People

Able Trust (Tallahassee, Fla.): Appointed Susanne Homant, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Florida Chapter (Tallahassee), to be president and chief executive officer. This group helps disabled people in Florida find jobs.

American Farmland Trust (Washington): Announced the retirement of Ralph Grossi, president, effective on September 1.

American Indian College Fund (Denver): Appointed Deborah Esquibel Hunt, program coordinator for the Indian-education program at Jefferson County Schools (Golden, Colo.), to be project officer for a program that seeks to strengthen tribal colleges.

Arizona State U. (Tempe): Appointed Joseph Behrens, assistant director of academic services and director of pre-law, to be assistant development officer for alumni relations and annual giving; Elizabeth Reynolds, manager of individual and corporate membership at the Heard Museum (Phoenix), to be a senior development officer; and Bradley Shafer, director of development for the School of Law at U. of Kansas (Lawrence), to be assistant dean and director of development for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Aspen Institute (Washington): Appointed Jane Wales, president and chief executive officer of the World Affairs Council of Northern California (San Francisco) and co-founder of the Global Philanthropy Forum (San Francisco), to be vice president for philanthropy and society and executive director of the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program.

Athenian School (Danville, Calif.): Appointed Emily De Falla, interim executive director of Coastwalk (Sebastopol, Calif.) and vice president of planned giving at the Children’s Hospital Foundation (Oakland, Calif.), to be director of development.

CARE (Atlanta): Appointed Cathy Woolard, former president of the Atlanta City Council, to be executive vice president for global advocacy and external relations.

Columbus Literacy Council (Ohio): Appointed Gregory Tuck, corps officer and director of the Salvation Army in Greater Columbus (Worthington, Ohio), to be executive director.

Educational Broadcasting Corporation (New York): Appointed Neal Shapiro, president, also to be chief executive officer. He succeeds William F. Baker, who will become president emeritus. This organization operates Thirteen/WNET and WLIW 21 New York.

Enterprise Community Partners (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Naomi Bayer, director of the New York Community Business Center at Fannie Mae, based in New York, to be vice president for field operations; Rafael E. Cestero, deputy commissioner of development at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, to be senior vice president and chief program officer; William R. Frey, interim president of the Enterprise Community Loan Fund, to be executive vice president; and Mike McNeely, an insurance consultant in Baltimore, to be chief financial officer and treasurer of both the organization and the Community Loan Fund.

Executive Service Corps of Chicago: Appointed Andreason Brown, operations director at the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference (Ill.), to be vice president for finance.

Family Resource Center Association (Denver): Appointed Mark Kling, president and general counsel at Space Imaging (Denver), to be executive director.

Fine Arts Association (Willoughby, Ohio): Appointed Linda Wise, director of education, to be executive director. Also appointed: Jeannie Fleming-Gifford, director of Children Have Active Bodies and Minds (Woodmere, Ohio), to be director of education.

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (New York): Announced the resignation of Kevin Jennings, founder and executive director, effective on August 1.

Goodwill of Greater Washington (D.C.): Appointed Jeff Cole, business-information officer at Capital One (McLean, Va.), to be chief information officer.

Heads Up (Washington): Appointed Robin Minter, interim executive director and former deputy executive director, to be executive director. This group provides literacy programs for children from needy families in Washington.

Henry H. Kessler Foundation (West Orange, N.J.): Appointed Rodger DeRose, president of the Van Wezel Foundation (Sarasota, Fla.), to be president and chief executive officer. This organization works to improve the lives of disabled people by conducting research and supporting other groups that help disabled people gain job skills.

Literacy Inc. (New York): Appointed Tanya A. Ramos, senior manager of strategic corporate partnerships at the Taproot Foundation, based in New York, to be executive director. She succeeds Vera Weintraub, who has retired.

Marygrove College (Detroit): Appointed William L. Johnson, chief financial officer, to be vice president for finance and administration.

Men Can Stop Rape (Washington): Appointed Stephen Glaude, director of development and special-projects director at Gospel Rescue Ministries (Washington), to be executive director. He succeeds the organization’s co-founder, Patrick Lemmon, who has resigned.

