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Carnegie Science Center (Pittsburgh): Announced the resignation of its director, Seddon Bennington. Mr. Bennington left to become the chief

executive of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington).

Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (New York): Appointed Nancy Northup, director of the Democracy Program at the New York U. School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice, to be president, effective January 13, 2003.

CEOs for Cities (Boston): Appointed Ann Lang, president and chief executive officer of Pikes Peak United Way (Colorado Springs), to be executive director.

Community Ministry of Northern Virginia (Springfield): Appointed Robin Sparks, development director at Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia (Arlington), to be executive director. Community Ministry engages church members in collaborative efforts to address local needs such as affordable housing.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington): Appointed John H. Taylor, director of alumni and development records at Duke U. (Durham, N.C.), to be vice president for research and data services.

Council on Philanthropy (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Sarah Dotson Matthews, associate general counsel at Aquila Merchant Services (Kansas City), to be chief executive officer.

D.C. Central Kitchen (Washington): Appointed Erick L. Swenson, vice president for institutional advancement at Liberty Education Forum (Washington), to be director of advancement for programs.

Diversity Pipeline Alliance (McLean, Va.): Appointed Karen Y. Johns, vice president for advancement at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (New York), to be executive director. The Diversity Pipeline Alliance is a coalition of groups working to attract minorities to business careers.

East Bay Resource Center for Nonprofit Support (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Juan Cruz, a consultant in Oakland and Martinez (Calif.), to be interim executive director.

Eastern Michigan U. Foundation (Ypsilanti): Appointed Thomas R. Stevick, director of development and external relations at Arizona State U. College of Law (Tempe), to be executive director of development.

Emerson Hospital (Concord, Mass.): Appointed Jack Dresser, chief development officer at New England Baptist Hospital (Boston), to be vice president of development for the hospital, and executive director of the Emerson Healthcare Foundation.

Florida Gulf Coast U. (Fort Myers): Appointed John Robert Quatroche, vice president for university advancement at Indiana State U. (Terre Haute), to be vice president for university advancement and executive director of the university foundation.

FreshMinistries (Jacksonville, Fla.): Appointed Leslie L. Daniels, development director at Lutheran Social Services (Jacksonville), to be grants manager and associate director of development. FreshMinistries helps develop programs designed to revitalize Jacksonville.

Grantmakers in Health (Washington): Appointed Ming Wong, librarian at the Child Welfare League of America (Washington), to be resource-center manager.

Hale House Center (New York): Appointed N. Kurt Barnes, vice president for investment management at Morgan Stanley (New York), to be chief financial officer. Hale House Center serves drug-affected and abandoned infants and children in Harlem.

Housing Trust of Santa Clara County (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Roccie Hill, executive director of Earth Share of California (San Francisco), to be executive director.

Iowa State U. Foundation (Ames): Appointed Keith Fortmann, director of development for special projects, to be executive director of development for the College of Engineering; Larissa Holtmyer Jones, director of development for the College of Business, to be senior director of development for gift planning and leadership gifts; and Pat Vickerman, gift-planning director at the U. of Iowa Foundation (Iowa City), to be senior director of gift planning and leadership gifts.

Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan (Detroit): Appointed R. Sue Dodea, director of nonprofit services at Accounting Aid Society (Detroit), to be vice president for public awareness and special projects; Yvette Flippen-Hughey, prevention coordinator at the Genesee Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting, and Prevention (Flint, Mich.), to be executive director of Junior Achievement of Greater Genesee Valley (Flint); and Larry Richardson, president of Junior Achievement (Honolulu), to be executive director of Junior Achievement of Mid-Michigan (Lansing).

Long Island Aquarium (Bay Shore, N.Y.): Appointed William Mattimore, chief administrative officer, to be vice president and chief financial officer.

Los Angeles Educational Partnership: Appointed Jon Fullerton, director of strategy, evaluation, research, and public policy, to be vice president of strategy, evaluation, research, and public policy; Howard Lappin, principal at Foshay Learning Center (Los Angeles), to be vice president and executive director, Urban Learning Centers; Carol J. Solis, director of teacher and leadership training, to be vice president and chief operating officer; and Bettie J. Woods, director of development at the U. of Chicago’s Western Regional Office (Los Angeles), to be vice president and chief development officer. LAEP seeks to improve the academic achievement of low-income students.

Museum of the City of New York: Appointed Susan Henshaw Jones, president of the National Building Museum (Washington), to be director.

National Center for Family Philanthropy (Washington): Appointed Deborah A. Brody, founding director of Grantmakers in Health’s Support Center for Health Philanthropy (Bellingham, Wash.), to be senior program director; Sally Jones, business manager at Witness for Peace (Washington), to be director of administration; and Maryl C. Levine, a management consultant, to be a vice president.

Parents as Teachers (St. Louis): Appointed Cheryle Dyle-Palmer, vice president of children and family services at the National Benevolent Association (St. Louis), to be chief operating officer.

Pennsylvania State U. (University Park): Appointed Elaine F. Rhodes, director of development and university relations, to be director of planned giving and endowments in the division of development and alumni relations.

Presbyterian Foundation (Jeffersonville, Ind.): Appointed Mark Klemm, director of corporate relations at Rice U. (Houston), to be senior vice president of development.

Project Sunshine (New York): Appointed Amy Frome Saperstein, a consultant, to be director of programming and administration. Project Sunshine provides free programs and services to children with life-threatening illnesses.

