Interim Chief Named at Skoll; Global Giving CEO to Depart

Skoll Foundation

Richard Fahey, chief operating officer at the $580 million grant maker, will begin serving as interim president on May 1. Sally Osberg, who has worked at the foundation for 17 years, announced last April that she would end her tenure as president and CEO this year. She will become a senior adviser to the organization’s founder, Jeff Skoll, the former president of eBay.

Lumos USA

Elizabeth Seuling has joined the international nonprofit’s U.S. branch as its first executive director. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling established the charity to improve the lives of orphaned children. Seuling previously served as managing director for development and outreach at Human Rights Watch.

National Endowment for the Humanities

Jon Parrish Peede, senior deputy chairman at the federal grant-making agency, has been nominated by President Trump to become its chairman, pending congressional confirmation.

University of Southern California

Albert Checcio, senior vice president for advancement, announced he will retire on June 30 after eight years at the university. He led a capital campaign that raised the university’s successful effort to raise more than $6 billion and set a fundraising record for higher education.

More new CEOs:

Matthew Ewing, associate vice president for development at Boise State University, has been named vice president of development at the California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and chief executive of the Cal Poly Foundation.

Nevada Littlewolf, the founder and former executive director of Rural and American Indigenous Leadership, is the new president and CEO of the Tiwahe Foundation, a Minnesota grant maker that works to strengthens American Indian communities.

David Pasternack joined the newly established New York office of the OneFamily Fund as president. The charity was started in Israel in 2001 to provide emotional, legal, and financial aid to survivors of terror attacks. Pasternack was previously chief development officer of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America.

Jeff Todd, chief operating officer at Prevent Blindness America, has been promoted to president and CEO. He will take the helm next month, succeeding Hugh Parry, who is retiring after leading the organization for 16 years.

Other notable appointments:

Michael Deich has joined the Laura and John Arnold Foundation as executive vice president of policy and advocacy. Deich previously served in the Obama administration as a senior adviser in the Office of Management and Budget and as director of policy and government affairs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Neil Macready, vice president and executive director at the Providence Tarzana Foundation, has become the vice president for college advancement at Pitzer College.

Jayson Smart, senior program officer and acting vice president at the Rasmuson Foundation, has been named program director for arts and cultures at the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies.

Lee Anne Vetrone-Timothy, owner and president of Eventmakr, a marketing and communications consulting firm in Port Washington, N.Y., has joined the Spectrum Designs Foundation as development manager.

Departures

Mari Kuraishi, the co-founder and president of GlobalGiving, is stepping down after 16 years at the helm. A successor has not yet been named.

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A previous version of this article provided the wrong date for when the charity Lumos was established.