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America’s Second Harvest (Chicago): Appointed Vicki B. Escarra, executive vice president and chief customer-service officer at Delta Air Lines (Atlanta), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Bob Forney, who is retiring.

American Diabetes Association (New York): Appointed Toni Hansen, executive director of the American Red Cross’s Lower Bucks County Chapter (Levittown, Pa.), to be executive director of the Greater New York City area.

American Red Cross, Charter Oak Chapter (Farmington, Conn.): Appointed Amy Lynn Silverman, director of development at the ECHN Community HealthCare Foundation (Manchester, Conn.), to be senior director of financial development.

American Red Cross, Southern Nevada Chapter (Las Vegas): Appointed Jennifer Lawson, a reporter at the Las Vegas Sun, to be public-affairs officer, and Christine-Marie Olds, public-affairs officer, to be director of development.

Amnesty International USA (New York): Appointed Larry Cox, senior program officer for the human-rights unit at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be executive director, effective May 1.

Amputee Coalition of America (Knoxville, Tenn.): Appointed Morgan Sheets, field manager and national training program manager at Naral Pro-Choice America (Washington), to be campaign director for the Action Plan for People With Limb Loss, based in Washington.

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery (Seattle): Appointed Alan Harrison, managing director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Montgomery), to be executive director.

Baltimore Symphony: Appointed W. Gar Richlin, principal of Richlin Dale (Baltimore) and a member of the symphony’s board, to be interim president and chief executive officer. He succeeds James Glicker, who has resigned.

CareNet Pregnancy Services of Northern Kentucky (Florence): Appointed Kathleen Kiely, director of development at the Matthew Kelly Foundation (Cincinnati), to be executive director.

Children’s Hospital and Health System Foundation (Milwaukee): Appointed Heather Hutchison, chief development officer at Advocate Health Care and president of the Advocate Charitable Foundation (Chicago), to be executive vice president.

Children’s Medical Center Dallas: Appointed Hudson Akin, vice president for university advancement at the U. of South Carolina (Columbia), to be executive vice president of development.

City Futures (New York): Appointed Andrew Breslau, a producer and senior manager at CNN (New York), to be executive director.

City U. of New York, Baruch College: Appointed Christopher H. Cloud, director of fund-raising programs at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, to be vice president for college advancement.

College of New Jersey (Ewing): Appointed Jan Kubik, a fund-raising consultant at Doris Associates (Alexandria, Va.), to be planned-giving director.

College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore): Appointed Frank DeLuca, vice president for advancement at Mount St. Mary’s U. (Emmitsburg, Md.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Community Hospice of Northeast Florida (Jacksonville): Appointed DeAnn Collins, associate executive director of the Community Hospice Foundation, to be vice president of philanthropy and executive director of the foundation.

Cooke Center for Learning and Development (New York): Appointed Laura James, director of development at the Bowery Residents’ Committee (New York), to be director of institutional advancement.

Crotched Mountain Foundation (Greenfield, N.H.): Appointed Anthony M. Tremblay, director of development at the American Association for Cancer Research (Philadelphia), to be vice president of development.

Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County: Appointed Joseph R. Wilson, director of grants and services, to be interim executive director. He succeeds María Muñoz-Blanco, who has resigned.

Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa (Washington): Appointed Ken Weber, president and chief operating officer of Network for Good (Bethesda, Md.), to be deputy director.

Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (Hollywood, Fla.): Appointed Deborah L. Chodrow, vice president of major gifts, to be senior vice president.

Food Bank (Memphis): Appointed Marcia Wells, marketing manager at the Memphis Public Library and Information Center, to be development director.

Grameen Foundation USA (Washington): Appointed Deborah Burand, co-founder and president of Women Advancing Microfinance International (Washington), to be executive vice president for programs.

Gulf Coast Museum of Art (Largo, Fla.): Appointed Michelle A. Turman, vice president of donor development at the National MS Society’s Mid Florida Chapter (Maitland), to be executive director.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: Appointed Jane E. Shriner, a project manager and consultant at M-Plan (Indianapolis), to be vice president of finance and strategic planning.

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (Chicago): Appointed Dwight (Butch) Maltby, founder and president of TouchPoint Solutions (Colorado Springs), to be president.

Inwood House (New York): Appointed Linda Lausell Bryant, associate commissioner for youth development at the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, to be executive director.

Jane Goodall Institute (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Robert Menzi, chief operating officer at Protiveris (Rockville, Md.), to be chief financial officer.

JARC (Farmington Hills, Mich.): Appointed Eric Adelman, community-relations associate at the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, to be resource and program-development manager. JARC provides services to people with disabilities.

Jewish Home Foundation of North Jersey (Rockleigh): Appointed Melanie S. Cohen, director of development, to be vice president of development.

Kentucky Campus Compact (Highland Heights): Appointed Gayle Hilleke, a project manager at the Corporation for National and Community Service (Washington), to be executive director.

Kentucky Opera (Louisville): Appointed David Roth, director of finance at the Fort Worth Opera, to be general director.

MercyFirst (Syosset, N.Y.): Appointed Gerard McCaffery, president and chief executive officer of the Seamen’s Society for Children and Families (New York), to be chief executive officer.

Minnesota Medical Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Joel E. Bergstrom, a litigation associate at Merchant & Gould (Minneapolis), to be development officer for the Diabetes Institute of Immunology and Transplantation at the U. of Minnesota.

