People

American Cancer Society-Illinois Division (Chicago): Appointed Rita Castonguay-Forden, vice president for major and planned gifts at United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, to be vice president of distinguished giving, and Mavis Laing, vice president of sales operations at the Xerox Corporation, based in Chicago, to be vice president of volunteer services.

American College of Emergency Physicians (Dallas): Appointed Dean Wilkerson, national executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Irving, Tex.), to be executive director.

Arthritis Foundation, Maryland Chapter (Owings Mills): Appointed Holly A. Brandt, associate director of major gifts at Goucher College (Towson, Md.), to be director of development.

Berkshire Theatre Festival (Stockbridge, Mass.): Appointed Nina Garlington, manager for institutional support at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (Becket, Mass.), to be director of development.

California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco): Appointed Michelle McClellan, director of development for the College of Engineering at the U. of California at Berkeley, to be director of development.

CARE (Washington): Appointed Barbara Mills Larkin, a consultant in Washington and former assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs for Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Warren Christopher, to be vice president for policy and government relations, a newly created position.

Center for Effective Philanthropy (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Sarah Di Troia, a principal of Axxon Capital (Boston), to be associate director.

Center for Rural Strategies (Whitesburg, Ky.): Appointed Katharine Pearson, representative of the Ford Foundation’s office in Eastern Africa (Nairobi), to be a vice president, directing the Community Philanthropy Initiative. The center promotes effective policy responses to rural issues.

Colorado College (Colorado Springs): Appointed Stephen Elder, interim vice president for advancement, to be vice president for advancement.

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America-Rocky Mountain Chapter (Denver): Appointed Susan Tuchler, director of special events at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-Rocky Mountain Chapter (Denver), to be executive director.

Development Training Institute (Baltimore): Appointed David J. Cortiella, chief executive officer of Inguilinos Boricuas en Acción (Boston), to be president. He succeeds Joseph McNeely, who served as president for 22 years.

Ethics and Public Policy Center (Washington): Appointed M. Edward Whelan III, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington), to be president. He succeeds Hillel Fradkin, who now serves as director of Islamic and Jewish studies and of foreign policy and human rights.

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (New York): Appointed Rosalba M. Messina,, chief financial and operating officer of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York, to be director of operations.

International Youth Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed Samantha Barbie, director of operations, to be chief financial officer, and Esther Benjamin, chief financial officer, to be vice president for business development.

Irvine Public Schools Foundation (Calif.): Appointed Julie Tapp, a research associate at the Vanderbilt U. Institute for Public Policy Studies (Nashville), to be chief program officer.

Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (New York): Appointed Aileen Gitelson, acting chief executive officer and former chief operating officer, to be chief executive officer.

Los Angeles Team Mentoring: Appointed Michael Hirschfeld, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Committee (Los Angeles), to be chief executive officer.

Melwood (Upper Marlboro, Md.): Appointed Mary L. Buszuwski, executive officer of business operations and consulting at the American National Red Cross (Washington), to be chief operating officer. Melwood provides services to developmentally disabled residents of the Washington, D.C., area.

Memorial Health Trust (Savannah, Ga.): Appointed H. Hall Powell, associate vice president and senior consultant at Alexander Haas Martin and Partners (Atlanta), to be vice president.

Mississippi Baptist Children’s Village (Jackson): Appointed W. Rory Lee, president of Louisiana College (Pineville), to be executive director.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Irving, Tex.): Appointed Bobby Heard, director of marketing and development, to be interim executive director.

New Trier Township High School District 203 Educational Foundation (Northfield, Ill.): Appointed Erika Erhart, a fund-raising consultant at Margo Morris & Company (Chicago), to be executive director.

Pennsylvania Ballet (Philadelphia): Appointed Hilary Alger, associate director of development for major gifts at the U. of Virginia (Charlottesville), to be director of development.

Public Allies (Milwaukee): Appointed Tim Hosch, controller at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), to be vice president of finance and administration. Public Allies supports young leaders and community improvement.

