People

Agnes Scott College (Atlanta): Appointed Lewis Evitts Thayne, director of individual gifts at Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Mass.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

American Theological Library Association (Evanston, Ill.): Appointed Pradeep M. Gamadia, administrator of financial services, to be director of financial services.

The Baptist Health Foundation (Birmingham, Ala.): Appointed Charles T. Moore, a regional representative at the Birmingham office of the American Bible Society (New York), to be vice-president and director of planned giving.

Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (Washington): Appointed Margeau Gilbert, associate director of development at the Hospital for Sick Children (Washington), to be director of development.

Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston: Appointed Lawrence M. Furey, director of alumni and development at Xaverian Brothers High School (Westwood, Mass.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

The Center for Social Services, San Diego: Appointed Robert Tannenbaum, general director at the New Orleans Opera Association, to be director of development. The Center provides services to lesbian, gay, and bisexual people.

Comprehensive Community Revitalization Program (New York): Appointed Joseph Turner, chief operating officer at Harlem United Community AIDS Center (New York), to be executive director.

Creighton U. (Omaha): Announced the resignation of Mason Smith, director of alumni relations.

The Development Exchange (Minneapolis): Appointed Bruce Bauer, corporate development director at KPBS (San Diego), also to be associate director at the Center for Corporate Support.

Dollars for Scholars (Minneapolis): Appointed Linda Mahoney, executive director of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Minneapolis-based office serving Minnesota and the Dakotas, to be vice-president.

Ducks Unlimited (Memphis): Announced the retirement of Matthew B. Connolly, Jr., executive vice-president, after serving as chief executive for 12 years.

The Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Talut Rasul, director of the AmeriCorps community-safety program in Cleveland, and George S. Rice, Jr., executive director of Rage for Peace (Baltimore), to be program directors for the community-assets division.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York): Appointed John W. Bomhoff, a director at Oliver, Wyman & Company (New York), to be deputy director and chief financial and administrative officer.

Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.): Appointed Alton L. Garrett, Jr., director of development and alumni relations for the School of Business Administration at California State U. at San Bernardino, to be special-projects director.

The Hastings Center (Garrison, N.Y.): Appointed Thomas H. Murray, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland), to be president, and Patrick Klewicki, president of the Arden Hill Foundation (Goshen, N.Y.), to be vice-president for development and public affairs. The Hastings Center studies ethical issues related to the environment, health, and medicine.

Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.: Appointed JoAnn Azzarello, senior development officer at WETA (Alexandria, Va.), to be director of development.

International Aid (Spring Lake, Mich.): Appointed Milton B. Amayun, director of international health at World Vision, based in Washington, to be vice-president of international programs.

Jewish Family Service of Cincinnati: Appointed Joel B. Kaplan, executive vice-president at Jewish Family & Children’s Services (Flint, Mich.) and executive director of the Flint Jewish Federation, to be executive director.

Kansas City Symphony (Mo.): Appointed Kerri Gwinn Harris, director of the “In Unison” program at the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, to be director of community connections.

Kettering U. (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Darryl Sczepanski, associate vice-president for development, to be vice-president for university advancement.

Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities (Washington): Appointed Stephen R. Grant, manager of grants and contracts information at Children’s National Medical Center (Washington), to be director of finance and grants management.

New School U. (New York): Appointed Aida Rodriguez, deputy director of equal-opportunity programs at the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), to be chair of the Nonprofit Management Program, effective August 1.

Northern California Community Loan Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Mary A. Rogier, director of operations at the Low Income Housing Fund (San Francisco), to be president.

Northern Westchester Hospital Center Foundation (Mount Kisco, N.Y.): Appointed Milton Rhodes, vice-president for development at Outward Bound USA (Garrison, N.Y.), to be president.

Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation (Louisville, Ky.): Appointed R. James Henderson, a non-profit consultant, to be interim president, effective May 1. Mr. Henderson, who has served on the organization’s board since 1995, will succeed Larry D. Carr, who announced his intent to resign earlier this year.

Rutgers U. at Camden (N.J.): Appointed Sharon Schrack Beales, executive director of Arts and Business Partnership of Southern New Jersey (Voorhees), to be director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences.

State U. of New York College at Plattsburgh: Appointed John K. Carothers, vice-president for development at Wilson College (Chambersburg, Pa.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

TeleWatch (North Hollywood, Cal.): Appointed Karen A. Metz, director of education and outreach at Alzheimer’s Association of Los Angeles, to be executive director.

Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Valeriano Ramos, Jr., executive director of Guakia Inc. (Hartford), to be director of community service and civic engagement.

U. of Alaska at Fairbanks: Appointed Carla Kirts, dean of student services, to be vice-chancellor and dean of student services and university relations.

U. of California at Los Angeles: Appointed Max Benavidez, director of media relations at California Institute of Technology (Pasadena), to be assistant vice-chancellor for university communications.

