People

AARP (Washington): Appointed Harry Moody, senior associate at the International Longevity Center (New York), to be director of the office of academic affairs, and Betsy Sprouse, a development manager at the AARP Foundation (Washington), to be senior adviser in the office of academic affairs.

Aloha United Way (Honolulu): Appointed Susan Au Doyle, vice president and chief operating officer, to be president, effective December 1. She will succeed Irving Lauber, who is retiring.

America’s Promise — the Alliance for Youth (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Marguerite Sallee, special assistant to Sen. Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, and staff director for the Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

American Sleep Apnea Association (Washington): Appointed Edward F. Grandi, development director at Safe Haven Outreach Ministry and the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (D.C.), to be executive director.

AMIT (New York): Appointed Margot Atlas, associate director of development at the Orthodox Union (New York), to be national director of development. AMIT is a network of 60 schools in Israel.

Arizona State U. (Tempe): Appointed Andrew Ortiz, a project director at the American Cancer Society (Phoenix), to be project manager at the Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management.

James Beard Foundation (New York): Announced the resignation of Leonard F. Pickell Jr., president.

Center for Community Solutions (Cleveland): Appointed Gregory L. Brown, director of policy, planning, and programs, to be executive director.

Chatham College (Pittsburgh): Appointed Anna L. Doering, associate vice president for institutional advancement, to be vice president for development and alumnae affairs, and Paul A. Kovach, director of college communications, to be vice president for college communications. They will assume the responsibilities of Mary Kay Poppenberg, executive vice president for institutional advancement, who is retiring.

Children’s Home Society of New Jersey (Trenton): Appointed T. Christian Rollins, executive vice president at Pride Philanthropy (Flowery Branch, Ga.), to be chief development officer.

Children’s Village (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.): Appointed Jeremy C. Kohomban, senior vice president at Easter Seals New York, to be president and chief executive officer.

Elwyn (Media, Pa.): Appointed Richard G. Stys, senior vice president of finance and treasurer at Bancroft NeuroHealth (Haddonfield, N.J.), to be senior vice president for corporate business services. Elwyn serves people with physical, behavioral, and sensory disabilities.

Emory U. (Atlanta): Appointed Raymond E. Carnley, a senior public-relations and information specialist at the Georgia Division of Natural Resources (Atlanta), to be director of development and alumni relations for the Candler School of Theology.

First Amendment Center (Nashville): Appointed Gene Policinski, acting director and former deputy director, to be executive director.

Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (North Hollywood, Calif.): Appointed Christine Coughlin, a committee member at the UCLA Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Los Angeles), to be distance-education director.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.): Appointed Joseph Ambrosetti, a sales account manager at Therm Inc. (Ithaca, N.Y.), to be a major-gifts officer.

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, Calif.): Appointed Georgina M. Nichols, a nonprofit consultant at Ninety Miles (Los Angeles), to be controller.

Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore (Swampscott, Mass.): Appointed Nancy Broude, director of major gifts at YWCA Boston, to be director of development.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, New York City Chapter: Appointed Richard Brown, vice president for institutional advancement at the State U. of New York, College at Old Westbury, to be executive director.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York): Appointed Emily K. Rafferty, senior vice president for external affairs, to be president, effective January 15, 2005. She will succeed David E. McKinney, who is retiring.

Museum of Life and Science (Durham, N.C.): Appointed Barry A. Van Deman, section head of science literacy at the National Science Foundation (Arlington, Va.), to be president.

National Alliance to End Homelessness (Washington): Appointed Erick Swenson, director of advancement at the D.C. Central Kitchen (Washington), to be director of advancement.

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (Washington): Appointed Diann Rust-Tierney, director of the Capital Punishment Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (Washington), to be executive director.

National Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (St. Louis): Appointed Victoria White Berger, secretary of development and communications at the Diocese of Memphis and West Tennessee, to be national director of development.

New York Cares: Appointed Gary Bagley, program director at Young Audiences New York, to be senior director of programs, and Colleen Farrell, a senior marketing specialist at the New York office of Microsoft Corporation, to be senior director for marketing and communications.

Northern Westchester Hospital Foundation (Mount Kisco, N.Y.): Appointed Todd Brooks, director of development and communications at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (Harrison, N.Y.), to be vice president.

Safe Horizon (New York): Appointed George F. Johnson, director of human resources at Covenant House New Jersey (Newark), to be vice president of human resources; Felix Lopez, executive director of the National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (Washington), to be general counsel; Ellen Rudley, chief of external relations at City Harvest (New York), to be chief development officer; and Jane D. Zimmerman, senior vice president of communications and marketing at the Health and Hospitals Corporation (New York), to be senior vice president of marketing and communications.

Science Center (Philadelphia): Appointed Pradip Banerjee, partner in charge of the pharmaceutical and medical products’ research and development consulting service at Accenture (Florham Park, N.J.), to be chief executive officer.

