People

Chautauqua Institution (N.Y.): Appointed Thomas M. Becker, chief executive officer of the Chautauqua Foundation and executive vice president of the institution, to be president. He succeeds Scott McVay, who has completed a three-year term as president. The Chautauqua Institution offers arts, educational, and recreational programs.

Children’s Cancer Association (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Sandra Koelle-Stewart, director of development and marketing at the Hearing & Speech Institute (Portland), to be director of development.

Christian Church Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Gary W. Kidwell, senior vice president for major gifts, to be president. He succeeds James P. Johnson, who retired in September.

Columbus Speech and Hearing Center (Ohio): Appointed Dawn Gleason, acting president and chief executive officer, to be president and chief executive officer.

Consumers Union (Yonkers, N.Y.): Appointed Martin Kagan, managing director of the John Anson Ford Theatre and Ford Theatre Foundation (Los Angeles), to be senior director of development. Consumers Union is a consumer-protection organization that publishes Consumer Reports magazine.

Corporation for Supportive Housing (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Kelly Kent, manager of public policy and housing specialist at the AIDS Project Los Angeles, to be associate director of the Indianapolis office.

Dallas Theater Center: Appointed Mark Hadley, interim managing director, to be managing director. He succeeds Edith Love, who resigned in January.

Girl Scouts of the USA (New York): Appointed Courtney Q. Shore, senior vice president and managing director at Rare Medium (New York), to be senior vice president of communications and marketing.

Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Karen Jupiter, program manager for membership and the annual fund at the Museum of Science (Boston), to be director of development.

Grameen Foundation USA (Washington): Appointed Randi Nordeen, director of development at Sojourners (Washington), to be director of development. The Grameen Foundation works in partnership with the Grameen Bank to provide loans to poor people worldwide.

Humane Society of Greater Miami: Appointed Sallie Byrd, a regional relationship manager at the American Cancer Society’s Florida Division (Tampa), to be executive director.

Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles: Appointed Robin Franko, vice president of ways and means at Congregation Ner Tamid of the South Bay (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), to be South Bay region director.

Mayo Foundation (Rochester, Minn.): Appointed Michael J. McNamara, development officer, to be chair of the department of development.

National Council of Churches (New York): Appointed the Rev. Paul H. Sherry, former president of the United Church of Christ (Cleveland), to be special assistant to the general secretary. In that position, a one-year appointment, he will head the council’s Mobilization to Overcome Poverty program.

North County Health Services (San Marcos, Calif.): Appointed Victor M. Botello, vice president of development at the Parent Institute (San Diego), to be director of development.

Points of Light Foundation (Washington): Appointed Jared Hughes, director of development at the Methodist Home of the District of Columbia, to be director of corporate relations for both the foundation and its affiliated Volunteer Center National Network.

Resources for the Future (Washington): Appointed Lesli A. Creedon, director of development and corporate secretary, to be vice president for external affairs.

U. of Miami, College of Arts and Sciences (Coral Gables, Fla.): Appointed Sheri Sable, director of marketing and communications at Harvard Medical School’s Office of Resource Development (Boston), to be executive director for alumni and external affairs.

United Neighborhood Centers of America (Cleveland): Appointed Alexander M. Sanchez, director of development at Recovery Resources (Cleveland), to be president and chief executive officer.

Urban Education Partnership (Los Angeles): Appointed Reginald K. Ingram Jr., vice president at the United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.), to be vice president and chief development officer.

Welfare Law Center (New York): Appointed Nancy M. Yanofsky, senior development consultant at NYC2012 (New York), to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York): Appointed Rabbi Jennie C. Rosenn, associate chaplain at Hillel of Columbia U. and Barnard College (New York), to be program director for the Jewish life and values and contemplative-practice programs.

Danforth Foundation (St. Louis): Announced the retirement of Bruce J. Anderson, president, effective January 1, 2005.

KnowledgeWorks Foundation (Cincinnati): Appointed Marcy Raymond and Terry Seery, program officers, to be senior program officers.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Russell T. Ally, program officer for the civil-society program in South Africa (Johannesburg), to be director of the South Africa office.

Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.): Appointed Gale Berkowitz, evaluation officer, to be director of evaluation and organizational learning, and Ann Christen, chief operating officer, also to be director of knowledge management and evaluation.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (Pittsburgh): Elected Jerald A. Solot, chairman of emergency medicine at U. of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Carol A. Word, deputy director of the Bretton Woods Committee (Washington), to the Executive Committee.

Council of Chief State School Officers (Washington): Elected Ted Stilwell, director of the Department of Education of Iowa (Des Moines), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Deafness Research Foundation (Washington): Elected Armand P. D’Amato, president of the Lloyd Neck Group (Melville, N.Y.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Grantmakers for Education (Portland, Ore.): Elected Phil Gonring, senior program officer at the Rose Community Foundation (Denver), to be president and co-chair of the Board of Directors.

Heifer International (Little Rock, Ark.): Elected Charles Stewart, senior vice president and corporate director of community development at Regions Financial Corporation (Little Rock), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Greg Avis, a founding managing partner of Summit Partners (Palo Alto, Calif.), to the Board of Directors.

Maine Community Foundation (Ellsworth): Elected Wendy Penley, vice president of Penley Corporation (West Paris, Me.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Goettler Associates (Columbus, Ohio): Appointed Derek VanPelt, a consultant in Cleveland, to be senior consultant at this fund-raising consulting group.