People

Arthritis Foundation, Kansas Chapter (Wichita): Appointed Dennis H. Bender, senior vice president for communications at Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Aspen Institute (Washington): Appointed Peter A. Reiling, president and chief executive officer of TechnoServe (Norwalk, Conn.), to be executive vice president for international and policy programs. He succeeds Peggy Clark, who will become associate director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative (New York).

BET Foundation (Washington): Appointed Darlene Nipper, chief operating officer at the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (Arlington, Va.), to be executive director of this recently created fund-raising arm of Black Entertainment Television.

Boston Partners in Education: Appointed Frances K. Moseley, vice president for resource development at Pathfinder International (Watertown, Mass.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Boulder Parks and Recreation Foundation (Colo.): Appointed Caryn Capriccioso, owner and principal of Your Write Hand (Boulder), also to be executive director.

Bridgewater State College (Mass.): Appointed Molly Fannon Williams, a senior associate at the Dane Group (Newton Centre, Mass.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Announced the resignation of Daniel Barenboim, music director, effective at the end of the 2005-6 season. Mr. Barenboim also serves as general music director of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin.

Chicago Youth Centers: Appointed J. Harry Wells, executive director of Omni Youth Services (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Washington): Appointed Kathleen A. Cox, executive vice president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer, effective July 1. She will succeed Robert T. Coonrod, who served as president for seven years.

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform (Chicago): Appointed Diana Nelson, director of public affairs at the Union League Club of Chicago, to be executive director.

Education Development Center (Newton, Mass.): Appointed Andrea Taylor, president of the Benton Foundation (Washington), to be a vice president and director of the Center for Media & Community, and Andy Carvin, director of the Benton Foundation’s Digital Divide Network, to be a project director at this new center created by EDC and the Benton Foundation.

Experience Science Fiction (Seattle): Appointed Donna Shirley, former manager of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars Exploration Program (Pasadena, Calif.), to be director. Experience Science Fiction is a museum scheduled to open this summer that was founded by Paul G. Allen, co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation.

Fight for Sight (New York): Appointed Mary Prudden, tri-state director at the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation (New York), to be executive director. Fight for Sight supports scientists conducting vision-related research.

The Floating Hospital (New York): Appointed Roxana Cruz, medical director at Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic (Dallas), to be chief medical officer and vice president. The Floating Hospital provides health care aboard ships and at satellite clinics in New York City.

Forum for Youth Investment (Washington): Appointed Meghan Armistead, a recent graduate of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies (Washington), to be manager for external relations, and Amber Moore, director of outreach and media relations at Child Trends (Washington), to be director of communications.

Gateway Rehabilitation Center (Aliquippa, Pa.): Appointed Ron Cichowicz, assistant to the vice chancellor of public affairs at the U. of Pittsburgh, to be director of development.

Gilda’s Club Northern New Jersey (Hackensack): Appointed Karen Johnson, executive director of the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa, Calif.), to be executive director, and Kim Jack Riley, editor in chief of Planned Parenthood’s Web site for teenagers (New York), to be director of public relations and special events.

Independent Sector (Washington): Appointed Patricia Nash, director of communications and marketing, to be vice president of communications and marketing, and Mauricio Vivero, vice president and director of government relations and public affairs at the Legal Services Corporation (Washington), to be director of government relations.

Kansas State U. Foundation (Manhattan): Appointed Bill Grevas, director of major gifts for the Western United States and senior director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences, to be senior director of development for the College of Technology and Aviation.

Michigan Humane Society (Southfield): Appointed Bill Weatherston, executive director of development at the Eastern Michigan Division of the Salvation Army (Southfield), to be chief of development and marketing.

Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (New York): Appointed Felica Kobylanski, director of development at American Friends of the Hebrew U. (New York), to be director of development.

Museum of Television & Radio (New York): Appointed Stuart N. Brotman, president of Stuart N. Brotman Communications (Lexington, Mass.), to be president. He succeeds Robert M. Batscha, who served as president from 1981 until his death in July 2003.

National Partnership for Women & Families (Washington): Appointed Myra Clark-Siegel, vice president at Ruder Finn Israel (Jerusalem), to be director of communications.

New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York): Appointed Maria Masciotti, director of major gifts, to be director of development.

Sit-in Movement (Greensboro, N.C.): Appointed Amelia Parker, a consultant in Washington, and former executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus (Washington), to be executive director, and Robert Haynes, deputy director and curator of education at the African American Museum (Dallas), to be deputy director. The Sit-in Movement is a nonprofit organization managing the construction of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum; the museum will be located at the site of the Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro where the sit-in movement, a central component of the civil-rights struggle in the early 1960s, began.

Smithsonian Institution (Washington): Appointed Karen E. Avery, assistant dean of Harvard U.’s Harvard College and director of the college’s Ann Radcliffe Trust (Cambridge, Mass.), to be director of foundation relations.

