People

Africa Foundation (Johannesburg): Appointed Wendy Wood, relations manager, to be U.S. representative, based in San Francisco. (For more on Ms. Wood, see New on the Job.)

Arts Council Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Lisa Cole, public-relations and communications specialist for the Guidant Corporation and grant coordinator for the Guidant Foundation (Santa Clara, Calif.), to be director of development.

Aspen Music Festival and School (Colo.): Appointed Don Roth, president and executive director of the Saint Louis Symphony, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Robert J. Harth, who is now the executive and artistic director at Carnegie Hall (New York).

California State U. at San Bernardino: Appointed Lynda McNamara, assistant dean for advancement in the school of education at U. of Southern California (Los Angeles), to be associate vice president for development.

Catholic U. of America (Washington): Appointed Margaret A. King, executive director of development and alumni relations at Columbia U. School of Law (New York), to be associate dean for institutional advancement in the Columbus School of Law.

Center for Jewish History (New York): Announced the resignation of Lois S. Cronholm, executive director, to become senior vice president of City College at the City U. of New York.

Chicago Women in Trades: Appointed Gayle L. Nelson-Blomquist, development associate, to be director of development.

Christians Linked in Mission (Cleveland Heights, Ohio): Appointed Joseph F. Cistone, vice president for capital, endowment, and philanthropic programs and executive assistant to the president at the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Foundation, to be executive director.

Claremont School of Theology (Calif.): Appointed Paul Little, former director of communications at Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena, Calif.), to be director of public relations.

Cleveland Zoological Society: Appointed Elizabeth T. Fowler, associate director, to be executive director, succeeding Susan M. LaPine, who retired. The group also appointed Tara Renk, community-relations director at 90.3 WCPN (Cleveland), to be manager of individual-giving programs.

Davidson College (N.C.): Appointed Eileen M. Keeley, director of alumni relations, to be director of development.

Eastern Illinois U. (Charleston): Appointed Jill Nilsen, acting vice president for external relations, to be vice president for external relations.

Elmhurst College (Ill.): Appointed Amy Wendt, admissions officer at Concordia U. (River Forest, Ill.), to be development associate.

Freedom Alliance (Dulles, Va.): Appointed Jacqueline Fournier, former director of member services at the Women’s National Republican Club (New York), to be development officer, and Bob Smith, former development director at Liberty Christian School (Richland, Wash.), to be director of development.

Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum Foundation (Pa.): Appointed Suzanne E. Helm, executive director of the Brookings Council at the Brookings Institution (Washington), to be vice president for external affairs.

Greenbelt Conservancy (Staten Island, N.Y.): Appointed William J. McDermott, chief operating officer at Partnership Central (New York), to be executive director.

Hope Rehabilitation Services (Santa Clara, Calif.): Appointed Paul Lukes, the managing editor at San Jose Magazine (Calif.), to be manager of community relations.

Hutcheson Medical Center Foundation (Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.): Appointed Betsy Chapin Taylor, executive director of the Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation (Fayetteville, N.C.), to be president.

Indiana State U. (Terre Haute): Appointed Brenda J. Weber, former director of alumni programs and special events at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School (Indianapolis), to be director of development.

Jazz at Lincoln Center (New York): Appointed Bruce MacCombie, dean for the School of the Arts at Boston U., to be executive director, effective September 1.

Jones International U. (Englewood, Colo.): Appointed Richard Platz, former vice president for marketing and membership at Washington Athletic Club (Seattle), to be director of marketing.

Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.): Appointed Brian S. Williams, director of planned giving, to be vice president for advancement.

Lancaster Country Day School (Pa.): Appointed Ellen M. Simpson, senior development associate at Elizabethtown College (Pa.), to be director of development.

Lawrence U. (Appleton, Wis.): Appointed Roger D. Sheffield, major-gifts officer at Colorado College (Colorado Springs), to be director of development.

Marquette U. (Milwaukee): Appointed Joseph R. Boeke, director of advancement and information services at Bucknell U. (Lewisburg, Pa.), to be associate vice president for advancement operations.

McGill U. (Montreal): Appointed Royal A. Govain, managing director of the NeuroScience Canada Foundation (Montreal), to be executive director of external affairs for the university’s Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital.

Michigan Technological U. (Houghton): Appointed Fred W. Hensley, chief public-affairs officer at Western Kentucky U. (Bowling Green), to be senior vice president for advancement and marketing.

Minnesota Medical Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Michelle Francois, manager of resource development at the St. Paul Area United Way, to be associate director of development for new therapies; Carmela S. Kranz, senior director of outreach programs at the U. of Minnesota Alumni Association (Minneapolis), to be associate director of development for special programs; Kent M. Spaulding, associate development officer and alumni-relations program director for the College of Liberal Arts at the U. of Minnesota, to be director of annual giving; and Kimberley M. Spear, director of business operations at the Fairview Foundation (Minneapolis), to be associate director of development for neuroscience.

Montreat College (N.C.): Appointed M. Jac Whatley, vice president for advancement and strategic planning, to be executive vice president.

National FFA Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Glennda Kouts, development director for the Herron School of Art at Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis, to be team leader for individual giving and nonprofit relations.

Naugatuck Valley Community College (Waterbury, Conn.): Appointed Audrey Thompson, former group executive for planning and development at Capital Region Workforce Development Board (Hartford, Conn.), to be associate dean of resource development.

NCB Development Corporation (Washington): Appointed John Holdsclaw, associate director of government affairs at the National Head Start Association (Alexandria, Va.), to be director of policy development. This charity provides community and economic development in low-income neighborhoods.

NetDay (Irvine, Calif.): Appointed Rachel Brownlie, recruitment-program assistant for AmeriCorps in Dallas, to be national director of the NetDay AmeriCorps Bridge program. NetDay offers schools access to technology and trains teachers in its educational uses.

