People

American Lung Association of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg): Appointed Robert Galardi, director of development for the western region, to be vice president of development, statewide, based in the Wexford, Pa., office.

American Red Cross (Washington): Appointed James W. Krueger, chief executive officer of the American Red CrossSoutheastern Michigan Chapter (Detroit), to be senior vice president of the chapter-services network.

Briar Cliff College (Sioux City, Iowa): Appointed Marilyn Mayer, sales agent for Bankers Life and Casualty Company (Sioux City), to be director of planned giving; Lisa Preston, instructor in adult basic education at Western Iowa Tech Community College (Sioux City), to be director of alumni relations; and Trish Wieland, reporter for KMNS News (Sioux City), to be director of college and community relations.

Bucknell U. (Lewisburg, Pa.): Appointed Alan Janesch, assistant manager of the news bureau at Pennsylvania State U. at University Park, to be associate director of public relations.

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (Washington): Appointed Lisa A. Gilmore, special assistant to the deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Washington), to be director of partnerships and development, and Vince Willmore, manager of media relations, to be director of communications.

Central Catholic High (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Karen Santangelo, annual-fund manager for the Alliance for Education (Seattle), to be capital-campaign director.

Children’s Aid Society (New York): Appointed Henry Arce, Bronx borough deputy to the chancellor of the New York City Board of Education, to be director of the community-schools program, and Patricia M. Grayson, director of development at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (New York), to be assistant executive director for development.

Children’s Institute Foundation (Verona, N.J.): Appointed Edward S. Nathan, a member of the law firm Stern & Greenberg (Roseland, N.J.), to be president.

Donald Byrd Dance Foundation (New York): Appointed Peter Poliakine, a special consultant at the Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh, to be executive director.

Elderhostel (Boston): Appointed Paula DiMascio, vice president of finance, also to be chief financial officer; Victoria A. Kelley, director of development, to be vice president of development; and Maureen Foley Nunez, executive vice president and treasurer at Netifex Financial Systems (Falmouth, Mass.), to be senior vice president.

Fenway Community Health (Boston): Appointed Thomas A. Leavitt, founder and president of Arcadia Press (West Bridgewater, Mass.), to be chief development and communications officer.

Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Tamara Elliott Rogers, associate director of university development and director of university capital projects, to be associate dean for advancement and planning at the university’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Independent Sector (Washington): Appointed John Thomas, vice president of communications, to be vice president of strategic outreach.

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA (Madison, Wis.): Appointed Alexander D. Hill, dean of the School of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific U., to be president and chief executive officer, effective July 1.

Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore): Appointed Charles D. Phlegar, vice president for development at U. of South Carolina at Columbia, to be associate vice president for development and alumni relations.

Joshua Venture (San Francisco): Appointed Brian Gaines, Ben & Jerry’s western regional franchise manager at NYSF Partners (San Francisco), to be executive director of this group that supports Jewish social entrepreneurs.

Lenox Hill Hospital (New York): Appointed Ann Mitchell, director of development for the School of Dental and Oral Surgery at Columbia U. (New York), to be director of major gifts and planned giving.

Lincoln U. (Pa.): Appointed Michael B. Hill, senior vice president for university advancement at Tuskegee U. (Ala.), to be vice president for development and external relations.

National Asian American Telecommuncations Association (San Francisco): Appointed Alina Hua, membership coordinator at Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (San Francisco), to be development director.

National Building Museum (Washington): Appointed Julie Wolf-Rodda, director of development with the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (Washington), to be vice president for development.

National Hemophilia Foundation (New York): Appointed Michael J. Baker, director of development at the Boy ScoutsPrinceton, N.J., Council, to be director of development.

New Israel Fund (Washington): Appointed Pat Lewis, executive director of the Communications Network (Washington), to be director of communications.

Northeastern U. (Boston): Appointed Ronald J. Schiller, director of development, alumni, and friends, to be vice president for development.

The Philanthropic Collaborative (New York): Appointed Melissa A. Berman, senior vice president for research and program development at the Conference Board (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. This charity was created by the Rockefeller Family Fund and offers a variety of services to individual donors, foundations, and charitable trusts.

Poetry Society of America (New York): Appointed Alice Quinn, poetry and fiction editor at The New Yorker, to be executive director. She will continue to serve as poetry editor at The New Yorker.

St. Francis Hospital (Roslyn, N.Y.): Appointed Linda Cavallo Miller, director of development, to be vice president for development.

U. of St. Thomas (St. Paul): Appointed Marcy Luedtke, assistant director of corporate and foundation relations, to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

U. of Texas at Austin: Appointed David J. Lotz, director of development, to be assistant dean for resource development.

United Hospital Fund (New York): Appointed Phyllis Brooks, director of communications, also to be vice president; Deborah Halper, director for education and program initiatives, also to be vice president; and Kathryn Haslanger, director of policy analysis and interim director of research, also to be vice president.

Urban Land Institute (Washington): Appointed Richard M. Hance, regional vice president of national sales for Wyndham International (New York), to be senior vice president of development, and Peter H. Monroe, president of Wilherst Developers (Treasure Island, Fla.), to be executive director of the organization’s fund-raising arm, the ULI Foundation.

Walters Art Museum (Baltimore): Appointed Ed Crane, founder and president of the Gladney Fund (Fort Worth), to be director of development.

