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The Advertising Council (New York): Appointed Danielle Linet, director of broadcast production, to be vice president and director of broadcast production.

The American Technion Society (New York): Appointed Irma Sarisohn, director of national programs, to be associate vice president for national programs, and Beth Wilner, vice president for development, to be senior vice president for development. A.T.S. raises funds for the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa.

Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed Julie Ridenour, director of development at the John Ball Zoological Society (Grand Rapids), to be vice president for development.

The Book Adventure Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed Kelly Hodge-Williams, assistant vice president and investment representative at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown (Baltimore), to be executive director.

Cambridge College (Mass.): Appointed Denise C. Dabney, assistant vice chancellor for corporate and foundation relations at U. of Massachusetts at Boston, to be director of development.

Center for Third World Organizing (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Mark Toney, development director at the Applied Research Center (Oakland), to be executive director.

College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, Minn.): Appointed Catherine McGraw, associate director of individual giving for the school of management at U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis), to be director of development for the Twin Cities.

Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed John Kreidler, senior program executive at the San Francisco Foundation, to be executive director.

Easter Seals-Rhode Island (Cranston): Appointed Dionisia Hanson, director of development at St. Mary Academy-Bay View (Riverside, R.I.), to be vice president for development and external affairs at this organization formerly known as CranstonArc.

Education Commission of the States (Denver): Appointed Ted Sanders, president of Southern Illinois U. (Carbondale), to be president. He succeeds Frank Newman, who resigned last July, and Kay McClenney, vice president, who has been serving as interim president since Mr. Newman’s departure.

Exploratorium (San Francisco): Appointed Virginia Carollo Rubin, director of development, also to be director of marketing.

Ferris State U. (Big Rapids, Mich.): Appointed Cory L. Duckworth, vice president for institutional advancement at Utah Valley State College (Orem), to be vice president for university advancement and marketing.

Florida Southern College (Lakeland): Appointed Robert H. Tate, executive director of development, to be vice president for development.

Goodwill Industries International (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Ellen Brown, national contracts consultant, to be director of contracts and industrial services, and Renee Weippert, national retail consultant, to be director of retail and donated goods.

Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.): Appointed Brenda J. Peterson, director of development at Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.): Appointed Sharon Schoenhals Grant, country director in Beira, Mozambique, for Food for the Hungry International (Scottsdale, Ariz.), to be director of the program for measurement, partnership, and community development.

InterAction (Washington): Appointed Kenneth J. Giunta, senior director of corporate-resources development and marketing at the Overseas Development Council (Washington), to be vice president of operations.

Los Angeles Healthcare Alliance: Appointed Richard Everett, president of the Phoenix Memorial Hospital Foundation, to be president and chief executive officer of this fund-raising arm of QueensCare (Los Angeles).

Marymount U. (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Shelley Dutton, acting vice president for university advancement, to be vice president for university advancement.

Maryville U. of St. Louis: Appointed Larry Williamson, former executive assistant to the president at U. of West Florida (Pensacola), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Middlesex Hospital (Middletown, Conn.): Appointed Bobbie Fergione, director of the Department of Social Work, to be director of philanthropy.

Mystic Seaport (Conn.): Announced the retirement of J. Revell Carr, president and director, at the end of this year. He will have served as the maritime museum’s chief executive for 23 years.

National Association for Law Placement’s Foundation for Research and Education (Washington): Appointed Nancy C. Leese, director of marketing and membership at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Y.M.C.A. (Bethesda, Md.), to be director of development.

Northeast Community College (Norfolk, Neb.): Appointed Stefanie Yungtum, office manager at Data Media Solutions (Omaha), to be director of planned giving.

Northwestern U. (Chicago): James W. Palmer III, associate director of annual giving, died January 16 in Chicago at the age of 31.

Norton Healthcare (Louisville, Ky.): Appointed Mark Kraus, chief development officer at the Wernle Children’s Home (Richmond, Ind.), to be vice president of foundations.

Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services Foundation (Columbus): Appointed Jacob C. Baas, president of Jacob C. Baas & Associates (Kalamazoo, Mich.), to be vice president of philanthropy; Linda H. Karr, executive director of the Epilepsy Foundation of Central Ohio (Columbus), to be associate vice president of community-services fund raising; and Joanne E. Townsend, formerly in the field of personal-trust administration, to be gift-planning director, based in the Dayton, Ohio, office.

Parents as Teachers National Center (St. Louis): Appointed David F. Walker, executive director of the North Carolina Partnership for Children (Raleigh), to be president and chief executive officer.

Pennsylvania State U. (University Park): Appointed David Hawsey, associate vice president for advancement and marketing at Juniata College (Huntingdon, Pa.), to be director of development.

QueensCare (Los Angeles): Appointed Terry A. Bonecutter, a senior consultant, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds J.J. Brandlin, who recently retired. QueensCare also appointed Eleanor Aguilar, manager of fund disbursement, to be vice president for programs; Herb Erlenbach, director of collections, to be director of the QueensCare Family Clinics; and Barbara B. Pulley, vice president for programs, to be chief operating officer.

Shawnee State U. (Portsmouth, Ohio): Appointed Robert C. Owen, former manager of corporate community relations at Ashland Inc. (Ashland, Ohio), to be executive director of university advancement.

St. Bonaventure U. (N.Y.): Appointed Murray Fournie, planned-giving officer at the Florida Division of the American Cancer Society (Vero Beach), to be director of development.

Thirteen/WNET New York: Appointed Paula A. Kerger, vice president and director of development and government affairs, to be station manager.

Tri-State U. (Angola, Ind.): Appointed Robbin Wilcox, director of the annual fund, to be associate director of development for planned and major gifts.

U. of Arizona (Tucson): Appointed Edith Sayre Auslander, vice president for human resources at TNI (Tucson), to be director of development for the alumni association.

U. of Maryland at Baltimore: Appointed Michael C. Cather, director of annual giving, to be assistant director of corporate relations, and Jane M. Shaab, director of corporate relations, to be senior director of corporate relations.

U. of Mississippi (Oxford): Appointed Jeffrey W. Alford, executive director of university relations at Ball State U. (Muncie, Ind.), to be executive director of public relations and marketing.

U. of New Mexico (Albuquerque): Appointed Gale Doyel, former executive director of the Albuquerque Community Foundation, to be director of donor relations, and Jeff Hale, director of development at U. of Maine at Presque Isle, to be chief development officer for the College of Education.

Whitman-Walker Clinic (Washington): Appointed A. Cornelius Baker, executive director of the National Association of People with AIDS (Washington), to be executive director, effective March 1. Whitman-Walker provides health-care services for gay men, lesbians, and people who are H.I.V. positive.

Women’s American Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training (New York): Appointed Alice Herman, executive director of Congregation Rodeph Sholom (New York), to be executive director.

Y.M.C.A. of the USA (Chicago): Appointed Kenneth L. Gladish, executive director of the Indianapolis Foundation, to be chief executive officer.

GRANT MAKERS

Dayton Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Robert J. Bruggeman, vice president and portfolio manager at Mead, Adam & Company (Dayton), to be vice president for finance, and Judith M. Thompson, director of grants and programs, to be vice president for grants and administration.

Ford Foundation (New York): Appointed Alex Wilde, representative for the Andean region and southern cone in the Santiago, Chile, office, to be vice president for communications, based in New York. He succeeds Robert Curvin, who is retiring.

Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Margie O’Driscoll, executive director of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, to be director of special projects, and Jennie Lehua Watson, director of communications at Project Open Hand (San Francisco), to be director of communications.

Minneapolis Foundation: Appointed Karen Kelley-Ariwoola, a program officer, to be associate vice president; Dianne Lev, director of programs, to be senior program officer; Debra Rodgers, an enterprise facilitator at the Enterprise Facilitation Program (Minneapolis), to be the Ford Mott project manager; James Rosenberg, a senior financial analyst at American Express Financial Advisors (Minneapolis), to be investment associate; and Katherine Wells, staff specialist at the Office of the State Auditor (St. Paul), to be senior accountant.

