People

Aid to Artisans (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Julio Gonzalez, chief executive officer of Compai, a candle-manufacturing company in San Salvador, to be country director for El Salvador, based in San Salvador, and Josefa Nolte, executive director of MercoMujer (Lima), to be country director for Peru, based in Lima.

America’s Promise-the Alliance for Youth (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed T.C. Benson, vice president of external relations at Americans for the Arts (Washington), to be senior vice president of resource development.

American Cancer Society, California Division (Oakland): Appointed David Veneziano, chief operating officer, to be chief executive officer.

AMIT (New York): Appointed Wendy J. Borodkin, deputy director of national development at the Anti-Defamation League (New York), to be national director of development and organizational operations. AMIT operates schools and educational programs for Israeli youths.

Arab American Family Support Center (New York): Appointed Lena Alhusseini, an international-outreach project manager at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

Arab American Institute (Washington): Appointed Nidal Ibrahim, editor and publisher of Arab American Business Magazine (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

Bailey House (New York): Appointed John Murphy, vice president and senior investment consultant at Wachovia Securities, based in New York, to be chief development officer. Bailey House provides housing for homeless people with HIV/AIDS.

California Baptist U. (Riverside): Appointed Doug Wible, dean of enrollment, to be associate vice president for development.

California State U. at Chico: Appointed Jonathan Wanderstock, assistant dean of development and external relations at the U. of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication (Eugene), to be director of advancement for intercollegiate athletics.

California State U. at San Bernardino: Appointed Adrian Stevens, director of annual giving at the U. of California at Irvine, to be director of development for the College of Education, and Stephanie White, director of annual giving at Concordia U. (Irvine), to be director of development for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Changemakers (San Francisco): Appointed Donna Bransford, director of programs, to be executive director.

Children’s Museum of Indianapolis: Appointed Brian Williams, vice president for advancement at Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.), to be vice president for development.

Christian Theological Seminary (Indianapolis): Appointed Jennifer Nuckles Stafford, foundation programs coordinator at the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation (Indianapolis), to be annual-fund director.

City Year (Boston): Appointed Robert L. Gordon III, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army and director of American politics at the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.), to be senior vice president for civic leadership.

Communications Leadership Institute (San Francisco): Appointed Holly Minch, executive director of the Spin Project (San Francisco), to be executive director.

Discovery Science Center (Santa Ana, Calif.): Appointed Ronald F. Mirenda, senior director of development at the U. of California at Irvine Medical Center, to be vice president of development.

Ebenezer Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Diane Simonet Kenney, director of marketing and communications at Ebenezer, to be vice president. Ebenezer provides health care, housing, and support services for elderly people.

Family and Children’s Association (Mineola, N.Y.): Appointed James Harnett, executive vice president at Covenant House (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.

Fine Arts Fund (Cincinnati): Appointed Scott A. Provancher, executive director of the Louisville Orchestra (Ky.), to be vice president and campaign director.

Florida Atlantic U. (Boca Raton): Appointed Shirley Peltz Gerzon, director of development at Kehillah Jewish High School of Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.), to be director of development for the university’s libraries, and Elaine Rainwater, executive director of the American Cancer Society’s South Palm Beach Unit (Fla.), to be director of development for the university’s College of Nursing.

Food Bank of Northern Indiana (South Bend): Appointed M. Dennis Brown, director of Meals on Wheels of Greenville (S.C.), to be president and chief executive officer.

For Love of Children (Washington): Appointed Jill Johnson, director of operations at Good Shepherd Ministries (Washington), to be executive director.

Global Rights (Washington): Appointed Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action (Washington), to be executive director. He succeeds Gay McDougall, who is leaving to become United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Affairs.

Guilford Community AIDS Partnership (Greensboro, N.C.): Appointed Debra L. Massey, coordinator at the Randolph Health Improvement Partnership (Asheboro, N.C.), to be executive director.

Hadley School for the Blind (Winnetka, Ill.): Appointed Thomas L. Tobin, director of development, to be vice president of development and communications.

