People

A Better Chance (Boston): Appointed Darnita R. Killian, dean of students at Emory U. (Atlanta), to be executive director. This organization provides educational and career opportunities to talented minority youths across the nation.

Africare (Washington): Appointed Myron Golden, a senior associate at the Mitchell Group (Washington), to be regional director for francophone Africa.

Aging in America (Bronx, N.Y.): Appointed Linda Martin, vice president for planning and development, to be executive vice president.

California Historical Society (San Francisco): Appointed Stephen A. Becker, director of external affairs at the Zeum Art & Technology Center (San Francisco), to be executive director.

Canine Companions for Independence (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Appointed Patricia Minaker, a senior accountant at Houghton & Freitas (Santa Rosa), to be national director of administrative services.

Chapman U. (Orange, Calif.): Appointed Sheryl A. Bourgeois, associate vice president for university relations, to be vice president for university relations; Bobbi Fisher, development coordinator for the School of Education, to be director of development; Susan Hixon, owner of the Cafe Diem restaurant (Palos Verdes, Calif.) and former manager of development at the Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach, Calif.), to be a prospect researcher; and Susan Knopick, planned-giving administrator, to be director of planned giving.

Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (N.J.): Appointed John P. Demoleas, executive director of Saint Peter’s U. Hospital Foundation (New Brunswick, N.J.), to be vice president for development.

Classroom Inc. (New York): Appointed Seana Eileen Anderson, executive director of the Mentoring Partnership of New York, to be director of development for this group that distributes interactive educational software and trains teachers to use it.

DePaul U. (Chicago): Appointed Bridget Vaughn, director of development for athletics and student affairs, to be associate vice president of the office of university collaborations. The position will facilitate the university’s relationships with corporations.

Easter SealsEastern Pennsylvania (Allentown): Appointed Linda W. LaMona, president and chief executive officer of Goodwill IndustriesHeart of Florida (Lakeland), to be president and chief executive officer.

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (Hyde Park, N.Y.): Appointed Christopher N. Breiseth, president of Wilkes U. (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), to be president and chief executive officer, effective September 4.

Glynwood Center (Cold Spring, N.Y.): Appointed Andrea Carroll, director of corporate, foundation, and government relations at American Field Service/USA (New York), to be director of development, and Gary Valen, director of sustainable agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States (Washington), to be director of operations. The center offers courses in community development and leadership.

Heifer Project International (Little Rock, Ark.): Appointed Marvin Schwartz, a consultant based in Little Rock, to be director of grants.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.): Appointed Michael J. Catillaz, director of college advancement for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Homewood Retirement Centers of the United Church of Christ (Williamsport, Md.): Appointed John W. Warren, director of funds development, to be vice president of funds development.

Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore): Appointed Cheryl A. Barto, director of development and alumni relations for the School of Nursing at the U. of Maryland at Baltimore, to be associate dean of development and alumni relations for the School of Nursing.

Long Island U. at Brooklyn (New York): Appointed James Cribbs, director of major gifts at Citymeals-on-Wheels (New York), to be grant writer.

Los Angeles Free Clinic: Appointed Joseph W. Dunn, president and chief executive officer of Daniel Freeman Hospitals (Los Angeles), to be executive director.

Maryland Citizens for the Arts (Ellicott City): Appointed Pamela G. Holt, director of cultural tourism and special assistant in the Office of Planning and Economic Development for the District of Columbia (Washington), to be executive director. Ms. Holt will also lead the Maryland Citizens for the Arts Foundation.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York): Announced the retirement of Ashton Hawkins, executive vice president and counsel to the trustees. Mr. Hawkins will serve as a part-time consultant to the museum.

National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations (Washington): Appointed Irv Katz, group vice president for community impact at United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be president and chief executive officer, effective April 2.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (New York): Founder Sylvia Lawry died on February 24, at age 85.

Save the Children (Westport, Conn.): Appointed Ann A. Van Dusen, senior deputy assistant administrator in the Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination at the U.S. Agency for International Development (Washington), to be executive vice president and chief operating officer.

U. of Missouri at Columbia: Appointed Connie Eggert, assistant vice chancellor for marketing and development at the U. of Missouri at Rolla, to be executive director for advancement for the College of Business.

United States Association for Child Care (Lee’s Summit, Mo.): Appointed Anne Goldstein, executive director of the National Child Care Information Center (Washington), to be executive director, based in Washington.

