Former American Express Foundation President Takes Helm of Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre

Timothy McClimon, interim executive director for the past six months, will continue in the role permanently.

Before joining the Off-Broadway nonprofit theater, he was president of the American Express Foundation and senior vice president of corporate social responsibility at the American Express Company from 2006 until 2021.

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Jason Menzo has been promoted from president and chief operating officer to CEO of the $181 million foundation. He succeeds Ben Yerxa, who has led the foundation since 2017 and will now become CEO of Opus Genetics.

In addition, Russell Kelley has been promoted to managing director of the Retinal Degeneration Fund, the foundation’s venture arm. Most recently he was the fund’s senior vice president of investments and alliances.

New York Philharmonic

Gary Ginstling, executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, will start as its executive director on November 1. He will then become president and CEO of the New York performing-arts group on June 30, 2023.

Ginstling will replace Deborah Borda, who will remain with the orchestra as executive adviser to the president and Board of Directors, beginning next summer.

More New CEOs

Tom Cotter, director of emergency response and preparedness at Project HOPE, has been appointed executive director of Healthcare Ready.

Marisa Rohn will be the next president of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton. Most recently she was vice president of advancement, human resources, and partnerships at Stark State College and executive director of the Stark State College Foundation.

Other Notable Appointments

Renee Archawski is now managing director of development at Caring for Friends. Most recently she was managing director of development and interim executive director of Teach for America Metro Atlanta, and a development coach for the education organization’s national team.

Selena Deckelmann will become chief product and technology officer at the Wikimedia Foundation on August 1. She is currently senior vice president at Mozilla, where she oversees its Firefox web browser.

Paul Dien, head of strategic partnerships for Good and Upworthy, has joined the Grammy Museum as vice president of advancement and partnerships.

Anupa Fabian, evaluation manager at Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, is joining the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation as its first chief evaluation and learning officer. She succeeds Daniel Frascella, who was promoted from managing director for programs and grants to chief programs and grants officer.

Anedra Kerr, a senior consulting associate at the Morten Group, will now serve as vice president of development at the Jeremiah Program.

Otis Kollie has joined the Global Fund for Children as a program specialist for Africa and Asia. Previously he was assistant project coordinator at Lifewater Liberia.

Judy Nagai has joined the University of Hawai‘i Foundation as senior executive director of campaign planning. She most recently worked at the University of the Pacific as associate vice president for development.

Brian Siegel, senior vice president of global arts and culture at Bank of America, has been promoted to global arts and heritage executive.

Departure

Oren Etzioni, founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, will step down on September 30 after leading the artificial-intelligence group for nine years. He will become technical director of the AI2 Incubator.

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