People

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston: Appointed Erica Soper, a development officer at the R.O.S.E. Fund (Boston), to be manager of annual giving and special events.

Bobby Dodd Industries (Atlanta): Appointed Wayne McMillan, associate executive director at Families First (Atlanta), to be chief executive officer. This group provides vocational training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Tony Campolo Ministries/The Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (St. Davids, Pa.): Appointed Dwight Ozard, director of public affairs at Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.), to be executive director. Campolo Ministries creates and supports social-service ministries in the Philadelphia area and in several foreign countries.

Campus Crusade for Christ International (Orlando, Fla.): Appointed Steve Douglass, executive vice president and director of U.S. ministries, to be president. He succeeds founder William R. Bright, who retired but will remain as chairman of the Board of Directors.

Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Pamela J. Smith, a former counselor at the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington), to be director of health policy.

Chicago Youth Centers: Appointed Miller R. Anderson, senior vice president and chief operating officer at the Children’s Home & Aid Society of Illinois (Chicago), to be president and chief executive officer.

Columbus College of Art & Design (Ohio): Appointed Pam Bishop, director of youth development and volunteers at the Ohio Hunger Task Force (Columbus), to be assistant director of development, and Brian McLaughlin, database specialist at the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, to be development assistant.

Community Renewal Society (Chicago): Appointed Talmadge D. Betts, director of development at the Marcy-Newberry Association (Chicago), to be development officer for foundations and corporations, and Sandra Danforth, who led her own consulting practice at Danforth Development Associates (Chicago), to be director of development. This organization works with religious congregations and community groups to advocate social and economic equality.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington): Appointed Vance T. Peterson, president of Sierra Nevada College (Incline Village, Nev.), to be president.

Geneva Foundation (Beaver Falls, Pa.): Appointed G. Reynolds Clark, retired chairman of the Westinghouse Foundation (Pittsburgh), to be president. This new organization supports programs at Geneva College and elsewhere that are consistent with a Bible-based educational mission.

George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, N.J.): Appointed Anne M. Volz, assistant director of development and special events at the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (New York), to be director of institutional relations.

George Washington U. (Washington): Appointed John H. Grossman III, assistant vice president for institutional advancement and a professor in both the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the School of Public Health and Health Services, to be senior associate vice president for institutional advancement at the university’s Medical Center.

Health First Foundation (Melbourne, Fla.): Appointed Carroll Price, director of the development office at Holmes Regional Medical Center (Melbourne), to be president of this new organization that supports the Cape Canaveral Hospital Foundation and Palm Beach Community Hospital Foundation, as well as Holmes Regional Medical Center.

Neighborhood House Charter School (Dorchester, Mass.): Appointed Mary Nee, senior vice president of marketing and chief financial officer at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay (Boston), to be deputy headmaster for resource development and public affairs.

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (Washington): Appointed Ellen Lazar, director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (Washington), to be executive director. She succeeds George Knight, who retired.

New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (New York): Appointed Lynn T. Chambers, controller and treasurer at the Metropolitan Jewish Health System (New York), to be director of finance.

Norfolk State U. (Va.): Appointed Phillip D. Adams, chief advancement officer at LeMoyne-Owen College (Memphis), to be associate vice president for institutional advancement.

Northern Kentucky U. (Highland Heights): Appointed Don Gorbandt, associate vice president for institutional advancement at Thomas More College (Crestview Hills, Ky.), to be assistant vice president for university development.

Northwestern College (St. Paul): Appointed Garth Warren, a consultant based in St. Paul, to be executive director of planned giving.

Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (Ranchos de Taos, N.M.): Appointed Carl Colonius, program director, to be executive director. He succeeds Stephen Patrick, who resigned June 16 to become director of the New Mexico office of the Daniels Fund (Denver), in Albuquerque. Rocky Mountain Youth Corps also appointed Ernie Guerrero, education coordinator, to be director of the education program; Dan Lobato, associate director, to be case manager; Joella Montoya-Martinez, after-school tutoring program coordinator, to be job-placement specialist; and Ignacio Peralta, operations coordinator, to be director of field programs.

Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Janet Koster, assistant director of international activities at AARP (Washington), to be director of the international-services division.

Walker Art Center (Minneapolis): Appointed Sarah Schultz, associate director of public and teen programs, to be director of education and community programs.

GRANT MAKERS

Chicago Foundation for Women: Appointed Deidra Lucas, a former lecturer on history and women’s studies at Roosevelt U. (Chicago), to be a development associate in charge of annual giving, and Nicole Powers, former assistant director of development at the Rheedlen Centers for Children (New York), to be a development associate in charge of databases.

Cleveland Foundation: Appointed Robert E. Eckardt, manager of grant evaluation and senior program officer for health and environment, to be vice president for program, and Pamela L. George, program associate for civic affairs and economic development, to be program officer for civic affairs and economic development.

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.): Appointed Marion Sullivan, director of the Pro-Choice Public Education Project (Port Chester, N.Y.), to be director of the Lifetime Television Partnership.

KeyCorp (Cleveland): Appointed Judy Barker, president of the Avon Products Foundation (New York), to be senior vice president for civic affairs and corporate contributions. She succeeds Bruce Akers, who retired in March.

Levi Strauss Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Gloria Rubio-Cortes, chief operating officer at the National Civic League (Denver), to be senior manager.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Shannon Lawder, program officer, to be regional director for central and eastern Europe, based in the Prague office, and Ray Murphy, a senior consultant at Tara Consultants (Dublin), to be director of the civil-society program, based in Dublin.

Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust (Allentown, Pa.): Appointed Joseph J. Napolitano, a staff nurse and assistant nurse manager in the trauma and critical-care unit at the Hospital of the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be a program officer.

Rett Syndrome Research Foundation (Cincinnati): Appointed Mary L. Rafferty, executive vice president of the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation (Cincinnati), to be executive director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Greater DC Cares (Washington): Elected Alex Orfinger, publisher of the Washington Business Journal (Arlington, Va.), to be chairperson of the Board of Directors.

Illinois Action for Children (Chicago): Elected John W. Shustitzky, executive administrator of the Josselyn Center for Mental Health (Northfield, Ill.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

National Family Caregivers Association (Kensington, Md.): Elected Kaye Daniels, president of Kokua Nurses (Honolulu), to be chairperson of the board.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

L.W. Robbins Associates (Holliston, Mass.): Appointed Linda Bistany, account supervisor, to be senior account supervisor; Tracy Hansen, bookkeeper, to be accounting supervisor; Chad Lucier, account executive, to be senior account executive; Jason Robbins, senior account executive, to be account supervisor; Kent Rohrbach, account supervisor, to be senior account supervisor; and Devi Verna, senior production coordinator, to be production supervisor. This company provides direct-mail consultation.