Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Picks New President

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Timothy Knowles has been tapped as president of the $123 million foundation. Currently the founder and managing partner of the Academy Group, he previously founded and served as the director of the University of Chicago Urban Labs.

Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Justin Maxson is departing to accept an appointment as deputy undersecretary for rural development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture under President Biden. He has been CEO of the $206 million foundation since 2015.

An interim replacement has not yet been announced.

Strada Education Network

Ruth Watkins, president of the University of Utah, has been named president of Strada Impact, the research and policy arm of the Strada Education Network. She will begin her new role in April.

More New CEOs

Monique Jones, president and CEO at the Evanston Community Foundation, has been appointed president and CEO of Forefront, an association of grant makers, nonprofit groups, public agencies, and philanthropic advisers in Illinois.

Abja Midha, deputy director at the Education Trust, has been named executive director of the Volunteers of Legal Service.

Katy Moore will be the first CEO of the Virginia Funders Network. Most recently, she was a senior director at the Orr Group, a fundraising consulting firm.

Linda Tantawi, CEO of Susan G. Komen-Greater New York City, will now serve as CEO of the Lustgarten Foundation. The foundation has $99 million in assets and makes grants for pancreatic cancer research.

Other Notable Appointments

Anthony Bebbington, a professor of environment and society at Clark University, has joined the Ford Foundation as international director of natural resources and climate change. He succeeds Penny Davies, who departed after eight years.

Naomi Beckwith has been hired as deputy director and chief curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, effective in June. Currently, she is senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Gary Ivory has been named president of Youth Advocate Programs, a national nonprofit group that develops alternatives to incarcerating young people or placing them in residential-treatment facilities. After watching three of his brothers go to prison when he was a child, he previously worked for the group as senior executive and before that was a chaplain and youth minister at New Jersey State Prison.

Gary Klein, vice president of university development and alumni engagement at Buena Vista University, has joined Saint Mary’s University vice president for advancement.

Kim Kleman has been promoted from national director to senior vice president at Report for America. In addition, Alison Bethel McKenzie was promoted to vice president of corps excellence. Previously, she was director of corps excellence.

Juan McGruder, senior vice president and chief development officer at Junior Achievement of Georgia, will now be vice president for advancement at Oglethorpe University.

Neesha Modi, senior program officer in the place-based practice at the Kresge Foundation, has been promoted to director of program and social investment operations.

Chamiza Pacheco de Alas was chosen as director of New Mexico programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, based in its Albuquerque office. Most recently, she was chief of staff to the executive vice president at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.

Marianna Schaffer, director of artist initiatives at Creative Capital, has been named vice president of programs at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. In addition, Jennene Tierney has joined the $287 million foundation as vice president of people, culture, and equity. Most recently, she was vice president at Koya Leadership Partners.

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