Give2Asia Names a New President; Other Personnel News From the Nonprofit World

Abe’s Garden (Nashville): Appointed Andrew B. Sandler, assisted-living director at the Weinberg Community for Senior Living (Deerfield, Ill.), to be executive director and chief executive officer. This organization provides care and services to people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Boston Opportunity Agenda: Appointed Kristin McSwain, chief of program operations for the Corporation for National and Community Service (Washington), to be executive director. Boston Opportunity Agenda is a collaboration between Boston Public Schools, the City of Boston, and several foundations to improve educational opportunities for Boston residents.

Canary Foundation: (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Ronica Sanders Smucker, senior director of principal gifts in the School of Medicine at Stanford U. (Calif.), to be executive director. This organization raises money for research into early detection of cancer.

Easter Seals Michigan (Auburn Hills): Appointed Laura Covintree, chief development officer at Lighthouse Oakland County (Pontiac, Mich.), to be director of marketing and development, and Rich Hollis, director of finance at Southeast Michigan Area Rapid Transit (Detroit), to be senior vice president of finance and operations.

Epilepsy Foundation (Landover, Md.): Appointed Richard P. Denness, vice president and general manager of the central nervous system division at UCB (Smyrna, Ga.), to be executive director. He succeeds Eric R. Hargis, who has resigned.

Give2Asia (San Francisco): Appointed Barnett F. Baron, executive vice president at the Asia Foundation (San Francisco), to be president and chief executive officer.

Global FoodBanking Network (Chicago): Appointed Jeffrey D. Klein, managing director of Equity Group Investments (Chicago), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Bob Forney, founder, who died in August.

Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana (Indianapolis): Appointed Zaida Monell, senior director of community and workplace initiatives, to be vice president for employee and organization development.

Grand Valley State U., Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy (Allendale, Mich.): Appointed James Edwards, director of the center’s Community Research Institute, to be executive director. He succeeds Kathy Agard, who has retired.

Honolulu Academy of Arts (Honolulu): Appointed Stephan Jost, director of the Shelburne Museum (Shelburne, Vt.), to be director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, effective May 2.

Indiana U. Foundation (Bloomington): Appointed Christopher Ritrievi, executive director of development for the arts at the U. of Utah (Salt Lake City), to be vice president of development, and Elizabeth Blevins, vice president for account services at Finelight (Bloomington, Ind.), to be director of annual giving.

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (New York): Appointed Susan Marenoff, executive director, to be president.

Marine Corps Heritage Foundation (Triangle, Va.): Appointed Robert R. (Rusty) Blackman Jr., retired commander of the Marine Corps Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., to be president and chief executive, effective in the summer. He succeeds Ron Christmas, who is retiring.

Military Families United (Washington): Appointed Robert Jackson, director of government affairs, to be executive director.

Minnesota AIDS Project (Minneapolis): Announced the retirement of Lorraine Teel, executive director, effective in April.

Opera Company of Philadelphia: Appointed David B. Devan, managing director, to be general director. Robert B. Driver, current general and artistic director, will remain as artistic director.

Pencil (New York): Appointed Denise A. Nelson, associate vice president of major gifts at United Way of New York City, to be vice president of resource development. This organization build relationships between school principals and business leaders to improve public schools.

Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Michael McAfee, senior community planning and development representative in the Chicago regional office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, to be its inaugural director.

Reading Is Fundamental (Washington): Appointed Judy Blankenship Cheatham, professor of English at Greensboro College (N.C.), to be vice president of literacy services.

Scott & White Healthcare (Temple, Tex.): Appointed Robert W. Pryor, chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive, effective April 15. Alfred B. Knight, current president and chief executive, will become president of the foundation.

Shelter Network (Burlingame, Calif.) Appointed Karae Lisle, chief marketing officer at the Computer History Museum (Mountain View, Calif.), to be executive director. She succeeds Michele Jackson, who plans to retire.

South Carolina Aquarium (Charleston): Appointed Adrian B. Cain, senior associate director of development for the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon U., to be director of institutional advancement.

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (Red Bank, N.J.): Appointed Bridget A. Murphy, senior vice president and managing director at Graham Pelton Consulting (Summit, N.J.), to be chief philanthropy officer.

Washington Ballet: Appointed JoAnn LaBrecque-French, director of marketing and communications at the Washington National Opera, to be senior director of marketing and communications.

Wooden Floor (Santa Ana, Calif.): Appointed Keegan Bell, director of annual giving at the Catalina Island Conservancy (Avalon and Long Beach, Calif.), to be director of development. The Wooden Floor is an after-school dance organization for low-income youths

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington): Appointed U.S. Rep. Jane Harman, a Democrat from California, to be president. Shesucceeds Lee H. Hamilton, who will continue to serve asdirector of the Center on Congress at Indiana U. (Bloomington).

Young Audiences New York: Appointed Thomas Heymann, president of Sepsis Alliance (Tampa, Fla.), to be president and executive director.

Grant Makers

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (New York): Appointed Elizabeth S. Boylan, provost and dean of the faculty at Barnard College (New York), to be a program director for higher education, specifically in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Announced the retirement of Tachi Yamada, president of its Global Health Program, effective in June.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Mamo Mohapi, regional business-development manager of operations at Charities Aid Foundation Southern Africa (Johannesburg), to be program associate for its Johannesburg office.

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Washington): Appointed Douglas M. Horner, senior director of awards and compliance, to vice president of awards, compliance, and risk management.

Global Fund for Children (Washington): Appointed Kristin Lindsey, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Council on Foundations (Arlington), to be chief executive officer. She will succeed Maya Ajmera, founder and president, who will remain a member of the board of directors.

Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Patrick Troska, senior program officer, to be executive director.

Koret Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Tina Frank, former Bay Area regional director for the California Trade and Commerce Agency (Sacramento), to be director of grant operations.

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation (Pottstown, Pa.): Appointed Anna Brendle, program officer at the Children and Families Commission of Orange County (Irvine, Calif.), to be program officer for schools, recreation, and active living.

Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage): Appointed Jeff Baird, a law clerk for the Alaska Court System in Anchorage andBethel, to be program associate.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Appointed Marjorie Gart, a consultant and former director of donor and endowment services, to be director of philanthropic services, and Kathryn Harris, executive officer of Grand County Home Builders Association (Granby, Colo.), to be director of development.