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The Advertising Council (New York): Appointed Julie Dolan, an account manager at Meredith Inc. (New York), to be vice-president of financial development.

American Council on Education (Washington): Appointed Ellen R. Babby, senior director of planning and development at NAFSA: Association of International Educators (Washington), to be senior development officer.

American Red Cross in Greater New York: Appointed Mark A. Edelman, director of marketing and communications at the Anti-Defamation League (New York), to be chief external-relations officer.

American U. of Beirut (Israel): Appointed John A. Wilkinson, an education consultant based in New Haven, Conn., to be vice-president for development and external affairs, based in the institution’s New York office.

Antelope Valley College Foundation (Lancaster, Cal.): Appointed Mike Keenan, vice-president for student services at Antelope Valley College, to be executive director.

Benedictine College (Atchison, Kan.): Appointed Anthony Gilles, the assistant vice-president for planned giving at U. of Tennessee at Knoxville, to be vice-president for advancement.

Bentley College (Waltham, Mass.): Appointed Peggy Barresi, head of the consumer-products division at Cone Communications (Boston), to be executive director of marketing and communications.

Boardroom Bound: the Center for Minority and Women Corporate Directors and Director Candidates (Washington): Appointed Phyllis J. Doak, former executive director of the Museum Trustee Association (Washington), to be executive director.

Bost Foundation (Fort Smith, Ark.): Appointed Maggie Gosey, executive director at Fort Smith Volunteer Connection, to be executive director. Bost provides services for disabled people.

Brown U. (Providence, R.I.): Appointed James J. Husson, executive director for capital giving, to be vice-president for development, and Ronald D. Margolin, vice-president for development, to be vice-president for international advancement and volunteer engagement.

California State U. at Stanislaus: Appointed Ellie Jackson, manager of membership services and special events at Modesto Chamber of Commerce (Cal.), to be coordinator of the annual fund.

Cleveland Cultural Coalition: Appointed Anne B. DesRosiers, president of DesRosiers & Associates (Cleveland), to be acting executive director.

College of New Rochelle (N.Y.): Appointed Deborah W. Thomas, director of internal communications at McGraw-Hill Companies (New York), to be director of communications.

Dollars for Scholars-Metropolitan Atlanta Promise: Appointed JoAnn Kent, executive director of Alzheimer’s Association-Greater East Texas Chapter (Nacogdoches), to be executive director.

Ducks Unlimited (Memphis): Appointed Don Young, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of the organization’s Canadian affiliate (Oak Hammock, Manitoba), to be executive vice-president. He succeeds Matt Connolly, who announced his retirement. The organization also appointed David Marrone, a lawyer at the firm of Ryan and Ryan (Middletown, Conn.), to be manager of conservation lands.

Emporia State U. (Kan.): Appointed JD Campbell, sports-information director, to be director of public affairs and marketing; Leslie J. Eikleberry, news-bureau director, to be director of media relations; Cora Z. Hedstrom, director of university relations, to be director of constituent relations; and Mason Logan, assistant sports-information director, to be sports-information director.

Environmental Literacy Council (Washington): Appointed Roger Sedjo, senior fellow and director of the Forest Economics and Policy Program at Resources for the Future (Washington), to be president.

George Washington U. (Washington): Appointed Thomas W. Cullinan, executive director of gift planning at U. System of Maryland (Adelphi), to be executive director of major- and planned-gift programs.

Gettysburg College (Pa.): Appointed Brendan Cushing-Daniels, an adjunct instructor in economics, to be development officer, and Michele Pigott, senior programmer analyst at Target Systems (Gettysburg), to be director of advancement services.

Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.): Appointed Christine M. Church, director of alumni affairs at State U. of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Morrisville, to be associate director of annual giving.

Iowa State U. (Ames): Appointed Salinda A. Arthur, former assistant dean for development and director of external relations at the Ohio U. Libraries (Athens), to be director of development for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. (This corrects an item from the July 29 issue.)

Kennesaw State U. (Ga.): Appointed Terry Balko, director of estate planning at Bryan College (Dayton, Tenn.), to be director of planned giving.

Loras College (Dubuque, Iowa): Appointed Dan Ihm, vice-president for sales at Genesis Digital Studio (Waterloo, Iowa), to be director of alumni relations.

National-Louis U. (Evanston, Ill.): Appointed Stephen Gilmore, president of Holy Cross Hospital Foundation (Chicago), to be associate vice-president for advancement.

