People

Albright College (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Susan K. Nenstiel, senior vice president of development at Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania (Allentown), to be director of major gifts.

American Lung Association (New York): Appointed Karen Wertheimer, director of development at the American Liver Association (New York), to be vice president of development.

Ancilla College (Donaldson, Ind.): Appointed James Bastis, vice president for institutional advancement at Cabrini College (Radnor, Pa.), to be executive director for institutional advancement.

Arc of Monmouth (Tinton Falls, N.J.): Appointed Victoria Stelmach, assistant director of development, to be director of development. The Arc of Monmouth provides educational, residential, and vocational services to people with mental retardation and their families.

Bible League (Crete, Ill.): Announced the death of William Ackerman, who served as director from 1951 to 1985.

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston: Appointed Jana Sax, social-service coordinator for the city of Newton (Mass.), to be manager of community-based services.

Boys and Girls Harbor (New York): Appointed Frank L. Brown, counsel for Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, to be deputy director of external affairs; Mary Fritz, senior vice president of human resources at the United Way of New York City, to be director of human resources; and David L. Hertz, founder and managing partner of QED Consulting (New York), to be director of institutional advancement.

Butler U. (Indianapolis): Appointed Mark Helmus, interim vice president for advancement at Franklin College (Ind.), to be senior director of development for gift planning.

Camp Coca-Cola Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Steve W. Batson, vice president of university relations at Georgia Southwestern State U. (Americus), to be chief development officer.

Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Thomas A. DeStefano, retired executive director of Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens (Brooklyn, N.Y.), to be interim president, effective January 2004. He succeeds the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, who will become president of Catholic Charities of Boston.

Church of the Open Door (Maple Grove, Minn.): Appointed Chris DeGraff, development consultant at the Minnesota Zoo (Apple Valley), to be director of stewardship.

Committee of 100 (New York): Appointed Kathleen W. Lee, a consultant in San Francisco, to be program director. The Committee of 100 works to improve relations between the United States and China and increase civic participation among Chinese-Americans.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Washington): Appointed Scott Lyons, a consultant in Washington, to be manager of development practices.

Crystal Stairs (Los Angeles): Appointed Holly J. Mitchell, vice president of external affairs, to be chief executive officer, and Javier La Fianza, vice president of programs, to be chief operating officer. Crystal Stairs is a child-care development organization.

DuPage Community Foundation (Wheaton, Ill.): Appointed Michael Sitrick, a recent graduate of Millikin U. (Decatur, Ill.), to be development associate.

Earth Force (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Vince Meldrum, chief operating officer, to be president. Earth Force involves young people in environmental issues.

East-West U. (Chicago): Appointed Judith A. Bacon, director of development at Good Counsel High School (Chicago), to be director of development.

Emergency Fund for Needy People (Chicago): Appointed Nonie Brennan, executive director of the Volunteer Center (Battle Creek, Mich.), to be executive director.

Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium (St. Johnsbury, Vt.): Appointed Bethany Latham, corporate-relations coordinator at the Appalachian Trail Conference (Harpers Ferry, W.Va.), to be director of external relations.

Family Connection of South Carolina (Columbia): Appointed Krista Lewis, school-based mental-health counselor at the South Carolina Department of Mental Health’s Berkeley Community Mental Health Center (Goose Creek), to be state-outreach coordinator; Tracy Mack, a recent graduate of the U. of South Carolina at Columbia with a master’s degree in social work, to be outreach-initiative program coordinator; and Ashley Sherry, a recent graduate of Clemson U. (S.C.) with a master of arts in professional communication, to be community-relations director.

Fund for Public Schools (New York): Appointed Leslie Koch, a consultant at the New York City Department of Education, to be executive director. The Fund is an independent, nonprofit organization managed by the Department of Education’s Office of Strategic Partnerships.

Girl Scouts of the USA (New York): Appointed Kathy Clonin-ger, chief executive officer of the Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley (Nashville), to be chief executive officer. She succeeds Jackie Barnes, interim chief executive officer, who will return to her position as chief operating officer.

Hispanics in Philanthropy (Emeryville, Calif.): Appointed Alina Ball, a recent graduate of Wellesley College (Mass.), to be program coordinator; Lucía Corral-Peña, program director at the California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills), to be program director; and Jenny Everett, account director at DoubleClick (San Francisco), to be manager of membership and marketing.

I Have a Dream Foundation (New York): Appointed Doris Meyer, director of external affairs at the Center for Animal Care and Control (New York), to be director of development.

Independent Sector (Washington): Appointed Märianne Eby, acting chief executive officer of BoardSource (Washington), to be vice president for membership and development.

Iowa State U. Foundation (Ames): Appointed Melissa Johansen, senior account director at Intemark Marketing Group (Minneapolis), to be associate director of development for annual giving.

Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation: Appointed Sanford M. Shapero, director of major gifts, to be senior vice president.

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (Des Plaines): Appointed Mark C. Germano, vice president of resource development at the United Way in Chicago, to be vice president for advancement.

Metro International (New York): Appointed Deidre C. Meyerson, president of Young Citizens (New York), to be executive director. Metro International promotes global learning in New York public schools, connecting international students and Fulbright scholars with New Yorkers.

Mobile Symphony (Ala.): Appointed Mary McIlwain, president of the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce (Ala.), to be director of development, and Philip Tapia, a recent graduate of U. of South Alabama (Mobile), to be director of marketing and operations.

