People

American College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.): Appointed Charles (Tip) Cronin III, executive vice president and chief operating officer at eMoney Advisor (Conshohocken, Pa.), to be vice president of the advancement division.

Bechtler Arts Foundation (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed John Boyer, executive director of the Mark Twain House (Hartford, Conn.), to be president.

Benedictine Life Foundation (Madison, Wis.): Appointed Betsy Liotus, director of development for the School of Business and the Division of International Studies at the U. of Wisconsin Foundation (Madison), to be executive director.

Beth Abraham Family of Health Services (New York): Appointed Holly Michaels Fisher, a senior consultant at Reden & Anders (Eden Prairie, Minn.), to be senior vice president.

Catholic Charities CYO (San Francisco): Announced the retirement of Brian Cahill, executive director, effective January 2, 2009.

Cedar Riverside Peoples Center (Minneapolis): Appointed Doris Rubenstein, a philanthropy adviser at PDP Services (Minneapolis), to be director of donor and fund development. This health center serves immigrants and refugees.

Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia: Appointed Robin Heller, director of corporate and foundation philanthropy at Big Brothers Big Sisters (Philadelphia), to be senior vice president of development.

Colfax Community Network (Denver): Appointed Brooke Davidson, director of the Child Placement Agency at Lost and Found (Wheatridge, Colo.), to be executive director.

Community Action Partnership (Washington): Appointed Larry Koziarz, a Peace Corps volunteer in Albania, to be director of training, and Sranda Watkins, a meeting planner at the Council of Chief State School Officers (Washington), to be administrative and membership-services coordinator.

Community Hospice Foundation (Jacksonville, Fla.): Appointed Sherry Hohan, director of development, to be associate executive director.

Community Nurse Health Association (La Grange, Ill.): Appointed Angela Curran, interim executive director and a health-care lawyer in La Grange, to be executive director.

Dieu Donné (New York): Announced the resignation of Dona Warner, executive director. This nonprofit group provides studio space for artists who work in paper making.

Equal Justice Works/West (San Francisco): Appointed Diane Chin, associate director of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the U. of California at Berkeley School of Law, to be director.

Fritz Institute (San Francisco): Appointed Kathleen A. Meyer, former executive director of the Academy of Friends (San Francisco), to be vice president for external relations.

Gifts in Kind International (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Dan McCabe, a business-leadership program associate at the Home Depot (Atlanta), to be senior director for major accounts.

Heckscher Museum of Art (Huntington, N.Y.): Appointed Matthew H. Campo, director of development at the Nassau County Museum of Art (Roslyn Harbor, N.Y.), to be director of development.

Joslin Diabetes Center (Boston): Appointed David Kinahan, director of individual giving and annual support at Children’s Hospital Boston, to be director of major gifts and planned giving.

Keep Memory Alive (Las Vegas): Appointed Maureen Peckman, president of Peckman Outdoor Media (Las Vegas), to be chief operating officer. This nonprofit group supports research to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and other memory disorders.

Landon School (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Kenneth R. Ashworth, executive director of development and campaign director at the U. of Maryland at College Park, to be chief development officer.

Leader Dogs for the Blind (Rochester, Mich.): Appointed Melissa Weisse, director of philanthropy, to be chief philanthropy officer.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (New York): Appointed Sandra Abramson, chief operating officer of SFDS Development Corporation (New York), to be vice president for field resources and learning; Madeline Fraser Cook, vice president at New Ecology (Cambridge, Mass.), to be director of the Green Development Center; Lucinda Flowers, public-policy and advocacy manager at the New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative, to be director of the New Orleans Vacant Properties Initiative; Kevin Jordan, director of the Working Families Department at the Bon Secours Baltimore Health System, to be director of Family Income and Wealth-Building; and Michelle McDonough Winters, director of mission strategy and community analytics at Fannie Mae (Washington), to be program director for the affordable-housing preservation unit.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation Boston: Appointed Bob Van Meter, executive director of the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation (Brighton, Mass.), to be executive director.

Morris Animal Foundation (Denver): Appointed Paul Raybould, vice president of business development at Avchem (St. Louis), to be vice president of gifts and business development.

Museum of the African Diaspora (San Francisco): Appointed Kathleen Brown, founder and director of Atelier Kathleen Brown (Alameda, Calif.), also to be interim executive director.

