People

American Rivers, Northwest Regional Office (Seattle): Appointed Brett Swift, former deputy director and current interim director, to be director.

Arthritis Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Anne Stauton Adams, vice president of development at Friends of the World Food Program (Washington), to be group vice president of major gifts.

Baylor U. (Waco. Tex.): Appointed Kent E. Muckel, senior portfolio manager at the U. of Colorado Foundation (Boulder), to be chief investment officer.

California Institute of Technology (Pasedena, Calif.): Appointed Peter Decourcy Hero, senior fellow at the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford U., Graduate School of Business (Calif.) and former chief executive officer of the Community Foundation Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.), to be vice president for development and alumni relations.

Charleston Symphony Orchestra (S.C.): Announced the retirement of Janet T. Newcomb, chief executive officer.

Children’s Medical Center Foundation (Dallas); Appointed Peter Kline, managing partner at Seneca Advisors (Dallas), to be president, and senior vice president of Children’s Medical Center of Dallas.

Christian Children’s Fund (Richmond, Va.): Appointed Chris Plyler, controller at the Riverside Medical Group (Newport News, Va.), to be controller.

City U. of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice: Appointed Vivian Hoexter, chief executive officer of Gilda’s Club Worldwide (New York), to be vice president for marketing and development.

Dance Theater of Harlem (New York): Appointed Virginia Johnson, founding company member and former editor of Pointe, a ballet magazine, to be artistic director. She succeeds Arthur Mitchell, co-founder of the company, who is stepping down and will become artistic director emeritus.

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg): Appointed Jane Ransom, executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

Irvine Public Schools Foundation (Calif.); Announced the retirement of Jerry Manuel, president, effective in June.

Kartemquin Films (Chicago): Appointed Martin Perdoux, associate director of development at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, to be director of development. This organization supports independent documentary filmmakers.

KLRU-TV PBS (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Betsy Gerdeman, vice president for community engagement at the Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, to be senior vice president of development.

Leadership Fort Wayne (Ind.): Announced the resignation of Janet Chrzan, executive director.

League of American Orchestras (New York): Appointed Stephen Lisner, chief operating officer at Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter (New York), to be vice president for finance and administration.

Lexington Philharmonic (Ky.): Appointed Scott Terrell, resident conductor and director of education programs at the Charleston Symphony Orchestra (S.C.), to be music director.

National PKU Alliance (Lancaster, Pa.): Appointed Christine Brown, executive director of the Tomahawk Regional Chamber of Commerce (Wis.), to be executive director. PKU Alliance is a coalition of local, state, and regional organizations that support families coping with phenylketonuria, a genetic disorder.

Native Arts and Culture Foundation (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Tara Lulani Arquette, chief executive officer and executive director of the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association (Honolulu), to be president and chief executive officer.

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Mo.): Announced the retirement of Marc Wilson, director and chief executive officer, effective June 1, 2010.

New York Public Library: Appointed Deanna Lee, vice president for communications at the Asia Society (New York), to be vice president for communications and marketing.

Points of Light Institute (Atlanta): Appointed Meridith Rentz, chief administrative officer at the Emory U. Department of Medicine (Atlanta), to be chief operating officer, and Kris Tecce, director of training and consulting at Walker & Company (Boston), to be chief financial officer. This organization supports volunteerism and civic-engagement programs.

Pro Mujer (New York): Appointed Jenny Hourihan, managing director and sector head of the Paper and Forest Products Group at Bank of America Securities (New York), to be chief financial officer. This organization provides business training, small loans, and preventive health care to poor women in Latin America.

St. Mary’s Academy (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Lisa Gray, vice president for development and communications at the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette (Portland), to be director of development.

United Way of Long Island (Deer Park, N.Y.): Appointed Theresa Regnante, vice president for development and community relations at Education & Assistance Corporation (Hempstead, N.Y.), to be president and chief executive officer.

U. of California at Los Angeles: Appointed Devon Dickau, development assistant for the UCLA Fund, to be assistant director of the Parent Program for the UCLA Fund; Minnie Ho, director of communications and marketing at Montclair State U. (N.J.), to be executive director of communications for the School of Public Affairs; Eron Jacobson, manager of strategic partnerships and events at the Los Angeles Times, to be director of corporate partnerships; Monica Kenney, account executive at Bolt Public Relations (San Diego), to be assistant director of student giving for the UCLA Fund; Sarah Murphy, assistant to the executive director for individual giving, to be associate director of development for the humanities for the College of Letters and Science; Jasmine Payne, associate director of development for the humanities for the College of Letters and Science, to be central regional director for major gifts; and Laura Pescatore, development coordinator for the School of Dentistry, to be assistant director of development for the School of Dentistry.

GRANT MAKERS

Clark Foundation (New York): Appointed Douglas B. Bauer, senior vice president at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York), to be executive director.

The Colorado Trust (Denver): Appointed Christie McElhinney, director of communications, to be vice president of communications and public affairs.

Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta: Appointed Lesley Grady, vice president for community partnerships, to be senior vice president for community partnerships.

Community Foundation of North Texas (Fort Worth): Appointed Nancy Jones, former president and chief executive officer of the Community Foundation of Abilene (Tex.), to be president.

Fetzer Institute (Kalamazoo, Mich.): Announced the retirement of Thomas E. Beech, president, effective June 2011. The institute supports research to understand how to increase the human capacity for love and forgiveness.

Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh): Appointed Philip Johnson, doctoral candidate at Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.), to be senior program officer for its environmental section.

Robertson Foundation (New York): Appointed John Hood, vice chancellor at the U. of Oxford (England), to be president and chief executive officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Asia Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Kenneth L. Juster, executive vice president for law, policy, and corporate strategy at Salesforce.com (San Francisco), and Douglas H. Paal, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington), to the Board of Trustees.

Baltimore Community Foundation: Elected Louis R. Cestello, president of PNC Bank’s Greater Baltimore region, and Mark R. Fetting, chairman and chief executive officer of Legg Mason (Baltimore), to the Board of Trustees.

Corporate Voices for Working Families (Washington): Elected Donna Klein, president and founder, to be executive chair of the Board of Trustees.

Grant Managers Network (Washington): Elected Stephanie Duffy, grants-administration manager at the McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis), to be co-chair of the Board of Directors.

Greater New Orleans Foundation: Elected Phyllis Taylor, chairman and chief executive officer of the Taylor Energy Company (New Orleans), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis): Elected Belle Wheelen, president of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (Decatur, Ga.), to the Board of Directors.

Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America (Philadelphia): Elected Herman (Art) Taylor, president and chief executive officer at the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance (Arlington, Va.), to be chairman of the National Board of Directors.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Elected Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a managing director at the World Bank (Washington), to the Board of Trustees.

Starlight Children’s Foundation (Los Angeles): Elected Ron Leibow, a lawyer at Kaye Scholer (Los Angeles), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Woods Charitable Fund (Lincoln, Neb.): Elected Kathleen Rutledge, retired editor of the Lincoln Journal Star, to the Board of Directors.

YMCA of the USA (Chicago): Elected Ulice Payne Jr., president of Addison-Clifton (Brookfield, Wis.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.