Small Steps Nurturing Center (Houston): Appointed Evan Harrel, interim executive director at Houston Habitat for Humanity, to be executive director.

Stern Grove Festival Association (San Francisco): Appointed Judson Gregory, associate director of development at the San Francisco Jazz Festival, to be director of development.

Texas Christian U. (Fort Worth): Announced the resignation of Bronson C. Davis, vice chancellor for advancement, effective in December. Mr. Davis will serve as a consultant to the university until he retires in January 2006.

Washington and Lee U. (Lexington, Va.): Appointed Dennis W. Cross, vice president of university development at the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Va.). to be vice president for university advancement, effective November 1.

Washington Animal Rescue League (D.C.): Appointed Maurice K. Heartfield, vice president at the Sheridan Group (Washington), to be development director, and Gary Weitzman, deputy director of program evaluations at the U.S. Army’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (Fort Detrick, Md.), to be director of the veterinary medical center.

Women’s Funding Network (San Francisco): Appointed Anita Daley, interim communications director, to be communications co-director; Cynthia Schmae, director of membership, to be vice president of member programs; and Amy Zucchero, membership associate, to be membership manager.

Youth Leadership Institute (San Francisco): Appointed Maureen Sedonaen, founder and former executive director, to be president and chief executive officer. The institute also appointed Lorne Needle, director of San Francisco Peer Resources, to be vice president, and Carolyn Rohrer, manager of communications at the San Francisco Food Bank, to be senior director of marketing and communications.

GRANT MAKERS

Herb Alpert Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed Rona Sebastian, vice president of the U. of the Arts (Philadelphia), to be president. The foundation supports arts, educational, and environmental programs for young people.

Dibner Fund (Wilton, Conn.): Appointed Marci B. Sternheim, executive director, to be president.

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Michael Gottlieb, chief of parasitology and international programs at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Bethesda), to be associate director for science for the Grand Challenges in Global Health program.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed James D. Huizenga, vice president and manager of the charitable and endowment services group at PNC Bank (Cincinnati), to be director of private-foundation and donor services; Lisa Kroll, a recent graduate of Miami U. (Oxford, Ohio), to be an accountant in the finance and administration group; Raymond F. Watson, associate director of clinical services at the Central Clinic (Cincinnati), to be a community-investment program officer; and Jennifer Zimmer, administrative assistant at PNC Bank (Cincinnati), to be grants manager for private foundations.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (New York): Appointed Josiah Bunting III, former president of the Virginia Military Institute (Lexington), to be president. He succeeds James M. Hester, who will continue to serve on the Board of Directors.

Edward W. Hazen Foundation (New York): Appointed Lori Bezahler, public-education program officer, to be president. She will succeed Barbara Taveras, who is leaving the foundation in December.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Eugene A. Hillsman, a junior associate at Citadel Partners (St. Louis), to be a program assistant for the Pathways Out of Poverty project.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation (New York): Appointed Samuel Sachs II, director emeritus of the Frick Collection (New York), to be president. He succeeds Eugene V. Thaw, who will become president emeritus.

Russell Sage Foundation (New York): Appointed John Lee, a software specialist, to be director of computing services, and Jitka Maleckova, associate professor and head of the Turkish-studies program at Charles U.’s Institute of Near Eastern and African Studies (Prague), to be a program officer.

W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation (San Francisco): Jessie V. Stone, co-founder and a member of the Board of Directors, died on September 3. She was 100.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Tinnitus Association (Portland, Ore.): Elected W.F. Samuel Hopmeier, former partner at the Helix/Hopmeier Hearing Center (St. Louis), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

James Beard Foundation (New York): Elected George P. Sape, managing partner at the law firm of Epstein, Becker, & Green (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

California Historical Society (San Francisco): Elected Robert A. McNeely, senior vice president and manager of the corporate community-development division for Union Bank of California (San Francisco), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Dibner Fund (Wilton, Conn.): Elected David Dibner, former president, to be chairman.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Berkshire-Hudson Group (Albany, N.Y.): Appointed Christian Kersten, senior vice president and secretary to the Board of Trustees at Albany Law School; Pamela Sawchuk Brown, founder and president of Sawchuk, Brown Associates (Albany); and David Brown, chief executive officer of Sawchuk, Brown Associates, to be principals of this newly created consulting firm that serves nonprofit groups and is an affiliate of Sawchuk, Brown Associates.

Newport Creative Communications (Duxbury, Mass.): Appointed Kelly A. Mahoney, executive vice president and managing director of relationship marketing at Hill Holliday (Boston), to be president of this advertising agency and fund-raising consulting firm.

Telosa Software (Palo Alto, Calif.): Appointed Mike Novotny, president and co-founder of Ninaza (San Mateo, Calif.), to be chief executive officer of this technology company that develops fund-raising software.