National Philanthropic Trust (Jenkintown, Pa.): Appointed Erin Brownback, managing editor of Valley Social Magazine (Allentown, Pa.), to be marketing and communications coordinator; Donald Gottesman, a lawyer at the Crane Law Group (Chicago), to be assistant vice president of gift planning; and Christina Miller, anti-trafficking project coordinator at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, to be special-projects coordinator.

National Public Radio (Washington): Announced the resignation of Ken Stern, chief executive officer, effective immediately. Dennis Haarsager, chairman of the Board of Directors, will serve as interim chief executive officer.

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation (Great Neck, N.Y.): Appointed Jerome Kleinman, senior director of institutional advancement for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva U. (New York), to be senior director of development.

Opus 118 Harlem School of Music (New York): Appointed Jennie Walker, president and chief executive officer of J. Walker Inc. (New York), to be director of external relations.

People’s Emergency Center (Philadelphia): Appointed Jacquie Patterson, director of self-sufficiency projects at PathWaysPA (Holmes, Pa.) to be vice president of development; Joe Willard, associate director of policy at the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be vice president of policy; and Miles Wilson, regional vice president at Community Education Partners (Nashville), to be executive vice president. This charity provides counseling, housing, and employment for homeless women with children.

Project on Government Oversight (Washington): Appointed Chris A. Pabon, director of foundation relations and planned giving at Friends of the Earth (Washington), to be development director.

Seeing Eye (Morristown, N.J.): Appointed Charles E. Irmiter, chief financial officer and vice president at the American Symphony Orchestra League (New York), to be chief financial officer and director of the administration and finance department. This group provides guide dogs for blind people.

Shenandoah U. (Winchester, Va.): Appointed Mitchell L. Moore, associate vice president for institutional advancement at Bridgewater College (Va.), to be vice president for advancement.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (New York): Announced the resignation of Thomas Krens, director, effective this year. He will continue to serve as senior adviser for international affairs.

U. of California at Los Angeles: Appointed Sheila Bergman, executive director of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Foundation, to be executive director for external affairs at the School of the Arts and Architecture.

U. of Memphis: Appointed Joanna Curtis, director of development and marketing at Partners in Public Education (Memphis), to be director of development for the College of Education.

U. of San Francisco: Appointed Nancy McLaughlin Sackson, vice president for advancement at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, to be senior associate vice president for advancement.

U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (Annapolis, Md.): Announced the resignation of George Watt, president and chief executive officer.

Vital Voices Global Partnership (Washington): Appointed Alyse Nelson Bloom, vice president and senior program director, to be president and chief operating officer.

Women in Need (New York): Appointed Eric Rosenbaum, director of inventory, planning, and control at the Hartz Mountain Corporation (Secaucus, N.J.), to be chief operating officer.

GRANT MAKERS

Akonadi Foundation (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Leticia Alcantar, director of programs, to be executive director.

Boston Foundation: Appointed Jill Lacey Griffin, assistant director for economic initiatives at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, to be director of programs for economic development and community health; Geeta Pradhan, senior program officer, to be director of programs for housing, community development, civic and community engagement, and the nonprofit sector; and Richard Ward, director of grant making, to be director of programs for education, youth development, out-of-school time, and arts and culture.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Research Triangle Park, N.C.): Appointed John E. Burris, president of Beloit College (Wis.), to be president, effective July 1.

California Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Neela Silva, trusts and estates specialist at Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.), to be director of gift planning.

The California Endowment (Los Angeles): Appointed Mona K. Jhawar, a policy analyst at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, and Lori M. Nascimento, associate director of the Division of Community Health at the U. of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine (Los Angeles), to be evaluation officers. Also appointed: Katie Tell, a senior program associate at EngenderHealth (New York), to be a program officer.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Appointed Marc Fest, director of communications, to be vice president of communications, and Larry (Bud) Meyer, vice president of communications, to be senior communications officer.

McCormick Tribune Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Patricia Overstreet-Miller, senior vice president of corporate communications at Career Education Corporation (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), to be senior director of communications and marketing.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Eileen Bloodgood, a grant-making consultant in Minneapolis and St. Paul, to be program coordinator for grant making.

