Encore.org Appoints 2 Co-CEOs

Black Future Co-op Fund

T’wina Nobles will be the fund’s first CEO.

She currently serves as the state senator for Washington’s 28th Legislative District and previously was president and CEO of the Tacoma Urban League.

Encore.org

Marc Freedman and Eunice Lin Nichols will now serve as co-CEOs.

Freedman co-founded the group 30 years ago to advance intergenerational social change. Nichols has worked there since 2013, most recently as vice president of innovation.

Burton D. Morgan Foundation

Daniel Hampu, director of investing and venture capital start-up adviser at the Bounce Innovation Hub, has been tapped as its next president and CEO.

He succeeds Deborah Hoover, who has led the $178 million foundation in Ohio since 2007.

More New CEOs

William Hansen, who was president and CEO of the Strada Education Network until last year, has been named president and CEO of Building Hope, effective October 3. He will succeed Joe Bruno, who plans to retire next year.

Maryann Hyatt has been promoted from chief operating officer to president of Berkshire County Arc. She succeeds Kenneth Singer, who is departing after 42 years of leading this group that serves people with disabilities in western Massachusetts.

Other Notable Appointments

Natalie Ahwesh, co-founder of Humane Action Pittsburgh, has been hired as director of grassroots advocacy at Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy. In addition, Julie Marshall, opinion editor for the Boulder Daily Camera, will serve as national communications coordinator and Colorado state director, and Pam Rogers, a lobbyist for local and national animal-protection organizations, is now Kentucky state director.

Laura Grossfield Birger, a former federal prosecutor and partner at Cooley LLP, is now general counsel at Rising Ground.

JooYeun Chang is the new director of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Child Well-being Program. Most recently she was acting assistant secretary and principal deputy assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Chang succeeds Lola Adedokun, who departed the foundation in December after more than 14 years there.

Elaine Calip has been named senior director of development at the USA Swimming Foundation. Previously she was director of development for Cal Athletics at the University of California at Berkeley.

Turry Flucker will become vice president of collections and partnerships at the Terra Foundation for American Art on August 1. He currently serves as director and curator of Tougaloo College Art Collections.

Terry Foor, director of development at NumFocus, is now director of development at the Center for Open Science.

Stacey Geis, managing attorney for Earthjustice’s California regional office, has been promoted to litigation vice president. In addition, Andre Segura will also serve as litigation vice president. Most recently he was legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas.

Aimée Laramore, owner of the consulting firm ALlyd Image Solutions, has been hired as director of learning services at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University.

Joe McAndrew Jr. has been tapped as senior philanthropy officer at Gaylord Specialty Healthcare. Previously he was associate director of development and alumni relations at Yale Law School.

Garrett McQueen, an orchestral bassoonist, will now join the American Composers Orchestra as director of artist equity.

Leslie Proll, a civil-rights lawyer in Washington, has been named senior program director of voting rights at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Leadership Conference Education Fund. In addition, Mattie Goldman and Rachel Hooper have joined the sister organizations as senior communications managers. Goldman most recently managed social-media strategy and rapid-response communications at ThinkFoodGroup, and Hooper was senior associate for communications at Pew Charitable Trusts.

Scott Saliman, manager of treasury operations at the RAND Corporation, is returning as chief operating officer at ETTA, which provides services to people in Los Angeles with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He previously worked there from 2004 until 2015.

Krystle Starvis will be the first chief operating officer at Cllctivly, a social-change organization in Baltimore. Most recently she was an associate director at the Aspen Institute, where she led program strategy and operations for Weave: the Social Fabric Project and learning and culture activities for Aspen’s Leadership Division.

James Taylor, deputy executive officer and chief operating officer at the American Physical Society, has been appointed chief federation officer at the American Institute of Physics.

Edward Wang, director of corporate social impact at Tides, has joined the Silicon Valley Community Foundation as vice president of donor engagement.

Helen Wong, senior director of grant programs at the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, has joined the Meyer Memorial Trust as its director of grant making.

Departure

Molly Smith will retire in July 2023 after 25 years as artistic director of the Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.

Legacy

Michele Hall Duncan, president and CEO of enCourage Kids Foundation, died on June 7. She worked at the organization for 26 years up until her death.

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