U. of Delaware (Newark): Appointed Robert R. Davis, assistant vice-president for alumni and university relations, to be vice-president for development and alumni relations, and Sharon Dorr, assistant director of alumni relations, to be director of alumni and university relations.

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland (Baltimore): Appointed Kathleen Brennan, special-events coordinator for the School of Continuing Studies at the Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to be development and communications coordinator; Wendy Codd, director of special events, to be senior vice-president for development and marketing; and Robyn Webb-Williams, vice-president for public relations and development, to be senior vice-president for grants and planned giving.

United Way of Snohomish County (Everett, Wash.): Appointed Brent Stewart, president and chief professional officer at the United Way of Greater Battle Creek (Battle Creek, Mich.), to be president.

GRANT MAKERS

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Kathy Sanders-Phillips, a faculty member in the department of pediatrics for the School of Medicine and a senior researcher for the Drug Abuse Research Center at the U. of California at Los Angeles, to be director of research and evaluation.

Echoing Green Foundation (New York): Appointed Holland Hendrix, president of the Union Theological Seminary (New York), to be president.

The Erickson Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed John Parrish, head of pediatric psychology in the pediatrics department at U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Philadelphia), to be executive director. The Erickson Foundation seeks to improve geriatric research, education, and urban renewal.

Horizons Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Peter Teague, senior program officer at the Tides Foundation (San Francisco), to be executive director. The Horizons Foundation is a community foundation that makes grants for projects that serve gay men and lesbians.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Diane Frankel, director at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Washington), to be program director for children, youth, and families.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Therese Casey Simmons, a financial-systems accountant in the financial-markets division at Cargill Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.), to be controller.

Minneapolis Foundation: Appointed Kathryn R. Roberts, director of the Minnesota Zoological Garden (Apple Valley), to be vice-president for programs.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Announced the resignation of Judy Y. Samelson, vice-president for communications. She is establishing her own consulting firm, and will serve as a communications adviser to the foundation’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.

Nellie Mae Foundation (Braintree, Mass.): Appointed Blenda Wilson, president of California State U. at Northridge, to be president.

William Penn Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed Rush L. Russell, senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), to be vice-president for programs.

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (Las Vegas, Nev.): Appointed Steven L. Anderson, executive director, also to be president; Donald E. Pray, secretary and executive director, to be secretary and executive director emeritus; David Roush, executive vice-president at Bank of America (Las Vegas), to be treasurer and vice-president of finance and administration; Philip Thomas, program officer for the capital-grants program, to be vice-president for capital grants and facilities; and David Zemel, senior program officer for the capital-grants program, to be vice-president for programs and assistant secretary.

Shell Oil Company Foundation (Houston): Appointed Jack N. Doherty, senior vice-president and director of corporate relations at the Shell Oil Company (Houston), to be president. He will also serve as director of corporate affairs for the company.

DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund (New York): Appointed Ann-Marie Buckley, manager of financial reporting at ContiFinancial Corporation (New York), to be a senior accountant, and Jacqueline Pinsker McCaffrey, director of national programs at Girls Inc. (New York), to be a program officer.

Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund (New York): Appointed Linda R. Cox, director of the planning center at the Municipal Art Society (New York), to be a program officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (Washington): Elected Alan Kline, corporate director of strategic sourcing worldwide at the American Management Association (New York), to be president of the Board of Directors.

American Foundation of Savoy Orders (New York): Elected Richard L. Cosnotti, chief development officer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

The Association of America’s Public Television Stations (Washington): Elected Beth Courtney, executive director of Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Common Cause (Washington): Elected Derek C. Bok, president emeritus of Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), to be chairman of the National Governing Board.

FireWorks for Kids Foundation (Chicago): Elected Peter J. Wilt, general manager of the Chicago Fire Major League Soccer team, to be president of the Board of Directors of this new organization created by the Chicago Fire.

Grand Rapids Foundation (Mich.): Elected Richard P. Haslinger, president of NBD West Michigan (Grand Rapids), and Margaret Sellers Walker, associate professor in the School of Public and Non-Profit Administration at Grand Valley State U. (Allendale, Mich.), to be trustees.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Elected James E. McGraw, retired president of Marion Laboratories (Kansas City), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Hetrick Communications (Indianapolis): Appointed Lee Vriesman, head of marketing, public relations, and development at the Damien Center (Indianapolis), to be director of the division of fund-raising services.

ProFundity Consulting (Denver): Jack Maloney, a corporate lawyer and a board member at the Denver Young Artists Orchestra, has started this firm specializing in grantsmanship and fund-raising research for non-profit organizations.

Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan (New York): Appointed Linda L. D’Onofrio, formerly of-counsel at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue (New York), to be a partner in the public-finance group, which handles tax and financial issues for health-care and non-profit organizations.