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American Brain Tumor Association (Des Plaines, Ill.): Appointed William R. Fehrman, director of development and major gifts at the U. of Illinois at Chicago, to be director of development.

American Farmland Trust (Washington): Appointed Len Doran, managing partner at the Wexford Group (Vienna, Va.), to be director of major gifts, and Jason Ritz, controller at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (Washington), to be director of finance.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Appointed Deborah Goetz, senior director of marketing and communications at the Baltimore Opera Company, to be senior director of marketing, and Eileen Andrews Jackson, vice president of public relations, to be vice president of marketing and communications.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (Philadelphia): Announced the resignation of Judy Vredenburgh, president and chief executive officer, effective this summer.

Boys and Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta): Appointed Cynthia Court, senior vice president for resource development, to be executive vice president of resource development and marketing, and Kirk Dominick, president of Diversified Nonprofit Services (Greenville, N.C.), to be executive vice president for club services.

Capital U. (Columbus, Ohio): Appointed John R. Meyer, associate vice president and director of university development at Ohio State U. (Columbus), to be vice president for university advancement.

Center for Health Improvement (Sacramento): Appointed Peter S. Reed, senior director of programs at the Alzheimer’s Association (Chicago), to be president and chief executive officer.

Children’s Miracle Network (Salt Lake City): Appointed Scott Burt, interim president and chief executive officer and former chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer.

CommonBond Communities (St. Paul): Appointed Kelly Matter, vice president for mission services at Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota (St. Paul), to be vice president of advantage services. CommonBond develops housing for needy people.

Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare (Lyndhurst N.J.): Appointed Laura Amerman, program director at Stand and Deliver, a youth-leadership program in Newark, N.J., to be development specialist.

Dallas Center for the Performing Arts: Appointed Mark Nerenhausen, president and chief executive officer of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), to be chief executive officer.

Executive Service Corps of Southern California (Los Angeles): Appointed Sharon Spira-Cushnir, chief operating officer at Crysalis, a Los Angeles charity that serves the homeless, to be chief executive officer. Executive Service Corps provides management-consulting assistance to nonprofit organizations.

Fedcap Rehabilitation Services (New York): Appointed Christine M. McMahon, senior vice president and chief operating officer at Easter Seals for Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont (based in Manchester, N.H.), to be executive director and chief executive officer.

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (Fairfax, Va.): Appointed Julia E. Bradsher, senior director of marketing at Dey Pharmaceutical (Napa, Calif.), to be chief executive officer. Mrs. Bradsher succeeds Anne Munoz-Furlong, who plans to retire.

Friends of the National Zoo (Washington): Appointed Joseph M. Sacco, principal of Lakelands Park Middle School (Gaithersburg, Md.), to be associate director for education.

George Fox U. (Newberg, Ore.): Appointed Shari Scales, executive director of the Providence Newberg Health Foundation (Ore.), to be vice president of advancement.

Institute of International Education (New York): Appointed Mark D. Moyer, chief financial officer at Ziff-Davis Media (New York), to be chief financial officer.

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (New York): Appointed Kermit Burton, senior associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore), to be deputy director.

Jenkintown Day Nursery (Pa.): Appointed Kim Jones, director of St. Agnes Child Care Center (Philadelphia), to be assistant director.

Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle: Appointed Keith Krivitzky, associate director of development at Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Washington), to be vice president of its Center for Jewish Philanthropy; Janet Rose, executive director of Mission Hospice of San Mateo County (San Mateo, Calif.), to be endowment director; and Tana Senn, senior project manager at Pyramid Communications (Seattle), to be director of marketing and communications.

Joyful Heart Foundation (New York): Appointed Maile M. Zambuto, chief development and marketing officer at Safe Horizon (New York), to be executive director. This organization aids victims of sexual assault.

Jumpstart, Mid-Atlantic Region (New York): Appointed Myung Lee, vice president for corporate development at Safe Horizon (New York), to be executive director.

Mercy Housing (Denver): Appointed Vincent L. Dodds, vice president of Borderplex Community Trust (El Paso, Tex.), to be chief financial officer and senior vice president.