Nazareth College (Rochester, N.Y.): Appointed David T. Kelly, associate director of development for major gifts at Children’s Hospital at Strong (Rochester), to be director of development.

Phoenix House of Texas (Austin): Appointed Lynn Lipshy, development officer at the U. of Texas Performing Arts Center (Austin), to be director of development.

Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Southwest Ohio (Cincinnati): Appointed Stacy A. Martz, formerly community-residence manager at Anne Grady Corporation (Toledo, Ohio), to be executive director.

Rockford College (Ill.): Appointed Rex Otey, director of development, to be director of development and planned giving.

Spartanburg Technical College (S.C.): Appointed Jo Ellen Cantrell, director of development and planning, to be vice-president for development and planning.

Stark State College of Technology (Canton, Ohio): Appointed Para M. Jones, assistant to the president and director of advancement, to be vice-president for advancement.

Swarthmore College (Pa.): Appointed Catherine Parker Brown, director of the parents campaign at Vanderbilt U. (Nashville), to be associate director of major gifts and director of parent and family programs.

Sweet Briar College (Va.): Appointed Ivana Pelnar-Zaiko, vice-president for development at Wagner College (Staten Island, N.Y.), to be vice-president for development and college relations.

Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Cynthia E. Merritt, associate secretary of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to be director of faculty grants and sponsored research.

U. of Massachusetts (Amherst): Appointed Thomas R. Popplewell, a consultant in Alexandria, Va., to be director of advancement services.

U. of New Mexico (Albuquerque): Appointed Marnie K. Kern, manager of advertising at Sun Healthcare Group (Albuquerque), to be director of development and alumni relations for the School of Medicine.

Vanderbilt U. (Nashville): Appointed Adele Franzblau, planned-giving coordinator at the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (Nashville), to be director of planned giving.

Washington and Lee U. (Lexington, Va.): Appointed Thomas W. Jennings, Jr., director of law-school development, to be director of university development.

Wesleyan College (Macon, Ga.): Appointed B. David Rowe, former director of advancement and planning for Oxford College of Emory U. (Atlanta), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

White-Williams Scholars (Philadelphia): Appointed Amy Tress Holdsman, director of program and placement at Leadership Inc. (Philadelphia), to be executive director.

Wildlands Conservancy (Emmaus, Pa.): Appointed Thomas R. Conrad, president of Thomas R. Conrad and Associates (Allentown, Pa.), to be director of advancement.

William Mitchell College of Law (St. Paul): Appointed Kathleen Peters-Martell, associate director of annual giving, to be individual-gifts officer.

GRANT MAKERS

Columbus Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Elizabeth A. Ayers, a lawyer at Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt (Columbus), to be planned-giving associate.

Gerber Foundation (Fremont, Mich.): Appointed Catherine Obits, a nurse and retired Army lieutenant colonel last stationed in Norfolk, Va., to be program assistant.

Girl’s Best Friend Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Josephine Herrera, program officer at the Community Memorial Foundation (Hinsdale, Ill.), to be director of community relations.

Skillman Foundation (Detroit): Appointed William Beckham, president of New Detroit, to be president. He succeeds Leonard W..Smith, who is retiring at the end of this year.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Bost Foundation (Fort Smith, Ark.): Elected Carol Johansen, vice-president of Beverly Enterprises (Fort Smith), to be board president.

Community Foundation Silicon Valley (San Jose, Cal.): Elected Boyd Smith, a partner at WSJ Properties (Palo Alto, Cal.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. Also elected to the board were David W. Mitchell, a lawyer at Hoge, Fenton, Jones and Appel (San Jose), and Denise O’Leary, corporate director at Private Venture Capital Investor (San Mateo, Cal.).

Goodwill Industries International (Bethesda, Md.): Elected Carl E. Hansen, owner and consultant at Vocational Appraisal and Planning (Austin, Tex.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (Washington): Elected Paul Wilmot, chief executive officer of Anglican Homes (Perth, Australia), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Jerome Foundation (St. Paul): Elected Laurie Carlos, a theater artist and artistic associate at Penumbra Theatre (St. Paul), and Marcia Tucker, founding director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York), to be members of the board of directors.

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.): Elected James E. Oesterreicher, chairman and chief executive officer of J. C. Penney Company (Plano, Tex.), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (Washington): Elected Ellen Seidman, director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Mark R. Fisher (Farmington, Mich.): Appointed Andrea L. Salyer, a recent graduate of Central Michigan U. (Mt. Pleasant), to be assistant director of public relations at this fund-raising firm.