People

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Foundation (Frederick, Md.): Appointed Sarah Wilson, a pilot based in Frederick, to be director of development.

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Washington): Appointed Alexander T. Graham, executive director of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

American Counseling Association Foundation (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Robert A. Hansen, director of development at Waterman Communities Foundation (Mount Dora, Fla.), to be director of development.

American Farmland Trust (Washington): Appointed Susan Brannigan, membership and planned-giving coordinator, to be manager of membership and planned giving; Jessica Kizito, development operations associate, to be coordinator of development operations; Kay Malone, a fund-raising consultant in Strasburg, Va., to be director of major gifts; and Heather Poosson, coordinator of the organization’s Barnraisers Society, to be manager of development operations.

Boy Scouts of America (Irving, Tex.): Appointed Robert Mazzuca, assistant chief scout executive, to be chief scout executive. He succeeds Roy Williams, who has retired.

CancerCare (New York): Appointed John Rutigliano, director of finance and administration, to be chief operating officer.

Changemakers (San Francisco): Appointed C.J. Callen, director of programs at Northern California Grantmakers (San Francisco), to be executive director. She succeeds Donna Bransford, who has resigned.

City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.): Appointed Elizabeth Dunne, senior vice president and chief operating officer at Anaheim Memorial Medical Center (Calif.), to be executive officer of the medical center, and Steve Martin, director of creative enterprises and marketing at Share Our Strength (Washington), to be associate vice president of marketing.

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center: Announced the resignation of Michael De Marsche, president and chief executive officer. He will become executive director of the Cafesjian Museum Foundation (Yerevan, Armenia).

Columbia Business School (New York): Appointed Brian Woods, director of leadership gifts at Columbia Law School (New York), to be executive director of development.

Corporation for Enterprise Development (Washington): Appointed Laura Arce, an associate at Rapoza Associates (Washington), to be senior program manager for field development.

Council on Foundations (Washington): Appointed Renée Branch, diversity faculty fellow and an adjunct professor of public administration at Washington State U. (Vancouver), to be director of diversity and inclusive practices.

Dallas Opera: Announced the resignation of Karen Stone, general director.

Eleanor Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Mirna T. Garcia, associate director at the Institute for Latino Progress (Chicago), to be director of development. This organization helps poor women become self-sufficient.

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Foundation (Ill.): Appointed Colleen Durbin Mitchell, vice president of marketing for the America’s sales division at GN Store Nord, based in Lombard, Ill., to be president.

Foundation for America’s Blood Centers (Washington): Appointed David A. Schulz, vice president for development at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Texas (Dallas), to be vice president for advancement.

Foundation for California Community Colleges (Sacramento): Appointed Paul Lanning, assistant vice president for university advancement at the U. of the Pacific (Stockton, Calif.), to be president and chief executive officer.

George Washington U. (Washington): Appointed John W. Kudless, senior executive vice president and managing director at Grenzebach Glier and Associates (Chicago), to be associate vice president for principal gifts, and Adrienne A. Rulnick, executive director of university alumni relations and development at New York U., to be associate vice president for alumni relations and annual giving.

Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield, Mass.): Appointed Lydia Broer, development manager at South Street Seaport Museum (New York), to be director of development.

Hastings Center (Garrison, N.Y.): Appointed Mary Crowley, a communications consultant for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), to be director of public affairs and communications. This organization conducts bioethics research.

Healthcare and Elder Law Programs Corporation (Torrance, Calif.): Appointed Joseph A. Cislowski, interim executive director of the Independent Living Center (Claremont, Calif.) and former executive director of the Southern California Leadership Network (Los Angeles), to be president and chief executive officer.

Heifer International (Little Rock, Ark.): Appointed Jennifer Heselmeyer, director of the River Guardian Society at American Rivers (Washington), to be major-gift officer for group’s capital campaign.

Henry L. Stimson Center (Washington): Appointed Nancy Langer, director of development at the U.S. Association for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Washington), to be director of external relations. This public-policy institute promotes international peace and security.

Kate’s Club (Atlanta): Appointed Kate Atwood, founder and executive director, to be president; Carmen Giles, senior manager of operations at the National Wildlife Federation, based in Atlanta, to be director of operations; and Evyn Wade, operations manager, to be programs manager. Kate’s Club helps children whose parents or siblings have died.

Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect (Denver): Appointed Jesse Wolff, chief executive officer of Community Shares of Colorado (Denver), to be president and chief executive officer.

Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Paul Dudley Hart, director at large, to be senior vice president.

Mercy Housing (Denver): Appointed Brian H. Shuman, chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance at National Partnership Investments Corporation (Denver), to be senior vice president and chief financial officer.

National Constitution Center (Philadelphia): Appointed John Burk, advancement officer for technology services at the U. of the Arts (Philadelphia), to be development-information manager; Maureen O’Connell, event-creations manager and client representative at Ticketmaster, based in Philadelphia, to be membership manager; M’Balia Singley, a financial specialist in the chief finance office at the School District of Philadelphia, to be director of national student programs; and Patrice Smith, assistant director of corporate and foundation giving at Robert Morris U. (Moon Township, Pa.), to be director of government and foundation relations.

National Philanthropic Trust (Jenkintown, Pa.): Appointed Ann Marie Rafferty, vice president and controller at Capmark Investments (Horsham, Pa.), to be controller.

