People

Amistad Research Center (New Orleans): Appointed Lee Hampton, vice president of institutional advancement at Johnson C. Smith U. (Charlotte, N.C.), to be executive director. The center preserves historical manuscripts that document the history of African-Americans and other ethnic groups.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and Inland Empire (Los Angeles): Appointed John Kobara, senior vice president at Sylvan Learning Systems (Baltimore), to be president and chief executive officer.

The Broad Center (New York): Appointed Frank Newman, chairman and chief executive officer of Bankers Trust (Des Moines), to be chief executive officer. The Broad Center conducts programs to prepare individuals for leadership positions in urban school systems, and is affiliated with the Broad Foundation, in Los Angeles.

Chautauqua Foundation (N.Y.): Appointed George L. Follansbee Jr., assistant dean for development and alumni relations at the U. of Michigan Law School (Ann Arbor), to be chief executive officer of the foundation and vice president for development at the Chautauqua Institution. Chautauqua offers arts, educational, and recreational programs.

Contemporary Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach): Appointed Jennifer Sieracki, director of institutional advancement at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children (Norfolk, Va.), to be director of development and external affairs.

KLBB (Minneapolis): Appointed Scott Murray, general sales manager, also to be station manager.

Laurel School (Shaker Heights, Ohio): Appointed Deneen M. Hopkins, director of development at the Virginia Zoological Society (Norfolk), to be director of annual giving, and Carol Provan, director of the annual fund and of planned giving, to be associate director of development and director of planned giving.

Lawrence Hall Youth Services (Chicago): Appointed Jered Pruitt, chief executive at Shelter Care Ministries (Rockford, Ill.), to be capital-gifts and public-funding officer, and Julie Youngquist, director of development and director of public policy, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Minnesota Medical Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Cindy Kaiser, vice president of finance and operations, to be chief financial officer and vice president of operations.

Network Chicago: Appointed Holly H. Gilson, manager of public relations, to be director of corporate communications, and Steve Robinson, vice president at WFMT, Network Chicago’s classical-music station, to be senior vice president for radio.

Nonprofit Finance Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Pat Krackov, Western regional adviser of program operations at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (Washington), to be program director for the fund’s San Francisco Bay Area Program.

North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (San Francisco): Appointed Kimberly A. Winter, a Spanish-language teacher at Athens Montessori School (Ga.) and an animal-control officer in Athens-Clarke County (Ga.), to be coordinator, based in Washington. The campaign is a collaborative effort of groups working to protect pollinating species and their habitats in North America.

Poland Watch Center (Washington): Announced the death of its founder, Tadeusz Walendowski, who died on February 27 at age 59.

Reading Is Fundamental (Washington): Appointed Marilyn W. Smith, executive director of Communities In Schools (Alexandria, Va.), to be vice president and director of programs.

Redmoon Theater (Chicago): Appointed Stephanie Kimmel, associate director of development and director of corporate, foundation, and government support at the Goodman Theatre (Chicago), to be director of development.

SeaWeb (Washington): Appointed Dawn M. Martin, associate chief executive officer for development at Oceana (Washington), to be executive director. SeaWeb is an ocean-conservation organization whose current campaigns include the Communications Partnership for Science and the Sea.

St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wis.): Appointed Mark W. Jones, dean for advancement at Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Ind.), to be vice president of college advancement.

Success for All Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed Pamela Johnson, director of the office of development and external relations in the office of the chief executive officer of the Baltimore public-school system, to be director of philanthropy.

Texas Association of Nonprofits (Austin): Appointed Barry Silverberg, founding director of the Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College (Tex.), also to be executive director.

United Cerebral Palsy (Washington): Appointed Ronald Napal, vice president and chief development officer at the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (New York), to be chief development officer.

USA Funds (Indianapolis): Appointed Henry L. Fernandez, program director at the Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis), to be executive director of scholarships, outreach, and philanthropy. USA Funds provides loans and other services that support access to higher education.

Yale U. Library (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Diana L. Timlin, director of development and alumni affairs at the Quinnipiac U. School of Law (Hamden, Conn.), to be director of library development and communications.

Yeshiva U. (New York): Appointed Joyce C. Kitey, national director of major gifts and Southeast region director at the American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center (Palm Beach, Fla.), to be senior director of development for major gifts.

GRANT MAKERS

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Peter Long, a health-policy consultant based in Los Angeles, to be senior program officer for the Access to Health Services program.

Marguerite Casey Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Chantel L. Walker, program officer for community development at the Marin Community Foundation (Novato, Calif.), to be director of programs.

Changemakers (San Francisco): Appointed Maria (Pilar) Gonzales, national development director at the Pacifica Radio Foundation (Berkeley, Calif.), to be president.

Field Foundation of Illinois (Chicago): Appointed Aurie A. Pennick, former president and chief executive officer of the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities (Chicago), to be executive director.

Gill Foundation (Denver): Appointed Rodger McFarlane, vice president of operations at Medhelp (New York), to be executive director. He succeeds Claudia French, who left in August 2003.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Ellen M. Gilligan, vice president for strategic initiatives, to be vice president for community investment.

Greater Tacoma Community Foundation (Wash.): Appointed Rose Lincoln, assistant vice president of community relations at the Safeco Corporation (Seattle), to be president.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Appointed Michael Maidenberg, retired publisher and president of the Grand Forks Herald (N.D.), to be vice president and chief program officer.

