People

Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community (New York): Appointed Audra P. Berg, director of individual giving at the 92nd Street Y (New York), to be program director.

AFS International (New York): Appointed Leslie E. Bains, senior vice president at HSBC North America (New York), to be president.

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Appointed Seth Feldman, director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and the Jewish Community Foundation (Atlanta), to be director of the Chicago region.

American Red Cross of Greater Chicago: Announced the retirement of William L. Braden, chief executive officer, effective at the end of September. Mr. Braden has served in that position for 18 years.

ARC-Greenwich (Conn.): Appointed David C. Schlakman, a principal at the Gantry Group (Concord, Mass.), to be director of development and communications. This organization provides employment and residential services, youth programs, and vocational training to disabled people.

Arthritis Foundation, New Jersey Chapter (Iselin): Appointed Lorna Krkich, executive director of the American Diabetes Association’s Northern New Jersey area (Somerset), to be president. She succeeds Dennis Hirschfelder, who retired in May.

Arts Council of Napa Valley (Napa, Calif.): Appointed Michelle Williams, wine-studies coordinator at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone (St. Helena, Calif.), to be interim director.

Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (New York): Appointed Bienvenida Matías, interim executive director and founder and former national coordinator at the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (New York), to be executive director.

Atlanta College of Art: Appointed Kathleen M. Minarik, director of development and capital support and interim vice president of development at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Bennington College (Vt.): Appointed Paige Bartels, associate director of the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at the U. of Texas at Austin, to be assistant vice president for external relations; Barbara Bonner, an arts consultant in New York and former deputy director of the Museum of the City of New York, to be vice president for external relations; Gretchen Dwyer, director of development at the Tower School (Marblehead, Mass.), to be director of development; and Jenna White, a former trustee of the college, to be manager of alumni relations.

Chicago Charter School Foundation: Appointed B. Michael McFarland, director of development at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (Chicago), to be development director.

Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco): Appointed Susan Lefkowich, senior associate director of development at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, to be director of development.

Direct Marketing Association (New York): Appointed John A. Greco Jr., co-founder of Greco Enterprises (Watchung, N.J.), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds H. Robert Wientzen, who has led the association for nearly eight years.

Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts (Washington): Appointed Ellen Kerszencwejg Coppley, director of corporate relations and strategic alliances at the American Association of School Administrators (Arlington, Va.), to be executive director of the Ellington Fund.

Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (Waterford, Conn.): Announced the resignation of J. Ranelli, artistic director. Richard Kuranda, artistic associate, will serve as interim artistic director.

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York): Appointed John L. Kahl, vice president of development and public relations at Guiding Eyes for the Blind (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Daniel J. Carucci, director of the malaria program at the Naval Medical Research Center (Silver Spring, Md.), to be director of the Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative.

Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed Katie Benston, hiring manager in the customer-support division of Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.), to be director of fund development.

Green Chimneys (Brewster, N.Y.): Appointed Allan S. Wilson, director of development at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (New Haven, Conn.), to be director of development. Green Chimneys provides various services to children, adolescents, and families in the metropolitan New York area and Fairfield County, Conn.

Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.): Appointed Paul Leonard, retired executive vice president of Centex Real Estate Corporation (Dallas) and a former chair of Habitat’s Board of Directors, to be managing director.

Institute for Student Achievement (Lake Success, N.Y.): Appointed Gena Davis Watkins, senior vice president and chief development officer at the National Urban League (New York), to be vice president and chief development officer.

Low Income Investment Fund (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Marie Young, a principal consultant at MBY Consulting (Los Altos, Calif.) and former senior program manager of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Children, Families, and Communities Program (Los Altos), to be chief executive officer of the Affordable Buildings for Children’s Development initiative.

Michigan State U. (East Lansing): Appointed Judith A. Peters, development director for major and planned gifts at the U. of Michigan’s W.K. Kellogg Eye Center (Ann Arbor), to be director of development for the College of Law.

Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul): Appointed Valerie Arganbright, on-air fund-raising and promotion manager at Public Radio International (Minneapolis), to be senior director of on-air fund raising and content services, and Susan Edberg, vice president for marketing, to be senior vice president for marketing and national distribution.

