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June 12, 2008 | Read Time: 8 minutes
American Jewish Historical Society (New York): Appointed Evan M. Kingsley, deputy director for external affairs at the International Center of Photography (New York), to be executive director.
Arizona State U. (Tempe): Appointed Karen Bisko, a fund-raising and public-relations consultant in Phoenix, to be a senior development officer for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Asian Cultural Council (New York): Appointed Jennifer P. Goodale, vice president for contributions at the Altria Group (New York), to be executive director. Ms. Goodale will also serve as executive director of the Trust for Mutual Understanding (New York).
Association of American Colleges and Universities (Washington): Appointed Frederick A. Winter, senior program officer for the Office of Challenge Grants at the National Endowment for the Humanities (Washington), to be senior director of advancement and leadership development.
Barnes Foundation (Lower Merion, Pa.): Appointed Diana Duncan, director of development at the Dallas Museum of Art, to be vice president of external affairs.
Best Friends Animal Society (Kanab, Utah): Appointed Melissa Steimer, chief development officer at Alegent Health Foundation (Omaha), to be capital-campaigns manager.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta): Appointed Kevin McCartney, vice president for state government relations, to be senior vice president of government relations.
California Association of Nonprofits (Los Angeles): Announced the retirement of Florence L. Green, executive director.
Cape Cod Healthcare (Hyannis, Mass.): Appointed Richard F. Salluzzo, president and chief executive officer of Wellmont Health System (Kingsport, Tenn.), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Stephen L. Abbott, who has retired.
Children’s Memorial Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Alice Archabal, chief development officer at America’s Second Harvest (Chicago), to be vice president for development and chief operating officer.
Defenders of Wildlife (Washington): Appointed Drew Weiner, deputy director of major gifts at the San Francisco Zoological Society, to be director of major gifts for the Western region, based in San Francisco.
Dieu Donné (New York): Appointed Kathleen Flynn, director of exhibition administration at the American Federation of Arts (New York), to be executive director. This group promotes contemporary art in the hand paper-making process.
Gallaudet U. (Washington): Appointed Paul Drehoff, assistant vice president for public relations and communications at the U. of Maryland at Baltimore, to be vice president for institutional advancement.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (Miquon): Appointed Claudia H. Stowers, director of development and communications at Episcopal Community Services (Philadelphia), to be chief development officer.
Heifer International (Little Rock, Ark.): Appointed Dennis Robertson, president and chief executive officer of Pinnacle Business Solutions (North Little Rock), to be manager of the organization’s capital campaign.
Irish American Heritage Center (Chicago): Appointed Colin A. Moore, development director at the Lycée Français de Chicago, to be chief executive officer.
Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns (Cedarhurst, N.Y.): Appointed Howard Foster, director of adult services at the Mid Island Y Jewish Community Center (Plainview, N.Y.), to be assistant executive director.
Loyola U. Health System (Maywood, Ill.): Appointed Karen Lewis Alexander, associate vice president for alumni and development communications and advancement initiatives at the U. of Chicago, to be vice president of development.
Lutheran Social Services of Michigan (Detroit): Appointed Jennifer Richard, a major-gifts officer at the St. John Health Foundation (Detroit), to be director of major gifts for the eastern region of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
Mariners’ Museum (Newport News, Va.): Appointed Mark Hough, president of Hough & Associates (New York), to be vice president of development and marketing.
National Association for Urban Debate Leagues (Chicago): Appointed Larry Scott Deatherage, director of debate and senior lecturer for the communication-studies department at Northwestern U. (Evanston, Ill.), to be executive director.
National Council of Nonprofit Associations (Washington): Appointed Tim Delaney, founder and president of the Center for Leadership, Ethics & Public Service (Phoenix), to be executive director. He succeeds Audrey Alvarado, who has resigned.
National Performance Network (New Orleans): Appointed Wesley V. Montgomery, managing director for New World Theater at the U. of Massachusetts at Amherst, to be chief operating officer. This group offers touring opportunities for performing artists.
National Science Teachers Association (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Francis Eberle, executive director of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (Augusta), to be executive director. He succeeds Gerry Wheeler, who has retired.
New College Foundation (Sarasota, Fla.): Announced the resignation of John Cranor, president.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital: Appointed Kenneth Ouriel, chief executive officer of the Cleveland Clinic’s Sheikh Khalifa Medical City complex (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), to be senior vice president for international operations.
Optical Society of America (Washington): Appointed Jayne Somes-Schloesser, senior vice president of operations at the Mortgage Bankers Association (Washington), to be deputy executive director and chief operating officer.
