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American Jewish World Service (New York): Appointed Phyllis Teicher Goldman, director of Israel ventures in the New York office of the New Israel Fund (Washington), to be vice president for development.

Burn Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed Cynthia Rauso, freelance management consultant, to be president.

Camp Ramah in New England (Needham, Mass.): Appointed Sanford F. Remz, senior vice president of development, to be president.

Carnegie Institution of Washington: Appointed Arnold Phifer, manager of development at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Washington), to be regional director of external affairs at the Carnegie Observatories, in Pasadena, Calif.

Children First for Oregon (Portland): Appointed Robin Christian, former executive director of the Fred Meyer Foundation (Portland), to be executive director.

Corporation for Supportive Housing (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Jonathan Hunter, interim director of the California program, to be director of the California program, based in San Diego.

Development Training Institute (Baltimore): Appointed Isazetta A. Spikes, director of development at the Community Law Center (Baltimore), to be director of development.

Direct Relief International (Santa Barbara, Calif.): Appointed Chris G. Brady, marketing director for Nepal at Population Services International (Washington), to be vice president of programs.

Family Service Agency of San Francisco: Appointed Robert W. Bennett, founder and principal of Resource Development Associates (Lafayette, Calif.), to be interim president and chief executive officer.

Galef Institute (Los Angeles): Appointed Peter Medway, senior program officer at Relief International (Los Angeles), to be director of foundation, corporation, and government relations.

Goodwill Industries International (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Carol Frey Clark, executive director of foundation and corporate development at World Vision (Monrovia, Calif.), to be director of resource development.

Habitat for Humanity-New York City: Appointed Carey Shea, program director for community revitalization at the Surdna Foundation (New York), to be chief operating officer.

High/Scope Educational Research Foundation (Ypsilanti, Mich.): Appointed Sarah Bannister McCallum, senior regional development officer at the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Natural Resource Center (Ann Arbor, Mich.), to be director of development.

Hope Community (New York): Appointed William Jacoby, director of development at Community Housing Innovations (White Plains, N.Y.), to be executive director.

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (Chicago): Appointed Fred Greenberg, Midwest regional development director at American ORT (New York), to be director of major gifts.

James Madison U. (Harrisonburg, Va.): Appointed Kim M. Hutto, associate director of alumni relations at Middle Tennessee State U. (Murfreesboro), to be director of alumni relations; Wendy S. Jaccard, director of development and alumni operations and director of advancement services, to be director of donor relations; and Sherry F. King, associate director of alumni relations and coordinator of alumni programs, to be director of parent relations.

Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Hugh Barnett, former president and chief executive officer of Goodwill of Santa Clara County (San Jose), to be executive director.

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (New York): Appointed Jacqueline Berrien, a program officer at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be associate director-counsel.

National Council of Jewish Women (New York): Appointed Janice Goldfarb, director of development at the Partnership for the Homeless (New York), to be director of development.

Neighborhood Writing Alliance (Chicago): Appointed Evelyn Delgado, a recent graduate of New York U.’s master’s-degree program in Madrid, to be program director.

Newberry Library (Chicago): Appointed Deter Wisniewski, vice president for development at the St. Louis Science Center, to be vice president of advancement.

Oxfam America (Boston): Appointed John Ambler, regional director for Asia for CARE USA, based in Bangkok, to be senior vice president for programs, effective later this year.

Philadelphia Education Fund: Appointed Carol S. Fixman, vice president at Philadelphia U., to be executive director.

Public Allies (Milwaukee): Appointed Claire Thompson, director of continuous learning, to be vice president of programs.

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed John Kelly, executive vice president of programs and services, to be president and chief executive officer, effective October 23. He will succeed Richard O. Scribner, who is retiring.

Sisters of Notre Dame (Chardon, Ohio): Appointed Sister Madeline Columbro, associate director of development, to be director of development.

University Hospitals Health System (Cleveland): Appointed Sherri Bishop, vice chairman of institutional relations and development at the Cleveland Clinic, to be senior vice president for institutional relations and development.

V Foundation for Cancer Research (Cary, N.C.): Appointed John Leshney, director of development at the U. of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center Foundation (Lexington), to be senior vice president of development.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (Washington): Appointed Judy Keyserling, vice president of marketing and public relations at the Milwaukee Symphony, to be executive vice president; JoAnn Mangione, director of communications at the Constitution Project (Washington), to be director of communications; and Nichole A. Remmert, foundation-relations manager at the Committee for Economic Development (Washington), to be manager of corporate and foundation gifts.