Mercy Housing Idaho (Eagle): Appointed J. Craige Naylor, senior deputy director for the Idaho Community Business Center at Fannie Mae, based in Boise, to be regional president.

Miami City Ballet: Appointed Rebecca Johnson, owner and founder of Triumph Fundraising (Miami Beach), to be major-gifts officer.

Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation (New York): Appointed Lorry Post, field organizer at New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (Trenton), to be executive director.

Museum of the City of New York: Appointed Amanda M. Riley, director of donor relations at Boston Children’s Museum, to be director of corporate giving.

National Center for Family Literacy (Louisville, Ky.): Appointed Deborah Hasson, an assistant professor and program coordinator at Florida State U. (Tallahassee), to be director of the Hispanic Family Learning Institute and co-director of Toyota Programs.

National Parent Teacher Association (Chicago): Announced the retirement of Warlene Gary, chief executive officer, effective in June.

Orbis International (New York): Announced the death of Oliver Foot, president, on February 6. He was 61.

Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (Washington): Appointed Karen Orloff Kaplan, director for the Access to Health Care project at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (Washington), to be executive director. She succeeds Sherry Salway Black, who has resigned.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Camino Region (Mountain View, Calif.): Appointed William Ray, chief development officer at the Parkinson’s Institute (Sunnyvale, Calif.), to be chief philanthropy officer and director of capital campaigns.

Public Allies (Milwaukee): Appointed Cris Ros Dukler, principal of CRD and Associates (Milwaukee), to be chief operating officer. Public Allies recruits and trains young adults from low-income families for careers in community and social change.

Southampton Hospital Foundation (N.Y.): Appointed Darren J. Farlow, vice president of corporate development at the American Cancer Society (New York), to be president.

Southern Education Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Angela Glover, director of leadership gifts at Spelman College (Atlanta), to be director of philanthropy.

Steppingstone Foundation (Boston): Appointed Karin Elliott, executive director of Summerbridge Cambridge (Mass.), to be director of the organization’s National Partnership for Educational Access.

U. of California at Los Angeles: Appointed Stacy Barnes-Davidson, director of development and marketing at the Theater at Boston Court (Pasadena, Calif.), to be assistant director of development for the School of Theater, Film, and Television; Aaron Cervantes, a professor of business administration and criminal justice at Westwood College’s Los Angeles Campus, to be associate director of development for central major gifts; and Elizabeth Davey, office manager at the Law Offices of Finestone & Richter (Los Angeles), to be assistant director of development for the office of gift planning.

U. of Connecticut Foundation (Storrs): Appointed Heather McDonald, program director of constituent groups, to be assistant director of development for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Karen Santasiere, director of development at Hartford Hospital (Conn.), to be director of annual giving.

United Way of New York City: Appointed Larry J. Siegel, executive director of development at New York U. Medical Center, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Vera Institute of Justice (New York): Appointed Ernest L. Duncan, chief financial officer at Wildcat Service Corporation (New York), to be chief financial officer and chief operating officer.

Vision & Vocational Services (Columbus, Ohio): Appointed Martin K. Gaudiose, chief of treatment and recovery services at the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (Columbus), to be executive director. He succeeds Rebecca Noack, who has retired.

Wave Hill (New York): Appointed Claudia Bonn, executive director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center (New York), to be executive director, effective April 7. She will succeed Kate French, who has resigned. Wave Hill is a public garden and cultural center.

GRANT MAKERS

Benton Foundation (Washington): Appointed Cecilia Garcia, administrative manager, to be executive director.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Announced the resignation of Patty Stonesifer, chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2009. Also appointed: Martha Choe, director for the foundation’s Global Libraries Initiative, to be chief administrative officer, and Geoffrey Lamb, a senior fellow for global development, to be managing director for public policy.

Burger King Corporation (Miami): Appointed Ivette Diaz, community-affairs manager at the Miami Herald Media Company, to be director of corporate social responsibility.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Tiffany Cole-Stitt, community-outreach manager at the Genesee Land Bank (Flint), to be program assistant for the Flint area program team.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York): Announced the resignation of Joan E. Spero, president, effective in December.