Monmouth College (Ill.): Appointed Perry D. White, chair of the music department and director of the choral program, to be vice president for development.

National Sleep Foundation (Washington): Appointed Amy McKenna Luz, managing director of strategic donor development at Childreach/Plan International (Warwick, R.I.), to be chief operating officer, a newly created position.

The Nature Conservancy, Pennsylvania Field Office (Conshohocken): Appointed Sara Hertz, director of the major-gifts program at the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be director of philanthropy.

New Futures (Burien, Wash.): Appointed Ruth Dickey, former executive director of Miriam’s Kitchen (Washington), to be executive director. New Futures provides community and educational programs to at-risk children and their families.

North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem): Appointed Michael R. Franco, vice president of college advancement at St. John’s College (Santa Fe, N.M.), to be vice chancellor for development and public relations.

Notre Dame College (South Euclid, Ohio): Appointed Carol Carbary, director of constituent development for Kent State U.’s College of Arts & Sciences and Honors College (Ohio), to be vice president of advancement.

NPower (Seattle): Appointed Sara Hebert, director of the U.S. Transportation and Security Administration’s e-Government Program (Arlington, Va.), to be executive director.

OIC International (Philadelphia): Appointed Ronald W. Howard, executive vice president, to be interim president and chief executive officer. C.L. Mannings, president and chief executive officer, will become special adviser to the board after leading the organization for 12 years. OIC International provides job and vocational training to youths in developing countries.

Operation Access (San Francisco): Appointed Julia A. Wong, director of alumni affairs at Dominican U. of California (San Rafael), to be executive director. Operation Access provides free outpatient surgery to low-income, uninsured people.

Orange County Performing Arts Center (Costa Mesa, Calif.): Appointed Sheri Nazaroff, director of development at the City of Hope Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute (Duarte, Calif.), to be director of corporate relations.

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Philadelphia): Appointed Melissa Reddington, manager of event sales and design at Party Partz (Boston), to be director of events and facility sales.

Performing Arts Center Foundation (Miami): Announced the retirement of Nancy Herstand, executive director. She will serve as a consultant to the organization, which raises funds for the Miami Performing Arts Center.

Roswell Park Alliance Foundation (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Mary Cannon Gearing, director of market research at Rich Products (Buffalo), to be director of business and development marketing, and Holly Schmitt, circulation-sales manager at The Buffalo News, to be project manager for the holiday card and gift program. This organization raises funds for the Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

SeniorNet (San Francisco): Appointed Peter S. Crosby, founder of All Together Now Consulting (San Francisco), to be president and chief executive officer.

Southern Methodist U. (Dallas): Appointed Brad E. Cheves, vice president for advancement and public affairs at Pepperdine U. (Malibu, Calif.), to be vice president for development and external affairs.

Susquehanna U. (Selinsgrove, Pa.): Appointed Raymond Brownell, director of annual giving and leadership-gift officer at Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.), to be executive director of development and campaign director.

Syracuse U., College of Arts and Sciences (N.Y.): Appointed Corinne Ribble, a program planner for the City of Syracuse Department of Community Development and former development director at the Alaska Wilderness League (Washington), to be director of development for upstate New York.

The Taproot Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Matthew O’Grady, executive director of the Management Center (San Francisco), to be managing director of the Bay Area office.

U. of Richmond (Va.): Appointed David C. Johnson, director of development at Harvard Law School (Cambridge, Mass.), to be vice president for advancement.

U. of Tennessee at Chattanooga: Appointed Nancy Noblit, director of athletic fund raising, to be assistant vice chancellor.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison): Appointed Ellsworth H. Brown, president of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, to be director.

YMCA of Greater Boston: Appointed Duffy Brent, executive vice president at Hiller Associates (Mattapoisett, Mass.), to be senior director of campaigns.

YouthBuild USA (Somerville, Mass.): Appointed Charles J. Clark, senior vice president of commercial banking at the USTrust and Citizens Bank of Massachusetts (Boston), to be director of the YouthBuild Asset Trust for Graduates.

YWCA of Schenectady (N.Y.): Appointed Sara Erickson, an account representative at New York State Industries for the Disabled (Albany, N.Y.), to be director of development and communications.

