Peter Pisters, who spent 20 years at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as a cancer surgeon and administrator before taking a job leading a Toronto health network, is returning to the cancer center as president.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Peter Pisters, head of the University Health Network in Toronto, has been named the hospital’s next president. Before leaving in 2015 to work in his native Canada, Dr. Pisters spent 20 years at M.D. Anderson as a cancer surgeon, researcher, professor, and administrator.
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Benjamin Yerxa will lead this medical research organization. Dr. Yerxa was most recently the president and co-founder of Envisia Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that has produced more than 60 patents.
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Lynn O’Connor Vos has been selected as president and CEO. She was previously global chief executive of Greyhealth Group, a health-care communications agency.
More CEOs
Ernest Baptiste will become CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital on November 27. He is currently chief executive of NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County.
Imari Paris Jeffries has been promoted from managing partner to executive director of Parenting Journey. Previously he was CEO of Italian Home, a behavioral-health charity in Boston.
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Kenneth J. Malagiere, owner of the James Joseph Group, a floral-design company, will lead the Ocean County College Foundation. He has served on the foundation’s board for seven years.
Camilla Nestor, manager of global programming for financial inclusion, agriculture, and health at the Grameen Foundation, has become CEO of the Mix, an international microfinance nonprofit group.
Other notable appointments:
Angela Haydel DeBarger has joined the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as a program officer for education. She was previously senior program officer at the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
Mac Howison, who was senior program officer for catalytic funding at the Sprout Fund, has become program officer for creative learning at the Heinz Endowments.
Patrick Kramer, senior associate vice chancellor for finance, operations, and services for institutional advancement at the Texas Tech University System, has been named vice chancellor for institutional advancement of the system and chief operating officer of the Texas Tech Foundation.
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Also at Texas Tech, Paul Herring, executive director of development for the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University, has been promoted to vice president for university advancement.
Frank R. López, executive director for NGAGE New Mexico in Las Cruces, a nonprofit, will be director of New Mexico programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, effective November 13.
Shaunda Miles, former director of public relations at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, has joined the Heinz Endowments as program officer for arts and culture.
Tim Mullin has become director of strategic partnerships at the Folded Flag Foundation. He served previously as director of the United Service Organization in Las Vegas.
Departures
Lydia Kontos will retire next September as executive director of Kaufman Music Center in New York. Ms. Kontos joined the organization in 1979, when it was still called the Hebrew Arts School for Music and Dance.
M.J. Prest is senior editor for solutions at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she highlights how nonprofit leaders navigate and overcome major challenges. She has covered stories on big gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, and the Huffington Post, and she wrote the young-adult novel Immersion. M.J. graduated from Williams College and after living in many different places, she settled in New England with her husband, two kids, and two rescue dogs.
