Cathy Cha to Head Haas Fund; Family Fund Leader to Retire (Transitions)

Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund

Cathy Cha has been promoted to president after serving for two years as the foundation’s vice president for programs. She succeeds Jennie Watson, who has stepped down after two years as president and 18 years total at the foundation. The San Francisco grant maker reported $470 million in assets in 2017.

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

Michael Murray will become the next president of the $277 million grant maker, effective April 1. He was most recently senior vice president for programs at the John Templeton Foundation. Murray succeeds Nancy Cable, who is leaving after seven years.

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Sandy Cardin is stepping down as president after 25 years at the helm of this family fund, which reported assets of $2.2 billion in 2016, according to the most recent data available. He will continue to serve as a senior adviser to the Schusterman family.

The foundation also announced several changes to its senior leadership:

Lisa Eisen, vice president, has been promoted to president of its Jewish portfolio in the United States.

Julie Mikuta will become president of its U.S. education portfolio after serving as vice president for education.

Independent Sector

Beth Fenger, founder of Community Impact Solutions, has been hired as chief partnerships officer.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Michele Warman, general counsel and secretary at the $6.3 billion foundation, will now also serve as executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation

David Beach, a vice president in the trust department at Hancock Whitney Bank, has become president and CEO of this grant maker in Baton Rouge, La., which reported $57 million in assets in 2015, according to the most recent data available. Beach succeeds Daniel Bevan, who has retired.

The foundation also promoted Jan Ross, vice president for grants administration, to executive vice president for philanthropy.

More New CEOs

Brian Coulter, chief operating officer of the Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center, has been promoted to CEO. He succeeds Carrolee Barlow, who has served in the role for five years.

Gina Heckey, senior executive at the Health Center Foundation for Community Care, in Montana, has been appointed executive director of the Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation. She takes over from Sam Rennick, who is retiring after six years.

Cal Hedigan, deputy CEO of Community Access, has been promoted to CEO, effective July 1. She succeeds Steve Coe, who is retiring after 40 years at this national charity, which provides supportive housing, training, and other services for people with mental illness.

Amalia Luxardo has been named CEO of the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona. Previously, she was director of philanthropy at the Florence Project.

Chloe Knight Tonney, chief innovation and strategy officer at the CDC Foundation, will become president and CEO of the Trident United Way in March. She succeeds Chris Kerrigan, who is retiring.

Justice in Aging

The legal-aid organization, which serves impoverished elderly people, has promoted two staff members:

Amber Christ, senior staff attorney for its health team, was promoted to directing attorney of the health team.

Jennifer Goldberg, directing attorney of its health team, has become the charity’s deputy director.

Other Notable Appointments

Gary Bonner, managing director at Ezra-Nehemiah Corporation, will now serve as director of development and special initiatives at the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.

Shauna Donahue, director of the Military Corps Career Connect program at the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation, has become program manager at the CareerEdge Funders Collaborative.

Whitney Herrington, director of people and technology at the Southern Poverty Law Center, has become executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Leadership Conference Education Fund.

Thomasina (Tomi) Hiers, director of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Baltimore Civic Site, has been promoted to vice president of the foundation’s Center for Civic Sites and Community Change.

Elizabeth McGeveran, director of impact investing at the McKnight Foundation, has been promoted to director of investments, a newly created position. (Read more about her in our January issue.)

Skye McGinn, senior consultant for information systems and services at the Invictus Foundation, has been promoted to chief technology officer.

Tom Pappalardo, vice president for development at the Coalition for Christian Outreach, has been appointed vice president for development at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Curtis Robbins, knowledge-management officer at the John R. Oishei Foundation, has been promoted to director of strategy, research, and evaluation.

Kaaren Van Dyke, development director at Food for Thought, will join Hartford Seminary as director of philanthropy.

Departures

David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World since 1991, intends to retire in June 2020.

Dan Duffy is stepping down as CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America after three years to start a government-affairs consulting firm that aims to strengthen American families.

Virginia Esposito, founder and president of the National Center for Family Philanthropy, will retire at the end of this year. She will remain as a senior fellow at the organization she has led since 1997.

Jim McGreevey, former governor of New Jersey who has led the nonprofit Jersey City Employment and Training Program for the past six years, has been dismissed.

Legacies

Annemarie (Mimi) Gratzinger Levitt, a philanthropist who donated millions to conservation, the arts, and education causes, died at the age of 97 on January 6. Her late husband, Mortimer Levitt, was a menswear fashion designer and founder of the Custom Shop, in New York. Among their most notable gifts, the couple donated 564 acres of land near Half Moon Bay, Calif., to create a wildlife preserve for the Peninsula Open Space Trust in 1995.

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