GRANT MAKERS

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed John Bare, director of planning and evaluation at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami), to be vice president for strategic planning and evaluation.

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Michael Januzik, a financial partner at Tatum Partners (Los Angeles), to be chief financial officer.

The Colorado Trust (Denver): Announced the retirement of Jean Merrick, senior vice president. Carol Breslau, senior program officer, has been appointed acting vice president for initiatives.

Community Foundation in Jacksonville (Fla.): Appointed Cheryl Amos Riddick, a member of the site-communications team at Citi Cards Jacksonville, to be vice president of grant-making services.

Consuelo Foundation (Honolulu): Appointed Sharon Osborne, president and chief executive officer of the Children’s Home Society of Washington (Seattle), to be president and chief executive officer, effective January 2005. She will succeed Patti Lyons, who is retiring. This operating foundation works to benefit children and families in Hawaii and the Philippines.

Denver Foundation: Appointed Lauren Y. Casteel, vice president of donor services, to be vice president of philanthropic partnerships; Sarah Harrison, vice president of advancement, to be deputy vice president of philanthropic services; and Betsy A. Mangone, founder of Mangone & Company (Denver), to be vice president of philanthropic services.

Idaho Community Foundation (Boise): Appointed Cathy R. Silak, former vice chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court (Boise) and a partner at Hawley Troxell Ennis and Hawley (Boise), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Alice Hennessey, who retired June 1.

Jeld-Wen Foundation (Klamath Falls, Ore.): Appointed Robert Kingzett, assistant director of the public-affairs department at Jeld-Wen (Klamath Falls), to be executive director.

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (Concord): Appointed Ellie G. Cochran, associate director of institutional advancement at the Derryfield School (Manchester, N.H.), to be senior foundation officer for the Manchester Regional Community Foundation.

Point Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Vance Lancaster, former director of strategic giving at the Gill Foundation (Denver), to be executive director.

Research Corporation (Tucson): Appointed James M. Gentile, dean for the natural sciences and a professor of biology at Hope College (Holland, Mich.), to be president, effective early next year. He will succeed John Schaefer,who has served as president since 1982. The Research Corporation supports investigators working in astronomy, chemistry, and physics.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund (New York): Announced the death of Laurance S. Rockefeller, co-founder and president from 1958 to 1968. Mr. Rockefeller died in New York on July 11 at age 94.

Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade County (Miami): Appointed Jennifer Lee Tisthammer, founder of J. Lee & Associates (Miami), a consulting firm, to be executive director.

Woods Fund of Chicago: Appointed Deborah Harrington, program director, to be vice president.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Alliance Healthcare Foundation (San Diego): Elected Lambert Hsu, president and chief executive officer of Benefit Pro Insurance Services (San Diego), to the Board of Trustees.

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (New York): Elected Terri Jo Barron, a lawyer and the instructor of a course on legal ethics for the elderly at Florida State U. (Tallahassee), to the Board of Trustees.

American Friends of the Hebrew U. (New York): Elected Gerald Niznick, founder of the Core-Vent Corporation (Las Vegas), to be president of the Western Region Board of Directors.

American National Red Cross (Washington): Elected Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, a former U.S. ambassador to Finland and founder and chief executive officer of Pace Communications (Greensboro, N.C.), to be chair of the Board of Governors.

The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore: Elected Benjamin K. Greenwald, owner and operator of Arrow Parking Garages (Baltimore), to be chairman of the board.

Association of Junior Leagues International (New York): Elected Pam Newby, co-founder and executive director of Special Care Inc. (Oklahoma City), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County (Raleigh, N.C.): Elected William White, vice president of Graham Realty (Raleigh), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Elected to the Board of Directors: Daniel Boggan, retired senior vice president and chief operating officer of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Indianapolis); Jesse Casso Jr., a former investment banker (Los Angeles); James Kyle, vice president of the California market for Schaller Anderson (Phoenix); and Hugo Morales, founder and executive director of Radio Bilingüe (Fresno, Calif.).

Child Abuse Prevention Services (Roslyn, N.Y.): Elected Nancy Greulich, a volunteer presenter of the organization’s programs, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Cleveland Foundation: Elected Charles Bolton, chairman of the Board of Directors and a partner of the Brittany Corporation (Cleveland) and Polychem Corporation (Mentor, Ohio), to the Board of Directors.