Winrock International (Morrilton, Ark.): Appointed Gregg Patterson, chief of the environmental-preservation division of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (Little Rock), to be managing director of U.S. programs, based in Little Rock.

GRANT MAKERS

Central Indiana Community Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Brian Payne, managing director of the Indiana Repertory Theatre (Indianapolis), to be president.

Chicago Community Trust: Appointed Anne Blanton, assistant director, to be executive vice president of administration; Carol Crenshaw, chief financial officer, to be vice president of finance; Marbet Cuthbert, director of human-resource projects at the Management Association of Illinois (Broadview), to be director of human resources; Margo De Lay, senior staff associate, to be senior program officer; Merri Ex, director of external relations, to be vice president of external relations; Ada Mary Gugenheim, senior staff associate, to be senior program officer; Jennifer B. Jobrack, communications officer, to be director of communications; Abdul S. Karim, manager of endowment accounting, to be director of endowment accounting; Michael Marcus, senior staff associate, to be senior program officer; Sandra H. Nelson, development officer for donor services, to be director of donor services; Kathleen O’Laughlin, development officer for gift planning, to be director of planned giving; and Sarah Solotaroff, director of programs, to be vice president of programs.

Community Foundation of Central Florida (Orlando): Appointed Mark Brewer, vice president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer.

Peter F. Drucker Foundation (New York): Appointed Rob Johnston, senior vice president of programs, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Frances Hesselbein, who will continue to serve as chairman of the Board of Governors.

Evanston Community Foundation (Ill.): Appointed Sara L. Schastok, associate director of foundation relations at U. of Chicago, to be executive director.

Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Hedy L. Chang, former director of California Tomorrow (Oakland), to be senior program officer for family support, and Brad Paul, a consultant on affordable-housing issues in San Francisco, to be senior program officer for strengthening neighborhoods.

James Irvine Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Katherine Aquino, channel-marketing and technical-training coordinator at Tut Systems (Pleasanton, Calif.), to be program assistant; Judy Belk, former vice president of global public affairs at Levi Strauss & Company (San Francisco), to be senior adviser for nine months on a program to help young people in California’s Central Valley; Ann Clarke, director of the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences and of the Pew Latin-American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences at the U. of California at San Francisco, to be director of grants administration; Hilda Hernández-Gravelle, assistant dean for student life and multicultural affairs at Simmons College (Boston), to be program officer in higher education; and Charlotte March, program coordinator at PeopleGive (San Francisco), to be executive assistant.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Appointed Thor Barraclough, Internet-project manager at First Marketing (Pompano Beach, Fla.), to be communications associate and Web master.

Koret Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Sandra Edwards, program director, to be director of grants.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Julia Stasch, former chief of staff to Mayor Richard M. Daley (Chicago), to be vice president of the program on human and community development.

Pittsburgh Foundation: Announced the retirement of Alfred W. (Burr) Wishart Jr., president and chief executive officer, effective December 31. The foundation also appointed Mary Frances Dean, estate-planning attorney and orphans-court litigator at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott (Pittsburgh), to be planned-giving officer, and Maureen Mahoney, director of development at the Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, to be major-gifts officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Dade Community Foundation (Miami): Elected Hugh A. Westbrook, chair and chief executive officer of Vitas Healthcare (Miami), to be chair of the board.

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (Hyde Park, N.Y.): Elected Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, president, and William J. vanden Heuvel, chairman of the board, to be co-chairs of the board, effective September 4.

Fulbright Association (Washington): Elected Charles H. Harff, retired senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Rockwell International (Pittsburgh), to be president of the Board of Directors at this private association for alumni of the federal Fulbright Program.

Generation Foundation (Cleveland): Elected Glenn R. Brown, retired science and technology adviser to the Governor of Ohio (Columbus), to be president of the board.

HCR Manor Care Foundation (Toledo, Ohio): Elected John Huber, therapy operations analyst at HCR Manor Care (Toledo), and Kathy Hutchison, corporate human-resources manager at HCR Manor Care, to be members of the Board of Directors.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Elected the following to the Board of Trustees: Wendy Hagen, executive vice president and account-group director in the Washington office of Arnold Worldwide (Boston); Edward J. Hartnett, retired company group chairman of Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, N.J.); and Robert Wood Johnson IV, chairman and chief executive officer of the Johnson Company (New York) and of the National Football League’s New York Jets.

Rosenberg Foundation (San Francisco): Elected James M. Edgar, a consultant based in San Francisco, to be chair of the Board of Directors.