People

Amputee Coalition of America (Knoxville, Tenn.): Announced the death of Nancy Carroll, editor and publications manager, on December 16.

Arizona State U. Foundation (Tempe): Appointed Ira A. Jackson, a senior fellow in the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard U.’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, Mass.), to be president.

Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.): Appointed Jim Heinitz, head football coach, to be director of development.

Brooklyn Museum (N.Y.): Appointed Charles Desmarais, curator at large at the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), to be deputy director for art.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington): Appointed Nathan Brown, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington U. (Washington), and Amr Hamzawy, a political scientist formerly at Cairo U., to be senior associates for the Democracy and Rule of Law Project. The endowment also appointed Michele Dunne, a visiting assistant professor of Arabic at Georgetown U. (Washington), to be editor of the Arab Reform Bulletin, a monthly newsletter.

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center: Appointed Megan O’Bryan, director of development, to be executive director. The center also appointed Lisa McAloney, a research and special-projects coordinator at the Sisters of Charity and Saint Ann Foundations (Cleveland), to be director of development.

D.C. Youth Orchestra Program: Appointed Ava Spece, executive director of ICD Bridges (San Angelo, Tex.), to be executive director. The organization also named Erika Schulte, who recently received a doctoral degree in music education from Ohio State U. (Columbus), to be music-education director.

Eckerd Youth Alternatives (Clearwater, Fla.): Appointed Robyn Roett, director of human resources at Danka Business Systems (St. Petersburg, Fla.), to be director of recruiting.

Emmaus Homes (St. Louis): Appointed the Rev. Priscilla Bizer, vice president of development at Andover Newton Theological School (Newton Centre, Mass.), to be director of development.

Ethics Resource Center (Washington): Appointed Patricia J. Harned, acting president and former vice president, to be president.

Food for the Poor (Deerfield Beach, Fla.): Appointed Angel Aloma, executive vice president, to be executive director.

Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (Washington): Appointed Ellen Barclay, deputy executive director of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Washington), to be executive director.

Foundation Fighting Blindness (Owings Mills, Md.): Appointed Stephen Rose, director of the division of clinical DNA research in the office of biotechnology activities at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.), to be chief research officer.

Friends of Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park (Calif.): Appointed Catherine Decker, director of membership communications, to be executive director.

Griffin Health Services (Derby, Conn.): Appointed Jennifer L. Wilhelm, special-events coordinator at Waterbury Hospital (Conn.), to be senior development officer for special events and cause marketing.

Griffin Hospital & Planetree (Derby, Conn.): Appointed Sara Guastello, director of development at VNA Health at Home (Watertown, Conn.), to be major-gifts officer.

HealthONE Alliance (Denver): Appointed Annie Wohlgenant, senior program officer for health care at the Rose Community Foundation (Denver), to be vice president of philanthropy.

Heritage Foundation (Washington): Appointed Michael A. Needham, research assistant, to be chief of staff.

Home for Little Wanderers (Boston): Appointed Mary A. Fronk, associate director in corporate and foundation relations at the Harvard Business School (Cambridge, Mass.), to be director of corporate, foundation, and government relations.

Impact Capital (Seattle): Appointed Mark Flynn, director of the compliance and preservation division at the Washington State Housing Finance Commission (Seattle), to be executive director.

International Council of Shopping Centers (New York): Appointed Sarah Ritchie, public-education and outreach officer at the Century Foundation (New York), to be manager of the educational foundation.

International Youth Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed William S. Reese, chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer.

Jason Foundation for Education (Needham, Mass.): Appointed Caleb M. Schutz, former president of the MCI Foundation (Ashburn, Va.) and founder and president of the MarcoPolo Education Foundation (Ashburn, Va.), to be president.

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute (Detroit): Appointed Nick Karmanos, director of corporate relations, to be vice president of development.

KERA (Dallas): Announced the resignation of Gary Ferrell, president and chief executive officer.

Levine School of Music (Washington): Appointed Stanley M. Spracker, a former partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Washington) and former chair of the school’s Board of Trustees, to be general counsel and vice president of development and planning.

Logan College of Chiropractic (St. Louis): Appointed Patricia C. Jones, vice president of development and alumni relations at the American Youth Foundation (St. Louis), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio (Columbus): Announced the retirement of the Rev. Nelson C. Meyer, president and chief executive officer, effective March 1.

Lymphoma Research Foundation (New York): Appointed Errol M. Cook, a former partner and managing director at Warburg Pincus (New York), to be president.

Make-A-Wish Foundation (Phoenix): Appointed David A. Williams, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Mustard Seed Ranch (Warner Springs, Calif.): Appointed Renae M. Furlow, account manager at Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (San Francisco), to be director of fund development. Mustard Seed Ranch provides animal-assisted therapy to abused foster children.

N-TEN (San Francisco): Appointed Joe Baker, director of Internet communications at Amnesty International USA (Washington), to be executive director. N-TEN helps other nonprofit groups use information technology more effectively.