NetAid (New York): Appointed Ria P. Burghardt, director of development at International Human Rights Law Group (Washington), to be director of development.

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation: Announced the resignation of Wali Abdel-Ra’oof, executive director, effective December 31.

Newark Alliance (N.J.): Appointed Al Koeppe, president and chief operating officer at Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Newark), to be president and chief executive officer. The New-ark Alliance promotes civic revitalization and improved public education in Newark.

NHP Foundation (Washington): Appointed Emelda P. Johnson, former secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Resources (Annapolis), to be director of resident services. This organization provides multifamily housing and resident services to low- and moderate-income families.

North Country School and Camp Treetops (Lake Placid, N.Y.): Appointed Martha Prit-chard Spear, a fund-raising consultant in New York, to be director of development.

Olney Theatre Center for the Arts (Md.): Appointed Kara-Beth Oliver, marketing manager, to be director of marketing and public relations, and Kathy Yeager, public-relations consultant at Cylix Communications, to be public-relations manager.

Panim: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Rabbi David Kaye, assistant director, to be vice president for program, and Craig Sumberg, assistant director, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Poise Foundation (Pittsburgh): Appointed Mark Lewis, president and chief operating officer, to be chief executive officer. The foundation supports programs and organizations that benefit black residents of the Pittsburgh area.

Salvation Army Chicago Metropolitan Division: Appointed Lisa M. Rollins, director of the Chi-cago office of the United Negro College Fund, to be senior director of development and communications.

Seattle Symphony: Appointed Paul Meecham, general manager of the New York Philharmonic, to be executive director.

Sesame Workshop (New York): Appointed Donna Chandler, assistant vice president of global outreach, to be vice president of global outreach.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Jessica Ljungvall, a recent graduate of Syracuse U.’s College of Arts and Sciences, to be assistant manager of Telefund, the university’s phone-based fund-raising unit.

U. of Illinois at Chicago: Appointed Howard B. Newman, chief development officer, to be associate dean for development for the College of Medicine, and vice president of the U. of Illinois Foundation.

United Performing Arts Fund (Milwaukee): Appointed Geraldine Gigi Bruno, director of corporate events at United Migrant Opportunity Service (Milwaukee), to be community-outreach manager, and Amy S. Jensen, director of operations, to be vice president of finance and administration.

United Way Community Services (Detroit): Appointed Michael Brennan, executive vice president of the United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Richard Collister, who has served as interim chief executive officer since the death of Virgil H. Carr in May.

Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Jimmie Walton Paschall, vice president and chief human-resource officer at XO Communications (Reston, Va.), to be vice president of external relations.

WAMU (Washington): Announced the departure of Susan Clampitt, executive director. David Taylor, chief of staff for the president of American U. (Washington), which operates this public-radio station, will serve as interim executive director, while remaining in his current position.

GRANT MAKERS

California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Gwen Foster, program officer, to be senior program officer for the Mental Health Special Initiative; Laura Hogan, senior program officer, to be program director of the Access Program; and Marion Standish, senior program officer, to be program director of the Disparities in Health Program.

Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York (Buffalo): Appointed Ann F. Monroe, director of the quality initiative at the California HealthCare Foundation (Oakland), to be president.

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed Ryan J. Patterson, assistant vice president for the consulting-services division at Wachovia Securities (Charlotte), to be manager of investment reporting and analysis, and K. Todd Walker, director of long-term investments at Duke Energy Corporation (Charlotte), to be director of investments.

Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis): Appointed Holiday Hart McKiernan, ex-ecutive director and counsel at the national headquarters of Alpha Chi Omega (Indianapolis), to be vice president and general counsel.

Skoll Foundation (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Joyce Dickerson, executive director of YES Reading (Menlo Park, Calif.), to be director of operations and planning, and Will Morgan, program officer at International Development Enterprises (Denver), to be program officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Blandin Foundation (Grand Rapids, Minn.): Elected Marian Barcus, mayor of Cohasset (Minn.), and Timothy Bonner, an ophthalmologist in Grand Rapids, to the Board of Trustees.

Brooklyn Philharmonic (New York): Elected J. Barclay Collins II, executive vice president and general counsel at Amerada Hess Corporation (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Hadassah Foundation (New York): Elected Rabbi Jacqueline Koch Ellenson, director of the Women’s Rabbinic Network (New York); Galia Maor, president and chief executive officer of the Bank Group (Tel Aviv); and Marcie Natan, national chair of major gifts, to the Board of Directors.

National Osteoporosis Foundation (Washington): Elected Daniel A. Mica, president and chief executive officer of the Credit Union National Association and Affiliates (Washington) and a former U.S. representative from West Palm Beach, Fla., to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Panim: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values (Rockville, Md.): Elected Laura Katz Cutler, a retired commercial banker (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

USA Football (Vienna, Va.): Elected Jack Kemp, a former U.S. representative from Buffalo, N.Y., and a former quarterback for the Buffalo Bills football team, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Women’s Alliance (Miami): Elected Sheri K. Cole, executive director of Career Wardrobe (Philadelphia), to be president of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Brad Braddock, strategy and marketing consultant at Deutsche Bank Venture Capital (San Francisco), to be vice president of marketing. Blackbaud provides technology services to nonprofit organizations.

Grizzard (Los Angeles): Appointed Elisabeth Sinow, director of development at Long Beach State U.’s Carpenter Performing Arts Center (Calif.), to be account supervisor. Grizzard is a direct-marketing firm that represents nonprofit and corporate clients.