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October 22, 1998 | Read Time: 11 minutes
Abilities of Florida (Clearwater): Appointed Thomas C. McKone, job developer, to be coordinator of the new Enclaves Program, a welfare-to-work program for disabled people.
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (Washington): Appointed Alan G. Rosenbloom, chief operating officer and general counsel, to be interim president and chief executive director.
American Red Cross-Southeastern Michigan Chapter (Detroit): Appointed Kathryn W. Davis, director of development at Leader Dogs for the Blind (Rochester, Mich.), to be chief development officer.
American Society of Association Executives (Washington): Appointed Linda Chandler, senior vice-president for finance and administration at the National Association of Manufacturers (Washington), to be executive vice-president, effective December 1. She will succeed Jon Grove, who is retiring to become an independent consultant. ASAE also appointed Eric Dyson, a public-affairs specialist for the U.S. Army (Fort Myer, Va.), to be media-relations manager, and Ken Sommer, media-relations manager, to be director of public relations.
American Symphony Orchestra League (Washington): Appointed John D. Sparks, director of government affairs, to be vice-president for government affairs and public policy.
The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore: Appointed Susan Gordon Moray, owner of an advertising, design, marketing, and public-relations agency in Savannah, Ga., to be director of the women’s department.
The Barnes Foundation (Merion, Pa.): Appointed Kimberly Camp, president of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Detroit), to be executive director and chief executive officer. This museum houses more than 1,100 paintings and other art objects, with an emphasis on the early French modern and post-Impressionist era.
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston): Appointed Claire M. Bassett, director of communications, to be vice-president for public affairs.
Boston Ballet: Appointed Jeffrey N. Babcock, executive director of the Maryland Center for the Performing Arts (College Park), to be general director and chief executive officer.
Brown U. (Providence, R.I.): Appointed Warren Simmons, executive director of the Philadelphia Education Fund, to be director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
Buck Center for Research in Aging (Novato, Cal.): Appointed Dale E. Bredesen, director of the Aging and Cancer Program at the Burnham Institute (San Diego), to be founding president.
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis: Announced the resignation of Peter Sterling, president, effective next June.
City U. of New York, Herbert H. Lehman College (Bronx): Appointed Anne Johnson, director of development and alumni relations at Long Island U. (Brookville, N.Y.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.
Davidson College (N.C.): Appointed John Anderson, assistant director at the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission (N.C.), to be director of the DavidsonAthletic Foundation; S. Lanier Brown, director of the annual fund, to be director of reunion giving; James Gibert, associate director of capital gifts and planned giving, to be director of planned giving; Stephanie Glaser, law clerk to the Honorable Joseph R. John, Sr., North Carolina Court of Appeals, to be assistant director of capital gifts; Chris Knox, coordinator of the homecoming and reunion weekend, to be assistant director of the annual fund; Brian Tarr, director of reunion giving, to be associate director of planned giving; and Mary Tucker, assistant to the vice-president for business and finance, to be director of the annual fund.
Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries (Washington): Appointed Dianne L. J. Brown, executive director of the American Holistic Medical Association (McLean, Va.), to be director of development.
Denver Museum of Natural History: Appointed Jennifer Gamblin, marketing director at the Mental Health Association of Colorado (Denver), to be media-relations manager.
Detroit Institute of Arts: Appointed Barbara Graham, former gift-administration supervisor at the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International (Evanston, Ill.), to be assistant director of development for planned and major gifts.
Development Exchange Inc. (Minneapolis): Appointed Cathy Ives, director of DEI’s Center for Corporate Support, to be project manager for the second phase of the PRI/Public Radio Underwriting Partnership.
Dominican U. (River Forest, Ill.): Appointed Stephen R. Kuhn, associate vice-president for university advancement at Marquette U. (Milwaukee), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.
Duke U. (Durham, N.C.): Appointed Jane Dittmann, director of development for Trinity College and the arts and sciences, to be associate dean for development in the arts and sciences, and Susan Cranford Ross, associate dean for development in the arts and sciences, to be director of development for athletics and associate director of athletics.
Durham Public Education Network (N.C.): Appointed M. Carolyn Rhode, annual-fund director, to be director of development.
Emory and Henry College (Emory, Va.): Appointed Tom Fowlkes, president of the United Company (Bristol, Va.), to be chief development officer.
