October 19, 2018 | Read Time: 4 minutes
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Lisa Hamilton, executive vice president and chief program officer at the foundation, will become president and CEO on January 1. She succeeds Patrick McCarthy, who intends to retire after nine years as chief and 25 years at the $2.8 billion grant maker in Baltimore.
Ballmer Group
Terri Ludwig, chief executive officer of Enterprise Community Partners, has been named president of philanthropy, effective January 7. The grant maker was founded by Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, and his wife, Connie Ballmer.
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Jennifer Weinstock, associate head of school for external relations at the Gann Academy, has been named senior vice president for philanthropy at the Jewish federation in Boston. It has ranked on the Philanthropy 400 list every year since 1991; last year, the charity raised $212.5 million in private support.
LIFT
Michelle Rhone-Collins, executive director of LIFT’s Los Angeles office and chief cities officer, was promoted to chief executive officer of LIFT’s national office, effective in January. This anti-poverty organization was featured on the cover of our March issue for its efforts to diversify its work force.
NPR
Nancy Barnes, executive editor at the Houston Chronicle, has been tapped as the radio organization’s chief news executive. She succeeds Michael Oreskes, who was fired last year over allegations of sexual harassment.
More New CEOs
Elic Anbar, co-founder and executive director of the Civil Justice Legal Center, has founded and will lead the Survivors Justice Center, a new nonprofit group that will provide free legal services to survivors of sexual assault. It is expected to open in January.
Betsy Beaumon, president of Benetech, has been promoted to CEO of this nonprofit developer of software for social enterprises.
Rajasvini (Vini) Bhansali, executive director of Thousand Currents, has been selected as executive director of the Solidaire Network.
Melody Capote, deputy director of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, was promoted to executive director. She has worked at the institute for more than 30 years.
Solomé Lemma, co-founder of Africans in the Diaspora, has become executive director of Thousand Currents. Africans in the Diaspora merged with Thousand Currents in 2017.
Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg, managing director at Theater J, has been hired as managing director of Studio Theatre, in Washington.
Other Notable Appointments
Rod Arnold, founder and CEO of Leading Good, has joined Soles4Souls as its chief marketing officer.
Jeff Baird, program officer at the Rasmuson Foundation, has been promoted to chief of staff.
Nicole Cozier has been promoted to senior vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Human Rights Campaign. Previously, she spent two years as its director of diversity and inclusion.
Sam Gilford, senior spokesman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has been appointed director of external affairs at the National Student Legal Defense Network.
Ify Mora, director of operations at the Barr Foundation, has become director for program operations at the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies.
Rebecca Villarreal, an education program officer at the Kresge Foundation, has joined the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and Affiliates as director of education grant making in its community-investments division.
Departures
Patty Foley, president and CEO of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay since 2000, will retire at the end of the year.
Katie Meyler, the founder and CEO of More Than Me, has taken a leave of absence pending the outcome of the Liberian government’s re-opening of an investigation into a program coordinator who may have sexually assaulted as many as 30 girls the charity was serving. More Than Me was established to protect girls in Liberia from sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Cynthia Rider, executive director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival since 2013, will depart once an interim successor is named.
Legacies
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft who gave billions to charity in his lifetime, died October 15 from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 65 years old. He gave $2.3 billion to charity starting in 2002, ranking him among America’s biggest philanthropists every year for 16 years running. Through his giving, he created multiple foundations and scientific nonprofit groups, including the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
Beatrice (Buddy) Cummings Mayer, a founding trustee of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, died at age 97 on September 15. She was the daughter of Nathan Cummings, the founder of the Sara Lee Corporation. She supported many arts institutions in her personal giving, including a $7.5 million gift to the Museum of Contemporary Art, in New York, to create the Mayer Education Center.
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