People

Abilene Christian U. (Tex.): Appointed Kevin Christian, former executive director of the West Texas Office of Economic Development and Tourism (El Paso), to be associate general counsel.

After-School All-Stars (Los Angeles): Appointed Ben Paul, chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer.

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Foundation (Frederick, Md.): Appointed Vincent Mickens, founder of Top Flight Media (Los Angeles), to be director of development.

Albany County Opportunity (Albany, N.Y.): Appointed Kathleen Cloutier, director of administration and finance at Human Resources Unlimited (Springfield, Mass.), to be executive director.

Albany Medical Center Foundation (N.Y.): Appointed Amy Raimo, director of principal gifts, to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

America’s Promise — the Alliance for Youth (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Charles Hiteshew, executive director of the Public Education Partnership Fund (Washington), to be chief operating officer.

Armory Art Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.): Appointed Laura MacDermeid, planner at the Area Agency on Aging of Palm Beach and Treasure Coast (West Palm Beach), to be grants and foundation coordinator.

Associated Black Charities (Baltimore): Announced the resignation of Gary Officer, president and chief executive officer.

Augusta State U. (Ga.): Appointed Victoria Hann, president of the Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce (S.C.), to be director of major gifts in the office of development and alumni relations.

Austin College (Sherman, Tex.): Appointed Josh Bowerman, regional manager of capital giving at Bucknell U. (Lewisburg, Pa.), to be director of major gifts and gift planning, and Jerry E. Holbert, vice president for university advancement at Stephen F. Austin State U. (Nacogdoches, Tex.), to be associate vice president for institutional advancement.

Brain Tumor Society (Watertown, Mass.): Appointed Abbey D. Haber, former development coordinator at the National Down Syndrome Society (New York), to be development associate.

California Regional Health Information Organization (San Francisco): Appointed Donald L. Holmquest, director of physician adoption for computerized physician-order entry at McKesson (San Francisco), to be chief executive officer.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee: Appointed Michele Weinschrott, director of development and public relations at the Milwaukee Catholic Home, to be development director.

Center for Nonprofit Management (Dallas): Appointed Sheryl Wylie, a fund-raising consultant at the Wylie Group (Dallas), to be vice president of development.

Citizens Project (Colorado Springs): Appointed Christina Student, development director at Partners in Housing (Colorado Springs), to be executive director. The Citizens Project advocates diversity, religious freedom, and the separation of church and state.

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, Mass.): Appointed John Skavlem, campaign director, to be senior director of development, and Diane Wortis, director of development and communications at the Austen Riggs Center (Stockbridge, Mass.), to be director of development.

Common Good (New York): Appointed Janet Corcoran, president of Public Education Needs Civic Involvement in Learning (New York), to be president.

Community Hospice Foundation (Jacksonville, Fla.): Appointed Amy Davis, director of the Children’s Miracle Network of Northeast Florida-Southeast Georgia (Jacksonville), to be donor-relations officer, and Sherry Hogan, director of development at the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, to be director of development.

Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia): Appointed Elizabeth A. Wright, director of special projects in the office of external affairs at the U. of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences (Philadelphia), to be vice president for development.

Detroit Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts: Appointed Vincent Charles Paul, founder and president of World Arts (New York), to be president. Mr. Paul succeeds Cameron (Sandy) B. Duncan, who is retiring.

Hill-Stead Museum (Farmington, Conn.): Appointed Mary Knoble, a development and communications specialist at Tufts U.’s Global Development and Environment Institute (Medford, Mass.), to be director of institutional advancement.

Hispanics in Philanthropy (San Francisco): Appointed Linda Fitzgerald, deputy director of the Community Partners Program at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami), to be director of transnational programs; Linda Higueras, human-resources manager for the Western region at Pitney Bowes (San Francisco), to be program director for the organization’s five Western sites; and Kate Seely, director of Puente a la Salud Comunitaria (Oaxaca, Mexico), to be executive assistant to the president.

Indiana State U. Foundation (Terre Haute): Appointed Timothy J. O’Neill, former senior vice president at First Indiana Bank (Indianapolis), to be interim president.