Connecticut Health Foundation (Farmington): Elected Marilyn Alverio, founder of Ethnic Marketing Solutions (Hartford), to the Board of Directors.

Cooper Foundation (Lincoln, Neb.): Elected Brad Korell, finance director at Olsson Associates (Lincoln) and former president of Wells Fargo-Lincoln, and Robert Nefsky, a lawyer and partner of Rembolt, Ludtke & Berger (Lincoln), to the Board of Trustees.

Dana Foundation (New York): Elected Steven E. Hyman, provost of Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.) and a professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School (Boston), to the Board of Directors.

Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund (San Francisco): Elected to the Board of Directors: Thomas Ehrlich, senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Stanford, Calif.); Mathea Falco, president of Drug Strategies (Washington); and Mason Willrich, a consultant on energy issues, based in Piedmont, Calif.

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Washington): Elected Randall Kaplan, owner and chief executive officer of Capsule Group (Greensboro, N.C.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Irvine Public Schools Foundation (Calif.): Elected Thomas E. McDonough, senior vice president at Regency Centers (Irvine), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Elected James N. Crutchfield, publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio), to the Board of Trustees, effective in September.

Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.): Elected Paul C. Hillegonds, president of Detroit Renaissance, and Nancy M. Schlichting, president and chief executive officer of the Henry Ford Health System (Detroit), to the Board of Trustees.

MetroHealth Foundation (Cleveland): Elected Paul Clark, president of the northern Ohio region for National City Bank (Cleveland), to be chair of the board.

Roswell Park Alliance Foundation (Buffalo, N.Y.): Elected Victor A. Rice, chief executive officer of Clean Air Technologies International (Buffalo) and Ravelin LLC (Buffalo), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

A.B. Data (Washington): Appointed Marie Dullea-Prentice, vice president of Bachurski and Associates (Washington), to be a senior consultant at this direct-mail fund-raising company.

Agilis Company (Albert Lea, Minn.): Appointed Kelly Gordon, communications department chair at Valley Christian High School (San Jose, Calif.), to be director of marketing and communications. Agilis provides donations-processing and data-conversion services to nonprofit groups.

Commonfund (Wilton, Conn.): Appointed James F. Meisner, managing director and research manager of the strategies group at Greenwich Capital Markets (Conn.), to be managing director of marketable alternative strategies for the Commonfund Asset Management Company, which provides investment advice and fund-management and treasury services to educational and other nonprofit institutions.

Fiscal Management Associates (New York): Appointed Terence Cook, business-development associate, to be manager of client services. Fiscal Management Associates provides accounting, management, organizational, and technological services to nonprofit groups.

The Greenwood Company (San Francisco): Appointed David L. Mitchell, assistant headmaster of the Bishop’s School (La Jolla, Calif.), to be executive vice president of this development-consulting and capital-campaign management company.

Innovation Network (Washington): Appointed Patrick Corvington, director of consulting and training, to be executive director; Allison Fine, founder and former executive director, to be president; and Heather Peeler, managing editor of Foundation News & Commentary, to be senior associate.

Kellogg Organization (Denver): Appointed Andrew S. Davis, vice president of the Asia and Pacific region of InFocus Corporation (Singapore), to be senior vice president. The Kellogg Organization helps nonprofit organizations with annual, capital, and endowment campaigns.

Lovell Public Relations (Dallas): Appointed Tresa Hardt, national director of communications at Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Irving, Tex.), to be a vice president.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York): Appointed Jessica Chao, founder of the Coalition for New Philanthropy (New York), to be senior philanthropy adviser; Daniel Stubbs, director of external reporting in the controllers department at Prudential Financial (New York), to be chief financial officer; and Walter Sweet, vice president of Sweet Analysis Services (Alexandria, Va.), to be a philanthropy adviser. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors develops and manages giving programs for individuals, families, foundations, and trusts.

B. Warren Associates (Washington): Appointed Benjamin DeLanty, senior associate at the Lewin Group (Falls Church, Va.), to be vice president. B. Warren Associates provides consulting services to foundations in the areas of the arts, health, and human services.