Cargill Philanthropies CEO to Retire; SUNY System Gets First Hispanic President

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Christine Morse, chief executive officer and chair, will retire after more than 20 years leading the grant maker. The philanthropies are an umbrella organization that includes the Anne Ray Foundation and the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation.

Ms. Morse will be succeeded in the CEO role by Paul Busch, currently president of the philanthropies, on July 1. She will continue to serve as chair of the two foundations and as CEO emerita through January 31.

On Ms. Morse’s watch, the foundations’ assets grew from $9 million to $7 billion as the estate of Ms. Cargill, an heir to an agriculture fortune who died in 2006, was settled. They give $250 million a year to causes that include animal welfare, the arts, disaster relief, and the environment.

Lewis & Clark College

Wim Wiewel, a former president of Portland State University, will hold the same post at Lewis & Clark. He will start in his new role on October 1.

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia

Sidney Hargro, currently executive director of the Community Foundation of South Jersey, has been named executive director of the Philadelphia group.

University of Albany, State University of New York

Havidán Rodríguez has been named president. Mr. Rodriguez, the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, will be the first Hispanic leader of a four-year SUNY institution when he takes office in Albany on September 14.

World Wide Web Foundation

Adrian Lovett, former interim CEO for the global antipoverty campaign ONE, has been named president and CEO.

Other notable appointments at nonprofits:

Dan Hocoy, associate vice chancellor for alumni affairs at the Antioch University system, has been appointed president of Erie Community College, State University of New York.

Cliff Wood, a former Providence City Council member, was named executive director of the Providence Foundation, which supports economic-development, parks, and cultural projects in the Rhode Island capital. He will take over at the end of July from Dan Baudouin, who is retiring after leading the organization for 24 years.

Tina Kapral and Melissa Reider have both been named directors of development for the Institute of Veteran and Military Families at Syracuse University. Ms. Kapral previously served as the institute’s director of education and training programs; Ms. Reider most recently was a conference producer at Eventful Conferences.

John (Jay) Quaintance, acting president of SUNY Sullivan, a community college in the State University of New York system, has been named to the position permanently.

John Keenan, general counsel and vice president of administration at Salem State University, has been named the institution’s president.

James Dicker, vice president for institutional advancement at Temple University, will be vice president for development and alumni relations at the University of Delaware, beginning July 17.

Personnel moves at companies that serve nonprofits:

Amy Bobrick, a fundraising consultant, will take on the newly created position of vice president of strategy at Merkle RMG, a direct-response specialist that works with nonprofit clients.

Departures:

Ronald Berkman, the president of Cleveland State University since 2009, announced plans to retire in June 2018.

Nancy Jones, president and CEO of the North Texas Community Foundation, will retire at the end of the year after eight years in her role. Rose Bradshaw, the foundation’s executive vice president, will succeed her.

Lynn Wallace Naylor, executive director of World of Children, is stepping down. Denise Villanueva, a marketing and communications consultant, will take the helm at the charity on July 1.

Allison B. Vulgamore, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra, will leave the post when her contract expires on December 31.

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