Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s President to Retire: Princess Grace Fund Has New Leader (Transitions)

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

John Burris plans to retire on November 1, following 11 years as president of the $770 million foundation.

California Partnership to End Domestic Violence

Paul Castro, who retired last year as president and CEO of the Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, will serve as interim executive director. He succeeds Kathy Moore, who has departed after six years.

Nature Conservancy

Brian McPeek, president of the environmental group since 2018, has resigned following an internal investigation into sexual misconduct in the workplace, according to reports. He has worked at the group for 16 years, serving as chief conservation officer for eight years before being promoted to president last June.

More New CEOs

Curt Bailey, a partner in McKinsey & Company’s health-care practice, based in Seattle, has been hired as Bloodworks Northwest’s president and CEO. He replaces James AuBuchon, who has retired after 11 years of leading the blood-transfusion and organ-transplant organization.

Clark Casteel, vice president of programs at the Danville Regional Foundation, has been promoted to president and CEO, effective August 1. He will succeed Karl Stauber, who is retiring after 12 years.

Brisa Trinchero, a Broadway producer, has been named CEO of the Princess Grace Foundation USA. She replaces Toby Boshak, who is leaving after more than 20 years leading the foundation created by Prince Rainier III of Monaco in honor of his wife, the Hollywood actress Grace Kelly.

New Top Fundraisers

Charles Davis III, director of strategic development at the International School of Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, will become vice president for university advancement at Mary Baldwin University next month.

Jason Drucker, vice president at Seeds of Peace, has been appointed associate general secretary for advancement at the American Friends Service Committee.

Hieu Nguyen has joined Harvey Mudd College as vice president for advancement. He was most recently associate vice chancellor for development at the University of California at Riverside and executive vice president of the UCR Foundation.

Todd Tuney, chief development and external relations officer at the YMCA of Central Ohio, has moved to the YMCA of Greater Boston as chief development officer.

Kenneth Wetstein, vice president of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, has been named vice president for university advancement at Eastern Illinois University.

Brandon Zollner, director of corporate and foundation relations at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and assistant director of its capital campaign, has been promoted to executive director of alumni relations.

Other Notable Appointments

Larry Clemens, director of the North America agriculture program at the Nature Conservancy, will now serve as state director for its Indiana chapter.

Vanessa Gonzalez, assistant vice president for outreach and strategy at Southern New Hampshire University, will now serve as executive vice president of field and member services at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and its sister organization, the Leadership Conference Education Fund.

Karena Lyons, the former New Zealand ambassador to the nations of Micronesia and consul deneral for Hawaii, has joined the East-West Center as its vice president and executive director of research.

Departures

Andrew Ackerman is stepping down as executive director of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan after 29 years at the helm. He will remain a senior adviser to its Board of Directors.

Legacies

The financier and philanthropist Herbert Sandler died on June 5 at the age of 87. He and his late wife, Marion Sandler, were former co-CEOs of Golden West Financial Corporation and World Savings Bank and signatories of the Giving Pledge. Upon Golden West’s merger with the Wachovia Corporation in 2006, the couple donated nearly $1.3 billion to the Sandler Foundation, putting them at No. 2 in that year’s Philanthropy 50 ranking. Marion Sandler died in 2012.

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