Mercy Ships (Tyler, Tex.): Appointed Sam Smith, interim chief executive officer and former president of SheriJen Corporation, a marketing and consulting firm in Bullard, Tex., to be chief executive officer.

Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design: Appointed Ryan E. Daniels, vice president of campaigns at the United Way of Greater Milwaukee, to be director of development.

Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, Calif.): Appointed Linda Jaffe, a drug and alcohol counselor at Wellspring (Bangor, Me.), to be development manager for donor relations, and Lisette Miles, institutional-gifts manager at Cal Performances at the U. of California at Berkeley, to be development manager for institutional giving.

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (Silver Spring, Md.): Appointed Jane Barton Griffith, director of principal gifts at the Washington Hospital Center Foundation (D.C.), to be senior director of development.

New York School of Interior Design: Appointed Andrea J. O’Neill, director of development at S.L.E. Lupus Foundation and Lupus Research Institute (New York), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

New York U., College of Nursing: Appointed Ann R. Hyatt, director of development and external relations at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (White Plains, N.Y.), to be director of development.

Newseum and the Freedom Forum (Washington): Appointed Kenneth A. Paulson, editor and senior vice president of news at USA Today (McLean, Va.), to be president and chief operating officer.

Oberlin College (Ohio): Appointed Bill Barlow, director of leadership giving at Amherst College (Mass.), to be vice president of development and alumni affairs.

Odyssey Family Counseling Center (Hapeville, Ga.): Appointed BreNita McCord, executive director of Genesis Shelter (Atlanta), to be executive director.

OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services (New York): Appointed Paula L. Simmonds, director of institutional advancement for alumni affairs and annual giving at Yeshiva U. (New York), to be director of development.

Oregon State U. Foundation (Corvallis): Appointed Ryan Robinson, assistant director of development for the College of Science, to be associate director of development.

PetSmart Charities (Phoenix): Appointed Bryan Harding, director of advertising and marketing communications at the American Heart Association (Dallas), to be director of brand strategy and marketing.

Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (Pittsboro, N.C.): Appointed Linda Shaw, a consultant and former senior community-development officer at Wachovia Bank (Durham, N.C.), to be executive director. Ms. Shaw succeeds Betty Baily, who has retired. This group supports policies and programs that encourage family farms to operate in environmentally friendly ways.

Shelburne Museum (Vt.): Appointed Carolyn Roesler, assistant director of annual giving at Middlebury College (Vt.), to be development officer, and Jonathan Wilson, collections manager at Plymouth City Museums and Art Gallery (England), to be collections-management director.

Smithsonian Institution (Washington): Appointed Jenine S. Rabin, director of development for universitywide initiatives at American U. (Washington), to be campaign director.

Special Olympics Pennsylvania (Norristown): Appointed Eric Cushing, senior director of development and communications at the Police Athletic League of Philadelphia, to be vice president of marketing and development.

Stern Grove Festival Association (San Francisco): Appointed Pamela Sullivan, associate director of development, to be director of development.

United Way of Delaware County (Delaware, Ohio): Appointed Brandon Feller, government and external relations officer at the American Red Cross, Delaware County Chapter, to be president.

Vanderbilt U. (Nashville): Appointed Susie Stalcup, chief fundraising officer at Columbia U. Medical Center (New York), to be vice chancellor for development and alumni relations, and Christopher P. Toft, chief development officer for medicine and associate dean at the U. of Illinois College of Medicine (Chicago), to be associate vice chancellor for university development.

Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Rosemarie A. Rae, chief financial officer, to be executive vice president of strategy.

Washington Ballet: Appointed Michael E. Hill, executive director for external relations at the National Cathedral (Washington), to be director of external relations.

Ways to Work (Milwaukee): Appointed Wendell Willis, director of operations and administration and chief operations officer at Agape Community Center (Milwaukee), to be vice president of operations.

WNYC Radio (New York): Appointed Lauren Rabin, director of development operations at the Wildlife Conservation Society (New York), to be vice president for development.

Women’s Voices for the Earth (Missoula, Mont.): Appointed Tracy Lakatua, chair of the National Coordinating Board of YMCA USA (Chicago), to be executive director. The organization supports activities related to women’s environmental-health issues.

