People

ALS Association Greater New York Chapter: Appointed Jack Ryger, New York development director at American ORT (New York), to be director of development.

American National Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Terry J. Sicilia, chief executive officer of the American Red Cross, Mile High Chapter (Denver), to be vice president of programs and services.

American Psychoanalytic Association (New York): Appointed Dean K. Stein, deputy executive director of the Dyson Foundation (Millbrook, N.Y.), to be executive director, a newly created position, effective November 1. He will succeed Ellen B. Fertig, administrative director, who is retiring.

American Red Cross, Mile High Chapter (Denver): Appointed Christine Benero, director of the office of public affairs and public liaison at the Corporation for National and Community Service (Washington), to be chief executive officer.

Boston Foundation for Sight (Chestnut Hill, Mass.): Appointed Mark Cohen, director of development and clinic director, to be executive director.

Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.): Appointed Kristen Cecil Melloh, director of development at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, to be vice president of external relations.

Catholic Charities (Boston): Appointed the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, president and chief executive officer of Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria), to be president.

Christian Appalachian Project (Lancaster, Ky.): Appointed Bill Mills, assistant vice president of manufacturing at Hitachi Automotive Products (Harrodsburg, Ky.), to be president.

Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania (Allentown): Appointed Nancy L. Teichman, senior vice president of program services, to be president and chief executive officer.

Hamline U. (St. Paul): Appointed Bill Martin, director of campaigns and capital and major gifts at Courage Center (Minneapolis), to be director of development for the School of Law.

Hibiscus Children’s Center (Jensen Beach, Fla.): Appointed Jan Swink Huffert, chief operating officer, to be chief executive officer. The center’s programs combat child abuse and neglect.

International Human Rights Law Group (Washington): Appointed Ann Andrews, vice president of external communications at United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be director of communications, and Brigitte Savage, vice president of membership and development at Independent Sector (Washington), to be director of development.

International Partners in Mission (Cleveland Heights, Ohio): Appointed Sonya M. Rice, a recent graduate of Case Western Reserve U.’s Mandel School of Applied Sciences (Cleveland), to be project coordinator.

Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Loren Basch, a fund-raising consultant in Los Angeles, to be chief executive officer.

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County (Boca Raton, Fla.): Appointed William S. Bernstein, senior executive vice president for financial-resource development at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, to be executive vice president.

Literacy Partners (New York): Appointed Susan A. McLean, interim executive director, to be executive director.

Lyon College (Batesville, Ark.): Appointed Tim Bruner, assistant vice president and chief development officer at Harding U. (Searcy, Ark.), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Metro TeenAIDS (Washington): Appointed Peter Larson, special-events and donor-relations officer at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (Washington), to be director of development.

Muscular Dystrophy Association of King County (Seattle): Appointed Jean Allenbach, special-events manager at Northwest Harvest (Seattle), to be district director.

North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (Charlotte): Appointed Tom Gabbard, executive director of the Edward W. Weidner Center for the Performing Arts (Green Bay, Wis.), to be executive director.

PBS (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Elizabeth Suarez, senior director of individual giving, to be vice president of development.

Presbyterian Homes of New Jersey Foundation (Princeton): Appointed Joseph T. Claffey, vice president of advancement at St. Peter’s College (Jersey City), to be vice president and chief development officer.

Promise Keepers (Denver): Appointed Thomas S. Forston Jr., executive vice president of administration and operations, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Bill McCartney, who is retiring.

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Wyncote, Pa.): Appointed Robert Horowitz, executive director of development and alumni relations at Temple U.’s School of Dentistry (Philadelphia), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Redlands Yucaipa Guidance Clinic (Calif.): Appointed Sarah Eberhardt, director of development at Marin Services for Women (Larkspur, Calif.), to be director of operations. The clinic provides mental-health and substance-abuse services.

San Juan College Foundation (Farmington, N.M.): Appointed Gayle Dean, director of the college’s Project Read literacy program, to be executive director.

Save the Children (Westport, Conn.): Appointed Nancy Ely-Raphel, counselor on international law at the U.S. Department of State (Washington), to be vice president and managing director of development programs, based in the Washington office.

Texas Hillel Foundation (Austin): Appointed Susan Rothman, campaign director at the Jewish Federation of San Antonio, to be director of development.

U. of Maryland at Baltimore: Appointed Christopher Molloy, vice president of advancement and chief operating officer at Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation (Indianapolis), to be assistant dean for development and alumni relations at the School of Law, and Gary Porto, senior development officer at the American Lung Association of Maine (Augusta), to be director of development for the School of Nursing.

