People

American Forest Foundation (Washington): Announced the resignation of Larry Wiseman, president and chief executive officer.

Arts & Business Council of Chicago: Appointed Peter Kuntz, managing director of programs and production at the Chicago Humanities Festival, to be executive director.

Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times (Los Angeles): Appointed Tracy Baum, major-gifts officer at the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, to be executive director.

Center for Civil & Human Rights Partnership (Atlanta): Appointed Alisa Smallwood, chief development officer at the National Civil Rights Museum (Memphis), to be vice president of development.

Center for Science in the Public Interest (Washington): Appointed Steven L. Titlebaum, associate director of major and planned gifts at Gallaudet U. (Washington), to be director of development.

Champlain Housing Trust (Burlington, Vt.): Appointed Philip Cecchini, finance director at the Central Vermont Community Action Council (Barre), to be chief financial officer.

Chatham U. (Pittsburgh): Appointed Samantha M. Swift, director of development and planned giving, to be assistant vice president for university advancement.

Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation (Norfolk): Appointed G. Robert Aston Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of TowneBank (Portsmouth, Va.), to be president and chairman of the board.

Film Society of Lincoln Center (New York): Appointed Mara Manus, executive director of the Public Theater (New York), to be executive director.

Food for the Poor (Coconut Creek, Fla.): Appointed Maurice-Pierre Chavannes, chief financial officer, to be director of international operations.

Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (Montclair): Appointed Susan M. Brooks, director of customer advocacy, training, and technical publications at Motorola, based in Horsham, Pa., to be chief executive officer. This new regional council comprises the former Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex and Hudson Counties, Girl Scouts of Rolling Hills Council, and Girl Scouts of Washington Rock Council.

Home of the Sparrow (Crystal Lake, Ill.): Appointed Nancy Hiatt, executive director of Victim/Witness Services for Coconino County (Flagstaff, Ariz.), to be executive director. Home of the Sparrow is a transitional shelter for homeless women with children.

Homefirst: Interfaith Housing and Family Services (Plainfield, N.J.): Appointed Ellen McGovern, associate executive director at the YWCA of Eastern Union County (Elizabeth, N.J.), to be executive director. She succeeds Barbara Aaronoff, who has retired.

Interact (Raleigh, N.C.): Appointed Jo Lawson, director of programs at the Healing Place for Women (Raleigh), to be director of child and family services. Interact assists victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Wake County, N.C.

International Rescue Committee (New York): Appointed Carrie Ross Welch, executive vice president for global communications at Lowe & Partners Worldwide (New York), to be senior vice president for external relations.

Irvine Public Schools Foundation (Calif.): Appointed Kathy Kim, director of development for undergraduate-student support at the U. of California at Irvine, to be executive director of development.

Little Orchestra Society (New York): Appointed Joanne Bernstein-Cohen, general manager, to be executive director. This group stages concerts and performances for children.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (New York): Appointed Anika Goss-Foster, director of the Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative, to be vice president of sustainable communities.

Maryland Federation of Art (Annapolis): Appointed Joann Vaughan, event director for the Annapolis Book Festival at the Key School, to be executive director.

Marymount Manhattan College (New York): Appointed Betty K. Heinig, vice president of institutional advancement at the Morris Museum (Morristown, N.J.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Appointed Leann Standish, deputy director for public affairs at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, to be assistant director for institutional advancement.

Oregon Health & Science U. Foundation (Portland): Appointed Sigrid Button, executive director of Guide Dogs for the Blind, Oregon Campus (Boring), to be president.

Pediatric Cancer Foundation (Tampa, Fla.): Appointed Shelly Mizrahi, director of marketing and communications at the Florida Holocaust Museum (St. Petersburg), to be marketing and communications director.

Public Leadership Education Network (Washington): Appointed Rebecca K. Leet, principal of Rebecca Leet & Associates (Arlington, Va.), to be executive director.

Spelman College (Atlanta): Appointed Kassandra Jolley, vice president of university relations at Roger Williams U. (Bristol, R.I.), to be vice president for development.

Yes Reading (Milpitas, Calif.): Appointed Jessica de Jesus, director of development at Juma Ventures (San Francisco), and Christina Lim, manager of fund development and marketing at the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (San Mateo, Calif.), to be regional directors of community engagement.

GRANT MAKERS

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Amy Shannon, an environment-program consultant to the foundation, to be a program officer with the environment team of the International Finance for Sustainability program.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Alison Barad, an associate on the foundation’s private-equity team, to be associate director of private equity.

Joyce Foundation (Chicago): Appointed John M. Luczak, education program officer, to be education program manager; Angela Rudolph, an assistant to Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago, to be education program officer; and Gretchen Crosby Sims, education program manager, to be director of strategic initiatives.

Patterson Foundation (Sarasota, Fla.): Appointed Debra Jacobs, president and chief executive officer of the William G. Selby and Marie Selby Foundation (Sarasota), to be president and chief executive officer, effective December 31. (See article)

Public Welfare Foundation (Washington): Appointed Diane Camper, assistant editorial-page editor at The Baltimore Sun, to be communications officer.

William T. Grant Foundation (New York): Appointed Lawrence D. Moreland, vice president of finance and administration, to be senior vice president for finance and administration.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers: Elected Lynn Homeier Rauch, president of the Kentfields Foundation (Towson, Md.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego: Elected Scott Ashline, an agent at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network (San Diego), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody, Wyo.): Announced the death of Cortlandt Dietler, a member of the Board of Trustees, on July 10. He was 86 years old.

Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (New York): Announced the death of June Walker, chairperson, on July 29. She was 74 years old. Ms. Walker also served as national president of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America (New York), from 2003 to 2007.

Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.): Elected Phillip L. Clay, chancellor and a professor of city planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge), to the Board of Trustees.

Kyoto Symposium Organization (La Jolla, Calif.): Elected Robert B. Horsman, president and chief executive officer of San Diego National Bank, to be chairman of the board.

Mary Black Foundation (Spartanburg, S.C.): Elected to the Board of Trustees: William M. Coker, a senior vice president and partner at Wachovia Wealth Management, based in Spartanburg; Robert L. Wynn III, a community volunteer in Spartanburg; and Margaret Young, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, based in Spartanburg.