September 28, 2018 | Read Time: 4 minutes
Feeding America
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, a former executive vice president for finance and treasurer at Walmart, has been chosen as Feeding America’s next CEO. She previously held roles at several other companies, including PwC.
She succeeds Diana Aviv, who departed abruptly in January after two years at the helm. The hunger-relief organization raised $2.4 billion in 2017, putting it at No. 5 on the Philanthropy 400, our ranking of the nation’s charities that raise the most in private support.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Julia Stasch, president of the $6.3 billion grant maker, intends to step down in 2019. Before she was appointed president in 2014, she was vice president for the foundation’s U.S. Programs for 13 years.
Read more of our coverage about her departure.
Surdna Foundation
Mekaelia Davis will join the foundation as program director of the Inclusive Economies program on November 12, overseeing $9.2 million in grants annually. Currently, she is a director of corporate giving at Prudential Financial.
More New CEOs
Kristie Kenney, director of development at Fort Valley State University, has been appointed executive director of the Jackson State Foundation.
Eric Rosenbaum, chief executive officer of Lantern, has been named president and CEO of Project Renewal, a nonprofit agency that provides services to homeless people in New York.
Michael Sticka, controller and senior director of finance and administration at the Grammy Museum Foundation, been promoted to executive director. He replaces Scott Goldman, who is now artistic director at the museum.
Steve Thompson, a climate consultant and former executive director of the Cinnabar Foundation, has been named executive director of the National Center for Appropriate Technology. He succeeds Kathleen Hadley, who is retiring after 21 years at the helm and 30 years at the organization.
Jonathan Webb, vice president for corporate alliances, grants, and social enterprise at the American Diabetes Association, has been tapped as CEO of the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs.
Green Beret Foundation
This organization, which assists soldiers of the U.S. Army Special Forces and their families, has reorganized its leadership.
Angie Fennen, program and service manager, has been named interim executive director. She succeeds Jennifer Paquette, executive director since 2011, who has resigned.
Melissa Pucino, director of finance, has also resigned.
Ringling College of Art and Design
The college has hired two top fundraisers.
Warren Lloyd, director of regional advancement for New England at the University of Rochester, and Jeney Slusser, director of advancement at Centerstone, have both been named senior development officers.
Other Notable Appointments
Helen Cheng, an associate in the private-client and tax department at the law firm Withersworldwide, has become general counsel of the International Community Foundation.
Jaime Greenberg, a fundraising consultant in New York and former director of development at the Malala Fund, has joined StoryCorps as its chief development officer.
Ted Kocher, leadership and planned-gift officer at Muhlenberg College, has joined Misericordia University as director of major gifts.
Chauncy Lennon, a managing director and head of work-force strategy at JPMorgan Chase & Company, has been named to the newly created role of vice president for the future of learning and work at the Lumina Foundation.
Kris Risley, a clinical assistant professor of community health sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Public Health, will now be managing director for work force at the de Beaumont Foundation.
Departures
Bill Buckner will retire as president and CEO of the Noble Research Institute at the end of the year or until a successor has been named.
Deborah Marrow, director of the Getty Foundation for almost 20 years, will retire at the end of December. She has worked at the J. Paul Getty Trust since 1983.
Legacies
C. Payne Lucas, co-founder and the longtime president of Africare, died September 15 at the age of 85. Based in Washington, he founded Africare in 1971 to improve health care and infrastructure, build schools, expand literacy, and provide additional aid in African countries. He served as its president for 31 years before he retired in 2002.
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