United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.): Announced the retirement of William H. Gray III, president and chief executive officer, effective March 31, 2004.

United Way of Massachusetts Bay (Boston): Announced the retirement of Marian L. Heard, president and chief executive officer, effective July 2004.

Van Cliburn Foundation (Fort Worth): Appointed Linda Bunnell, senior vice president for higher education at the College Board (New York), to be vice president of advancement and director of development.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program (Malvern, Pa.): Appointed Patricia Prevost, director of development at the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation, to be chief marketing officer.

YMCA of the USA (Chicago): Appointed Bruce L. Berglund, vice president of financial development at the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, to be director of philanthropy and financial development.

GRANT MAKERS

Broad Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Noelia Rodriguez, spokeswoman for the first lady, Laura Bush (Washington), to be chief of staff and director of external affairs.

Crossroads Community Foundation (Natick, Mass.): Appointed Ashley Allison, vice president for programs and development at the Amarillo Area Community Foundation (Tex.), to be executive director.

Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.): Appointed William F.L. Moses, program officer, to be senior program officer; Richard K. Rappleye, former vice president at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.), to be program officer; and Elizabeth C. Sullivan, vice president for program, to be vice president for program and administration.

Orange County Community Foundation (Irvine, Calif.): Appointed Sherrill Hanley, public-affairs specialist at the Los Angeles Times, to be community-partnership specialist.

Texas Instruments (Dallas): Appointed Ann Pomykal, director of public affairs, to be director of corporate and foundation giving for the company and its foundation.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Boston Lyric Opera: Elected Alicia Cooney Quigley, co-founder and managing director of the Monument Group (Boston), an investment firm, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Childhelp USA/Virginia (Fairfax): Elected Cory A. Marsan, president and chief operating officer of Soundpath Legal Conferencing (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Citizens for NYC (New York): Elected Henry Cornell, a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Food for the Poor (Deerfield Beach, Fla.): Elected P. Todd Kennedy, partner in the law firm of Kennedy & Associates (West Palm Beach, Fla.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Elected Thomas A. McDonnell, chief executive officer of DST Systems (Kansas City), and Thomas J. Rhone, a consultant to the Kauffman Scholars program (Kansas City), to the Board of Trustees.

Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.): Elected Katherine A. Lutey, lay leader at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (Rochester, Mich.), to the Board of Trustees.

National Gallery of Art (Washington): Elected Victoria P. Sant, co-founder of the Summit Foundation and the Summit Fund of Washington, to be president of the Board of Trustees. She succeeds Robert H. Smith, who will become trustee emeritus.

New York Foundation for the Arts: Elected Leni R. Darrow, a former senior vice president at Bonan Properties International (New York), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Northlight Theatre (Skokie, Ill.): Elected Paul Lehman, co-founder and managing director of Austin-Lehman Adventures (Billings, Mont.), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Shelter Partnership (Los Angeles): Elected Diann H. Kim, a lawyer in the Los Angeles office of the law firm Winston & Strawn (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Directors. Shelter Partnership develops resources and housing for homeless people in Los Angeles County.

U. of Hawaii Foundation (Honolulu): Elected Howard Karr, retired vice chairman of First Hawaiian Bank (Honolulu), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Witness Justice (Frederick, Md.): Elected Tim Dimoff, president of SACS Consulting and Investigative Services (Akron, Ohio), to be chair of the Board of Directors. Witness Justice provides support services to survivors of violent crime.

Yaddo (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.): Elected Peter C. Gould, a managing partner at the law firm of Sabin, Bermant & Gould (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANT AND OTHERS

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Amy Bellevue, software instructor, to be a financial consultant in the Charleston office; Monica Cawvey, manager of individual giving at the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), to be a fund-raising consultant in the Chicago office; Keith Collins, project manager at Sue Ryder Care (London), to be a fund-raising consultant in the London office; Brian Kearney, a product engineer in the Charleston office, to be a fund-raising analysis consultant in the Buffalo, N.Y., office; Chase Moore, senior conference coordinator at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington), to be a fund-raising consultant in the Washington office; and Robert Moss, senior software engineer, to be a fund-raising analysis consultant in the Charleston office.

Hartsook Companies (Wichita, Kan.): Announced the acquisition of TusenTakk Consulting (Minneapolis) and the appointment of Laurie B. Ward, principal at TusenTakk Consulting, to be vice president for the north-central region.

Real Estate Donations (West Dundee, Ill.): Appointed Bill Larsen, president of Fox Valley Remodeling (Chicago), to be vice president of charity operations. The company facilitates real-estate donations to nonprofit groups.