Nashville Public Radio: Appointed Diana Gordon, director of development at Crisis Center (Nashville), to be director of philanthropy.

National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (Morristown, N.J.): Appointed Steven J. Hatchell, commissioner of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (Colorado Springs), to be president.

The Population Council (New York): Appointed Peter J. Donaldson, acting president and former vice president of the international-programs division, to be president.

Portland State U. (Ore.): Appointed Dianna Smiley, director of development and gift planning for northwest Oregon at the Oregon Community Foundation (Portland), to be director of development and external relations at the College of Urban and Public Affairs.

Project Angel Food (Los Angeles): Appointed Troy G. Morgan, founder of Morgan Paradise (Los Angeles), a consulting firm, to be grants manager. Project Angel Food delivers meals to people with HIV/AIDS.

Rolling Readers USA (San Diego): Appointed Dave Andrews, associate director at the San Diego Council on Literacy, to be executive director.

San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries: Appointed Amy Dameron Phipps, vice president of development at the Children’s Shelter (San Antonio), to be vice president of development. This interfaith group provides services and shelter to homeless people.

St. Barnabas Charitable Foundation (Gibsonia, Pa.): Appointed Allyson Sveda, director of marketing at Garrison Institutional Asset Management (Pittsburgh), to be director of planned giving.

St. Francis Foundation (Greenville, S.C.): Appointed Laura Reece, director of development at the U. of North Carolina at Charlotte, to be director of development.

U. of Tennessee (Knoxville): Appointed Jack Williams, vice president for development and alumni affairs, also to be senior adviser for philanthropy to John Petersen, president.

Volunteers of America Texas (Fort Worth): Appointed Mike King, president and chief executive officer of Childcaregroup (Dallas), to be president and chief executive officer.

WDAV (Davidson, N.C.): Appointed Paul David Parks, director of development at AIDS Services of Dallas, to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Helen Bader Foundation (Milwaukee): Appointed Helen A. Ramon, executive director of the Southeastern Wisconsin Area Agency on Aging (Brookfield), to be program officer for the Alzheimer’s disease and dementia program area.

Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham (Ala.): Appointed Jim King, development officer, to be vice president of development.

German Marshall Fund of the United States (Washington): Appointed Michael Geiger, chief financial officer at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington), to be chief financial officer.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Appointed Beverly Blake, senior vice president and senior charitable adviser at Wachovia’s Charitable Funds Management Group (Atlanta), to be a community-liaison program officer serving Columbus, Macon, and Milledgeville, Ga., and Anne Corriston, director of development and financial resources at Episcopal Social Services (Wichita, Kan.), to be a community-liaison program officer serving Wichita, Grand Forks, N.D., and Aberdeen, S.D.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix): Elected Jerry Bisgrove, chairman and chief executive officer of Stardust Companies (Scottsdale, Ariz.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Baltimore Community Foundation: Elected William R. Brody, president of the Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to the Board of Directors.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta): Elected Anne Szostak, former executive vice president and director of human resources at FleetBoston Financial, to be chairman of the Board of Governors.

Center for Effective Philanthropy (Cambridge, Mass.): Elected Phil Giudice, managing director at EnerNOC (Boston), to be chair of the Board of Directors. He succeeds Mark Kramer, who co-founded the organization.

Flinn Foundation (Phoenix): Elected Linda J. Blessing, former executive director of the Arizona Board of Regents (Phoenix), and Drew M. Brown, managing director and partner of DMB Associates (Scottsdale, Ariz.), to the Board of Directors.

Global Fund for Women (San Francisco): Elected Sakena Yacoobi, founder and president of the Afghan Institute of Learning (Kabul, Afghanistan), to the Board of Directors.

International Women’s Media Foundation (Washington): Elected Eleanor Clift, a contributing editor at Newsweek (New York), and Larry Olmstead, vice president of staff development and diversity at Knight Ridder (San Jose, Calif.), to be co-chairs of the Board of Directors.

Johnson Foundation (Racine, Wis.): Elected Helen Johnson-Leipold, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson Outdoors (Racine), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Imogene Powers Johnson, founding director and chairman of the board of the Prairie School (Racine), and Winifred J. Marquart, president of the Johnson Family Foundation (Racine), to be members of the board.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Trust (Battle Creek, Mich.): Elected Shirley Dunlap Bowser, former member of the Presidential Committee on Food and Society at the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (Washington), to the Board of Trustees.

Saint Paul Foundation: Elected to the Board of Directors: Mary K. Brainerd, president and chief executive officer of HealthPartners (Minneapolis); Robert A. Engebretsen, senior vice president and regional trust manager for the private client group at U.S. Bank (St. Paul); Robyn Hansen, a partner at Leonard, Street, and Deinard (Minneapolis); Cynthia Lesher, vice president and chief administrative officer at Xcel Energy (Minneapolis); Manuel Mariano López, associate vice chancellor for continuous improvement in the office of the chancellor at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (St. Paul); and Elsa Vega-Perez, a senior program officer at the Otto Bremer Foundation (St. Paul).