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Alliance for Children and Families (Milwaukee): Appointed Elizabeth Carey, executive director of the Michigan Federation for Children and Families (Lansing), to be senior vice president and chief operating officer.

American Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Mary S. Elcano, general counsel, to be acting president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Mark W. Everson, who has resigned.

Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (Washington): Appointed Rebecca Sager, director of development at the Alliance for Justice (Washington), to be development director.

Boston Lyric Opera: Announced the resignation of Janice Mancini Del Sesto, general director, effective in June 2009.

California Institute of the Arts (Valencia): Appointed Chris Mannino, director of strategic planning at Sachs Morgan Studio (New York), to be director of development for the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater and associate director of development.

Capital Hospice (Falls Church, Va.): Appointed Robert P. Harrison, director of gift planning at Georgetown U. (Washington), to be vice president for development.

Carnival Center for the Performing Arts (Miami): Appointed Lawrence Wilker, a principal of TheatreDreams (Chicago) and former president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington), to be interim president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Michael Hardy.

Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care (Easton, Md.): Appointed Joy Hogan Rozman, chief executive officer of the Virginia Health Quality Center (Glen Allen), to be chief operating officer.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science: Appointed Vickie M. Wilson, gift-planning manager, to be director of charitable gifts.

Environmental Support Center (Washington): Appointed Vernice Miller-Travis, executive director of Groundwork USA (Bowie, Md.), to be executive director.

Families International (Milwaukee): Appointed John Schmidt, chief financial officer at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, to be vice president and chief financial officer.

Fenn School (Concord, Mass.): Appointed Thomas J. Hudner III, director of the annual fund at Middlesex School (Concord), to be director of advancement.

Fund for Our Economic Future (Cleveland): Appointed Mike Shafarenko, program manager at Entrepreneurs Economic Development Through Growth & Entrepreneurship (Independence, Ohio), to be fund coordinator, and Laura Steinbrink, a senior adviser overseeing the supplier-diversity program, to be director of regional partnerships. This network of companies, foundations, and philanthropists supports economic development throughout northeast Ohio.

Fund for Theological Education (Atlanta): Appointed the Rev. Richard (Trace) Haythorn, director of the Vocation and Values program and founder of the Center for Servant Leadership at Hastings College (Neb.), to be president.

Future of Music Coalition (Washington): Appointed Kristin Thomson, deputy and education director, to be interim executive director.

Global Fund for Women (San Francisco): Appointed Jennifer Weber, senior director of development for major gifts at Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center (Seattle), to be vice president of development.

Greater Boston Food Bank: Appointed Paul G. Swindlehurst, chief advancement officer at the Rashi School (Newton, Mass.), to be executive vice president of marketing and development.

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights (Chicago): Appointed Richard Grossi, chief executive officer of Kensium (Chicago), to be chief financial officer and vice president for financial-accountability services, and Jobi Petersen, Illinois advocacy representative for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, based in Evanston, to be vice president for external relations.

Heat and Warmth Fund (Detroit): Appointed John X. Miller, director of community affairs and vice president of Detroit Free Press Charities at the Detroit Media Partnership, to be chief executive officer. This emergency energy-assistance group helps poor people.

High Desert Museum (Bend, Ore.): Appointed Janeanne A. Upp, owner of Accurate Molded Plastics (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho), to be president.

Hill-Stead Museum (Farmington, Conn.): Appointed Cindy Cormier, director of education and curatorial services, and Marie Dalton-Meyer, director of development and communications, to be co-interim directors. They succeed Linda Steigleder, who will become director of the Fine Art Center’s Bascom-Louise Gallery (Highlands, N.C.).

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health (Stockbridge, Mass.): Appointed Kristi Nelson, executive director of the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts (Northampton), to be director of development.

Lighthouse of Oakland County (Pontiac, Mich.): Appointed Laura S. Covintree, senior development officer, to be chief development officer, and Judith W. Robinson, senior deputy director at Fannie Mae Michigan Community Business Center (Detroit), to be executive director of Lighthouse Community Development. This organization helps poor families become economically self-sufficient.

Lutheran Social Services of Michigan (Detroit): Appointed Richard K. Martin, director of development at the Guidance Center (Southgate, Mich.), to be vice president of advancement.

Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations (Baltimore): Appointed Neil L. Bergsman, chief financial officer at the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (Baltimore), to be director of the organization’s Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute.

Muscular Dystrophy Association (Tucson): Appointed Annie Kennedy, director of the organization’s Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Division, to be vice president of advocacy, based in Washington.

National Crittenton Foundation (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Jeannette Pai-Espinosa, vice president at the Metropolitan Group (Portland), to be executive director. This network of groups helps girls, women, and their families become self-sufficient.

National Geographic Society (Washington): Appointed Daniel Edelson, a professor of learning sciences and computer science at Northwestern U. (Evanston, Ill.), to be vice president for education and children’s programs and executive director of the Education Foundation.

Neighborhood Service Organization (Detroit): Appointed Joe Heaphy, executive director of Lighthouse Community Development (Pontiac, Mich.), to be vice president of housing.

Niagara U. (N.Y.): Appointed Kate Koperski, curator of folk art, to be director of the Castellani Art Museum.

NPower Texas (Dallas): Appointed Amir Tabei, director of technology at Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Dallas), to be chief technology officer.

Phipps Community Development Corporation (New York): Appointed Jennifer Colman, manager of marketing communications at Affinia Hotels/Denihan Hospitality Group (New York), to be director of marketing and communications.