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed Arthur E. Morehead IV, a lawyer at Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson (Charlotte), to be staff counsel.

Eisner Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Trent Stamp, founder and president of Charity Navigator (Mahwah, N.J.), to be executive director. He succeeds Laura Hobart, who has resigned.

Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (New York), to be director of the gay and lesbian program.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Bo Fishback, a former director in the advancing innovation program, to be vice president of entrepreneurship.

Houston Endowment: Appointed Debbie McNulty, executive director of Art League Houston, to be a grant officer in the arts.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Stephen W. Clark, deputy general counsel at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), to be vice president and general counsel.

Playboy Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Matthew Pakula, interim manager for the office of the president and Board of Trustees operations at Mott Community College (Flint, Mich.), to be director of public affairs.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Mountain View, Calif.): Appointed John Stuckey, senior director of finance and administration at the Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose, Calif.), to be controller and vice president of finance.

Stuart Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed David S. Barlow, executive director of Community Initiative Funds at the San Francisco Foundation, to be vice president of finance and administration, and Rhonnel Sotelo, senior program officer for the foundation’s Youth and Communities program, to be vice president of program and operations.

Tides Network (San Francisco): Appointed Brian Byrnes, president and chief executive officer of the Vermont Community Foundation (Middlebury), to be senior vice president and managing director for the Tides Foundation, and Carla Dartis, vice president of community investment at the East Bay Community Foundation (Oakland, Calif.), to be senior vice president and managing director for the Tides Center.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Alliance for Nonprofit Management (Washington): Elected Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite, founder and senior adviser at the National Community Development Institute (Oakland, Calif.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation (Eagan): Elected Frank Fernández, vice president of government programs at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Eagan), to the Board of Directors.

Dade Community Foundation (Miami): Elected George W. Foyo, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Baptist Health South Florida (Miami), to be chair of the Board of Governors. Also elected to the board: Jane Fox-Johnson, a former fund-raising consultant in Miami; Robert C. Gilbert, a lawyer at Hanzman Gilbert (Miami); Louis-Albert H. Jolivert, a vice president at JPMorgan Private Bank, based in Miami; and Raul L. Rodriguez, a principal of Rodriguez and Quiroga Architects Chartered (Coral Gables, Fla.).

Enterprise Community Partners (Columbia, Md.): Elected Norman B. Rice, former mayor of the City of Seattle, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky (Louisville): Elected Carlos Marin, a health-career and special-programs coordinator at the Northeast Health Education Center (Morehead, Ky.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Healthcare Georgia Foundation (Atlanta): Elected Francis Tedesco, former president of the Medical College of Georgia (Augusta), to be chair of the Board of Directors. Also elected to the board: Dee Baldwin, former executive director of the State Office of Women’s Health at the Georgia Department of Community Health (Atlanta); Arnold Tenenbaum, chairman of the Board of Directors at First Chatham Bank (Savannah, Ga.); and Lynn Thogersen, a finance and health-care consultant in Decatur, Ga.

Houston Endowment: Elected L.E. Simmons, president of SCF Partners (Houston), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Houston Habitat for Humanity: Elected Antoinette M. Jackson, a partner at Coats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee (Houston), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

New America Foundation (Washington): Elected Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer of Google (Mountain View, Calif.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Recovery International and the Abraham Low Institute (Chicago): Elected Celinda Jungheim, a community volunteer in Los Angeles, to be president of the Board of Directors. These two mental-health organizations recently merged.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Elected Scott Levin, a senior partner at Fisher, Sweetbaum, Levin & Sands (Denver), to be chair of the Board of Trustees. Also elected to the board: Milroy A. Alexander, executive director and chief executive officer of the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (Denver).

Rush U. Medical Center (Chicago): Elected Richard M. Jaffee, chairman of Oil-Dri Corporation (Chicago), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Voice for Children Foundation (Miami): Elected Michael Rosenberg, a dentist in Miami, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Woods Fund of Chicago: Elected Patrick M. Sheahan, executive director of public affairs at UBS Financial Services, based in Chicago, to the Board of Directors.