Oregon State U. Foundation (Corvallis): Appointed Carol Van Natta, vice chancellor for advancement at the U. of Washington at Tacoma, to be vice president for the foundation’s Portland Center.
ORT America (New York): Appointed Karol Friedman, vice president of career development and employment services at Jewish Vocational Service (Southfield, Mich.), to be director of development for the Michigan region, based in Bloomfield Hills, and Nikita Lazarus Putnam, senior manager of business development at AG Interactive (Los Angeles), to be advancement director for the West Coast region, based in Los Angeles. This group helps young people around the world become economically self-sufficient.
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Announced the death of Anne d’Harnoncourt, director and chief executive officer, on June 2. She was 64.
Quinnipiac U. (Hamden, Conn.): Appointed Kim Evans, a clerk in the human-resource services department at Paychex (Rochester, N.Y.), to be manager for the Quinnipiac Fund, and Janet Headley, assistant dean for international education at Northeastern U.’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies (Boston), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.
Schott Foundation for Public Education (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Johnette Ruffner-Ceaser, national director of policy training at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Baltimore), to be development and marketing manager.
Share: Self-Help for Women With Breast or Ovarian Cancer (New York): Appointed Judith K. Gordon, Bronx assistant district director at the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (New York), to be director of programs, and Judy Ann Merritt, head fund raiser at Fight for Sight (New York), to be director of development.
Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed David Salanger, director of development and internships for the department of sport management at the university’s College of Human Ecology, to be assistant dean for advancement at the college.
Times Square Alliance (New York): Appointed Judith F. Rivkin, a program-development consultant based New York, to be chief financial officer.
Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Peter Burns, senior associate director of leadership giving and senior philanthropic adviser, to be director of leadership giving.
U. of St. Thomas at Houston: Appointed Debbye Crofoot-Morley, director of major constituents, to be director of development.
United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.): Appointed Early Reese, vice president of finance and treasurer at Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.), to be chief financial officer.
Villanova U. (Pa.): Appointed Michael J. O’Neill, associate vice president for development and university relations at Fordham U. (New York), to be vice president for university advancement.
YMCA of the USA (Chicago): Appointed David Thomas, group senior vice president and head of diversity and inclusion at LaSalle Bank/ABN AMRO Bank North America (Chicago), to be vice president for diversity and inclusion.
GRANT MAKERS
Carnegie Corporation of New York: Appointed Omotade Akin Aina, regional representative for East Africa at the Ford Foundation, based in Nairobi, Kenya, to be program director for higher education in Africa.
Marguerite Casey Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Stephen Sage, chief financial officer at KickStart (San Francisco), to be chief financial officer.
Russell Berrie Foundation (Teaneck, N.J.): Appointed Ruth Salzman, senior vice president of commercial lending and investing for the Community Development Group at JPMorgan Chase (New York), to be executive director and chief executive officer.
BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS
Daniels Fund (Denver): Elected Tony Acone, president of Trinity Tech Media (Palm Springs, Calif.), and Jim Griesemer, a professor at the U. of Denver’s Daniels College of Business, to the Board of Directors.
Flinn Foundation (Phoenix): Elected Shaun A. Kirkpatrick, president and chief executive officer of Research Corporation Technologies (Tucson), to the Board of Directors.
Ford Foundation (New York): Elected N.R. Narayana Murthy, chief mentor and chairman of the Board of Directors at Infosys Technologies Limited (Bangalore, India), to the Board of Trustees.
Marguerite Casey Foundation (Seattle): Elected to the Board of Directors: America Bracho, founder and executive director of Latino Health Access (Santa Ana, Calif.); Lynn Huntley, president of the Southern Education Foundation (Atlanta); and David Villa, chief investment officer at the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (Madison).
CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS
Bacon Lee & Associates (San Antonio): Appointed Estela Avery, a community volunteer in Kerrville, Tex., to be an associate, and Beverly Seffel, community and volunteer-services manager at the Lower Colorado River Authority (Austin, Tex.), to be an associate, based in Austin. Bacon Lee & Associates helps charities raise money and advises foundations on grant making.
IDC (Henderson, Nev.): Appointed David E. Garamella, director of development and philanthropy counsel at Griffin Health Service (Derby, Conn.), to be vice president of client services. IDC assists nonprofit groups with fund raising.
Watershed (San Francisco): Appointed Jenn Smith, vice president at Donordigital (San Francisco), to be executive vice president. Watershed helps nonprofit organizations raise money online and carry out advocacy campaigns.