People

Abbott House (Irvington, N.Y.): Appointed Luis A. Rodriguez, assistant executive director of quality improvement and health services at Episcopal Social Services (New York), to be assistant executive director for foster-care programs.

American Leprosy Missions (Greenville, S.C.): Appointed Jim Oehrig, director of program development, to be chief program officer.

American National Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Gail J. McGovern, a professor of marketing at Harvard Business School (Boston), to be president and chief executive officer, effective June 23. (See article on Page 39.)

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (Philadelphia): Appointed Nick Booth, campaign director at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (London), to be vice president of philanthropy.

Boston Partners in Education: Appointed Judith B. Harrington, president of Print Management (Newton, Mass.), to be director of development.

Brain Tumor Society (Watertown, Mass.): Appointed Maureen George, director of the Wharton partnership at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School (Philadelphia), to be vice president for resource development.

Center for Alexandria’s Children (Va.): Appointed Giselle L. Pelaez, deputy director of Safe Shores-the D.C. Children’s Advocacy Center (Washington), to be executive director.

Center for Community Change (Washington): Appointed Mary Lassen, senior fellow at the Boston Foundation, to be managing director.

City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.): Appointed Robert S. Powell, associate director of administration for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the U. of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, to be senior vice president of research operations.

Global Film Initiative (San Francisco): Appointed Simone Nelson, marketing and communications manager for the 30th Mill Valley Film Festival at the California Film Institute (San Rafael, Calif.), to be director of public relations, marketing, and development.

Harvard Management Company (Boston): Appointed Jane Mendillo, senior investment officer, to be president and chief executive officer, effective July 1. This group is responsible for investing and managing Harvard U.’s $40-billion in assets.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.): Announced the resignation of Thomas R. Cech, president, effective in the spring of 2009. Mr. Cech, who concurrently serves as a researcher in chemistry and biochemistry at the U. of Colorado at Boulder, will continue in that position.

International Fund for Animal Welfare (Washington): Appointed Tereza Byrne, bureau chief for marketing and development at Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (Silver Spring, Md.), to be vice president of development and external affairs.

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco: Appointed Lisa D. Gurwitch, director of gift planning, to be executive director of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, effective July 1. She will succeed Phyllis Cook, who plans to retire.

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County (Boca Raton, Fla.): Appointed Irv Geffen, director at Prudent Management Associates (Philadelphia), to be executive vice president for financial-resource development.

Lupus Foundation of America (Washington): Appointed Michael D. Farley, interim chief executive officer and former chief community- and corporate-relations officer at the American Diabetes Association (Alexandria, Va.), to be chief operating officer.

Minnesota Medical Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Cindy Adams Ellis, director of development for scholarships and medical education, to be director of development for children’s health.

National Committee on Planned Giving (Indianapolis): Announced the resignation of Nicole Cunningham, public-relations and marketing manager.

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (Miami): Appointed Christina DePaul, senior vice president at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington) and dean of the Corcoran College of Art and Design (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (New York): Appointed Julie Kantor, executive director of the organization’s Washington office, to be vice president for public policy, effective July 1.

National Parks Conservation Association (Washington): Appointed David Patton, director of individual giving at Cascade Land Conservancy (Seattle), to be Northwest regional director of development, and Vanessa Andrews, director of annual giving and operations at the Washington National Cathedral, to be director of donor relations and development operations.

National Sleep Foundation (Washington): Appointed David M. Cloud, president of the Professional Relations and Research Institute (Boston), to be chief executive officer.

North Carolina Arts in Action (Chapel Hill): Appointed Lisa Van Deman, senior consultant at the National Children’s Museum (Washington), to be executive director.

Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia): Appointed Shelley A. Hearne, founder and executive director of the Trust for America’s Health (Washington), to be managing director of the health and human services program, based in Washington.

Rural Alaska Community Action Program (Anchorage): Appointed Rachel Morse, executive director of the Bird Treatment & Learning Center (Anchorage), to be development director, and Sarah Scanlan, deputy director of the First Alaskans Institute (Anchorage), to be deputy director.

Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, Mich.): Appointed Maxwell King, president of the Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh), to be executive director of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media.

