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Alliance to Save Energy (Washington): Appointed Jeffrey Harris, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Calif.), to be vice president for programs.

America’s Second Harvest (Chicago): Appointed Wendy Falk MacGregor, senior vice president for strategic marketing at Starcom Worldwide (Chicago), to be senior vice president and chief marketing officer.

American Bible Society (New York): Appointed R. Lamar Vest, chancellor for the division of education at the Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.), to be executive director for ministries.

American Tinnitus Association (Portland, Ore.): Appointed David Fagerlie, a partner at Corporate Strategies and Development (Seattle), to be chief executive officer.

Arizona Kidney Foundation (Phoenix): Appointed Jeffrey Neff, senior vice president and chief operating officer at Goodwill Industries of Western Connecticut (Bridgeport), to be chief executive officer.

Asia Society (New York): Appointed Deanna Lee, a senior producer of ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson (New York), to be vice president for communications. This group works to strengthen relationships and promote understanding between institutions, leaders, and people of Asia and the United States.

Bay Area Discovery Museum (Sausalito, Calif.): Appointed Richard Winefield, vice president for interactive and educational services at KQED Public Broadcasting (San Francisco), to be executive director.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (Silver Spring, Md.): Appointed Kevin Dowdell, a management consultant and founder of Dowdell Business Enterprises (Washington), to be chief operations officer.

Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service (New York): Appointed Anthony B. Edwards, director of research administration and operations at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (New York), to be chief financial officer.

California State U. at Fresno: Appointed Peter Robertson, manager for membership and marketing at the Fresno State Alumni Association, to be director of annual giving.

Changemakers (San Francisco): Announced the resignation of Tracy Gary, co-founder and donor liaison. Also appointed Ariane Conrad, development and communications manager, to be director of development and communications.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation: Appointed Milton Key, executive director of development at Austin College (Sherman, Tex.), to be vice president of major and planned gifts.

Coalition for New Philanthropy (New York): Appointed Greg King, a co-founder and principal at Strategic Philanthropy Advisors (Norwalk, Conn.), to be project director. This group promotes philanthropy by minorities.

Colorado Nonprofit Association (Denver): Appointed Joseph Muniz, membership, marketing, and sales director at the Denver Art Museum, to be manager of membership and communications, and Tracy Shutt, foundation accountant and planned-gifts manager at the Martin Memorial Foundation (Stuart, Fla.), to be manager of finance and operations.

Denver Center for the Performing Arts: Appointed Daniel L. Ritchie, chancellor emeritus at the U. of Denver, to be chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2007. He succeeds Donald R. Seawell, who is resigning. Mr. Ritchie will also serve as chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Dova/Doug Varone and Dancers (New York): Announced the resignation of Diane Rosenblatt, executive director, effective December 31.

Erikson Institute (Chicago): Appointed Eileen B. Murphy, director of the department of development at the American Academy of Pediatrics (Elk Grove Village, Ill.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (Winchester, Va.): Appointed Ken Behr, chief operating officer at North Way Christian Community (Wexford, Pa.), to be president. Mr. Behr succeeds Paul D. Nelson, who has retired.

Frick Collection (New York): Appointed Lynne Rutkin, an arts-administration consultant in New York, to be deputy director for external affairs.

Girls Inc. (New York): Appointed Esther Harper, managing director of corporate and educational development at Thirteen/WNET (New York), to be chief development officer.

God’s Love We Deliver (New York): Appointed Karen Pearl, interim president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. Ms. Pearl succeeds Nancy Mahon, who resigned.

Kiwanis International (Indianapolis): Appointed Jennefer Pursifull, marketing and service-program director, to be assistant executive director of communications and program strategies, and Karen Yakovac, annual-fund director at the Riley Children’s Foundation (Indianapolis), to be director of marketing.

May Institute (Randolph, Mass.): Appointed Heidi Howard, vice president and senior vice president of marketing and strategic development, to be chief of business development. This organization provides services to children and adults who have developmental and behavioral disorders.

MedWish International (Cleveland): Appointed Tish Dahlby, development director at the SIDS Network of Ohio (Cuyahoga Falls), to be executive director.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed Krista Rimple Bradley, a program officer at the National AIDS Fund (Washington), to be program officer for the performing arts.

Meredith Monk/the House Foundation for the Arts (New York): Appointed Olivia Georgia, former executive director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts (New York), to be executive director. Ms. Georgia succeeds Barbara Dufty, who has resigned.

Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York): Appointed Jody Kolodzey, research-group analyst for development and alumni relations at the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be director of communications and stewardship.

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (New York): Appointed Michael J. Caslin III, executive director of the New York office, to be executive vice president for public policy.

New York Regional Association of Grantmakers: Announced the resignation of Michael Seltzer, president.

Ocean Conservancy (Washington): Appointed Vikki N. Spruill, co-founder and president of SeaWeb (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer, effective December 1. Ms. Spruill succeeds Roger T. Rufe Jr., who is resigning.

Oral Health Foundation (Boston): Appointed Ralph Fuccillo, executive director of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation (Wellesley, Mass.), to be president, and Jennifer Fleming, a senior development officer at Boston Medical Center, to be a program officer.