International Center in New York: Appointed Joanne H. Heyman, vice president at the Corporation of Yaddo (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), to be executive director.

International Rescue Committee (New York): Appointed Tina Susman, chief national and international correspondent at Newsday (New York), to be director of media relations.

KERA (Dallas): Appointed Jorene Jameson, chief executive oficer of the Girl Scouts of Tejas Council (Dallas), to be senior vice president of development.

KidsPeace (New York): Appointed William R. Isemann, executive vice president at Danville Regional Health System (Va.), to be executive vice president and chief financial officer. KidsPeace provides mental-health education and treatment to youths.

Lynn U. (Boca Raton, Fla.): Appointed Judith L. Nelson, vice president for resource development at Roanoke College (Salem, Va.), to be vice president of development and alumni affairs.

Meridian International Center (Washington): Appointed Stuart Holliday, former U.S. ambassador for special political affairs to the United Nations (New York), to be president.

Metropolitan Planning Council (Chicago): Appointed Rob McCloskey, manager of operations, to be vice president of finance and administration; Kirsten L. Powers, development director at Elmhurst College (Ill.), to be development director; and Joanna Trotter, housing associate, to be manager of the community-building initiative.

Muscular Dystrophy Association (Tucson): Appointed Gerald C. Weinberg, senior vice president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer. Mr. Weinberg succeeds Robert Ross, who died in June.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Baltimore): Appointed Scott Melton, assistant director of alumni and reunion giving at the Virginia Military Institute (Lexington), to be national director of annual funds.

National Parks Conservation Association (Washington): Appointed Ray A. Foote, senior director of membership and development at the Washington National Cathedral, to be vice president of development.

Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago): Appointed Dennis J. Murray, director of finance and administration at Adams and Associates at the Joliet Job Corps Center (Ill.), to be vice president of finance and administration.

Opportunity Finance Network (Philadelphia): Appointed Laura Sparks, an associate in the municipal-securities group at UBS Securities (New York), to be senior vice president of financial services.

Optical Society of America (Washington): Appointed Melanie Young, former director of political outreach and development at the American College of Radiology (Reston, Va.), to be senior director for governance and volunteer relations.

Oregon State U. Foundation (Corvallis): Appointed Deborah Correa, associate director of donor relations at the U. of Oregon (Eugene), to be director of donor relations and special events.

Partnership for Public Service (Washington): Appointed Tim McManus, director of marketing at the Corporation for National and Community Service (Washington), to be vice president for education and outreach.

Prepared 4 Life (Houston): Appointed Sara Speer Selber, principal of the Philanthropic Management Team (Houston), to be president, and Debbie Dalton, a grant officer at the Simmons Foundation (Houston), to be vice president of resource development. Ms. Selber co-founded this group, which organizes after-school programs to teach young people job and life skills.

Public/Private Ventures (Philadelphia): Appointed Amy Arbreton, a director of research, to be vice president for research and director of the organization’s California office, based in Oakland; Chelsea Farley, director of communications, to be vice president for communications; and Wendy McClanahan, a director of research, to be vice president for research.

Resource Media (San Francisco): Appointed Ken Jones, director of finance and administration at the Stuart Foundation (San Francisco), to be chief financial officer. Resource Media provides communications services to nonprofit environmental groups.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation (Cleveland): Appointed Joel Peresman, chief operating officer at Clear Channel Entertainment’s New York Division, to be chief executive officer, based in New York.

Samaritan Inns (Washington): Appointed Nadine Hathaway, director of capital and major gifts at My Sister’s Place (Washington), to be director of development.

San Francisco Girls Chorus: Appointed Carissa Ibert, production manager, to be outreach coordinator.

Scholarship America (Edina, Minn.): Appointed Martin J. Moderi, chief information officer, also to be chief operating officer.

Sierra Club (San Francisco): Appointed Jackie Brown, vice president and managing director for Grenzebach Glier and Associates (Chicago), based in Mountain View, Calif., to be chief advancement officer.

State U. of New York College at Purchase: Appointed Hersey Egginton, director of development at Columbia U.’s Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (New York), to be director of development for major and planned gifts.

