People

Advocates for Homeless Families (Frederick, Md.): Appointed Elizabeth Galaida, chief development officer at the NEA Foundation (Washington), and Gregory Galaida, human-resources manager at the Council on Foundations (Washington), to be co-executive directors.

California Polytechnic State U. at San Luis Obispo: Appointed Sandra S. Gardebring, vice president of university relations at the U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis), to be vice president for university advancement.

Central City Opera House Association (Denver): Appointed Valerie Hamlin, publicist at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (Colo.), to be events and public-relations manager.

Community Health Charities Minnesota (Minneapolis): Appointed Stacey A. Minnick, vice president for development and alumni relations at DeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis), to be vice president for business development and corporate relations.

CompuMentor (San Francisco): Appointed Carol Rudisill, vice president of OneBody, to be senior program manager for TechSoup Stock, which provides donated and discounted technology products to nonprofit groups.

Eisenhower Fellowships (Philadelphia): Appointed John S. Wolf, assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation at the U.S. State Department (Washington), to be president. Eisenhower Fellowships works to increase exchanges among international leaders and to promote peace and cooperation.

Executive Service Corps of Indiana (Indianapolis): Appointed Kelly Porter, a principal consultant at Thomas P. Miller and Associates (Greenfield, Ind.), to be director of consulting for the management-assistance program.

Immune Deficiency Foundation (Towson, Md.): Appointed Richard C. Birkel, executive director of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (Arlington, Va.), to be president.

Inner-City Scholarship Fund (New York): Appointed Susan M. George, director of major gifts at Columbia U.’s Teachers College (New York), to be executive director.

Institute for Higher Education Policy (Washington): Appointed Arnold Kee, coordinator for minority services at the American Association of Community Colleges (Washington), to be director of programs.

Institute of International Education (New York): Appointed Margot Steinberg, vice president for philanthropic services at Briddge (New York), to be chief development officer for the Scholar Rescue Fund.

Interchurch Medical Assistance (New Windsor, Md.): Appointed Daniel Aukerman, director of pediatric and obstetric wards at Lugulu Friends Hospital (Kenya), to be vice president for international program development and coordination.

Iona College (New Rochelle, N.Y.): Appointed Aiyenede Akhigbe, assistant to the director of annual giving, to be assistant director of annual giving.

Kansas State U. Foundation (Manhattan): Appointed Julie Lea, director of communications, to be vice president for communications and development services.

National Committee on Planned Giving (Indianapolis): Appointed Shana McMahon, event coordinator at the Indiana U. School of Medicine (Indianapolis), to be meetings manager; Nikki Nichols, media-relations and communications specialist at Wood-Mizer Products (Indianapolis), to be marketing and public-relations manager; and Tami Tarpley, director of philanthropic and community initiatives at TechPoint (Indianapolis), to be director of the Leave a Legacy program.

NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation (Washington): Appointed Hank Kopcial, director of fund raising at the National Association of Manufacturers’ Manufacturing Institute (Washington), to be executive director. This organization is the education and fund-raising arm of the National Federation of Independent Business and works to educate young people about the role of small business and the free-enterprise system.

North Carolina Justice Center (Raleigh): Appointed Rhonda G. Raney, assistant executive director at the North Carolina Bar Association (Cary), to be executive director.

Quinnipiac U. (Hamden, Conn.): Appointed Diana Pategas, a major-gifts officer, to be executive director of development.

San Diego Repertory Theatre: Appointed Glenn Paris, director of development at Trevor Day School (New York), to be development director.

Sickle Cell Association of America (Baltimore): Appointed Willarda V. Edwards, a physician in Baltimore and former national director of the NAACP’s Health Division (Baltimore), to be president and chief operating officer.

St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network (Bethlehem, Pa.): Appointed Stephen P. Link, executive director of principal gifts at Lehigh U. (Bethlehem), to be vice president of development.

Steuben Arc (Bath, N.Y.): Appointed Robin Gaige, associate director and dean of students at the Elmira Business Institute (N.Y.), to be associate director of community relations, and Betsy Obuhanich, director of children’s services at Allegany Arc (Wellsville, N.Y.), to be services-support director. Steuben Arc serves adults and children with developmental and other disabilities.

TransFair USA (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Martha Jiménez, a senior program officer at the California Endowment (Woodland Hills), to be vice president for policy and development. TransFair monitors fair-trade practices in the United States.