Escape Family Resource Center (Houston): Appointed Jeffry A. Basen-Engquist, executive director of Houston Advocates for Mental Health in Children, to be executive director.
Ethical Culture Fieldston School (New York): Appointed David A. Merrick, associate director of alumni and development at the Lawrenceville School (N.J.), to be director of development.
Georgia State U. (Atlanta): Appointed Tricia Brown, director of donor relations, to be director of annual giving, and Michelle Olmstead, director of annual funds, to be director of capital campaigns.
Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.): Appointed John Shippee, resource-development coordinator at the Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta), to be director of foundations and organizations.
Hampton U. (Va.): Appointed Alonzo Brandon, director of major gifts at Old Dominion U. (Norfolk, Va.), to be vice-president for development, and Karen Brown, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Newport News (Va.), to be director of alumni affairs.
Iliff School of Theology (Denver): Appointed John Burtness, director of corporate and foundation relations at U. of Northern Colorado (Greeley), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.
Illinois Wesleyan U. (Bloomington): Appointed Bob Aaron, director of communications at U. of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Wash.), to be director of university communications.
International Aid (Spring Lake, Mich.): Appointed Jeanette De Jong, vice-president of student life at Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Mich.), to be chief operating officer.
Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles: Appointed Annabelle Stevens, a director at Rogers & Cowan (Los Angeles), to be director of public relations.
Junior Achievement (Colorado Springs): Appointed Marty Lee, senior vice-president of human resources, to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer, and Ann Vessels, senior vice-president of client relations and general counsel, to be senior vice-president of human resources.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (New York): Paul S. Grogan, president and chief executive officer, is leaving the organization in December to become vice-president for government, community, and public affairs at Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.).
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.): Appointed Donald R. Mattison, dean of the Graduate School of Public Health at the U. of Pittsburgh, to be medical director, effective January 1.
Marquette U. (Milwaukee): Appointed Rana H. Altenburg, director of governmental relations, to be vice-president for governmental and community relations.
Montreat Conference Center (N.C.): Appointed Larry W. Davis, director of development at the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando (Fla.), to be vice-president for development. Montreat is a conference center of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Montserrat College of Art (Beverly, Mass.): Appointed Susan Stendahl, director of community relations and fund raising at CAB Health and Recovery Services (Danvers, Mass.), to be associate director of development.
National Kidney Foundation (New York): Appointed John Cattelan, manager of public affairs at the American Association of Health Plans (Washington), to be public-policy director, based in Washington; Rhonda Gerke, former regional director for the Rockhurst College Small Business Development Center (Kansas City, Mo.), to be affiliate development director, based in Kansas City; Chad Linzy, a capital-campaign director at Jerold Panas, Linzy & Partners (Chicago), to be fund-development director, based in Kansas City; Catherine Paykin, former clinical social worker in the HIV/AIDS Center at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital (New York), to be director of the organ-donation program; and Kerry Willis, former editor in chief of the life-sciences division at Academic Press (New York), to be director of medical activities.
Nature Conservancy-Arkansas Field Office (Little Rock): Appointed Harryette Hodges Shue, administrator of the Governor’s Mansion (Little Rock), to be director of annual giving.
Palm Beach Community College Foundation (Lake Worth, Fla.): Appointed William C. Jenner, director of community and government relations at Pratt & Whitney (West Palm Beach, Fla.), to be chief executive officer.
People For the American Way (Washington): Appointed Leida Snow, president of LS Consultants (New York), to be director of development for the New York office.
PKR Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Scott Klann, director of development at the Folly Theater (Kansas City), to be director of development, and Amy Parker, special-events coordinator at the Ozanam Home for Boys (Kansas City), to be volunteer manager.
Rutgers U. at Newark (N.J.): Appointed Helen S. Paxton, director of communications for the faculty of management, to be director of communications.
Share Our Strength (Washington): Appointed Anne-Marie Grey, director and chief executive officer of Grey O’Keefe and Associates (Canberra, Australia), to be director of development and creative enterprises, and Gary Mulhair, president and chief executive officer of Pioneer Human Services (Seattle), to be senior vice-president of Community Wealth Ventures, a for-profit subsidiary of Share Our Strength.