Northeastern U. (Boston): Appointed E. Edward Klotzbier, vice president and deputy director of corporate affairs at Mellon Financial Corporation (Boston), to be director of communications.

Quinnipiac U. (Hamden, Conn.): Appointed Georgia J. Dickinson, director of development at the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy-Lauralton Hall (Milford, Conn.), to be director of annual giving, and Todd R. Gibbs, director of alumni at Holy Cross High School (Waterbury, Conn.), to be director of the parents’ fund.

Ray Graham Association for People with Disabilities (Downers Grove, Ill.): Appointed Chris Thomas, production assistant and associate producer at WMVP, ESPN Radio 1000 (Chicago), to be public-relations coordinator.

Road to Responsibility (Marshfield, Mass.): Appointed Joseph P. Travers, director of communications, to be assistant vice president of communications and development at this group that provides training and services to people with mental and physical disabilities.

Robert Morris College (Moon Township, Pa.): Appointed Donald H. Boyd, former director of planned giving at Widener U. (Chester, Pa.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Sam Houston State U. (Huntsville, Tex.): Appointed Gary A. Bouse, executive director for university advancement, to be vice president for university advancement.

Sports Philanthropy Project (Boston): Appointed Nancy Gist, director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington) in the Clinton administration, to be associate director. This project, started by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, assists the foundations of professional sports teams and athletes.

Susquehanna U. (Selinsgrove, Pa.): Appointed Ronald A. Cohen, associate vice president for development, to be vice president for university relations, and Sara G. Kirkland, vice president for university relations, to be executive vice president for administration and planning.

U. of California at Santa Barbara: Appointed Gary A. Greinke, former associate vice president of U. of Cincinnati, to be associate vice chancellor for development.

U. of Louisville (Ky.): Appointed Glenn Kosse, regional director at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis), to be associate vice president for development and alumni.

U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): Appointed Steven Oliveira, vice president for development and alumni relations in the Darden School at the U. of Virginia (Charlottesville), to be associate dean for external affairs at the Wharton School.

Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Ind.): Appointed Mark W. Jones, vice president for advancement at Goucher College (Towson, Md.), to be dean of college advancement and secretary of the college.

Womens Way (Philadelphia): Appointed Yael Heller Jekogian, a former volunteer and member of the Board of Directors for the organization and a senior environment consultant at AIG Consultants (Philadelphia), to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Beldon Fund (New York): Appointed Anita Nager, senior program officer for community development and the environment at the New York Community Trust, to be director of programs, effective September 10.

Bush Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Lee-Hoon Benson, program associate, to be program officer.

Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed Burton Sonenstein, founder and chief executive officer of United Insurance Management Company (Chevy Chase, Md.), to be chief financial officer.

Community Foundation of South Alabama (Mobile): Appointed Thomas H. Livers, director of development at Bridgehaven, Inc. (Louisville, Ky.), to be associate director and chief operating officer.

Flinn Foundation (Phoenix): Appointed Ivy Bohnlein, program coordinator for undergraduate admissions at Arizona State U. (Tempe), to be assistant director of the Flinn Scholars program, and Michael Cochise Young, director of the office of national scholarship advisement at Arizona State U., to be director of the Flinn Scholars program.

Leeway Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed Barbara Silzle, program director, to be executive director.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Jamie Hagerty, accounting assistant at Zomax Inc. (Minneapolis), to be accounting assistant; Shawn Kinniry, director of business operations at Prisma International (Minneapolis), to be operations manager; and Jodi Sandfort, assistant professor and senior research associate in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse U. (N.Y.), to be program officer for the children, families, and communities program.

Meyer Memorial Trust (Portland, Ore.): Announced the retirement of Charles S. Rooks, executive director, effective in April 2002.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Appointed Karin H. Bishop, vice president for community affairs at the Valley of the Sun United Way (Phoenix), to be grants manager, and Marilee Dal Pra, director of the division for children in the community-policy office of the Governor of Arizona (Phoenix), to be program officer.

San Antonio Area Foundation: Appointed Sallie Steves Peacock, senior director of community involvement and development at the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, to be director of development and donor relations.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Calif.): Elected Nicholas M. Graves, a partner at Osterweis Capital Management (San Francisco), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg (Pa.): Elected Col. Thomas Vossler, retired director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute (Carlisle, Pa.) and a former vice president for this organization, to be president of the Board of Directors.

IABC Research Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Tamara Gillis, associate professor of communication at Elizabethtown College (Pa.), to be chairwoman for this research and fund-raising arm of the International Association of Business Communicators.

Junior Achievement Incorporated (Colorado Springs): Elected Bill Freeman, president of the public-communications group at Verizon Communications (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Morton Arboretum (Lisle, Ill.): Elected W. Robert Reum, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of AMSTED Industries (Chicago), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Philadelphia Foundation: Elected to be members of the Board of Managers: Ellen Foster, a community volunteer; James E. Nevels, chief executive officer of the Swarthmore Group (West Chester, Pa.); and Andrew N. Yao, founder and chairman of the Student Finance Group (Radnor, Pa.).

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Convio (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Alfredo Perez Jr., vice president of business development and strategic initiatives at Selectica (San Jose, Calif.), to be vice president of sales.

L.W. Robbins Associates (Holliston, Mass.): Appointed Bob Cargill, director of creative services at the now-defunct Digital Goods (Maynard, Mass.), to be senior creative director.

National Fundraising Lists (Crofton, Md.): Appointed Judy Jackson and Patti Loescher, both senior account executives, to be account directors for list brokerage and management.

Thedatabank (St. Louis Park, Minn.): Appointed Steve West, vice president of J. River Inc. (Minneapolis), to be chief executive officer.