Over the Rainbow Association (Evanston, Ill.): Appointed Erika Erhart, executive director and alumni-relations coordinator at the New Trier High School Educational Foundation (Northfield, Ill.), to be director of development and external affairs. This group builds accessible housing for disabled adults.

Patrick Henry Community College (Martinsville, Va.): Appointed Natalie J. Harder, executive director of the Erie Community College Foundation (Buffalo, N.Y.), to be vice president of institutional advancement and executive director of the college’s foundation.

PetSmart Charities (Phoenix): Appointed Sandra Macintyre, vice president of development at Banner Estrella Medical Center (Phoenix), to be director of major giving.

Scleroderma Foundation (Danvers, Mass.): Appointed Frances Waldron, acting executive director and former director of development and communications, to be chief executive officer.

SeaWeb (Washington): Appointed Dawn M. Martin, executive director, to be president, effective December 1. She succeeds Vikki N. Spruill, who is resigning. Ms. Martin will also serve as chairman of the Board of Directors.

Stern Grove Festival Association (San Francisco): Appointed Steven P. Haines, vice president of the Philadelphia Orchestra and president and chief executive officer of the Philly Pops, to be executive director.

Washington U. in St. Louis: Appointed Kimberly Gayle Walker, president and chief investment officer at Qwest Asset Management (Denver), to be chief investment officer.

Westport Country Playhouse (Conn.): Appointed Barbara (Bobbie) M. Bartucca, director of development at Hartford Stage (Conn.), to be director of development.

Wilderness Society (Washington): Appointed Kelly Parker, chief financial officer at the International Life Sciences Institute (Washington), to be vice president of finance.

Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.): Appointed Collette Chilton, president and chief investment officer at Lucent Asset Management (Boston), to be chief investment officer.

World Wildlife Fund International (Gland, Switzerland): Announced the deaths of Jill Bowling, conservation director at World Wildlife Fund United Kingdom (Surrey, England); Chandra Gurung, a country representative at World Wildlife Fund Nepal (Katmandu); Harka Gurung, an adviser at World Wildlife Fund Nepal; Jennifer Headley, coordinator at World Wildlife Fund United Kingdom; Yeshi Choden Lama, a senior program officer at World Wildlife Fund Nepal; Matthew Preece, a program officer at World Wildlife Fund Eastern Himalayas; and Mingma Norbu Sherpa, managing director at World Wildlife Fund Eastern Himalayas. They were killed in a helicopter crash, after they attended a ceremony where the Nepalese government turned over the task of conserving the wildlife and habitats of Kangchenjunga, a mountain on the border between India and Nepal, to a group of local communities.

GRANT MAKERS

Bush Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Rudy Guglielmo Jr., a program officer at the Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix), to be program officer.

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina (Charleston): Appointed George Stevens, vice president of advancement at American College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), to be president.

Dade Community Foundation (Miami): Appointed David da Silva Cornell, special counsel at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney (Miami), to be director of development.

Forbes Funds (Pittsburgh): Appointed Diana Bucco, senior program officer, to be president. Ms. Bucco succeeds Gregg Behr, who is resigning.

Ford Foundation (New York): Announced the retirement of Susan V. Berresford, president, effective January 1, 2008. (See article on Page 12.)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Geoffrey Lamb, vice president for concessional finance and global partnerships at the World Bank (Washington), to be senior fellow for the global-development program.

Grable Foundation (Pittsburgh): Appointed Gregg Behr, president of the Forbes Funds (Pittsburgh), to be executive director.

Houston Endowment: Appointed Anna Leal, a grant officer, to be grant director. Also appointed Matthew C. Barnes, a health-care and education consultant in Houston; Leslie R. Chandler, school director at Cage Elementary School (Houston) for Teach for America; and M.A. (Toni) Moreno, vice president of development and management services at Neighborhood Centers (Houston), to be grant officers.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed John E. McGuirk, program officer for performing arts at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.), to be program director in the arts.

Leeway Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed Denise M. Brown, former associate director at the Bread and Roses Community Fund (Philadelphia), to be executive director. Ms. Brown succeeds Barbara Silzle, who resigned.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Elspeth Revere, director of the general program, to be vice president of the general program.

Nellie Mae Education Foundation (Quincy, Mass.): Appointed Nicholas C. Donohue, a special master at Hope High School (Providence, R.I.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund (New York): Appointed Geraldine Watson, comptroller, to be vice president of finance and operations, and Cathy Berlinski, human-resources associate, to be human-resources manager.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Bible Society (New York): Elected Dennis Dickerson, a professor of history at Vanderbilt U. (Nashville), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Detroit): Elected Allan D. Gilmour, a former vice chairman at the Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Mich.), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Me.): Elected Robert Alvine, founder and chief executive officer of i-Ten Management and i-Ten Capital (Woodbridge, Conn.), to be chair of the Board of Governing Trustees.

National Gallery of Art (Washington): Elected John C. Fontaine, managing partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Nonprofit Finance Fund (New York): Elected Elizabeth C. Sullivan, senior vice president of program and administration at the Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

PACT: Helping Children With Special Needs (Baltimore): Elected Tim Hathaway, a partner at Brown Investment Advisory (Baltimore), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Sisters of Charity Foundation (Cleveland): Elected Randell McShepard, director of community affairs at RPM International (Medina, Ohio), to be chair of the Board of Directors.