Xavier U. of Louisiana (New Orleans): Appointed Danielle Burrell, career-development specialist at the Jefferson Parish Youth Training Center (Gretna, La.), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

GRANT MAKERS

Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed Kenneth Jones, chief financial officer at Danya International (Silver Spring, Md.), to be vice president for finance and administration.

Arcus Foundation (Kalamazoo, Mich.): Appointed Richard Burns, executive director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York), to be chief operating officer, and Gloria Royal, vice president of marketing communications at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation (Mich.), to be director of communications.

Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix): Appointed Deborah Whitehurst, chief operating officer, to be interim chief executive officer. She succeeds Bob King, who has become president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (Frankfort).

California Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Rosie Arroyo, Joan Palevsky fellow for the Community Building Initiative, to be board/community-relations liaison; Mary Anne Doyle, senior program-evaluation analyst at the Fulfillment Fund (Los Angeles), to be director of organizational learning; and Terri Mosqueda, board/community-relations liaison, to be donor-engagement officer.

Cleveland Foundation: Appointed Terri Eason, director of nonprofit services at National City Corporation (Cleveland), to be director of gift planning, and Paul Putman, manager of the Center for Leadership and Service at Cleveland State U., to be program officer.

Community Foundation of Louisville (Ky.): Appointed Susan A. Barry, former president of the York County Community Foundation (York, Pa.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties (West Palm Beach, Fla.): Appointed Leslie Lilly, vice president for programs, to be president and chief executive officer.

Denver Foundation: Appointed Barbara Berv, president and chief executive officer of the Denver Public Schools Foundation, to be vice president of philanthropic services.

Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Elizabeth Gutierrez, director of P20 policies and programs in the office of Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico (Santa Fe), to be director of its Education Opportunities program.

Greater New Orleans Foundation: Appointed Albert Ruesga, vice president for programs and communications at the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

John A. Hartford Foundation (New York): Appointed Nora O’Brien, program officer at the Brookdale Foundation (New York), to be senior program officer.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Buck Betten, options market maker at Susquehanna Investment Group (San Francisco), to be manager of derivative strategies in the investments department; Cathryn Crawford, associate clinical professor and staff attorney at Northwestern U. School of Law, Children and Family Justice Center (Chicago), and Candice Jones, a lawyer at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum and Nagelberg (Chicago), to be program officers for juvenile justice; and Mijo Vodopic, senior analyst on the financial markets and community investment team at the Government Accountability Office’s Chicago unit, to be program officer for housing.

Levi Strauss Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Daniel J. Lee, director of grantmaking programs, to be executive director.

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (Concord): Appointed Katherine B. Merrow, executive director of the New Hampshire Women’s Policy Institute (Concord), to be vice president of the program department, and Timothy Rourke, executive director of the Makin’ It Happen Coalition for Resilient Youth (Manchester, N.H.), to be senior program officer.

Vermont Community Foundation (Middlebury): Appointed Stuart Comstock-Gay, director of the democracy program at Demos: a Network for Ideas & Action (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Adaptive Sports Center (Crested Butte, Colo.): Elected Michael Johnson, vice president of the Board of Directors, to be president of the Board. The center provides outdoor recreation for people with disabilities.

California Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Elected Reveta Bowers, head of school at the Center for Early Education (West Hollywood, Calif.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Community Foundation of Dickinson County (Abilene, Kan.): Elected to the Board of Directors: Jean Hendricks, community volunteer (Abilene); Kevin Sweatland, president of Pinnacle Bank (Abilene); and Kent Wyatt, vice president and branch manager of Astra Bank (Abilene).

Grantmakers in Health (Washington): Elected James Kimmey, president and chief executive officer of the Missouri Foundation for Health (St. Louis), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Minnesota Council on Foundations (Minneapolis): Elected Karen Kelley-Ariwoola, vice president for community philanthropy at the Minneapolis Foundation, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Philadelphia Foundation: Elected William C. Bullitt, partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath (Philadelphia), to the Board of Managers.