Scholarship America (St. Peter, Minn.): Appointed Clifford L. Stanley, a former general in the U.S. Marine Corps and former executive vice president at the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be president, effective July 19. He will succeed William C. (Bill) Nelsen, who is retiring.

Thirteen/WNET (New York): Appointed Deborah Cross MacFarlane, director of development and membership, to be vice president.

Transitional Housing Corporation (Washington): Appointed Polly Donaldson, director of program development at the Institute of International Education (New York), to be executive director.

United Cerebral Palsy Association of Suffolk County (Hauppauge, N.Y.): Appointed Stephen H. Friedman, acting executive director and former director of administration, to be executive director, and Francis Fitzgerald, vice president of human resources at LivePerson (New York), to be director of operations.

United Church of Christ (Washington): Appointed Gloria Tristani, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (Washington), to be managing director of the office of communications.

Volunteers of America-Greater New York: Announced the death of Richard Salyer, president and chief executive officer since 1982. He was 59 and died of cancer.

WMRA (Harrisonburg, Va.): Appointed Randy D. Huwa, director of communication and of development and marketing at Montpelier, the home of James and Dolley Madison (Montpelier Station, Va.), to be director of major and planned giving. WMRA is the National Public Radio affiliate for central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.

GRANT MAKERS

Atlanta Women’s Foundation: Appointed Sally Weaver, chief professional development officer at the law firm Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy (Atlanta), to be chief executive officer.

Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation (Fargo, N.D.): Appointed Karla Aaland, president of Loegering MFG (Casselton, N.D.), to be executive director.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Amy Dominguez-Arms, acting president and vice president of Children Now (Oakland, Calif.), to be director of the California Perspectives program.

Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Wash.): Appointed Akhtar Badshah, chief executive officer and president of the Digital Partners Foundation (Seattle), to be senior director of community affairs.

Prospect Hill Foundation (New York): Appointed Laura Callanan, associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), to be executive director.

Shubert Foundation (New York): Announced the death of Lynn L. Seidler, former executive director. She was 67, and had served as executive director from 1975 to 1994.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Alliance Healthcare Foundation (San Diego): Elected Donna J. Walker, president of the Pulido Walker Foundation (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), to the Board of Trustees.

Bet Tzedek (Los Angeles): Elected Glenn A. Sonnenberg, president of Legg Mason Real Estate Investors (Los Angeles), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Dayton Foundation (Ohio): Elected Judy D. McCormick, a former teacher, to be chair of the Governing Board. The foundation also elected to the board Gary L. LeRoy, medical director of East Dayton Health Center; Richard W. Schwartz, president of Primus Inc. (Dayton); and Jerome F. Tatar, retired chairman of MeadWestvaco Corporation (Dayton).

Markle Foundation (New York): Elected Herbert Pardes, president and chief executive officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, to the Board of Directors.

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington): Elected Robert G. Templin Jr., president of Northern Virginia Community College (Annandale), and Gloria A. WilderBrathwaite, director of mobile health programs at Children’s National Medical Center (Washington), to the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Commonfund (Wilton, Conn.): Appointed Jeffrey T. Long, managing director at Citigroup Asset Management (Stamford, Conn.), to be managing director, head of equities. Commonfund manages investment funds for nonprofit institutions.

Sutton Group (Washington): Appointed Deborah Briceland-Betts, deputy director of mobilization for the Benefits CheckUp program at the National Council on the Aging (Washington), to be senior vice president. The Sutton Group handles marketing and communications for social causes.

Widmeyer Communications (New York): Appointed Matt Cobey, an account director at Magnet Communications (New York), to be assistant vice president; Henry Engleka, a vice president, to be group director; and Stephen Stafford, director of communications for the Adolescent AIDS Program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.), to be an assistant vice president. Widmeyer provides communications, media-relations, and public-affairs services to corporate, governmental, and nonprofit organizations.

Yellowfin Direct Marketing (Boston): Appointed Bob Cargill, senior creative director at L.W. Robbins Associates (Holliston, Mass.), to be senior creative director.