People

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (Washington): Announced the retirement of David G. Imig, president and chief executive officer, effective upon the naming of a successor.

American Red Cross, Heartland Chapter (Omaha): Appointed James K. Brown, public-support officer at the American Red Cross, Pikes Peak Chapter (Colorado Springs), to be director of development.

Baptist Health Foundation (Little Rock, Ark.): Appointed Steve Reed, founder of Reed Consulting (Little Rock), to be director of gift planning.

Caring People Alliance (Philadelphia): Appointed Kelly R. Resinger, director of development at the National Adoption Center/Adoption Center of Delaware Valley (Philadelphia), to be development director.

Chicago Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly: Appointed Simone Mitchell-Peterson, group vice president and assistant to the president of the Chicago Urban League, to be executive director.

Christian Community Action (Lewisville, Tex.): Appointed Walter E. Johnson, interim president, to be president.

City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.): Appointed Kathleen Kane, associate vice chancellor of university development and alumni relations at the U. of California at San Francisco, to be executive vice president of development and external affairs.

Community Health Charities (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Ron Dixon, national director of communications and marketing at the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (Arlington), to be national director of strategic operations and public relations.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington): Appointed John Lippincott, interim president and former vice president for communications and marketing, to be president.

Easter Seals Maine (South Portland): Appointed Mary Brant, director of the National Depression Screening Day program at Screening for Mental Health (Wellesley, Mass.), to be vice president of organizational development.

Florida Philanthropic Network (Winter Park): Appointed Pamela Peters, executive director of the Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Center at Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.), to be executive director.

Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.): Appointed Stephen Seidel, executive director of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanities (Minneapolis), to be director of urban programs, based in the Minneapolis office.

Jewish National Fund (New York): Appointed Anita I. Jacobs, president of the National Center for Effective Speaking (Teaneck, N.J.), to be director of the greater New York zone.

The Kitchen (New York): Appointed Debra Singer, associate curator of contemporary art at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), to be executive director and chief curator. The Kitchen showcases experimental works by both emerging and established artists.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Northern New Jersey Chapter (Westfield): Appointed Stacey Boman, senior vice president of operations at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Mid-Jersey Chapter (Oakhurst), to be executive director.

Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville (Fla.): Appointed Beth Tjoflat, development officer, to be assistant chair, responsible for fund raising and development.

Medical Missions for Children (Paterson, N.J.): Appointed Elizabeth Parkins, an account executive at O’Keeffe & Company (Broomall, Pa.), to be vice president of development and media relations, and John Riehl, executive director of client relations at Foundation Services (Greenwich, Conn.), to be executive vice president and chief operating officer.

National PTA (Chicago): Appointed Michael W. Cathey, executive director of development at the National Safety Council (Itasca, Ill.), to be deputy executive director.

Northwestern Memorial Foundation (Chicago): Announced the retirement of Kathleen G. Murray, president and chief executive officer.

Optical Society of America (Washington): Appointed Beth T. Hampton, vice president of membership marketing at the Cable & Telecommunications Association (Washington), to be chief marketing officer.

Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church USA (Franklin, Tenn.): Appointed Hank Techentin, chief of staff for institutional advancement at St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wis.), to be director of development.

Pro-Choice Public Education Project (New York): Appointed Aimee Thorne-Thomsen, director of development at the Friends of the Family Academy (New York), to be executive director.

Robert Wood Johnson U. Hospital Rahway Foundation (Rahway, N.J.): Appointed Marlene H. Lubinger, executive director and chief development officer at the General Hospital Center at Passaic Foundation (Passaic, N.J.), to be president.

Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, Calif.): Appointed Will Ray, director of external affairs at Scripps Florida (West Palm Beach), to be vice president of external affairs.

See Forever Foundation and the Maya Angelou Public Charter School (Washington): Appointed Cynthia Robbins, vice president for development at Learn Now/Edison Schools (Washington) and former senior program officer at the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington), to be managing director, and Timothy P. Downey, vice president for development at the Historical Society of Washington, to be director of development.