Villa Julie College (Stevenson, Md.): Appointed Jeffrey F. Dudley, director of the sports campaign and major gifts at Towson U. (Md.), to be director of development, and Frances Flannery Gunshol, executive director of development at Baltimore City Community College, to be director of major gifts and planned giving.

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg): Appointed John King, a public-relations representative for NASCAR celebrities at Performance PR Plus (Charlotte, N.C.), to be assistant director of alumni relations for the Pamplin College of Business, and Tom Murphy, senior vice president and trust officer at the National Bank of Blacksburg, to be associate director of gift planning.

Washington Literacy Council (D.C.): Appointed Elisabeth A. Liptak, research associate at the Adolescent and Adult Learning Center at George Mason U. (Fairfax, Va.), to be executive director.

Yale U., School of Management (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Patricia St. Germain, director of regional alumni clubs and councils at Wesleyan U. (Middletown, Conn.), to be director of alumni relations; and Mark S. Richter, a development officer at Yale U., to be assistant director of annual-giving programs.

YMCA of San Francisco: Appointed Charles M. Collins, chief executive officer of the Family Service Agency (San Francisco), to be chief executive officer.

GRANT MAKERS

James S. Copley Foundation (La Jolla, Calif.): Announced the death of Helen K. Copley, chair of the Board of Directors, on August 25. She was 81.

HealthONE Alliance (Denver): Appointed Anne Warhover, president and chief executive officer of the Downtown Denver Partnership, to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Mary Anstine, who is retiring from this organization that focuses on medical education and research, and grant making.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Jeff Kumataka, controller at the Omidyar Foundation (Redwood City, Calif.), to be director of finance; Anne A. Matlock, portfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors (San Francisco), to be investment analyst; Mark Pothier, content manager and communications specialist at the Judicial Council of California/Administrative Office of the Courts (San Francisco), to be communications manager; Jorge Ruiz de Velasco, education program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.), to be senior program officer for youth; Jeanne Sakamoto, director of special initiatives at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (Los Angeles), to be program associate for the arts; and Kenji Treanor, administrative coordinator in the office of advancement at San Francisco State U., to be program associate for youth.

JEHT Foundation (New York): Appointed Kristen Engberg, vice president of strategic initiatives at Human Rights First (New York), to be senior program manager of the Democratizing the Electoral Process program, and Garth Meintjes, acting director at the U. of Notre Dame’s Center for Civil and Human Rights (Ind.), to be senior program manager of the International Justice Program, effective in January.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Steve Cornelius, director of the Sonoran Desert Program at the Sonoran Institute (Tucson), to be program officer for conservation and sustainable development, and Christine A. Varga, an assistant professor at the U. of Minnesota Medical School’s Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine (Minneapolis), to be program officer for population and reproductive health.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed Katherine Hatton, vice president and general counsel at Philadelphia Newspapers, to be vice president, general counsel, and secretary.

Saint Paul Foundation: Appointed Michael J. Conaboy, manager of the 211/First Call for Help program at the Greater Twin Cities United Way (Minneapolis), to be program associate for the Community Sharing Fund.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Cathedral Choral Society (Washington): Elected Janet Hall, president of Flash Talk Communications (Silver Spring, Md.), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Georgia Youth Science & Technology Centers (Marietta): Elected Sharon G. Haines, director of sustainable forestry and forest policy at the International Paper Company (Savannah, Ga.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles: Elected Rabbi Elliot Dorff, a professor of philosophy and director of the rabbinical and master’s programs at the U. of Judaism (Los Angeles), to be president of the Board of Directors.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Elected Erika L. Binger, former outreach coordinator and fund raiser for the Flathead Lake Biological Station (Polson, Mont.) and a descendant of the foundation’s founders, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

National Center for Community Education (Flint, Mich.): Elected Gloria Rubio-Cortes, chief operating officer at the Community Technology Foundation of California (San Francisco), to be chairperson of the Board of Directors.

Neighborhood Writing Alliance (Chicago): Elected Kathy Schaeffer, president of Kathy Schaeffer and Associates (Chicago), to be president of the Board of Directors.