People

Actors’ Fund of America (New York): Appointed Brian Stokes Mitchell, a Tony Award-winning actor based in New York, to be president. He succeeds Tom Dillon, who will become president emeritus after leading the organization for 15 years.

AIDS Foundation of Chicago: Appointed Casey Klarich, director of corporate and foundation relations, to be director of development.

American Cancer Society Foundation (Washington): Appointed Mark J. Zachary, senior vice president at Ketchum Inc. (Pittsburgh), to be director of philanthropic consulting.

Carmen Pampa Fund (Minneapolis): Appointed Kathi Eilers, development manager at the Page Education Foundation (Minneapolis), to be executive director. The Carmen Pampa Fund raises money for the Unidad Académia Campesina-Carmen Pampa, in Bolivia.

Kevin Coleman Foundation (Kent, Ohio): Appointed Rochelle D. Fisher, director of programs and director of development at the Akron Urban League (Ohio), to be director of foundation development. The foundation is the fund-raising arm of Coleman Professional Services, which provides services to individuals with mental-health, substance-abuse, and vocational-rehabilitation needs.

Education Commission of the States (Denver): Announced the death of Frank Newman, who served as president from 1985 to 1999. He died May 29 in Providence, R.I., at age 77.

Groton School (Mass.): Appointed John MacEachern, director of development at the Roxbury Latin School (West Roxbury, Mass.), to be director of alumni affairs and development.

Heads Up (Washington): Appointed Monica Mills, vice president of communications at Defenders of Wildlife (Washington), to be chief operating officer. Heads Up runs education and mentoring programs for poor children in Washington.

International Center for Journalists (Washington): Appointed Eileen O’Connor, a media consultant based in Washington and a former national correspondent for CNN (Washington), to be president. She succeeds David Anable, who is retiring after seven years as president.

Madison Square Boys & Girls Club (New York): Appointed Joseph Patuleia, principal of the Peabody Veterans High School (Peabody, Mass.), to be executive director.

Mental Health Center of Boulder County (Colo.): Appointed Kitty L. deKieffer, development and public-information director, also to be executive director of the Boulder County Mental Health Foundation.

Minnesota Medical Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Carl J. Bendorf, assistant vice president for medical-center development at the U. of Iowa Foundation (Iowa City), to be vice president of development, effective August 2.

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (White Plains, N.Y.): Appointed John A. Lubbe, vice president of fund development at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (Philadelphia), to be vice president of resource development.

National Youth Leadership Council (St. Paul): Appointed Jim Pitofsky, a partner at the Social Enterprise Alliance (San Francisco), to be deputy director.

New York Public Library: Appointed Susan Kent, city librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library, to be director and chief executive of the Branch Libraries, effective September 1.

Northern California Grantmakers (San Francisco): Appointed Colin Lacon, a program officer at the Stuart Foundation (San Francisco), to be president and chief executive officer.

Oceana (Washington): Appointed Margel Highet, vice president of development at Common Cause (Washington), to be vice president for development; Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist, to be vice president for North American oceans; and Jim Simon, general counsel, also to be executive vice president. Oceana works to reduce ocean pollution and preserve marine life.

Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina (Research Triangle Park): Appointed Rick Weddle, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, to be president and chief executive officer, effective later this year. He will succeed Jim Roberson, who will serve as a consultant to the organization.

Tacoma Art Museum (Wash.): Announced the resignation of Janeanne A. Upp, executive director, effective July 2. Rod Bigelow, chief financial officer, will serve as interim director.

Tikva Children’s Home (Odessa, Ukraine): Appointed Emily J. Lehrman, a senior associate at Holt, Wexler & Farnam (New Haven, Conn.), to be director of strategic development and operations in the New York office. Tikva Children’s Home provides social services to homeless and abused Jewish children in Odessa.

United Cerebral Palsy Associations (Washington): Appointed David Bennett, director of fund raising and sponsorship group at Odell, Simms & Associates (Falls Church, Va.), to be vice president of development, and Carl Gunderson, special assistant to the administrative director of the National Capital Consortium (Washington), to be deputy director of the United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation.

GRANT MAKERS

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Martha Choe, Washington state coordinator of the Boeing 7E7 Project Management Office (Olympia), to be director of the Global Library Program, effective in November.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Jonathan L. Leight, a consultant based in Chicago, to be managing director of asset allocation and risk management.

MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation (Framingham, Mass.): Appointed Rebecca H. Donham, program officer at the Crossroads Community Foundation (Natick, Mass.), to be program officer.

Torrington Area Foundation for Public Giving (Conn.): Appointed Paul Duffy, a freelance writer in Cape Cod (Mass.), to be director of communications.

BOARD MEMBER AND OFFICERS

The After-School Corporation (New York): Elected Robert K. Steel, advisory director of the Goldman Sachs Group (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Elected Cynthia Ann Telles, director of the Spanish-Speaking Psychosocial Clinic of the Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital at the UCLA School of Medicine, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Marguerite Casey Foundation (Seattle): Elected Joan B. Poliak, a King County commissioner for children, youth, and families (Seattle), to the Board of Directors.

Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York (Buffalo): Elected to the Board of Directors: Kent A. Arnold, former president of Community General and Crouse Hospitals (Syracuse); Marilyn J. Baader, deputy clerk for the Village of Cayuga (N.Y.) and former chief operating officer at Crouse Hospital; and Angel Alfonso Gutierrez, a physician in Erie County Medical Center’s Immunodeficiency Services (Buffalo) and medical coordinator of the New York State Department of Health’s Office of Professional Medical Conduct (Troy, N.Y.).

Delaware Valley Grantmakers (Philadelphia): Elected Beth Feldman Brandt, executive director of the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation (Philadelphia), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation (Fargo, N.D.): Elected Matthew Butler, former chief executive officer of Butler Machinery (Fargo), to the Board of Governors.

Ford Foundation (New York): Elected Kathryn S. Fuller, president and chief executive officer of the World Wildlife Fund (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Global Fund for Women (San Francisco): Elected Charlotte Bunch, founder of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership and a professor of women’s and gender studies at Rutgers U. (New Brunswick), and Dina Dublon, executive vice president and chief financial officer at J.P. Morgan Chase & Company (New York), to the Board of Directors.

Hispanics in Philanthropy (San Francisco): Elected David Valenzuela, president of the Inter-American Foundation (Arlington, Va.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York: Elected Betsy Miller Landis, director of the North American office of the Liberal Yeshivah in Jerusalem (New York), to be president of the board.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington): Elected Stephen A. Schwarzman, president and chief executive officer of the Blackstone Group (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Pets Helping People (New Berlin, Wis.): Elected Gene Smith, owner of a dog day-care center in Hartland, Wis., to be chair of the Board of Directors.

San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care: Elected Ed Danenhauer, an accountant in San Diego, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Elected Steven H. Oliver, former president of the Oakland Museum (Calif.) and president of Oliver and Company (Richmond, Calif.), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Torrington Area Foundation for Public Giving (Conn.): Elected JoAnn Ryan, president of the Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce (Torrington), to be chairwoman of the Board of Directors.

Wildlife Trust (Palisades, N.Y.): Elected Sandra E. Peterson, former group president of Medco Health Solutions (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors, effective July 1.

CONSULTANT AND OTHERS

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Jay Anderson, director of corporate development and major-gift officer at the U. of Chicago Graduate School of Business, to be a fund-raising consultant in the Chicago office; Deadra Elliott, an educational-services instructor, to be an education consultant in the Atlanta office; Ronnie Johnson, a management consultant at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (Atlanta), to be a financial consultant in the Atlanta office; Lisa Lane Kasperzak, program manager at the Stanford Alumni Association (Calif.), to be a fund-raising consultant in the Mountain View, Calif., office; Allen LeBlanc, director of advancement at Lakefield College School (Ontario), to be a fund-raising consultant in the Lakefield, Ontario, office; and Shannon Morgan, a project manager at Riverside Publishing (Itasca, Ill.), to be an education consultant in the Chicago office. Blackbaud provides technology services to nonprofit organizations.

Kittleman & Associates (Chicago): Appointed Jane M. Luiso, a principal, to be managing director of the Southeastern region office (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). Kittleman & Associates is an executive-search firm that serves nonprofit organizations.

Renaissance (Indianapolis): Appointed Elizabeth Packer Bassett, president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer of this wealth-mangement group that administers charitable remainder trusts, donor-advised funds, private foundations, and other planned-giving options.