Rodel Charitable Foundation of Delaware (Wilmington): Appointed Paul A. Herdman, vice president for accountability and evaluation services at New American Schools (Alexandria, Va.), to be president and chief executive officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Boulder Parks and Recreation Foundation (Colo.): Elected E. Richard Polk, owner of the Pedestrian Shops (Boulder), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Samuel S. Fels Fund (Philadelphia): Elected to the board Ida Chen, a judge at the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (Philadelphia); Sandra Featherman, president of the U. of New England (Biddeford, Me.); and David H. Wice, a partner at the law firm of Alexander & Pelli (Philadelphia).

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Mo.): Elected to the Board of Directors William S. Berkley, president and chief executive officer of Tension Envelope Corporation (Kansas City); E. Frank Ellis, chairman and chief executive officer of Swope Community Enterprises (Kansas City); Mark A. Ernst, chairman and chief executive officer of H&R Block (Kansas City); G. David Gale, president of Gale Communities (Kansas City); and Donald J. Hall Jr., president and chief executive officer of Hallmark Cards (Kansas City).

Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center (Commack, N.Y.): Elected Lawrence Simon, president and chief executive officer of Ivy Asset Management Corporation (Garden City, N.Y.), to be chairman of the board.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Steven A. Schroeder, a professor of health and health care in the division of general internal medicine at the U. of California at San Francisco and former president and chief executive officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), to the Board of Directors.

Kansas State U. Foundation (Manhattan): Elected Lyle D. Pishny, a partner in the law firm of Lathrop & Gage (Overland Park, Kan.), to be chairman of the Executive Committee.

Minneapolis Foundation: Elected to the Board of Trustees Jesse Bethke Gomez, president of Chicanos Latinos Unidos en Servicio (Minneapolis); Patricia A. Harvey, superintendent of the St. Paul public schools; and Lee Mitau, executive vice president and general counsel at U.S. Bancorp (Minneapolis).

Minnesota Community Foundation (St. Paul): Elected Nancy E. Lindahl, co-owner of Creative Strategies Plus (St. Paul), and Louise K. Thoreson, president of Contributions Management (St. Paul), to the Board of Directors.

National Prostate Cancer Coalition (Washington): Elected Wesley S. Williams Jr., a partner at Covington and Burling (Washington), to be chairman of the board.

New York Foundation for the Arts: Elected to the Board of Trustees Kathleen Chalfant, an actress based in New York; Anita Durst, a founding member and artistic director of Chashama (New York); Judith B. Grunberg, former artistic director of the Columbia County Council on the Arts (Hudson, N.Y.); and the author Susan Sontag (New York).

Optimist Youth Homes &Family Services (Los Angeles): Elected Michael E. Curry, president of the AFP Group (Los Angeles), to be chairman of the Advisory Board.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Accounting Management Solutions (Norwood, Mass.): Appointed Leigh J. Tucker, chief financial and operating officer of the Telecommunications Cooperative Network (Boston), to be director of the nonprofit-client division.

Advance4 (Cincinnati): Appointed John Banks, resource-development manager for the mid-America region of Habitat for Humanity International (South Bend, Ind.), to be director of resource development. Advance4 provides resource-development, marketing, training, human-resources, and administrative services to nonprofit organizations.

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Hope Brown, a consultant at Accenture (Hartford, Conn.), to be a fund-raising consultant; Julie C. Dye, manager of the technical project-management team at MCI WorldCom (Ashburn, Va.), to be a fund-raising consultant; and Popi Makris, a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting (New York), to be a financial consultant in the Chicago office.

Creative Direct Response (Crofton, Md.): Appointed Kyle Gavin, senior technical assistant at Anne Arundel Community College (Arnold, Md.), to be an information-technology support specialist; Annie Gilpin, office manager at Arundel Signs Incorporated (Annapolis, Md.), to be a data specialist; and Norita Parker, a planner at O’Brien McConnell Pearson (Washington), to be an account executive at this direct-marketing firm.

Demont & Associates (Portland, Me.): Appointed James J. Boyle, associate, to be senior associate; Porter D. Caesar, senior associate, to be vice president; and Laura L. Young, vice president, to be senior vice president. Demont & Associates provides fund-raising consulting services to nonprofit organizations.

Grizzard (Atlanta): Appointed Brian Hackler, an account manager, to be an account director in the Los Angeles office, and Lynn Uphoff, an account supervisor, to be an account director in the Atlanta office. Grizzard provides direct-marketing services to nonprofit and corporate clients.

Growth Design Corporation (Milwaukee): Appointed David Schreier, national director for corporate development at the American Diabetes Association (Alexandria, Va.), to be a consultant. Growth Design Corporation provides consulting services to nonprofit groups.

Merkle (Lanham, Md.): Appointed Roger Hiyama, an executive vice president at the Saturn Corporation (Spring Hill, Tenn.), to be vice president of client-management services for the fund-raising services group at this database-marketing company.

O’Neill & Associates (Atlanta): Appointed Natalie L. Updike, director of marketing and senior campaign manager, to be vice president at this fund-raising consulting firm.

Witt/Kieffer (Oak Brook, Ill.): Appointed Elaina Spitaels Genser, senior vice president, to be executive vice president for operations in the Emeryville, Calif., office, and Keith Southerland, senior vice president, to be executive vice president for consulting in the Dallas office. Witt/Kieffer is an executive-search firm specializing in health care, education, and nonprofit organizations.