Roosevelt U. (Chicago): Appointed Patrick M. Woods, vice president for philanthropic services at Marin Community Foundation (Novato, Calif.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

RugMark USA (Washington): Appointed Ned Daly, chief operating officer at the Forest Stewardship Council, United States (Washington), to be director of RugMark International. This organization works to stop exploitative child labor in the carpet industry and provide educational opportunities for children in India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

Simmons College (Boston): Appointed Deb Taft, former vice president for development at Tufts-New England Medical Center (Boston), to be associate vice president of advancement.

SOS Children’s Villages-Florida (Coconut Creek): Appointed Debbie Levine, manager of development, to be chief development officer. This group provides homes for abused and abandoned children.

Southern Arts Federation (Atlanta): Appointed Allen Bell, executive director of the Rome Area Council for the Arts (Ga.), to be director of contemporary art and new initiatives.

Team-Up for Youth (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Janet Carter, executive vice president at the Family Violence Prevention Fund (San Francisco), to be executive director. This group expands and improves after-school sports opportunities for poor children.

Treatment Advocacy Center (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Kurt Entsminger, president of Care Net (Lansdowne, Va.), to be executive director. This group advocates increased access to treatment for mental illness.

U. of Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Meredith Delaney, senior associate of community impact at the United Way of Greater Cincinnati, to be director of development for the university’s Clermont College; John Lagow, senior major-gift officer at Michigan Technological U. (Houghton), to be director of development for the College of Engineering; Alan (Dean) Poole, director of development at the Alcoholism Council of the Cincinnati Area, to be director of development for the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy; and Christa Tutwiler, promotions manager, to be director of marketing services.

U. of Hawaii Foundation (Honolulu): Appointed Jeffrie Jones, director of philanthropy at Straub Clinic and Hospital (Honolulu), to be director of development for the U. of Hawaii at Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Washington Area Women’s Foundation (D.C.): Appointed Phyllis R. Caldwell, president of community-development banking at Bank of America, based in Washington, to be president.

Washington National Cathedral: Appointed Kristina Dugan, assistant to the senior director for external relations and development, to be annual-gifts officer; Christine Parker Hunt, director of strategic planning at Special Olympics International (Washington), to be assistant director of major and planned gifts; Cori Jung, director of operations for Rep. Charlie Wilson, Democrat of Ohio, based in Washington, to be external-relations assistant; Erin Odorisio, centennial program and events coordinator, to be program and events coordinator; Patricia Stinneford, executive assistant at Blank Rome Government Relations (Washington), to be development coordinator; and Richard Weinberg, manager of development communications, to be external-relations officer.

William Mitchell College of Law (St. Paul): Appointed William Martin, director of development at the Hamline U. School of Law (St. Paul), to be a development officer.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington): Appointed Colin Finan, managing editor at Environmental Policy Alert (Arlington, Va.), to be public-affairs and policy associate for the center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.

GRANT MAKERS

Arcus Foundation (Kalamazoo, Mich.): Appointed Jane Dunne, vice president and chief financial officer at Palladia (New York), to be chief operating officer and chief financial officer, based in New York.

Atlantic Philanthropies (New York): Announced the death of Debra Delgado, a program executive for the Disadvantaged Children and Youth Team, on December 2. She was 50.

Burton D. Morgan Foundation (Hudson, Ohio): Appointed Denise M. Griggs, president of Brott Mardis & Co. (Akron, Ohio), to be chief financial officer.

The California Endowment (Los Angeles): Appointed Robert Alaniz, director of multicultural and foundation communications at WellPoint and the WellPoint Foundation, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to be vice president of communications and public affairs.

California HealthCare Foundation (Oakland): Appointed Spencer A. Sherman, executive editor, to be director of publishing and communications.

Dr. Phillips Inc. (Orlando, Fla.): Appointed Robert L. Mellen III, former managing partner at Akerman Senterfitt (Orlando), to be president and chief executive officer.

Ellison Medical Foundation (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Kevin J. Lee, executive vice president for research at Sentigen Biosciences (New York), to be deputy executive director.

Ford Foundation (New York): Appointed Jenny Toomey, executive director of the Future of Music Coalition (Washington), to become a program officer for media and cultural policy.

Vilcek Foundation (New York): Appointed Sharu Mundell-Williams, deputy director of communications at Odyssey House (New York), to be programs officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Brooklyn Children’s Museum (New York): Elected William D. Rifkin, chairman of global mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch & Company (New York), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Catholic Community Foundation (St. Paul): Elected Stephen J. Kolar, a vice president and executive medical director at HealthEast Care System (St. Paul), and Vernon H. Wilson, a retired engineer at 3M (Maplewood, Minn.), to the Board of Directors.

Colorado Health Foundation (Denver): Elected to the Board of Directors: Grant Jones, founder and executive director of the Center for African American Health (Denver); Stephen H. Shogan, chief of neurosurgery at Rose Medical Center (Denver) and assistant clinical professor of neurosurgery at the U. of Colorado at Denver; and Monica Liley Skok, principal of St. Charles Capital (Denver).

Future of Music Coalition (Washington): Elected Michael Bracy, co-founder of the organization and partner at Bracy Tucker Brown (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Helen Keller Services for the Blind (New York): Elected Thomas J. Edwards, retired senior vice president at Verizon Communications, based in New York, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Learning Inc. (Baltimore): Elected Barbara Kornblatt, a community volunteer in Baltimore, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations (Washington): Elected Douglas Sauer, chief executive officer of the Council of Community Services of New York State (Albany), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

National Staff Development Council (Oxford, Ohio): Elected Karen Dyer, director of the education and nonprofit sector at the Center for Creative Leadership (Greensboro, N.C.), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Nonprofit Sector Workforce Coalition (Kansas City, Mo.): Elected Paul Schmitz, chief executive officer of Public Allies (Milwaukee), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Summit Bank Foundation (Oakland, Calif.): Elected John Bohannon, chairman and chief executive officer at Builders Control (Oakland), to be president of the Board of Directors.