U. of California at Los Angeles: Appointed Rhea Turteltaub, interim vice chancellor for external affairs, to be vice chancellor for external affairs.

Wildlife Conservation Society (New York): Appointed Jon Forrest Dohlin, project manager in the department of operations and construction, to be director at the New York Aquarium.

Women’s Health Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Cody McSellers-McCray, sports, recreation, and fitness supervisor at the Chicago Park District, to be program director.

GRANT MAKERS

Akron Community Foundation (Ohio): Appointed John T. Petures Jr., president of the Arthritis Foundation Northeastern Ohio Chapter (Cleveland), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Jody Bacon, who has retired.

Ben Hogan Foundation (Fort Worth): Appointed Robert Stennett, director of supply-chain management for F-22 fighter planes at Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, Md.), to be executive director.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Deborah L. Jacobs, city librarian at the Seattle Public Library, to be deputy director for global libraries, effective August 10.

California Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed John Kobara, chief executive officer at CK 12 Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.), to be senior vice president of development and communications.

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Regina Dixon-Reeves, administrator for the office of high-school programs at Chicago Public Schools, to be education-program officer.

MasterCard Foundation (Toronto): Appointed Reeta Roy, divisional vice president for global citizenship and policy at Abbott (Abbott Park, Ill.) and vice president of the Abbott Fund (Abbott Park), to be president and chief executive officer.

Ms. Foundation for Women (New York): Appointed Patricia Eng, senior program officer for safety, to be vice president for program, and Susan Wefald, vice president for program, to be executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Northwest Area Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Kevin F. Walker, associate vice president of programs at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Sarah Lyding, director of development at the Pasadena Playhouse (Calif.), to be executive director.

BOARD MEMBERSAND OFFICERS

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Elected Ravenel B. Curry III, co-founder and president of Eagle Capital Management (New York), to the Board of Trustees.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Paul Gray, a professor of electrical engineering at the U. of California at Berkeley, to the Board of Trustees.

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation (New York): Elected Bruce Kahn, investment-management consultant at Smith Barney (New York), and Ben Lovell, vice president at Robert Brooke Zevin Associates (Boston), to the Board of Directors.

Koret Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Anita Friedman, executive director of Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties (San Francisco), to the Board of Directors.

National Collaboration for Youth (Washington): Elected Donald T. Floyd Jr., president and chief executive officer of the National 4-H Council (Chevy Chase, Md.), to be chair.

National Industries for the Blind (Alexandria, Va.): Elected James A. Kutsch Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Seeing Eye (Morristown, N.J.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Philanthropy Northwest (Seattle): Elected to the Board of Directors: David Bley, director for Pacific Northwest initiatives at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle); Sue Coliton, vice president at the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation (Seattle); Daniel Kemmis, senior fellow at the Center for the Rocky Mountain West (Missoula, Mont.); Cathy Silak, president and chief executive officer of the Idaho Community Foundation (Boise); Bob Speltz, director of community partnerships at Nau (Portland, Ore.); and Jim Walton, former president of the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation (Wash.).

Visual Aid (San Francisco): Elected Cassie Gruenstein, director of development and communications at Audubon Canyon Ranch (Stinson Beach, Calif.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTSAND OTHERS

Bank of America (New York): Appointed Claire Costello, a philanthropic-management consultant in New York, to be philanthropic-management national practice executive. This division at Bank of America advises foundations on managing their assets.

Media Ink (Minneapolis): Appointed Timothy Rose, director of media relations at Fresh Energy (St. Paul), to be vice president for advocacy and public policy. This public-relations firm provides marketing services for nonprofit organizations, companies, and government groups.

Mesa Consulting Group (Miami): Appointed Jose (Tony) A. Mesa Jr., senior vice president and chief financial officer at United Way of Miami-Dade, to be president.

Philanthropic Service for Institutions (Silver Spring, Md.): Appointed Lilya Wagner, vice president for philanthropy at Counterpart International (Washington), to be director of the philanthropy department. This company advises Seventh-day Adventist educational and health-care groups.

CORRECTION

An item about Kristina Carlson’s appointment as president of Ketchum (April 3) should have noted that the company is headquartered in Dallas and provides fund-raising consulting services for nonprofit organizations.