Appointed Jack Christy, general counsel and vice-president for public affairs at California Medical Review (San Francisco), to be director of the California Medicare Project.

Columbia Foundation (San Francisco): Madeleine Haas Russell, former president of the foundation and a noted philanthropist, died in her San Francisco home on April 2. She was 84.

The Columbus Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Sherry D. White, controller at the Fairfield County Foundation (Lancaster, Ohio), to be staff accountant.

William H. Gates Foundation and Gates Learning Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Jack Faris, former president of the Seattle Public Library Foundation, to be director of community strategies.

Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh): Appointed Maxwell King, associate editor and former editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, to be executive director. He succeeds Franklin Tugwell, who recently became president of Winrock International (Morrilton, Ark.).

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed Jack C. Ebeler, a special consultant, to be senior vice-president for the health-care group, and J. Michael McGinnis, a special consultant, to be senior vice-president for the health group.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Appointed Fabio A. Naranjo, program director at the Woods Fund of Chicago, to be program officer for human and community development.

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation (New York): Appointed Victor De Luca, program officer for the metropolitan New York, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable communities programs, to be president, effective March 2000. He will succeed Stephen Viederman, who is retiring.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Rockville Centre (Hicksville, N.Y.): Elected Monsignor John Rowan, pastor of St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish (Sayville, N.Y.), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute (Los Angeles): Elected Jack Suzar, executive director of business and technology solutions at the law firm of BDO Seidman (Los Angeles), to be chair of the Board of Directors, effective in July.

Franklin-Wright Settlements (Detroit): Elected Charles E. Boyer, vice-president of human resources at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan (Detroit), to be chairman of the board.

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington): Elected Maureen E. Dwyer, a partner at the law firm of Wilkes, Artis, Hedrick & Lane (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

National Parks and Conservation Association (Washington): Elected William G. Watson, director of Wichita Industries and Services for the Blind (Kan.), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Craver, Mathews, Smith & Company (Falls Church, Va.): Appointed Mark J. Rovner, vice-president for communications at the World Wildlife Fund (Washington), to be vice-president for strategic communications.

Merrill Lynch & Company (New York): Appointed Doris P. Meister, executive vice-president and managing director at Fleet Financial’s Private Clients Group (Boston), to be chairman of the Merrill Lynch Trust.