People

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Nairobi, Kenya): Appointed A. Namanga Ngongi, former under-secretary-general at the United Nations (New York), to be president.

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center (New York): Appointed Wendy Stark, deputy executive director for finance and administration, to be executive director.

Coast Guard Foundation (Stonington, Conn.): Appointed Anne B. Brengle, president of the New Bedford Whaling Museum (Mass.), to be president.

HeadCount (New York): Appointed Virginia McEnerney, a fund-raising and management consultant based in New York, to be executive director. HeadCount is a volunteer-run voter-registration organization.

High Water Women Foundation (New York): Appointed Marina Winton, president and chief executive officer of the I Have a Dream Foundation (New York), to be acting executive director. This group promotes philanthropy and volunteerism among women who work at financial companies.

Kanye West Foundation (West Hollywood, Calif.): Announced the death of Donda C. West, co-founder and chairwoman of the Board of Directors, on November 10. She was 58.

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Boston): Appointed Norma D’Apolito, former associate dean at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva U. (New York), to be executive director.

Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Heather Hanson, executive director of the U.S. Office on Colombia (Washington), to be director of public affairs.

Museum of Science (Boston): Appointed Joan Stephens Hadly, campaign director at the Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation (Hyannis, Mass.), to be senior vice president for advancement.

National 4-H Council (Chevy Chase, Md.): Appointed Roger Olson, president of Rural Lifestyle Media (Hudson, Wis.), to be vice president of rural and agribusiness development.

Penn State Berks (Reading, Pa.): Appointed David Delozier, associate director of development, to be director of development and alumni relations.

TrinityCare Hospice Foundation (Torrance, Calif.): Appointed Barbara J. Roberts, dean of institutional advancement at Marymount College (Palos Verdes, Calif.), to be executive director.

World Wildlife Fund (Washington): Appointed Richard Moss, senior director for climate change and energy at the United Nations Foundation (Washington), to be vice president and managing director for climate change for the United States.

GRANT MAKERS

Alex Hillman Family Foundation (New York): Announced the death of Rita K. Hillman, president, on November 8. She was 95.

Applied Materials (Santa Clara, Calif.): Appointed Mark Walker, president and chief executive officer of United Way Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.), to be managing director of global community affairs.

Berks County Community Foundation (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Frances A. Aitken, vice president for finance and administration, to be senior vice president for finance and operations, and Heidi Williamson, director of communications, to be vice president for communications and executive director of the foundation’s Community Indicators Project.

The California Endowment (Los Angeles): Announced the resignation of Gwen I. Walden, director of the organization’s Center for Healthy Communities. She will establish Walden Philanthropy Advisors, a firm that will help foundations, individuals, and families with their charitable giving.

Energy Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Jiang Lin, senior scientist for the China Energy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, Calif.), to be vice president and director of the China Sustainable Energy Program.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Merrilea Mayo, director of the Government-University-Industry-Research Roundtable at the National Academies (Washington), to be director of Future of Learning Initiatives in the education program area.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Steven J. McCormick, former president and chief executive officer of the Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.), to be president, effective January 21. He will succeed Edward E. Penhoet, who plans to retire. Mr. McCormick has also been elected to the Board of Trustees.

Hearst Foundation and William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York): Announced the retirement of Ilene Mack, senior program officer and program director for grants.

Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh): Appointed Robert F. Vagt, former president of Davidson College (N.C.), to be president, effective January 15. He will succeed Maxwell King, who plans to retire.

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Soo Na, program manager for community-health programs and the Center for Cross Cultural Education at the Asian Health Coalition of Illinois (Chicago), to be a health-program officer.

MAC AIDS Fund (New York): Appointed Nancy Mahon, vice president and executive director, also to be senior vice president.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Meredith Johnson, a recent graduate of St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.), to be program assistant for the environment program.

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust (Vancouver, Wash.): Appointed Terry L. Stokesbary, regional vice president at Young Life (Colorado Springs), to be senior program director for enrichment initiatives.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Appointed Robert M. Buckley, an urban-housing adviser and former lead economist at the World Bank (Washington), to be a managing director.

Sacramento Region Community Foundation: Appointed Priscilla Enriquez, director of community investments at the Community Technology Foundation of California (San Francisco), to be chief giving officer; Renée Mungas, program associate, to be program officer; and DeAun Tollefson, administrative coordinator, to be program associate.

Y & H Soda Foundation (Moraga, Calif.): Appointed Bob Uyeki, senior program officer, to be executive director. He succeeds Judy Murphy, who has retired.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington): Elected Barbara Lang, president and chief executive officer of the DC Chamber of Commerce (Washington), to the Board of Directors.

Give2Asia (San Francisco): Elected Bill S. Kim, chairman and chief executive officer of Louis Raphael (Brisbane, Calif.), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Healthcare Georgia Foundation (Atlanta): Announced the death of Joseph D. Greene, former chairman of the Board of Directors, on November 5. He was 67.

Independent Sector (Washington): Elected Brian Gallagher, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be chair of the Board of Directors. Also elected to the Board: Ellen S. Alberding, president of the Joyce Foundation (Chicago); Stephanie Bell-Rose, a managing director at Goldman Sachs and president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation (New York); Susan V. Berresford, president of the Ford Foundation (New York); Marguerite Kondracke, president and chief executive officer of America’s Promise Alliance (Alexandria); and Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria).

X Prize Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.): Elected Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post, based in Los Angeles, and Will Wright, a video-game designer at Maxis Studios (Emeryville, Calif.), to the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Cargill Associates (Fort Worth): Appointed Steve W. Batson, senior consultant, to be vice president. This firm advises nonprofit groups and institutions of higher education on communications, fund raising, and strategic planning.

DMW Worldwide (Plymouth, Mass.): Appointed Deborah Merlino, director of advertising at CCA Global Partners (Manchester, N.H.), to be vice president of fund raising. DMW Worldwide is a direct-marketing firm.

Full Court Press (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Melissa Daar, California policy and field director at People for the American Way, based in San Francisco, to be senior vice president. This public-relations and public-affairs company advises charities and foundations.

Lipman Hearne (Washington): Appointed Pete Boyle, vice president for higher-education solutions at Widmeyer Communications (Washington), to be vice president; Shelley Goode, vice president for external affairs at the National Children’s Museum (Washington), to be vice president of philanthropic marketing; Jim Healy, senior vice president at Porter Novelli, based in Washington, to be senior vice president; and Lydia Pelliccia, vice president at Widmeyer Communications, to be vice president. Lipman Hearne is a marketing-communications and consulting company for nonprofit organizations.

Marshall Fundraising Management (Ashland, Ore.): Appointed Joy Marshall, president and managing director of Marshall Consultants (Ashland), and Larry Marshall, founder and chief executive officer of Marshall Consultants, to be co-managing partners. Marshall Fundraising Management is a new company that specializes in fund raising for charities and philanthropies.

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler (New York): Appointed Gerald A. Rosenberg, chief of the Charities Bureau of the New York State Department of Law (New York), to be a lawyer for the tax-exempt-organizations practice.