U. of California at Davis Health System: Appointed Stephanie R.M. Bray, development officer for the university’s Cancer Center, to be assistant dean for health-sciences advancement.

U. of New Haven (West Haven, Conn.): Appointed Diana Timlin, director of library development and communications at Yale U. (New Haven), to be director of development.

U. of Rochester (N.Y.): Appointed Stacy Slagor, director of corporate and foundation relations for the university’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, to be executive director of corporate relations; Robert L. Stamp Jr., senior director of development for regional programs at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg), to be executive director of annual-giving programs; and Ellen Thomas, director of corporate and foundation relations for the university’s medical center, to be executive director of foundation relations.

U. of Southern Indiana (Evansville): Appointed David A. Bower, associate director of development, to be president of the USI Foundation and director of development.

United Way of the National Capital Area (Washington): Appointed Holly Blanchard, interim chief financial officer at Training Resources Group (Alexandria, Va.), to be chief financial officer.

Villa Julie College (Stevenson, Md.): Appointed Stevenson W. Close Jr., director of development and communications at Catholic Charities of Maryland (Baltimore), to be vice president for development.

Washington National Opera (D.C.): Appointed Jeannine L. Smith, associate director of development at the Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, Ill.), to be director of individual giving.

WDET Detroit Public Radio: Appointed Carl Allison, planned- and major-gifts officer at the Henry Ford (Detroit), to be development director.

Weber State U. (Ogden, Utah): Appointed William Rost, assistant chancellor for university advancement at the U. of Wisconsin at River Falls, to be assistant vice president of development.

West Liberty State College (W.Va.): Appointed Matthew S. Cottle, vice president of institutional advancement at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, Mass.), to be vice president for institutional advancement; Charles Jeswilkowski, an independent sales representative for Sportco Marketing, based in Pittsburgh, to be regional development officer; and Susan Oglinsky, regional development officer, to be director of major and planned gifts.

Westminster Seminary California (Escondido, Calif.): Appointed Dawn G. Doorn, associate director of philanthropy at the Nature Conservancy of Arizona (Phoenix), to be vice president for advancement.

World Wildlife Fund (Washington): Appointed Charles M. Sheerin, director of philanthropy services at the Nature Conservancy (Washington), to be director of major gifts.

YWCA of the USA (Washington): Appointed Lorraine Cole, president and chief executive officer of the Black Women’s Health Imperative (Washington), to be chief executive officer, effective September 18.

GRANT MAKERS

Baltimore Community Foundation: Appointed Kelley McGeehan, director of development at the YMCA of Central Maryland (Baltimore), to be major-gifts officer.

Chicago Foundation for Women: Appointed Mary F. Morten, director of leadership development, to be associate director.

Cleveland Foundation: Appointed Jill M. Paulsen, a fellow at the George Gund Foundation (Cleveland), to be a program officer.

DHL (Plantation, Fla.): Appointed Dan Ludwig, senior vice president of integration at DHL Global Forwarding North America (Dallas), to be senior vice president of humanitarian affairs and emergency management for the Americas.

Ford Foundation (New York): Announced the resignation of Jon Funabiki, deputy director of media, arts, and culture, who is leaving to take a position as a journalism professor at San Francisco State U.

Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (Millburn): Appointed Robert Hyfler, senior vice president for research and development at United Jewish Communities (New York), to be executive director.

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix: Appointed Stuart C. Turgel, chief development officer and director of planned giving at the Foundation for Fighting Blindness (Owings Mills, Md.), to be executive director.

Micron Technology Foundation (Boise, Idaho): Appointed Dee K. Mooney, director of charitable contributions and community relations at Albertsons (Boise), to be executive director.

New York State Health Foundation (New York): Appointed James R. Knickman, vice president for research and evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Open Society Institute-Baltimore: Appointed Elena Cox, former vice president of resource development at United Way of Central Maryland (Baltimore), to be director of development.

PetSmart Charities (Phoenix): Appointed Tim Crum, executive director of the Loudoun County Animal Care and Control (Leesburg, Va.), to be director of marketing and development, and Monica Neal, vice president of the philanthropic-services group at J.P. Morgan Private Bank (New York), to be director of programs and grants.