Wildlife Conservation Society (New York): Appointed Steven E. Sanderson, dean of Emory College and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory U. (Atlanta), to be president and chief executive officer, effective July 1.

GRANT MAKERS

Atlantic Foundation (Bermuda): Announced the resignation of Harvey P. Dale, president. Mr. Dale will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors.

The foundation also appointed Alan Ruby, director of human development in east Asia and the Pacific region at the World Bank (Washington), to be president of Atlantic Philanthropic Services, the U.S. operating arm of the foundation located in New York. He succeeds Joel L. Fleishman, who resigned at the end of last year to go on a sabbatical.

Benton Foundation (Washington): Appointed Norris Dickard, senior policy adviser to the assistant secretary for vocational and adult education at the U.S. Department of Education (Washington), to be senior policy associate for the E-Rate Project, which evaluates the effects of a federal program that offers discounts on telecommunication technology to schools and libraries.

Cleveland Foundation: Appointed Beth Darmstadter and Marci Bernstein Lu, program associates, to be program officers.

Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (N.C.): Appointed Patrick Weiner, vice president and legal adviser at Wachovia Charitable Funds Management (Winston-Salem, N.C.), to be vice president of donor services and development and the director of the planned-giving service.

William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York): Appointed Millicent Hearst Boudjakdji, a director of the Hearst Corporation (New York), also to be president. Ms. Boudjakdji, granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, succeeds Randolph A. Hearst, who died last month.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Arthur M. Sussman, general counsel and vice president for administration at U. of Chicago, to be vice president and secretary of the foundation, effective May 1.

Marin Community Foundation (Larkspur, Calif.): Appointed Patrick Woods, director of development at the East Bay Community Foundation (Oakland, Calif.), to be vice president for fund development.

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (New York): Appointed Angel Badillo, a local and wide-area network administrator at Business Wire (New York), to be information-technology associate; Susan Bellinger, an independent consultant to the foundation, to be director of the Neighborhood Partners Initiative; Jacqueline Kaye, a senior evaluator at Philliber Research Associates (New York), to be assessments associate; Janice Nittoli, a senior associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore), to be a portfolio manager; Martha Stark, senior vice president of Liberty Sports and Soccer Center (New York) and assistant professor of law at Baruch College (New York), to be a portfolio manager; and Bruce Trachtenberg, a senior producer at Worth Interactive (New York), to be director of communications.

Sacramento Regional Foundation (Calif.): Appointed Janice Gow Pettey, chief advancement officer at the American Red CrossBay Area Chapter (San Francisco), to be executive director.

Skillman Foundation (Detroit): Appointed Rex K. Nelson, executive director of the Pistons Palace Foundation (Auburn Hills, Mich.), to be a program officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (Detroit): Elected Stanley M. Finger, president of Environmental Consulting and Investigations (Reston, Va.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Ball Foundation (Glen Ellyn, Ill.): Elected George Ball, chairman, president, and chief executive officer at W. Atlee Burpee & Company (Warminster, Pa.) and son of the founder, G. Carl Ball, to be chairman and president of the Board of Directors. Also elected to be members of the board were Mel P. Barkan, partner and head of the litigation department at Brauner Baron Rosenzweig & Klein (New York); M. Blouke Carus, chairman and chief executive officer of the Carus Corporation (Peru, Ill.); and Leon M. Lederman, professor of science at the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago).

Boys & Girls Club of America (Atlanta): Elected Arnold I. Burns, a managing director at the investment-banking firm of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Governors.

Denver Foundation: Elected to be members of the Board of Trustees Julika Ambrose, a dentist based in Denver; Manuel Martinez, a partner at Home Roberts & Owens (Denver); Dean Prina, a physician at Partners in Pediatrics (Denver); and Mary Sissel, a community volunteer.

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Elected Russell M. Robinson II, a member of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson (Charlotte), to be chairman of the board, effective July 1.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.): Elected Anne M. Tatlock, chairman and chief executive officer of Fiduciary Trust International (New York), to be a member of the Board of Trustees.

MedicAlert Foundation (Turlock, Calif.): Elected H.C. (Buddy) Henry, retired executive vice president of BellSouth Corporation (Atlanta), to be chairman of the board.

Mercy Hospital Foundation (San Diego): Elected Richard P. Woltman, chairman and chief executive officer of Spelman & Company (San Diego) and Sentra Securities Corporation (San Diego), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees of this fund-raising arm of Scripps Mercy Hospital (San Diego).

Scleroderma Foundation (Danvers, Mass.): Elected Elaine Furst, an adjunct professor of nursing at Seattle U., to be board president.

Spencer Foundation (Chicago): Elected Howard E. Gardner, a professor in the School of Education at Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), and Cynthia Greenleaf Fanton, a consultant for the Chicago Public Schools, to be members of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Epsilon (Burlington, Mass.): Appointed Steven DelVecchio, a fund-raising-group director at Craver, Mathews, Smith & Company (Arlington, Va.), to be a director of client services in the Washington office; Kristin McCurry, national director of direct marketing at the American Cancer Society (Atlanta), to be a director of client services in the Washington office; and Esra Yagan, director of the nonprofit fund-raising division at InfoCision Management (Akron, Ohio), to be vice president of business development.

Marks Paneth & Shron Consulting (New York): Appointed Patricia Caesar, co-founder and chairman of Caesar & Washburn (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.