Harbinger Partners (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Lesley Edwards, a senior consultant at Adventis (Boston), to be director of strategic partnerships. Harbinger Partners matches corporate volunteers with nonprofit organizations.

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (New York): Appointed Gideon Aronoff, vice president for government relations and public policy, to be president, based in Washington.

Independent College Fund of New York (Albany): Appointed Yolanda Sheffield Williams, manager of resource development at the National Kitchen and Bath Association (Hackettstown, N.J.), to be vice president.

In-Sight (Warwick, R.I.): Appointed Christopher Butler, executive director of AIDS Project Rhode Island (Providence), to be executive director. He succeeds Judith Smith, who has retired after serving as president for 22 years.

International Women’s Health (New York): Appointed Beth Fredrick, senior vice president and chief operating officer at the Alan Guttmacher Institute (New York), to be executive vice president.

Israel Policy Forum (New York): Appointed David M. Elcott, director of U.S. interreligious affairs at the American Jewish Committee (New York), to be executive director, effective June 15. He will succeed Jonathan Jacoby, who has resigned.

Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Me.): Appointed Michael E. Hyde, vice president for university relations at Alfred U. (N.Y.), to be vice president for advancement.

Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Grand Valley State U. (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed Kathy A. Agard, executive director of Learning to Give (Muskegon, Mich.), to be executive director.

Joy’s House (Indianapolis): Appointed Raena Alexis Latina, former director of communications at Zeta Tau Alpha (Indianapolis), to be development coordinator. Joy’s House provides social activities for adults with disabilities.

Kaleidoscope (Chicago): Appointed Thomas Brennan, assistant controller, to be chief financial officer. Kaleidoscope is a child-welfare organization.

Lake Forest College (Ill.): Appointed Pamela S. Gerard, vice president of philanthropy at Lake Forest Hospital, to be vice president of development and alumni relations and secretary of the college.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Long Island Chapter (Melville, N.Y.): Appointed Tammy Philie, deputy executive director, to be executive director.

Lions Camp Merrick (Waldorf, Md.): Appointed Gregory V. Floberg, director of communications outreach and development at the Hospice of Charles County (La Plata, Md.), to be development and executive director.

McKendree College (Lebanon, Ill.): Appointed Kari Beth Stephens, a teacher at the Child Development Center (Fairview Heights, Ill.), to be director of the annual fund.

Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul): Appointed Kathryn Eldred, director of marketing at the U. of Massachusetts at Amherst, to be manager of the Duluth district.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Long Island Chapter (Melville, N.Y.): Appointed April Sabbatini, a sales coordinator at Polar Heart Rate Monitors (Lake Success, N.Y.), to be development manager, and Michelle Witchley, a legal assistant at Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino and Cohn (Mineola, N.Y.), to be programs coordinator.

National Parks Conservation Association, Pacific Regional Office (San Francisco): Appointed Ron Sundergill, president of the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy (Santa Rosa, Calif.), to be director.

National Scholarship Fund (New Orleans): Appointed David Unger, a senior consultant at IC Solutions (Scarborough, Me.), to be executive director.

New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas (Conn.): Appointed Cathy Edwards, artistic director at Dance Theater Workshop (New York), to lead its dance and theater programs.

Opportunity Agenda (New York): Appointed Alan Jenkins, director of the human-rights program at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be executive director; Jason P. Drucker, director of development at the Rudolf Steiner School (New York), to be director of development; Phoebe Eng, a communications consultant in New York, to be creative director; and Brian Smedley, senior program officer at the Institute of Medicine (Washington), to be research director. This new advocacy group works on criminal justice, health-care equity, and other human-rights issues in the United States.

Orbis International (New York): Appointed Paul Hamilton, country director for Haiti at Population Services International (Washington), to be chief of programs. Orbis works to raise awareness on the treatment and prevention of blindness.

Plaza Community Center (East Los Angeles): Appointed Ted Gottis, grants coordinator at Operation Hope (Los Angeles), to be director of development.

Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network (Washington): Appointed Joseph F. Bond Jr., chief development officer, also to be vice president.

Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, Ill.): Appointed Greg Walters, associate director for major gifts, to be director of development.

Rice U. (Houston): Appointed Lydia Luz, an associate director and director of gift planning at Tufts U. (Medford, Mass.), to be senior director of gift planning.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed S. Andrew Baumbach, director of development at Villanova U. (Pa.), to be director of development for gift planning, and David Robertson, senior director of advancement-research services, to be director of operations research.

Texas Christian U. (Fort Worth): Appointed James R. Hille, chief investment officer at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (Austin), to be chief investment officer.

Upwardly Global (San Francisco): Appointed Erin Michelson, a strategic-communications and business-development consultant in New York, to be director of national expansion, based in New York. Upwardly Global provides job training and support for immigrants and refugees to the United States.

Volunteer Center of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Appointed Eunice Valentine, executive director of the Lindsay Wildlife Museum (Walnut Creek, Calif.), to be executive director.

Wake Forest U. (Winston-Salem, N.C.): Appointed Sandra C. Boyette, vice president for university advancement, to be senior adviser to the president, effective in June, and James R. Bullock, assistant vice president for university advancement, to be vice president for university advancement, effective in July.

Whitman-Walker Clinic (Washington): Appointed Donald Blanchon, vice president for Medicaid and Medicare programs at Schaller Anderson, based in Baltimore, to be executive director and chief executive officer. He succeeds Roberta Geldner-Antoniotti, who has served as interim executive director since December 2004 and will resume her post as chief operating officer.

Wisconsin Public Television (Madison): Appointed Clinton Walz, development director at the National Parks Conservation Association (Washington), to be membership manager.

YWCA Princeton (N.J.): Appointed Judith Hutton, executive director of Anchor House (Trenton, N.J.), to be executive director.

GRANT MAKERS

Boston Foundation: Appointed Angel Bermudez, director of grant making, to be senior director of grant making and special projects, and Cindy Rizzo, a senior program officer, to be director of grant making.

California Endowment (Los Angeles): Appointed Peter Long, senior program officer, to be director of research and planning.

Emerson Health Care Foundation (Concord, Mass.): Elected Ronald Johnson, a retired executive vice president of PhotoMetrics (Woburn, Mass.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Hill-Snowdon Foundation (Washington): Appointed Shona Chakravartty, program officer at the Four Freedoms Fund (New York), to be program officer for economic justice, and Michael Coffey, a consultant at the Compton Foundation (Redwood City, Calif.), to be program associate.

Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research (Bethpage, N.Y.): Appointed Kerri Kaplan, executive director of the Long Island Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (Melville, N.Y.), to be executive director.

Northwest Health Foundation (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Renée Jensen, public-relations and risk manager at the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (Portland), to be a program administrator and administrative assistant, and Lupita Salazar Letscher, Oregon development coordinator at the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (Toppenish, Wash.), to be a program officer.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Appointed Richard J. Tofel, president and chief operating officer of the International Freedom Center (New York), to be vice president and general counsel.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (Jacksonville): Elected Randy M. Kammer, vice president of regulatory affairs and public policy, to be president of the Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida’s Board of Directors. Also elected to the foundation’s board: Anthony Benevento, vice president for the state-employee market; Michael Cascone Jr., retired chief executive officer; Melvyn Fletcher, vice president of professional programs; Becky Gay, vice president for service organization; Robert Mirsky, senior medical director of professional programs; and Mark Swink, manager of new-markets development.

Chicago Community Trust: Elected Frank M. Clark, chairman and chief executive officer of ComEd (Chicago), and Paula Hannaway Crown, a principal of Henry Crown and Company (Chicago), to the Executive Committee.

Columbus Foundation (Ohio): Elected Ann Isaly Wolfe, a community volunteer in Columbus, to be chairman of the Governing Committee, and Barbara Trueman, a community volunteer in Hilliard, Ohio, to be a member of the committee.