Roche Foundation (Nutley, N.J.): Appointed Ellen W. Lambert, executive director of the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (Millburn), to be executive director for the foundation and director of corporate relations and contributions for public affairs for Roche Laboratories.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Appointed Peter Costiglio, former vice president of communications at Time (New York), to be director of communications; Lawrence Mangan, vice president of finance at the Connelly Foundation (West Conshohocken, Pa.), to be chief financial officer; and Darren Walker, director of the foundation’s Working Communities program, to be a vice president.

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (Little Rock, Ark.): Announced the retirement of Sybil Jordan Hampton, president.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Academy of Audiology Foundation (Reston, Va.): Elected Brad A. Stach, director of the division of audiology in the department of otolaryngology at the Henry Ford Medical Group (Detroit) and a professor of audiology and speech-language pathology at Wayne State U. (Detroit), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

American Lung Association of Maryland (Hunt Valley): Elected David T. Snyder, manager of the asset-optimization department at Constellation Energy Group (Annapolis, Md.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Avenidas (Palo Alto, Calif.): Elected Jean McCown, director of community relations at Stanford U. (Calif.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Clowes Fund (Indianapolis): Elected Daniel P. Clowes, an architect in Oakland, Calif., to the Board of Directors.

Colorado Trust (Denver): Elected R.J. Ross, founder and president of the Samaritan Institute (Denver), and Gail S. Schoettler, former lieutenant governor and state treasurer of Colorado (Denver), to the Board of Trustees.

Council of Educational Facility Planners Foundation and Charitable Trust (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Elected Tom Ellis, vice president at Tandus (Dalton, Ga.), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Educational Broadcasting Corporation (New York): Elected James S. Tisch, president and chief executive officer of the Loews Corporation (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (Tallahassee): Elected Kathy Herrmann Catino, chief executive officer of the Shelter for Abused Women & Children (Naples, Fla.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Arnold P. Gold Foundation (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.): Elected Jordan J. Cohen, president of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Cohen succeeds Arnold P. Gold, who has been named chair emeritus.

Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Fla.): Elected to the Board of Directors: Jerry Robertson, former executive vice president for life sciences and corporate services at 3M (St. Paul); Michael Rolph, former chief financial officer of Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System (Fla.); and Stephen Wilberding, former senior managing director at Merrill Lynch International (New York).

Healthy Schools Network (Washington): Elected John Shaw, chief executive officer of Next Wave (Albany, N.Y.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Junior League of Orange County (Newport Beach, Calif.): Elected Angela Rowe, a community volunteer in Newport Beach, to be president.

Minneapolis Foundation: Elected to the Board of Trustees: Pamela G. Alexander, a district-court judge in Minneapolis; Marshall J. Besikof, a partner at Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company (Minneapolis); Sima Griffith, managing principal at Aethlon Capital (Minneapolis); and Hussein Samatar, executive director of the African Development Center (Minneapolis).

Pittsburgh Foundation: Elected Nancy L. Rackoff, a partner at Tener, Van Kirk, Wolf & Moore (Pittsburgh), to the Board of Directors.

Prepared 4 Life (Houston): Elected Michael H. Holthouse, president of the Holthouse Foundation for Kids (Houston), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Charity Partners (Boston): Appointed Kurt Aschermann, senior vice president and chief marketing and development officer at Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta), to be president and chief operating officer. Charity Partners provides fund-raising services for charities.

Grenzebach Glier & Associates (Chicago): Appointed Royal Govain, executive director of external affairs at McGill U.’s Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, to be chief executive officer of Grenzebach Glier Canada. This firm provides philanthropic management-consulting services.

Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams (Chicago): Appointed James G. Quaid, a manager, to be a director and shareholder specializing in nonprofit organizations and employee-benefit plans. This company provides accounting and consulting services.

Rodriguez, Horii & Choi (Los Angeles): Appointed Shannon M. Paresa, an associate at Latham & Watkins (Los Angeles), to be an associate. This firm provides tax and legal services for nonprofit groups.