Northern California Community Loan Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Sherry Simmons, a nonprofit-management consultant based in San Antonio, to be director of development.

Ocean Conservancy (Washington): Appointed Laura Burton Capps, communications director for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, based in Washington, to be senior vice president of communications and outreach, and Dennis Takahashi-Kelso, program officer for marine-fisheries conservation at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.), to be executive vice president of conservation programs.

Partnership for After School Education (New York): Appointed Rochelle Wimpfheimer, vice president of youth and family services at the YMCA of Greater New York, to be executive director. She succeeds Janet Kelley, who has retired.

Pearl S. Buck International (Hilltown, Pa.): Appointed Rhonda Gelman Kelley, associate vice president for development at the Robert Wood Johnson U. Hospital Hamilton Foundation (Hamilton, N.J.), to be vice president of marketing and development.

Public Radio Capital (Denver): Appointed Anne Benedict Hovland, vice president of development at the Hazelden Foundation (Center City, Minn.), to be director of development. This organization helps purchase, plan, and finance new public radio channels.

Shelter for Abused Women & Children (Naples, Fla.): Appointed Linda A. Oberhaus, executive director of the Spring of Tampa Bay (Fla.), to be executive director.

Start Making a Reader Today Oregon (Portland): Appointed Terry Shanley, principal of Shanley Properties (Portland), to be chief executive officer.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Dallas): Appointed Katrina McGhee, director of cause marketing, to be vice president of marketing, and Cindy Schneible, vice president of cause-related marketing, to be vice president of development.

U. of California at Los Angeles: Appointed Ralph Amos, assistant vice president for alumni relations and executive director of the alumni association at Ohio U. (Athens), to be assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations and executive director of the alumni association; Dana Dubose, director of the Southern California office of Oceana (Santa Monica), to be director of annual and special gifts for the Anderson School of Management; Jennifer George, development director for donor relations and libraries at the U. of Southern California (Los Angeles), to be associate director of development for the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies; and Leti McNeil, external-relations manager at Cornell U.’s Industrial and Labor Relations School (Ithaca, N.Y.), to be director of annual and special gifts for the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Water for People (Denver): Appointed Colleen Stiles, chief executive officer of Greatness in Giving (Denver), to be chief executive officer.

Center for Urban Education Ministries, Wheat Ridge Ministries (Itasca, Ill.): Appointed Marlene Lund, executive director of the Lutheran School Association of Metropolitan New York, to be executive director.

Winterthur Museum and Country Estate (Del.): Appointed Robert R. Davis, vice president for development and alumni relations at the U. of Delaware (Newark), to be director of development, and Jennifer M. Mackey, director of development at Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County (Wilmington, Del.), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

WTTW 11/Chicago Public Television: Appointed Jerry Liwanag, director of fund-raising production, to be vice president for fund-raising programming and event marketing.

GRANT MAKERS

California Healthcare Foundation (Oakland): Appointed Teri Boughton, chief consultant at the California State Assembly Committee on Health (Sacramento), to be senior program officer for the Market and Policy Monitor program, and Melissa Schoen, deputy director and chief operations officer at Lifelong Medical Care (Berkeley, Calif.), to be senior program officer for the Innovations for the Underserved program.

Jerome Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Eleanor Savage, associate director for events and media production at the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), to be a program officer.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Appointed Jane E. Ferguson, vice president of communications and information services at the Minnesota Council on Foundations (Minneapolis), to be director of communications and external relations.

X Prize Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed Mahasti Afshar, director of endowment at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, to be vice president for alliances.

Y & H Soda Foundation (Moraga, Calif.): Appointed Kappy Dye, controller, to be chief financial officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

AMIT (New York): Elected Francine Stein, a pediatrician in Englewood, N.J., to be president of the Board of Directors.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego: Elected Randy Jungman, a dentist and president of Citracado Dental Group (Escondido, Calif.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education: Elected Nancy Jones Emrich, president of Lilfest (Wilmette, Ill.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Jerome Foundation (St. Paul): Elected Barbara Hunt McLanahan, executive director of the Judd Foundation (New York), and Alex Rivera, a digital-media artist and filmmaker based in New York, to the Board of Directors.

JM Foundation (New York): Announced the death of Jeremiah Milbank Jr., former president of the Board of Directors, on August 7. He was 87.

YMCA of the USA (Chicago): Elected Kenneth B. Colloton, senior vice president and director of government banking at Citizens Bank, based in Albany, N.Y., to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

YWCA of Lancaster (Pa.): Elected Colleen Milligan, an outreach specialist at Highmark Blue Shield (Camp Hill, Pa.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Metropolitan Group (Washington): Appointed Randi Nordeen, director of corporate and foundation relations at the Centre for Development and Population Activities (Washington), to be vice president for resource development. Metropolitan Group helps nonprofit organizations and businesses with communications and marketing.

MPower Systems (Dallas): Appointed Philip Capps, national director for the faith-based market at Convio (Austin, Tex.), to be vice president of business development. MPower Systems provides software to track and manage communications with donors for charities.

Robert B. Sharp Company (Denver): Appointed Lauren E. Price, southwest regional coordinator at the El Pomar Foundation (Colorado Springs), to be consulting-projects manager. This company provides fund-raising services for nonprofit groups.