Sesame Workshop (New York): Appointed Sarah Lesser Avins, assistant head of school for alumni and development at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School (New York), to be director of major gifts, and Steven C. McDonald, account manager at SmartMoney (New York), to be assistant vice president of corporate sponsorship.

Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, Mass.): Appointed Mark W. Jones, executive director and producer of the José Limón Dance Foundation (New York), to be executive director. This year-round theater company also offers workshops and training for actors, directors, and teachers.

Stop It Now (Haydenville, Mass.): Appointed Maxine Stein, executive director of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (Boca Raton, Fla.), to be chief executive officer. Stop It Now works to end sexual abuse of children.

Trust House (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Judith Green, a teacher at Kaynor Tech High School (Waterbury, Conn.) and former executive director of the Artworks Gallery (Hartford), to be executive director. Trust House provides educational, literacy, and other services to local children and adults.

U. of Hawaii Foundation (Honolulu): Appointed Donna Vuchinich, acting president, to be president.

United Christian College Fund (Washington): Appointed Richard Felix, retired president of Azusa Pacific U. (Calif.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Westchester Philharmonic (White Plains, N.Y.): Appointed Karen Gahl-Mills, managing director of the Rhythm Café (Chicago), to be executive director, and Tim Heimerle, director of the annual fund at the Brooklyn College Foundation (N.Y.), to be director of development.

Wildwood Foundation (Schenectady, N.Y.): Appointed Mark Woroby, assistant director of individual gifts and gift planning at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.), to be executive director. The Wildwood Foundation raises funds for Wildwood Programs, which serves people with disabilities and autism.

Wycliffe Foundation (Orlando, Fla.): Appointed Donald C. Erickson, senior pastor at Hope Lutheran Church (St. Louis), to be chief executive officer and president.

Yale U. Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Jill Westgard, director of development at SUNY-Purchase College’s Neuberger Museum of Art (N.Y.), to be director of development.

YMCA of the USA (Chicago): Appointed Barbara W. Armstrong, director of foundation relations at Marquette U. (Milwaukee), to be director of development for national initiatives.

GRANT MAKERS

Community Technology Foundation of California (San Francisco): Appointed Ruth E. Williams, deputy director of Young Community Developers (San Francisco), to be program officer.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation: Appointed Kent E. Gammon, director of programs and services for Family Service of the Piedmont (High Point, N.C.), to be chief financial officer.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Announced the death of John Corbally, who served as president from 1979 to 1989. Mr. Corbally, who was 79, died on July 23 in Mill Creek, Wash.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Edward E. Penhoet, chief program officer for science and higher education, to be president. He succeeds Lewis W. Coleman, who is retiring after serving as president since the foundation’s creation in 2000.

Moses Cone-Wesley Long Community Health Foundation (Greensboro, N.C.): Appointed Josefa Bethea, a senior community-investment specialist at the United Way of Greater Greensboro, to be program officer, and Antonia Monk Reaves, communications director and program officer, to be vice president and chief program officer.

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation (Basking Ridge, N.J.): Appointed Barbara Vanderkolk Gardner, senior vice president for financial development and public affairs at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (Princeton, N.J.), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Edward W. Probert, who will continue to serve as chairman of the foundation’s Board of Trustees.

Teagle Foundation (New York): Appointed Donna Heiland, director of fellowship programs at the American Council of Learned Societies (New York), to be vice president for programs.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Blandin Foundation (Grand Rapids, Minn.): Elected to the Board of Trustees: Karen Diver, director of special projects at the Fond du Lac Reservation (Cloquet, Minn.); James Hamilton, director of human services at Swift & Company (Worthington, Minn.); and Mike Johnson, provost of Itasca Community College (Grand Rapids).

Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (New York): Elected Sanford I. Weill, chairman and retired chief executive officer of Citigroup (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Education Commission of the States (Denver): Elected Mike Huckabee, governor of Arkansas, to be chairman of the board.

Lawyers Alliance for New York: Elected Christine D. Rogers, a partner in the New York office of Arnold & Porter, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (New York): Elected Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, a consultant in New York and a former U.S. ambassador to Chile, to be chair of the Board of Directors.