Community Foundation of Broward (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Elected Carlos J. Reyes, a shareholder at Akerman Senterfitt (Fort Lauderdale), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. Also elected to the board: Linda L. Gill, president of Gill Family Holdings (Fort Lauderdale); Raymond Leightman, president of Northern Trust, Broward County (Fort Lauderdale); Albert Miniaci, president and founder of Paramount Vending (Fort Lauderdale); and Myrtle Potter, a health-care consultant in Fort Lauderdale.

Dade Community Foundation (Miami): Elected Juan C. Antunez, a partner at Stokes, McMillan, Maracini and Antunez (Miami), and Elizabeth (Liebe) Gadinsky, a community volunteer, to the Board of Trustees.

Governor’s Prevention Partnership (Hartford, Conn.): Elected David R. Fusco, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Connecticut Market (North Haven), to be co-chair of the Board of Directors.

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (Conn.): Elected Bonnie J. Malley, senior vice president of the Phoenix Companies (Hartford), to the board.

International Youth Foundation (Baltimore): Elected Peter Woicke, a former managing director of the World Bank Group and chief executive officer of the International Finance Corporation (Washington), to the board.

KnowledgeWorks Foundation (Cincinnati): Elected Lisa Quiroz, senior vice president for corporate responsibility at Time Warner (New York), and Timothy Tuff, president and chief executive officer of the John H. Harland Company (Decatur, Ga.), to the Board of Directors.

Library Foundation of Hennepin County (Minnetonka, Minn.): Elected Donna Scudder, a management consultant in Minneapolis and St. Paul, to be president of the board.

March of Dimes (White Plains, N.Y.): Elected LaVerne H. Council, global vice president of information-technology global business solutions and development services at Dell (Austin, Tex.), to the Board of Trustees.

National Endowment for Financial Education (Englewood, Colo.): Elected to the Board of Trustees: William C. Alsover, chairman of Centennial Securities Company (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Andrew M. Mecca, founder and president of the California Mentor Foundation (Tiburon); and Maureen Reeder, president of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Minnesota Chapter (Minneapolis).

Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.): Elected Gloria Rhodes Brown, former county director for San Mateo and San Francisco Counties at the U. of California Cooperative Extension Service (San Mateo), and Mario Cendaña Panoringan, chief executive officer of the Daly City-Colma Chamber of Commerce (Calif.), to the Board of Directors.

Society for Health Care Epidemiology of America (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Trish M. Perl, senior hospital epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore), to be president of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Custom Development Solutions (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Jeffery D. Doherty, director of development at the American Red Cross, Greater Kansas City Chapter (Mo.), to be senior campaign director. Custom Development Solutions provides fund-raising services to nonprofit organizations.

Demont & Associates (Portland, Me.): Appointed Aric L. Walton, grant writer and assistant director at Club Chameleon (Newmarket, N.H.), to be an associate. Demont & Associates is a fund-raising consulting firm.

Grizzard (Atlanta): Appointed Tonie Howard, senior account supervisor, to be account director of the Animal Humane Society team at the Grizzard Agency, and Jennifer Jones, senior account executive at Target MarkeTeam (Atlanta), to be account director at the Grizzard Signature Group. Grizzard is a fund-raising and marketing firm.

Metropolitan Group (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Ruby Haughton-Pitts, former director of legislative and public affairs at CareOregon (Portland), to be executive vice president, based in Chicago. The company provides consulting and marketing services.

Planned Giving Resources (Baker, La.): Announced the death of James B. Potter, founder, on March 8. The group has been dissolved upon his death.

StrategicOne (Overland Park, Mo.): Appointed Steve Stapleton, an account director, to be chief marketing officer. StrategicOne provides direct-marketing services to nonprofit organizations.

West Glen Communications (New York): Appointed Ivette Achong, director of the public-service-announcement department, to be vice president for the department. West Glen is a multimedia consulting and production firm.