Philadelphia Foundation: Appointed David E. Washington, public-affairs manager at the Philadelphia office of PNC Bank (Pittsburgh), to be director of programs, research, and resource-development services.

Sabre Foundation (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Ray Gillespie, an analyst programmer for Motivforce (London), to be program officer for the books program.

Sara Lee Corporation (Chicago): Appointed Vicki L. Pearson, a manager for human resources, to be senior manager for public responsibility.

Stuart Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Kris Mayer, a program officer in education and cultural arts at Washington Mutual Foundation (Seattle), to be program officer in the “Strengthening Public Schools” program.

Surdna Foundation (New York): Appointed Steven Kelban, executive director of the Public Interest Law Center in the School of Law at New York U., to be executive director of the new “Andrus Family Philanthropy” program, which will coordinate giving by members of the Andrus family, which started the Surdna Foundation.

The United Nations Foundation (Washington): Appointed Abu Bangura, assistant vice president and director of field operations at the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, to be controller.

Woods Charitable Fund (Lincoln, Neb.): Appointed Thomas C. Woods IV, a program associate at the Community Foundation Serving Coastal South Carolina (Charleston), to be program associate.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The Abraham Fund (New York): Elected Judith Eigen Sarna, a community volunteer, to be president.

Camp Fire Boys and Girls (Kansas City, Mo.): Elected Rosie Mauk, a community volunteer based in Fort Worth and vice president of the board, to be president of the board.

S.H. Cowell Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Mary Lee Widener, president and chief executive officer of Neighborhood Housing Services of America (Oakland, Calif.), and Jack Chu, founder and managing partner of Chu and Waters (San Francisco), to be members of the Board of Directors.

Denver Foundation: Elected to the Board of Trustees: Mike Fernandez, vice president for public relations at US West (Denver); William Johnson, a partner at the law firm of Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons (Denver); Cynthia Kahn, founder of Summer Scholars (Denver); Don Kelin, president and chief executive officer of Caddo Design and Office Products (Denver); Jeffrey Lee, president and chief executive officer of Premier Bank (Denver); and Barbara Neal, a consultant to arts organizations, based in Denver.

Indianapolis Foundation: Elected David H. Kleiman, a lawyer at Dann Pecar Newman & Kleiman (Indianapolis), to be a member of the Board of Trustees.

Mercy Foundation (Rancho Cordova, Calif.): Elected Cecilia M. Delury, president and founding partner of C. Delury & Associates (Sacramento), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Minneapolis Foundation: Elected Carol Johnson, superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools, to be a member of the Board of Trustees.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation (Louisville, Ky.): Elected R. James Henderson, former interim president, to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Sabre Foundation (Cambridge, Mass.): Elected Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld, chief financial officer of the Cabot Industrial Trust (Boston) and senior vice-president of Cabot Partners (Boston), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

The United Nations Foundation (Washington): Elected Liang Dan, director-general at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Beijing), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Caplin & Drysdale (Washington): Appointed Marc Owens, director of the exempt-organizations division at the Internal Revenue Service, to be a member of the exempt-organizations group at this law firm, effective February 22.

Curran & Connors (Hauppauge, N.Y.): Appointed Hunter Landers, regional manager of the San Francisco office, to be regional vice president of the San Francisco office of this designer of annual reports.

Givenation.com (Somerville, Mass.): Appointed co-founder Faith S. Brown, director of marketing at the Democratic National Committee (Washington), to be senior vice president of marketing, and co-founder Susan Hackley, a consultant to the program on negotiation at Harvard U. Law School (Cambridge, Mass.), to be senior vice president of communications. Givenation.com is an Internet company that provides services to contribute online.

Lipman Hearne (Washington): Appointed Chrysoula Economopoulos, a recent graduate of the master’s program in international communications at American U. (Washington), to be account coordinator at this communications and marketing firm.