People

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Washington): Announced the death of Carol Fraser Fisk, deputy executive director. Ms. Fisk died January 7 of ovarian cancer.

American Associates of the Ben-Gurion U. of the Negev (New York): Appointed Vivien Marion, director of the Washington and Baltimore region (Bethesda, Md.), to be executive vice president.

CAPA (Columbus, Ohio): Appointed Kimber Perfect, a consultant based in Columbus, to be vice president of advancement. CAPA presents performing artists and classic films.

Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago): Appointed Michael J. Bates, executive director of major gifts at the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago), to be director of major gifts.

Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (New York): Appointed David Chancey, campus administrator and executive vice president of administration, budgeting, and planning at Felician College (Lodi, N.J.), to be executive director. This nonprofit organization is affiliated with the Direct Marketing Association (New York).

Emporia State U. Foundation (Kan.): Appointed Harry Stephens, a professor in the counselor-education department, to be associate director of development.

Ford’s Theatre (Washington): Appointed Paul Tetreault, managing director of the Alley Theatre (Houston), to be producing director.

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (New York): Appointed Andrew Grant, national grants officer, to be national director of institutional giving, and Susan Milamed, national director of institutional giving, to be assistant vice president for development.

Indiana State U. (Terre Haute): Appointed Gary A. Bouse, associate vice chancellor for development and alumni relations at the U. of Missouri (Columbia), to be vice president for university advancement.

International Center for Journalists (Washington): Announced the retirement of David Anable, president, effective this summer.

James Madison U. (Harrisonburg, Va.): Appointed Joanne B. Carr, vice president for advancement at the U. of Idaho (Moscow), to be senior vice president for university advancement.

National 4-H Council (Chevy Chase, Md.): Appointed Jill Bond, a consultant based in Washington, to be vice president for corporate and foundation relations.

National Council of La Raza (Washington): Appointed Janet Murguia, executive vice chancellor for university relations at the U. of Kansas (Lawrence), to be executive director and chief operating officer.

National Crime Prevention Council (Washington): Announced the retirement of John A. Calhoun, president and chief executive officer, effective May 1. Mr. Calhoun founded the council and has served as its director for 20 years.

Pets Are Wonderful Support (San Francisco): Appointed John L. Lipp, principal at John L. Lipp Consultants (San Francisco), to be executive director.

Rinconada Ventures Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Jill Schiager, former chief of staff for programs at the Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia), to be executive director. Rinconada is a nonprofit organization that provides loans, financial-planning services, and other support to nonprofit groups.

Stowers Institute for Resource Development (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Richard W. Brown, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research (Kansas City) and former president and chief executive officer of Health Midwest (Kansas City), to be president and chief executive officer.

Trout Unlimited (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Kara Finkler, counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Washington), to be legislative counsel.

Valparaiso U. (Ind.): Appointed Jeri Pat Gabbert, director of fund raising and operations for the Marion County Democratic Party (Indianapolis), and Thomas V. Rehkop, regional director of development for Washington U. in St. Louis, to be development directors.

Wayne State U. (Detroit): Appointed Harvey Hollins III, government-affairs representative at AARP (Washington), to be vice president for government affairs.

Winthrop U. Hospital (Mineola, N.Y.): Appointed Barry Cosel-Pieper, director of development at the Parker Jewish Institute Foundation (New Hyde Park, N.Y.), to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Arcus Foundation (Kalamazoo, Mich.): Appointed Carol Snapp, executive director of Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers (Kalamazoo), to be program associate.

Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi (Southav-en): Appointed Tom Pittman, editor and publisher of the DeSoto Times Today, to be president and chief executive officer.

Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Henry Der, state administrator for the Emery Unified School District (Emeryville, Calif.), to be senior program officer for diversity and inclusiveness.

John A. Hartford Foundation (New York): Appointed Francisco J. Doll, program coordinator for HIV Care Services at the Medical and Health Research Association (New York), to be grants manager, and James F. O’Sullivan, grants and projects officer, to be program officer.

Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Susan Kerr, director of Ronald McDonald House Charities (Oak Brook, Ill.), to be president.

Omaha Community Foundation: Appointed Sara Russell Boyd, director of development, to be vice president.

Overbrook Foundation (New York): Appointed Stephen A. Foster, executive director, to be president and chief executive officer, and A. Rini Banerjee, program director at the New York Women’s Foundation, to be program officer.

Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences (Bellevue, Wash.): Appointed Susan Hutchison, news anchor at KIRO-TV (Seattle), to be executive director. The foundation was established recently by Mr. Simonyi, president and chief executive officer of Intentional Software Corporation (Bellevue) and a former engineer at Microsoft (Redmond, Wash.).

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland and the Saint Ann Foundation (Cleveland): Appointed Susanna H. Krey, senior vice president of foundations and marketing at the CSA Health System (Cleveland), also to be president, and Julie Rittenhouse, program director, to be associate director.

Toledo Community Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Keith Burwell, executive vice president at the Triangle Community Foundation (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), to be president. He succeeds Pam Howell-Beach, who recently resigned.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Alliance Healthcare Foundation (San Diego): Elected Robert B. McCray, managing principal at TripleTree LLC (Minneapolis), to the Board of Trustees.

American Chemical Society (Washington): Elected James D. Burke, retired manager of technical recruiting and university relations at Rohm and Haas Company (Spring House, Pa.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (Indianapolis): Elected David C. Hammack, a professor of history at Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland), to be president-elect of the Board of Directors. He will become president in November.

Interact (Raleigh, N.C.): Elected Kevin Wiley, director of media relations at Capital Strategies (Raleigh), to be chair of the Board of Directors. Interact provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Elected Hanmin Liu, founder and president of the Wildflowers Institute (San Francisco), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois (Chicago): Elected Jim Hein-inger, chief executive officer of Berkshire-Forest (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Opera Company of Brooklyn (N.Y.): Elected Judith Binney, director of global volunteer initiatives at Citigroup (New York), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Overbrook Foundation (New York): Elected Robert C. Graham Jr., chairman and president of James Graham and Sons (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Saint Paul Foundation (Minn.): Elected Phyllis A. Rawls Goff, chief of staff in the office of the president of Hamline U. (St. Paul), to be chair of the Board of Directors. The foundation also elected to the board: Wilson G. Bradshaw, president of Metropolitan State U. (St. Paul); Gayle M. Ober, executive director of the Dale Warland Singers (St. Paul); Wendy H. Rubin, principal of Rubin and Clements (St. Paul); Cris E. Stainbrook, president of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation (Little Canada, Minn.); and Jon A. Theobald, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Mairs and Power (St. Paul).

United Way of Greater Los Angeles: Elected Greg Stubblefield, president and general manager of the Southern California region of Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Los Angeles), to be chair of the Corporate Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Brakeley Briscoe (Stamford, Conn): Appointed Marianne G. Briscoe, founder and principal of the Briscoe Group (San Mateo, Calif.), to be president of this new fund-raising consulting firm. George A. Brakeley, president and managing director of Brakeley Inc. (Stamford, Conn.), will serve as chair and senior consulting officer.

Creative Direct Response (Crof-ton, Md.): Appointed Donna Shortz, vice president of system operations, to be senior vice president of system operations at this direct-marketing company.

Great American Merchandise and Events (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Appointed Phil Gordon, manager of events and sponsorship at Ford Motor Credit Company (Detroit), to be vice president of events, and Thea Smith, director of events for the opening of Invesco Field at Mile High (Denver), to be director of promotions. The company provides special-event marketing services to nonprofit organizations.