St. Edward’s U. (Austin. Tex.): Appointed Mollie O’Hara Butler, a director of leadership giving, to be director of leadership giving and campaign resources; Carol Januszeski, associate director of foundations and grants, to be director of foundation relations; Lisa Lee, assistant director of the St. Edward’s Fund, to be director of development for business and athletics; Nicole Nicholson, a director of leadership giving, to be director of development for natural sciences and mission; Lucie Perez, assistant director of development records, to be assistant director of operations for university advancement; and Reneé Silverthorne, development assistant for the St. Edward’s Fund, to be assistant director of the St. Edward’s Fund.

U. of Colorado Hospital (Denver): Appointed David Boggan, vice president for development at Cook Children’s Medical Center (Fort Worth), to be vice president for development.

U. of Maryland Foundation (Adelphi): Appointed Susan C. Schwab, a professor of public policy and former dean at the U. of Maryland at College Park’s School of Public Affairs, to be president and chief executive officer, effective June 1.

Utah Museum of Natural History at the U. of Utah (Salt Lake City): Appointed Janet Frasier, senior director of marketing at 3Com (Marlborough, Mass.), to be development director, and Ann Hanniball, assistant director of community relations, to be associate director of community relations.

Washington Ballet: Appointed Rebecca Wright, director of St. Paul’s School Dance Program (Concord, N.H.), to be director of the Washington School of Ballet, effective in August. She will succeed Mary Day, who is retiring after serving as director for 60 years.

Westminster School (Simsbury, Conn.): Appointed Pearlena Robinson, director of patient access at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (South Bend, Ind.), to be major-gifts officer.

GRANT MAKERS

Atlantic Philanthropies (New York): Appointed Charles Roussel, managing partner at Accenture (Wellesley, Mass.), to be director of the disadvantaged children and youth program.

California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills): Appointed Saba Brelvi, director of health services at Huckleberry Youth Programs (San Francisco), to be a program director.

Orton Family Foundation (Rutland, Vt.): Appointed William Shutkin, president of New Ecology (Cambridge, Mass.), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Bill Shouldice, who will become head of the Vermont Country Store (Rutland).

Skillman Foundation (Detroit): Announced the resignation of Kari Schlachtenhaufen, who joined the foundation as a program officer in 1985 and has served as president and chief executive officer since 2001. Richard Connell, vice president and treasurer, will serve as interim president.

Willamsport-Lycoming Foundation (Williamsport, Pa.): Appointed Frank J. Concino Jr., chief financial officer and regional president of Legacy Bank (Harrisburg, Pa.), to be president and chief executive officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Elected Robert B. Machinist, a managing partner of M Capital (Rye, N.Y.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

American Legacy Foundation (Washington): Elected Susan J. Curry, a professor of health policy and administration and director of the health research and policy centers at the U. of Illinois at Chicago, to the Board of Directors.

Association of American Colleges and Universities (Washington): Elected Elisabeth Zinser, president of Southern Oregon U. (Ashland), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Chicago Community Trust: Elected Maria Bechily, principal of Maria Bechily Public Relations (Chicago), to the Executive Committee.

Dade Community Foundation (Miami): Elected Richard C. Milstein, a shareholder in the Miami office of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, to be chair of the Board of Governors. The foundation also elected to the board Maricarmen Martinez, principal of Upstairs Studio Architects (Miami), and Keith T. Ward, founder of Quality Management North America (Miami).

Handi-Crafters (Thorndale, Pa.): Elected Robert A. Spatola, chairman and chief executive officer of Spatola Wines (Downingtown, Pa.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis: Elected Thomas J. Feeney, a teacher in the Indianapolis public-school system, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Missouri Foundation for Health (St. Louis): Elected Frank Lee Martin III, editor and publisher of the West Plains Daily Quill, (Mo.), and Will Ross, director of diversity programs, associate dean, and assistant professor of medicine in the department of nephrology at the Washington U. in St. Louis School of Medicine, to the Board of Directors.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Capital Chapter (Washington): Elected James K. Conzelman, chief of staff and counselor to U.S. Representative Michael G. Oxley, Republican of Ohio, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed David Lamb, a consultant based in Grand Island, Neb., to be a prospect-research consultant. Blackbaud provides technology services to nonprofit organizations.

Capital Venture (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Preston Hadley III, senior major-gifts officer at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest (Forest, Va.), to be senior consulting associate in the New Hope, Va., office, and Rhoda B. Indictor, a fund-raising consultant based in Philadelphia, to be a consulting associate in the Jenkintown, Pa., office. Capital Venture provides fund-raising consulting services to nonprofit organizations.

Huntsinger and Jeffer (Richmond, Va.): Appointed Jodi Moore, a project manager at Practice Café (San Antonio), to be an account and production manager at this direct-marketing firm.