U. of Colorado Foundation (Boulder): Appointed Christopher L. Bittman, president and chief executive officer of Jurika & Voyles Investment Management (Oakland, Calif.), to be chief investment officer.

United Way of King County (Seattle): Appointed Meg Crager, a nonprofit consultant in Seattle, to be community-affairs manager; Stephen J. Deal, a building contractor in Seattle, to be a campaign manager; Stacy George, founder and director of Around the World (Seattle) and marketing and communications manager at the Big Print (Seattle), to be a program manager; Terra Holcomb, program manager at Community Home Ownership Center (Seattle), to be a program coordinator; Sherelle R. Owens, a catering manager at the San Francisco Hilton and Towers, to be a campaign manager; Janet Salm, principal of JS Consulting (Seattle), to be a program coordinator; and Lyn Wong, principal of Elliot Bay Consulting (Seattle), to be a campaign manager.

Western U. of Health Sciences (Pomona, Calif.): Appointed Diane James, associate vice president for university advancement at Chapman U. (Orange, Calif.), to be vice president for university advancement.

Wheeler School (Providence, R.I.): Appointed Michele Sczerbinski Diaz, a major-gifts officer at Bryant College (Smithfield, R.I.), to be head of the institutional-advancement division.

GRANT MAKERS

Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (Salisbury, Md.): Appointed Spicer Bell, executive director of Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore (Salisbury), to be president.

Fetzer Institute (Kalamazoo, Mich.): Appointed Shirley H. Showalter, president of Goshen College (Ind.), to be vice president for programs, effective later this year. The Fetzer Institute is an operating foundation that focuses on the effects that love and forgiveness can have on critical issues worldwide.

Hasbro Children’s Foundation (New York): Appointed Kirsten Hungate, an event coordinator at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Washington), to be administrator and communications associate, and Sheila M. Olivares, a program officer at the Spunk Fund (New York), to be program officer.

New York Women’s Foundation: Appointed Hollis Cohen, vice president for technology enterprises and special assistant to the president for program development at Lighthouse International (New York), to be executive director.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Appointed Jeffrey M. Glebocki, senior program officer at the George Gund Foundation (Cleveland), to be a program officer.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Appointed Judith Rodin, president emerita of the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be president, effective March 2005. She will succeed Gordon Conway, who is retiring at the end of this year.

Scherman Foundation (New York): Announced the death of David F. Freeman, former executive director. He also served as president of the Council on Foundations (Washington) from 1968 to 1978. Mr. Freeman died July 4 in St. Andrews, Canada, at age 86.

Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.): Appointed Richard Fahey, finance director at HP Services (Cupertino, Calif.), to be controller; Sandy Herz, executive director of the Software Development Forum (San Jose, Calif.), to be vice president for marketing and communications; Pamela Lawrence, office manager at the Women Donors Network (Palo Alto), to be program coordinator; Wendy Marzetta, executive assistant at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.), to be assistant to the president; Ruth Norris, a consultant based in San Jose, to be senior program officer; and Avon Swofford, program manager at the Exploratorium (San Francisco), to be program officer. The foundation recently moved its offices from San Jose to Palo Alto.

Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts (Easthampton): Appointed Donna Schaper, senior minister at Coral Gables Congregational Church (Miami), to be executive director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Hitachi Foundation (Washington): Elected Trish Karter, chief executive officer and founder of Dancing Deer Baking Company (Boston), to the Board of Directors.

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (Cherry Hill, N.J.): Elected Joseph R. King, director of external affairs at Verizon Communications (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Southwest Mental Health Center (San Antonio): Elected Jane Schoonover, vice president and branch manager at Broadway Bank (San Antonio), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Teagle Foundation (New York): Elected William Chester Jordan, a professor of history at Princeton U. (N.J.), and Roland Machold, former treasurer of the State of New Jersey (Trenton), to be members of the Board of Directors.

Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (Richmond): Elected James C. Cherry, chief executive officer of Mid-Atlantic Bank (Charlotte, N.C.), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Coxe Curry & Associates (Atlanta): Appointed Tiffany S. Friesen and Victoria Manley, senior campaign managers, to be associate campaign directors at this fund-raising consulting firm.

Santa Fe Center for Creative Management (N.M.): Appointed Arthur W. Beckert, director of retail and Western programs at Kids in Distressed Situations (San Francisco), to be vice president.

Wachovia Wealth Management (Winston-Salem, N.C.): Appointed Kristine Buford, a charitable-account manager, to be a charitable adviser.