People

American Diabetes Association (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Lynn B. Nicholas, president and chief executive officer of the Louisiana Hospital Association (Baton Rouge), to be chief executive officer, effective July 1. She will succeed Caroline A. Stevens, who has served as interim chief executive officer since August 2003, when John H. Graham IV left to become president and chief executive officer of the American Society of Association Executives (Washington).

Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed William Gutsch Jr., president of Great Ideas (Kinnelon, N.J.) and former chairman of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium (New York), to be chief executive officer and president.

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (Springfield, N.J.): Appointed Kathy Lewis, executive vice president for corporate strategy and development at the Kessler Rehabilitation Corporation (West Orange, N.J.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Corporate Alliance for Drug Education (Philadelphia): Appointed Ellie H. Boyarski, resource-development officer at Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia, to be executive director.

Emory U. (Atlanta): Appointed Johnnie D. Ray, vice president for resource development at the U. of Texas at Austin, to be senior vice president for institutional advancement, effective July 1.

Guide Dogs for the Blind (San Rafael, Calif.): Appointed Ken Stupi, chief financial officer at Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association (Colma, Calif.), to be chief financial officer.

Habitat for Humanity Oregon (Portland): Appointed Peggy Berkaana, a resource-development officer at the American National Red Cross (Washington), to be regional resource-development manager.

Inner City Health Center (Denver): Appointed Paul A. Dunne, senior development officer at Denver Rescue Mission, to be executive director of development.

Laguna Honda Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Susan Cook Hoganson, executive director and chief executive officer of Enterprise for High School Students (San Francisco), to be president and chief executive officer. This newly incorporated foundation is the fund-raising arm of Laguna Honda Hospital.

Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly (Chicago): Appointed Lorel Janiszewski, a freelance writer based in Chicago, to be manager of marketing and communications.

National Crime Prevention Council (Washington): Appointed Maj. Gen. Alfonso E. Lenhardt, retired, senior vice president for government relations at the Shaw Group (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

National D-Day Museum Foundation (New Orleans): Appointed Alma Jane Shepard, manager of major gifts and director of development for the mid-Atlantic region at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (Washington), to be vice president of development.

Northwestern U., Kellogg School of Management (Evanston, Ill.): Appointed Roger Shepard, associate chancellor for development and vice president at the U. of Illinois Foundation (Chicago), to be associate dean for development and alumni relations.

Otterbein College (Westerville, Ohio): Appointed Rebecca Fickel Smith, associate dean of students and director of the campus center, to be director of alumni relations.

Resolve: the National Infertility Association (Somerville, Mass.): Appointed Joseph C. Isaacs, executive director of the American Occupational Therapy Association (Bethesda, Md.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Roger Williams U. (Bristol, R.I.): Appointed E. Ramone Segree, a consultant at his own fund-raising consulting firm, Segree Associates (Miami), to be vice president for university advancement.

Southern California Leadership Network (Los Angeles): Appointed Jan Kern, vice president at Community Partners (Los Angeles), to be program director for the Eli Broad Colleagues Program.

Swedish Medical Center Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Clint Burwell, director of individual giving at the Seattle Symphony, to be director of major gifts; Rick Downey, director of planned gifts at Bon Secours Venice Hospital (Fla.), to be senior director of planned giving; and Rebecca Kelly, director of development at the Seattle Symphony, to be senior director of major gifts.

United German-American Committee of the U.S.A. (Washington): Appointed Janet Bandows Koster, director of international services at Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington): Appointed Jordan E. Tannenbaum, vice president for development at Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Washington), to be chief development officer.

Urban Institute (Washington): Appointed Olivia Golden, head of the District of Columbia’s Child and Family Services Agency (Washington), to be senior fellow in the Labor, Human Services, and Population Center.

Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business (Blacksburg): Appointed Sam Albimino, director of corporate and foundation relations at the university, to be director of corporate relations, and Otis C. Crowther Jr., retired regional business-development manager for Verizon (Richmond, Va.), to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Casey Family Programs (Seattle): Appointed William Bell, commissioner of New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services, to be executive vice president of child and family services.

Community Foundation for the Alleghenies (Johnstown, Pa.): Appointed Robin Strachan, director of affiliate development for the National Kidney Foundation’s affiliate-services division (Kansas City, Mo.), to be senior director of donor relations.

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed M. Tina Markanda, strategic-planning manager at Lowe’s Companies (North Wilkesboro, N.C.), to be assistant director of the health-care division.

Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund and the Goldman Environmental Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Samuel J. Salkin, chief executive officer of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, to be executive director. He succeeds Robert Gamble, who has served as executive director since 2001.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation: Appointed Fred Gutierrez, program officer, to be senior program officer, and Jane Moore, senior program officer, to be director of research and development.

Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis): Appointed Caroline Altman, an intern, to be associate program officer; Leah Meyer Austin, vice president for program development, to be senior vice president for program and research; Susan O. Conner, executive vice president and chief operating officer, to be executive vice president for impact strategy; Robert C. Dickeson, senior vice president of policy, research, and evaluation, to be senior vice president of policy and organizational learning; Jeanna Keller, associate program officer, to be program manager; Jill Kramer, associate program officer, to be a program officer; Shelley Lloyd, business manager, to be director of human resources and facilities; Holly McKiernan, vice president, general counsel, and secretary, to be senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary; Tina Gridiron Smith, associate program officer, to be a program officer; and Jill Wohlford, research associate, to be program analyst.

Rosenberg Foundation (San Francisco): Announced the retirement of Kirke Wilson, president and executive director, effective in January 2005. Mr. Wilson has headed the foundation since 1974.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Legacy Foundation (Washington): Elected Lawrence G. Wasden, attorney general of the State of Idaho, to the Board of Directors.

Ford Family Foundation (Roseburg, Ore.): Elected Dave Frohnmayer, president of the U. of Oregon (Eugene), to the Board of Directors.

Peace Development Fund (Amherst, Mass.): Elected Ali El-Issa, president of the Flying Eagle Woman Fund (New York), to the Board of Directors.

DEATHS

Arnold O. Beckman, 104, died May 18 in La Jolla, Calif. Mr. Beckman was founder and chairman of Beckman Instruments (Fullerton, Calif.), and established the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (Irvine, Calif.) with his wife, Mabel, in 1977.

Henry J. Everett, 78, died May 15 in New York. Mr. Everett was founder and president of Lexington Associates, an investment company in New York, and established the Everett Foundation (New York) with his wife, Edith, in 1957.

Bert L. Wolstein, 77, died May 17 at his home in Pepper Pike, Ohio. Mr. Wolstein was founder of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (Cleveland) and his philanthropy included gifts totaling more than $27-million to Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland).