People

Alliance for Young Artists & Writers (New York): Appointed Virginia McEnerney, executive director of HeadCount (New York), to be executive director.

Alzheimer’s Association (Chicago): Appointed Scott A. Hayman, senior training specialist at Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, based in Los Angeles, to be director for principal and major gifts in the Western region, based in Los Angeles.

American Cancer Society (Atlanta): Appointed Kevin L. Clayton, president of Axxis Consulting (Atlanta), to be national vice president of diversity and inclusion.

Austin College (Sherman, Tex.): Appointed Jerry Holbert, associate vice president for institutional advancement, to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Averett U. (Danville, Va.): Appointed Debbie Flinn, vice president of the United Way of Danville, to be director of development.

Bienvenidos Children’s Center (Altadena, Calif.): Appointed Ritchie L. Geisel, interim executive director of the Peninsula Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Newport News, Va.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Caritas Connection (Cleveland): Appointed Leonard M. Calabrese, executive director of the Commission on Catholic Community Action (Cleveland), to be president. Mr. Calabrese will also serve as executive director of Ministering Together (Cleveland). These groups work to increase health-care access for poor people.

Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (Washington): Appointed Susan Kilbourne, public-policy director at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, based in Washington, to be vice president and training director.

Constitutional Rights Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Jonathan Estrin, executive vice president at the American Film Institute (Los Angeles), to be president. He succeeds Todd Clark, who will become a consultant to the organization’s California Civic Mission project.

Council on Crime and Justice (Minneapolis): Appointed Pamela Gayle Alexander, a judge at the Hennepin County District Court (Minneapolis), to be president.

Dressage Foundation (Lincoln, Neb.): Appointed Lendon Gray, director of Gleneden Dressage (Bedford, N.Y.), to be president and chief executive officer, effective September 1.

e3 Partners Ministry (Dallas): Appointed Hank Techentin, director of development at the Outreach Foundation (Franklin, Tenn.), to be director of development. This charity helps evangelical Christians establish new churches.

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Washington): Appointed Craig Sarsony, vice president for finance and administration at the Grameen Foundation (Washington), to be director of financial planning and analysis.

EngenderHealth (New York): Appointed Linda Ippolito, a health-care consultant at John Snow (Boston), to be director of program development, and Christine Ratnam, a vice president for human resources at Lehman Brothers (New York), to be vice president for human resources and organizational development.

Harvard Museum of Natural History (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Hilton Jankelowitz, director of development at Cohen Hillel Academy (Marblehead, Mass.), to be director of institutional advancement.

HomeBase Youth Services (Phoenix): Appointed Margaret Leichtfuss, senior advancement officer for development at the Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix), to be vice president of development.

Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federaton of Metropolitan Chicago: Appointed David Rubovits, director of planning and program development at Jewish Child and Family Services (Chicago), to be vice president for planning and allocations.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (New York): Appointed Marci Zimmerman, executive director of the organization’s Desert Southwest Chapter (Phoenix), to be director for partner development.

Language ETC (Washington): Appointed Carolyn Anne Morrissey, executive director of the Washington School of Psychiatry, to be executive director.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (White Plains, N.Y.): Appointed John Walter, chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Dwayne Howell, who has retired.

Lower East Side Tenement Museum (New York): Appointed Morris J. Vogel, a history professor at Temple U. (Philadelphia), to be president. He succeeds Ruth J. Abram, who has retired.

Lutherans Concerned/North America (St. Paul): Appointed Tom VandenBosch, development director at the American Urological Association Foundation (Linthicum, Md.), to be development director. This groups advocates for the participation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in the Lutheran Church.

Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, Calif.): Appointed Mary Mullen, development director, to be vice president of development.

National Swimming Pool Foundation (Colorado Springs): Appointed Silvia Uribe, a consultant in Colorado Springs, to be project coordinator for Spanish-speaking customers.

New York Public Library: Appointed Todd M. Corbin, a vice president for the Hedge Fund Management Group at Citigroup (New York), to be chief investment officer.

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (Seattle): Appointed Jorge L. Barón, staff lawyer, to be executive director.

Opportunity Finance Network (Philadelphia): Appointed Howard Banker, executive director for All Ahead (Manasquan, N.J.), to be executive vice president of financial services; Paige Chapel, a community-development and finance consultant in Seattle, to be executive vice president of the organization’s Community Development Financial Institutions Assessment and Ratings System; and Cheryl Neas, executive director of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey (Trenton), to be vice president of policy. This network of groups supports economic-development projects for poor people and communities.