Simmons College (Boston): Appointed Afaa M. Weaver, associate professor of English at Rutgers U. at Camden, to be professor of English and director of development for literary studies.
Specialty Coffee Institute (Long Beach, Cal.): Appointed Tina M. Johnson, associate director of development at the John Tracy Clinic (Los Angeles), to be development manager.
St. Louis Community College Foundation: Appointed Deborah H. Godwin, director of development at the Forum for Contemporary Art (St. Louis), to be executive director.
Suffolk Community College Foundation (Selden, N.Y.): Appointed Raymond L. Teed, director of public relations and marketing at Astoria Federal Savings (Lake Success, N.Y.), to be director.
U. of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore): Appointed Theodore R. Hart, chief development officer at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (Baltimore), to be executive director of philanthropy and chief development officer.
United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County (Raleigh, N.C.): Appointed Virginia Zehr, executive director of the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, to be arts-education director.
United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.): Announced the death of Lyman S. Ford, 89. Mr. Ford served as the national executive director of the United Community Funds and Councils of America, United Way’s predecessor organization, from 1960 until his retirement in 1970.
Washington Chamber Symphony (D.C.): Appointed Anthony C. Boatman, director of development at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, to be executive director.
Winrock International (Morrilton, Ark.): Appointed Franklin Tugwell, executive director of the Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh) and former vice-president for programs and global projects at Winrock, to be president and chief executive officer, effective in January.
Y.M.C.A. of the USA (Chicago): Appointed Stephen R. Burns, executive vice-president for financial development at the Y.M.C.A. of Metropolitan Los Angeles, to be director of association financial development.
GRANT MAKERS
Helen Bader Foundation (Milwaukee): Appointed Reuben K. Harpole, retired senior outreach specialist at the U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee’s Center for Urban Community Development, to be program officer for the new Sankofa-Neighborhood Renewal Initiative.
Cannon Foundation (Concord, N.C.): Appointed Frank Davis, senior vice-president for external affairs at Wingate U. (N.C.), to be assistant executive director.
Marin Community Foundation (Larkspur, Cal.): Appointed Mark Koenig, former controller at the Minneapolis Foundation, to be controller.
Open Society Institute-Baltimore: Appointed Aurie Hall, staff attorney at the D.C. Prisoners Legal Services Project (Washington), to be program officer for Crime, Communities & Culture, and Pamela King, director of the Neighborhood Resources Center at the Citizens Planning and Housing Association (Baltimore), to be program officer for community fellowships.
Open Society Institute-New York: Appointed Erlin Ibreck, program officer for reproductive rights, to be director for youth initiatives, and Mark Schmitt, program-development fellow, to be director for governance and public policy.
William Penn Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed Janet F. Haas, a physician at Moss Rehabilitation Hospital (Philadelphia), specializing in brain trauma and rehabilitative medicine, and an assistant clinical professor at Temple U.’s School of Medicine (Philadelphia), to be president. Ms. Haas had served as chair of the Board of Directors; she succeeds Harry E. Cerino, who stepped down in July in order to become the foundation’s first senior research fellow.
Nina Pulliam Charitable Trust (Phoenix): Appointed Harriet M. Ivey, senior vice-president at the Fannie Mae Foundation (Washington), to be president.
BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS
Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, Fla.): Elected the Right Rev. Frank S. Cervany, retired Episcopal Bishop of Florida, to be a trustee, effective November 1.
International Center in New York: Elected Edwin J. Wesely, senior litigation partner in the law firm of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts (New York), to be chairman.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Washington): Elected Paul Beeman, a United Methodist minister in Olympia, Wash., to be president of the Board of Directors.
Quantum Foundation (West Palm Beach, Fla.): Elected Tesula Stewart, a senior vice-president at NationsBank (West Palm Beach), to be a trustee.
St. Mary’s Foundation for Children (Bayside, N.Y.): Elected William A. DeMilt, executive vice-president for real-estate management at Mutual of America Life Insurance Company (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.
CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS
Fidelity Investments Tax-Exempt Services Company (Marlborough, Mass.): Appointed Doug Nelson, assistant vice-chancellor of finance and information management at the U. of California at Los Angeles and vice-president for finance at the UCLA Foundation, to be senior vice-president of the asset-management-services division.