Northwest Minnesota Foundation (Bemidji): Appointed Nancy Vyskocil, chief financial officer and vice president at the Lake Region Electric Cooperative (Pelican Rapids, Minn.), to be president. She succeeds John Ostrem, who retired last year.

Prince Charitable Trusts (Chicago): Appointed Catherine Carabetta, senior director for policy and strategic initiatives and director of public policy at the Donors Forum (Chicago), to be program officer for the Chicago office.

Roslyn Savings Foundation (N.Y.): Appointed Marian Conway, senior program officer, to be executive director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Asia Foundation (San Francisco): Elected to the Board of Trustees: Scott Cook, co-founder and chairman of the executive committee at Intuit (Mountain View, Ca.); Karl F. Inderfurth, a professor of international affairs at George Washington U. (Washington); Thomas P. Rohlen, a professor of international studies at Stanford U. (Calif.); and Teresita C. Schaffer, director of the South Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington).

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy (New York): Elected David Kramer, a principal at Hudson Companies (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CLAL-the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (New York): Elected Larry Gellman, managing director for private wealth management at Robert W. Baird & Company (Milwaukee), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

East Bay Community Foundation (Oakland, Calif.): Elected Robert R. Davenport III, chairman of Up Communications Services (Nashville), and Sherry M. Hirota, chief executive officer of Asian Health Services (Oakland), to the Board of Directors.

Fund for Our Economic Future (Cleveland): Elected David Abbott, executive director of the George Gund Foundation (Cleveland), to be chairman.

HomeAid (Newport Beach, Calif.): Elected Sam Anderson, executive officer of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (Bellevue, Wash.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Kohala Center (Kamuela, Hawaii): Elected Roberta Fujimoto Chu, senior vice president at the Bank of Hawaii (Honolulu), to be president of the Board of Directors.

New York AIDS Coalition: Elected Arnold S. Cohen, president and chief executive officer of the Partnership for the Homeless (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (Middletown, Ohio): Elected John R. Killian, director and chief financial officer at ING Clarion Partners (Dallas), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Sisters of Charity Foundation (Columbia, S.C.): Elected Kevin A. Hall, a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (Columbia), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors (Washington): Appointed William Lyons, a senior associate, to be director of the family-philanthropy practice. This company provides advice for wealthy donors.

Barton Cotton (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Elise Buck, development manager at the Production Management Group, based in Columbia, to be senior business-development manager; Sue Genius, an account manager at the Production Management Group, based in Columbia, to be an account executive; Joseph Harr, vice president of analytics at Adams Hussey & Associates (Arlington, Va.), and Maryline Lefebvre, marketing director at World Villages for Children (Greenbelt, Md.), to be account directors; Chris Pettit, marketing manager at World Relief (Baltimore), to be strategy director; and David Thompson, a senior consultant at Walls Communications (Silver Spring, Md.), to be director of media-outreach services. Barton Cotton is a marketing firm for nonprofit organizations.

Cliff Consulting (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Robin Nasatir, vice president, to be president and chief operating officer. Cliff Consulting helps nonprofit organizations incorporate new types of technology into their operations.

Douglas Shaw & Associates (West Chicago): Appointed Ken Fitzgerald, senior vice president and executive creative director at Digitas, based in Chicago, to be executive creative director. Douglas Shaw & Associates is a fund-raising and communications firm for charities and ministries.

John Wolff Associates (New Hartford, N.Y.): Appointed John T. Wolff, a senior consultant at Marts & Lundy (Lyndhurst, N.J.), to be principal. This newly established firm offers consulting services for nonprofit groups and universities.

M+R Strategic Services (Washington): Appointed Andrea Koppel, a correspondent for CNN, based in Washington, to be director and senior vice president for the communications division. M+R Strategic Services develops public-policy campaigns for nonprofit groups.

Phoenix Philanthropy Group: Appointed Jan Halpin, former chief executive officer of the YMCA Loudoun County (Leesburg, Va.), to be a principal, and Julie Iacobelli, chief executive officer of Communities in Schools of Arizona (Phoenix), to be a senior consultant. Phoenix Philanthropy Group helps charities with fund raising, strategic planning, volunteer management, and individual donors.

Washburn & McGoldrick (Latham, N.Y.): Appointed Bonnie Devlin, vice president for advancement at Lehigh U. (Bethlehem, Pa.), to be a senior associate. This firm helps educational institutions raise money.