Penfield Children’s Center (Milwaukee): Appointed Christine P. Holmes, director of community ventures and advocacy at Children’s Hospital & Health System (Milwaukee), to be president.

Public Theater (New York): Announced the resignation of Mara Manus, executive director, effective on September 1.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana (Oak Brook, Ill.): Appointed Terrence Sykes, vice president of development at Advocate Christ Medical Center and Hope Children’s Hospital (Oak Lawn, Ill.), to be executive director and chief operating officer.

U. of Illinois Foundation (Urbana): Appointed Don Kojich, executive associate vice president for university relations at the U. of North Dakota (Grand Forks), to be associate vice president for marketing and communications.

Women’s Sports Foundation (East Meadow, N.Y.): Appointed Karen Durkin, executive vice president of communications and brand strategy at the National Hockey League (New York), to be chief executive officer.

Window to the World Communications/WTTW 11 (Chicago): Appointed Anne Gleason, vice president of marketing and new media, to be senior vice president of marketing and interactive media.

Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Betsy Carr, a senior development officer at Connecticut College (New London), to be director of development for the School of Music.

GRANT MAKERS

Caring for Colorado Foundation (Denver): Appointed Renee Rockford, director of communications at Graland Country Day School (Denver), to be director of communication.

Columbia Foundation (Md.): Appointed Beverley Francis, director of philanthropic services at the Triangle Community Foundation (Durham, N.C.), to be president and chief executive officer.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.): Appointed Irene Wong, executive director and chief executive officer of the eBay Foundation (San Jose, Calif.), to be director for local grant making.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Daniel C. Nepstad, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center (Falmouth, Mass.), to be chief program officer for environmental-conservation programs.

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation (Owings Mills, Md.): Appointed Phyllis Bloom, former vice president for the executive department at The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, to be director for the Maryland Small Grants Program.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Deepa Gupta, a senior associate at McKinsey and Company, based in Chicago, to be program officer for the General Program; Christopher Holtz, Asia grant director at the Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (Arlington, Va.), to be program officer for the Conservation and Sustainable Development Program; and Gordon Wright, technology coordinator for the Solo and Small Firm Division at the American Bar Association (Chicago), to be electronic-communications specialist for the public-affairs department.

Philadelphia Foundation: Appointed Patricia Meller, chief financial officer at the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation, to be vice president for finance and administration, and Maureen Murphy, director of development at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, to be development manager.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund (New York): Appointed Tom Kruse, a trade- and investment-policy adviser to the Bolivian government, based in La Paz, to be program officer for the global-governance portion of the Democratic Practice program.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Appointed Cheryl McDonald, a program assistant, to be grants manager.

Samueli Foundation (Corona del Mar, Calif.): Appointed Gerald Solomon, chief executive officer of Public Health Foundation Enterprises (City of Industry, Calif.), to be executive director.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Columbia): Appointed Kelsey Elkins, an intern at the Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports and Tourism (Columbia), to be project coordinator for responsive grant making.

BOARD MEMBERSAND OFFICERS

Casey Family Programs (Seattle): Elected Richard E. Leigh Jr., a strategic adviser at Vulcan (Seattle), and Robert A. Watt, former vice president of state and local government relations at the Boeing Corporation (Seattle), to the Board of Trustees.

Colorado Health Foundation (Denver): Elected Sally Schaefer, president and chief executive officer of Hilltop Community Resources (Grand Junction, Colo.), and Jack Westfall, director of the Colorado Area Health Education Center (Aurora), to the Board of Directors.

Fonkoze USA (Washington): Elected Mary Becker, a community volunteer in Santa Barbara, Calif., to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Girl Scout Council of Greater New York: Elected Carmen Dubroc, founder of Womenspeak (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (New York): Elected Leo F. Mullin, a senior adviser at Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, based in (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Marin Community Foundation (Novato, Calif.): Elected Maria D. Ramos-Chertok, an organizational-development consultant in Mill Valley, Calif., and Robert J. Reynolds, former managing director of West Coast Investment Banking at Adams Harkness & Hill (San Francisco), to the Board of Trustees.