Museum of Science, National Center for Technological Literacy (Boston): Appointed Lawrence Bell, senior vice president for research, development, and production at the museum, to be associate director for informal education, and Yvonne M. Spicer, director of career and technical education at the Newton Public Schools (Mass.), to be associate director for formal education.

New York Hall of Science: Appointed Jennifer J. Collins, an arts and educational consultant in New York, to be senior vice president of development.

Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services (Los Angeles): Appointed Stuart J. Rogoff, director of development at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago (Northbrook, Ill.), to be director of development.

Oregon Institute of Technology (Klamath Falls): Appointed J. Michael Slinker, a fund-raising consultant in Eureka, Calif., to be vice president for university advancement and executive director of the Oregon Tech Foundation.

Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia): Appointed Susan Aheron Magill, chief of staff at the Washington office of Sen. John Warner, Republican of Virginia, to be officer for government affairs, based in Washington.

Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra (Mass.): Appointed Sash Erskine, office manager at Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theater of Boston, to be interim executive director. She succeeds Amanda Boehmer, who has resigned.

Public Broadcasting Service (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Paula A. Kerger, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Educational Broadcasting Corporation (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Pat Mitchell, who is resigning.

Reinhardt College (Waleska, Ga.): Appointed Mary Alice Alexander, senior vice president for special events at Creative Marketing Strategies (Atlanta), to be director of development.

Renaissance Corporation of Albany (N.Y.): Announced the death of Morris Silverman, founder, on January 26. He was 93.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (Cleveland): Appointed Christopher Dunworth, president and chief executive officer of the Mountain Laurel Center for the Performing Arts (Bushkill, Pa.), to be vice president of development.

Salvation Army (London): Appointed Shaw Clifton, territorial commander for the United Kingdom and Ireland at the Salvation Army, to be general and international leader.

San Francisco School Volunteers: Appointed Lisa Spinali, vice president for civic engagement at the Omidyar Foundation (Redwood City, Calif.), to be executive director.

Southern California Children’s Scholarship Fund (Los Angeles): Appointed Erica D. Reiter, president of the San Gabriel Valley Medical Center Foundation (Calif.), to be vice president of development.

U. of Arizona Foundation (Tucson): Appointed James H. Moore Jr., president and chief executive officer of the U. of Northern Colorado Foundation (Greeley), to be president and chief executive officer.

UJA Federation of New York: Appointed Jane F. Karlin, national director of development at Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America (New York), to be a senior vice president of financial resource development.

Yale School of Management (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Mark S. Richter, assistant director of annual giving, to be director of annual and special giving.

GRANT MAKERS

Anthem Foundation of Ohio (Cincinnati): Appointed Theresa Wukusick, program director at the Sisters of Charity Foundation (Canton, Ohio), to be program director.

Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (New York): Announced the death of Andrea Bronfman, co-chair and co-founder, on January 23. She was 60.

California Consumer Protection Foundation (Oakland): Appointed Cassandra Malry, senior program officer, to be executive director, based in Los Angeles.

Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas): Appointed Dwight D. Clasby, development director at Saint Mark’s Episcopal School (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), to be vice president of external affairs, and Jacqueline W. Franey, planned-giving officer at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, to be director of gift planning and donor relations.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Betty Peterson, operations assistant at Parker Marketing Research (Milford, Ohio), to be giving-strategies assistant.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.): Appointed Edward J. Palmerino, controller, to be vice president for finance and treasurer.

Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation (Baton Rouge): Appointed Sherece West, interim managing director, to be chief operating officer.

Provident Bank Foundation (Jersey City): Appointed Kendall Warsaw, principal of KQL Consulting (Roxbury, N.J.), to be executive director.

William E. Simon Foundation (New York): Appointed Sheila Johnson Mulcahy, program director, to be vice president, and James Piereson, executive director of the John M. Olin Foundation (New York), to be president.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Advocacy Inc. (Washington): Elected Peter Hoagland, a partner at Capitol Partners (Washington) and a former U.S. representative from Nebraska, to be chair.

Clean Air Campaign (Atlanta): Elected Harold Reheis, senior vice president at Joe Tanner and Associates (Atlanta), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Dayton Foundation (Ohio): Elected Fred C. Setzer, chairman of the Setzer Corporation (Dayton), to be chair of the Governing Board.

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky (Louisville): Elected William Engle III, a judge in Hazard, Ky., to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (Mo.): Elected Gurnie Gunter, former director of the water-services department for the City of Kansas City (Mo.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Gary B. Pruitt, president and chief executive officer of the McClatchy Company (Sacramento), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Elected to the Board of Directors: Anne Binger, a dental hygienist in Kalispell, Mont., and Robert Struyk, senior vice president at Dorsey & Whitney Trust Company (Minneapolis).

Night Ministry (Chicago): Elected Jeffery J. Anderson, a partner at the Chatham Group (Lake Forest, Ill.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Sonoma County Alliance (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Elected Howard Daulton, president and chief executive officer of the Bank of Petaluma (Calif.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Southern California Association for Healthcare Development (Claremont): Elected David Burghart, president of the Healthcare Foundation at Glendale Adventist Medical Center (Calif.), to be president.

Vera Institute of Justice (New York): Elected Laurie O. Robinson, director of the master’s-degree program in criminology at the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.