People

Alternatives for Battered Women (Rochester, N.Y.): Appointed Deb Howe Allen, director of development for the Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Applied Science and Technology, to be director of development.

American Humane Association (Denver): Appointed Sara Spaulding, director of communications at the American Red Cross-Mile High Chapter (Denver), to be vice president of marketing and communications.

Anixter Center (Chicago): Appointed Allan I. Bergman, president and chief executive officer of the Brain Injury Association of America (McLean, Va.), to be president and chief executive officer. Anixter provides educational, health-care, substance-abuse, vocational, and other services to disabled people.

The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, Calif.): Appointed Karin Eastham, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at the Diversa Corporation (San Diego), to be executive vice president and chief operating officer. The Burnham Institute is a biomedical-research center that focuses on aging, cancer, and neuroscience.

Center for Arts Education (New York): Appointed Richard Kessler, executive director of the American Music Center (New York), to be executive director.

Center on Philanthropy at Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis: Appointed David L. Sternberg, a partner in Loring, Sternberg, and Associates (Indianapolis), a fund-raising consulting firm, to be associate director of public service and strategic initiatives.

ClearView Center (Albany, N.Y.): Appointed William C. Wasserman, assistant executive director at Rehab Programs (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), to be executive director. ClearView provides services to people with mental illnesses.

Donors Forum of Chicago: Appointed Elizabeth Lach, former director of communications and marketing at the Aspen Institute (Washington), to be vice president for external relations.

Endicott College (Beverly, Mass.): Appointed Barry A. Sullivan, a co-founder of Sullivan & Drooks (Danvers, Mass.), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Friends of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Washington): Appointed Jack Valenti, chief executive officer of the Motion Picture Association of America (Los Angeles), to be president.

Handi-Crafters (Thorndale, Pa.): Appointed John Jascoll, development specialist, to be development director. Handi-Crafters provides rehabilitation and job-placement services to disabled people, at-risk youths, and other residents of Pennsylvania’s Chester and Lancaster Counties.

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, Me.): Appointed Lesley Lichko, director of Peace Through Interamerican Community Action (Bangor, Me.), to be director of development.

Housing Trust of Santa Clara County (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Janet Stone, director of the livable-communities program at the Greenbelt Alliance (San Francisco), to be director of programs.

Independence Seaport Museum (Philadelphia): Appointed Kevin J. McNamara, associate vice president for institutional advancement at Drexel U. (Philadelphia), to be vice president for development and marketing.

International Rescue Committee (New York): Appointed Patricia A. Long, treasurer and vice president for finance and administration at Save the Children (Westport, Conn.), to be vice president and chief financial officer.

Jewish Women’s Archive (Brookline, Mass.): Appointed Ellen Kanner, senior development officer for major gifts at Combined Jewish Philanthropies (Boston), to be director of development.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Susan K. Rieff, policy director for land stewardship at the National Wildlife Federation (Washington), to be executive director.

Lighthouse of Broward County (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Appointed Elizabeth D. Rios, vice president of institutional development at the Latino Pastoral Action Center (New York), to be director of community relations.

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (St. Paul): Appointed Jodi Harpstead, vice president and general manager of cardiac-surgery technologies at Medtronic (Minneapolis), to be vice president and chief advancement officer, and Jenny Peterson, a major-gift officer at the Luther Seminary (St. Paul), to be senior director of development.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York): Announced the retirement of David E. McKinney, president, effective in January 2005.

New York Public Library: Appointed David G. Offensend, a co-founder of Evercore Partners (New York), to be senior vice president and chief financial and administrative officer.

New York State Historical Association and the Farmers’ Museum (Cooperstown): Announced the resignation of Gilbert T. Vincent, president.

Southeastern Council of Foundations (Atlanta): Appointed Helen M. Ishii, marketing and operations manager at Office Installation Systems (Atlanta) and former assistant executive director at SOAR Youth Ministries (Knoxville, Tenn.), to be communications manager.

U. of Missouri (Columbia): Appointed Philip C. Oswald, director of development at the U. of Minnesota’s Institute of Technology (Minneapolis), to be associate vice chancellor for development and alumni relations.

United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed David Albritton, director of public relations for the Personal Systems Group in the Washington office of Hewlett-Packard, to be vice president of field and media communications, and Patrick W. Lester, senior public-policy analyst at the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations (Silver Spring), to be director of public policy and partners.

Urban Libraries Council (Evanston, Ill.): Appointed Martín Gómez, executive director of the Friends & Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library, to be president, effective August 2.

USO of Metropolitan New York: Appointed Rosemarie E. Dackerman, assistant executive director for external relations at Little Flower Children’s Services of New York (Brooklyn), to be executive director and chief executive officer.

WETA (Washington): Appointed Adam Gronski, vice president of local corporate marketing, to be vice president of corporate marketing, and Craig Impink, executive director of foundation and government development, to be vice president of foundation and government development.

Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network (Denver): Appointed C. Diane Matt, director of strategic partnerships at the Geological Society of America (Boulder, Colo.), to be executive director.

YMCA of Greater Houston: Appointed Charles Cleveland, director of network services at YMCA of the USA (Chicago), to be executive vice president, chief planning officer, and director of association services.

GRANT MAKERS

Argosy Foundation (Boston): Appointed Jeff Snell, president and chief executive officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, to be chief operating officer. The foundation plans to move its headquarters to Milwaukee.

Community Foundation Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Mari Ellen Reynolds, director of development at Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties (San Jose), to be director of development.

Hill-Snowdon Foundation (Washington): Appointed Nat Chioke Williams, program officer for youth development at the Edward W. Hazen Foundation (New York), to be executive director.

John Hancock Financial Services (Boston): Appointed David F. D’Alessandro, chief executive officer, to be chairman of the Advisory Board, effective upon his retirement as CEO later this year. In his new capacity, Mr. D’Alessandro will oversee the company’s charitable and philanthropic activities.

Mathile Family Foundation (Dayton, Ohio): Appointed Gregory Scott Edwards, vice president of operations at the Mathile Family Office (Dayton), to be executive director.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Sarah Hernandez, founder of Saludos Para Ti, a greeting-card company in Minneapolis, and former senior manager of corporate community affairs at the Honeywell Corporation (Minneapolis), to be program officer for region and communities and for children and families.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Legacy Foundation (Washington): Elected George A. Strait Jr., associate vice chancellor for public affairs at the U. of California at Berkeley, to the Board of Directors.

El Pomar Foundation (Colorado Springs): Elected Jeffrey K. Trujillo, a business-development manager in the Denver office of PeopleSoft, and Jane L. Rawlings, assistant to the publisher of The Pueblo Chieftain (Colo.), to the Board of Trustees.

Freddie Mac Foundation (McLean, Va.): Elected Richard F. Syron, chairman and chief executive officer of Freddie Mac (McLean), to be chairman of the Board of Directors, and Michelle Engler, a lawyer and a trustee of the JNL Investor Series Trust (McLean), and Dwight P. Robinson, senior vice president of corporate relations at Freddie Mac, to be members of the board.

Minnesota Community Foundation (Minneapolis): Elected Stephen J. Goodenow, president of Bank Midwest (Kansas City, Mo.) and the Goodenow Bancorporation (Okoboji, Iowa), to the Board of Directors.

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego: Elected Mary F. Berglund, executive vice president of the J. Berglund Company (La Jolla, Calif.), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Johnnetta Cole, president of Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) and former president of Spelman College (Atlanta), to be chair of the Board of Tr.ustees.