Saint Louis Art Museum: Appointed John Easley, director of external affairs at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Mo.), to be assistant director for external affairs.

Salvation Army (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed W. Todd Bassett, international secretary to the chief of staff (London), to be national commander.

Scholarship Fund of Alexandria (Va.): Appointed Sandra Oliver Heningburg, president and chief executive officer of Sandra Heningburg Associates (Alexandria), to be executive director.

Seton Hall U. (South Orange, N.J.): Appointed Barbara Metelsky assistant director of the university’s Center of Public Service, to be director of the Nonprofit Sector Resource Institute.

Southstar Community Development Corporation (Atlanta): Appointed Corby Hannah, assistant program manager for the Neighborhood Revitalization Task Force at Morehouse College’s Emma and Joe Adams Public Service Institute (Atlanta), to be executive director. Southstar CDC works to stimulate economic and community development in southeast Atlanta.

St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn, N.Y.): Appointed Nancy Connors, director of major gifts at Adelphi U. (Garden City, N.Y.), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Lisa Sinopoli, assistant director of development for athletics, to be director of the Orange Pack, and Sara D. Wason, executive director of foundation relations, to be executive director, corporate and foundation relations, in the development office.

Tri-City People’s Corporation (Newark, N.J.): Appointed Toni L. Caldwell, manager of chambers operations for the Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Newark, to be executive director and chief executive officer. Tri-City People’s Corporation provides education, employment, health, and housing services in partnership with the residents of the West Side Park area of Newark and adjacent communities.

U. of New Hampshire Foundation (Durham): Appointed Sarah J. Gnerre, director of development at the Music Hall (Portsmouth, N.H.), to be associate director of major gifts.

United Way of Orange County (Irvine, Calif.): Appointed Rose Ratcliff, planner for worldwide special events at Beckman Coulter (Brea, Calif.), to be events manager.

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Va.): Appointed Dianna M. Benton, coordinator for initiatives in undergraduate education, to be director of development for university programs; Evan Kent Bohnen, director of development for the College of Arts and Humanities at Minnesota State U. at Mankato, to be director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences; Kim M. Christopoulos, senior donor-relations coordinator at U. of Virginia (Charlottesville), to be director of donor relations; and Alex J. Fritz, customer-logistics manager at Sara Lee Corporation (Winston-Salem, N.C.), to be associate director of gift planning.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford, Conn.): Announced the resignation of Kate M. Sellers, director.

Winrock International (Morrilton, Ark.): Appointed Alan Elsworth, director of human resources for the Americas region of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (New York), to be director of human resources. Winrock International focuses on innovative approaches to agriculture, natural-resources management, renewable energy, and related leadership development.

World Relief (Baltimore): Appointed Galen Carey, Africa regional director, to be director of advocacy and policy.

WVPT (Harrisonburg, Va.): Appointed Maria Murzyn, account executive at WHSV-TV (Harrisonburg), to be director of corporate support.

YMCA of the USA (Chicago): Appointed Thomas K. Craine, president emeritus and former chief executive officer of the YMCA of Metropolitan Denver, to be director of the North American Urban Group of YMCAs.

YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago: Appointed Christine Bork, executive director of the Provena Mercy Center Foundation (Aurora, Ill.), to be managing director of philanthropic relationships.

GRANT MAKERS

Richard Ivey Foundation (Toronto): Appointed Bruce Lourie, principal at Lourie & Love (Toronto), to be executive director. The Richard Ivey Foundation supports projects focusing on health, education, social development, the environment, and arts and culture in Canada.

Nike (Beaverton, Ore.): Appointed Molly K. White, a consultant on for-profit and nonprofit corporate community relations, to be director of U.S. community affairs.

Spencer Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Michael McPherson, president of Macalester College (St. Paul), to be president, effective next year. Paul D. Goren, current acting president and vice president, will remain as vice president.

West Central Initiative (Fergus Falls, Minn.): Appointed Kim Embretson, executive director of Decision Hills Camp (Spicer, Minn.), to be donor-relations director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Cancer Society: (Atlanta): Elected Mary A. Simmonds, a professor of medicine at Pennsylvania State U. College of Medicine (University Park) and a medical oncologist at Andres and Patel Associates (Camp Hill, Pa.), to be president of the National Volunteer Board of Directors.

Carnegie Corporation (New York): Elected Shirin Tahir-Kheli, a research professor and fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins U.’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (Washington), to the Board of Trustees.

Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation (Parma, Ohio): Elected Robert W. Varley, director of state and local affairs at Dominion East Ohio (Cleveland), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Marist School (Atlanta): Elected James E. Tally, president and chief executive of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (New York): Elected John Waters, the independent-film director and writer, to the Board of Directors.

The Wilderness Society (Washington): Elected Becky Rom, a partner at Faegre & Benson (Minneapolis), to be chair of the Wilderness Society’s Governing Council.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Kathleen Helal, membership coordinator at the Frick Museum (New York), and Esther Potter, director of development at George Washington U.’s Graduate School of Political Management (Washington), to be consultants in its Professional Services Group.

DHR International (New York): Appointed Sigmund G. Ginsburg, senior vice president for finance and business development at the American Museum of Natural History (New York), to be executive vice president for the firm’s nonprofit practice.

Kintera (San Diego): Appointed Debbie Routt, vice president of corporate marketing at MedUnite (San Diego), to be a vice president of marketing.

Stellar Fundraising Executives (Atlanta): Appointed George Stuart, a consultant in Orlando, Fla., to be senior vice president of business development, based in Orlando.