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Academy for Educational Development (Washington): Appointed Peter Mitchell, director of the State of Florida’s anti-tobacco pilot program (Tallahassee), to be senior marketing and communications specialist.

American Association of State Colleges and Universities (Washington): Appointed Constantine (Deno) W. Curris, president of Clemson U. (S.C.), to be president, effective October 1. He succeeds James B. Appleberry, who resigned last November.

American Institute for Cancer Research (Washington): Appointed Jeffrey R. Prince, an author and former senior vice-president for communications at the National Restaurant Association (Washington), to be vice-president for communications.

Arkansas State U. (State University): Appointed Steve Owens, executive director of advancement at U. of Mississippi (Oxford), to be vice-president for university advancement.

Brandeis U. (Waltham, Mass.): Appointed Ellen Lee Sklar, director of development at Eagleville Hospital (Pa.), to be director of development for the International Research Institute on Jewish Women. The institute was founded in 1997 by Hadassah (New York).

Bridgewater State College (Mass.): Appointed Candace Maguire, assistant director of alumni relations and director of the annual fund at Roger Williams U. (Bristol, R.I.), to be director of alumni relations.

Chicago Child Care Society: Appointed Diane Yost, president and chief executive officer of Arden Shore Child and Family Services (Vernon Hills, Ill.), to be chief executive officer.

Child Welfare League of Canada (Ottawa): Appointed Peter Dudding, associate executive director at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa-Carleton, to be executive director.

College of Saint Elizabeth (Morristown, N.J.): Appointed Jeanine Jacob Hirsch, director of communications and marketing, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Columbia College Chicago: Appointed Jeryl Levin, former executive director of Illinois Ethnic Coalition (Chicago), to be director of alumni relations.

Daemen College (Amherst, N.Y.): Appointed John Charles Dunne, grants consultant at J. O’Connell & Associates (Clarence, N.Y.), to be corporation- and foundation-relations officer.

DePaul U. (Chicago): Appointed G. Dennis Conroy, assistant vice-president for development, to be executive director of the International Human Rights Law Institute.

Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.): Appointed Jeff Zufelt, assistant director of major gifts, to be director of regional campaigns.

Friends of Recreation & Parks (San Francisco): Appointed Robin S. Seltzer, director of development at the San Francisco Jazz Festival/Jazz in the City, to be director of development.

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (Aurora): Appointed Juan C. Bustamante, resource-development director at the United Way/Crusade of Mercy (Chicago), to be director of development.

Jacksonville State U. (Ala.): Appointed William Meehan, acting vice-president for institutional advancement, to be president.

Levine School of Music (Washington): Appointed Michelle Bussie Wiggs, director of finance and administration at the United States Environmental Training Institute (Washington), to be director of finance and administration.

Luther College (Decorah, Iowa): Appointed Carol J. Birkland, secretary for planning, monitoring, evaluation, and documentation at the Lutheran World Federation Department for World Service (Geneva), to be director of congregational relations.

Lynn U. (Boca Raton, Fla.): Appointed Timothy Marten, vice-president at Kraft/Alliant Food Service (Boca Raton), to be associate vice-president for marketing and communications.

Macomb-Oakland Regional Center (Clinton Township, Mich.): Appointed Sylvia B. Ashton, director of fund development and marketing at Vista Maria (Dearborn, Mich.), to be director for resource development for the center and executive director of the Futures Foundation.

Michigan State U. (East Lansing): Appointed Kevin A. Shaw, associate director of the center for performing arts, to be associate director of public relations and director of marketing and creative services.

Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts (Farmingdale, N.J.): Appointed Susan H. McClure, vice-president of administration at the Community Y.M.C.A. (Red Bank, N.J.), to be executive director. The council also appointed Courtney Hampson Darcy, associate director of development at the Community Y.M.C.A. (Red Bank, N.J.), to be director of fund development and community relations.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Baltimore): Appointed Eric L. Bryant, a lawyer at Venable, Baetjer and Howard (Baltimore), to be assistant director of national field operations, and Nelson B. Rivers III, director of the Southeast region (Atlanta), also to be director of national field operations.

National Benevolent Association (St. Louis): Appointed Bob Cleeland, associate vice-president for development, to be vice-president for development, effective July 1.

N.C. Center for Nonprofits (Raleigh): Appointed Johnnie Southerland, assistant director of corporate and foundation relations at U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to be program director, and Christy Thompson, technology and research assistant, to be program associate.

Nexus Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta): Appointed Sam Gappmayer, executive director of the Fresno Art Museum (Cal.), to be executive director.

The North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (Charlotte): Appointed Betty K. Heinig, vice-president for college relations at Bloomfield College (N.J.), to be vice-president of development.

ONE/Northwest (Seattle): Appointed Denise Joines, project and training manager, to be executive director of this organization, which provides technology assistance to Pacific Northwest environmental groups. She succeeds Steve Albertson, who stepped down earlier this year.

Reading Recovery Council of North America at Ohio State U. (Columbus): Appointed Mary F. Keating, director of governmental grants at Dowling College (Oakdale, Long Island, N.Y.), to be director of development.

Robert Morris College (Chicago): Appointed Mark D. Weinstein, director of marketing and public relations at Geneva College (Beaver Falls, Pa.), to be director of public relations and enrollment marketing.

Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.): Appointed Ann M. Kirzl, former major-gifts officer at U. of Vermont (Burlington), to be director of annual giving.

San Jose Museum of Art (Cal.): Appointed Susan Landauer, an independent curator and author, to be chief curator.

Sharp HealthCare Foundation (San Diego): Appointed Victoria Turnipseed, vice-president of development and communications, to be chief executive officer.

South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation (Pierre): Appointed Timothy M. Bjork, watershed-program administrator at the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Pierre), to be executive director.

St. Bonaventure U. (N.Y.): Appointed Roger W. Sorochty, executive director of the university’s Achievement Center for Continuous Learning, to be vice-president for university advancement.

St. John’s U. (Jamaica, N.Y.): Appointed Patricia Nolan, director of development and marketing at the Long Island Children’s Museum (Garden City, N.Y.), to be director of corporate relations.

TechnoServe (Norwalk, Conn.): Appointed Tony Grant, managing director at the Meridian Bank Gambia (Banjul), to be regional director for Africa operations; Mary Ellen Mulholland, director of earth-science applications at Sky Station International (Washington), to be director of the strategic-initiatives department; and Ernest J. Van Panhuys, an international-management consultant at McKinsey & Company (Amsterdam), to be senior business management adviser.

Trust for Public Land, New England Regional Office (Boston): Appointed Kim Gilman, statewide field director for Scott Harshbarger’s Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign, to be director of public finance for New England; Andrew H. McLeod, director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (Providence), to be director of state-government relations; and Matthew Zieper, economic-policy analyst at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (Boston), to be national research director.

U. of Louisville (Ky.): Appointed Rae Goldsmith, associate vice-president for public relations and marketing at Central Michigan U. (Mount Pleasant), to be associate vice-president for communications and marketing.

U. of Northern Colorado Foundation (Greeley): Announced the resignation of Rich Hall, president, effective June 30; he will remain with the foundation as major-gifts officer.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington): Appointed David Marwell, acting associate director for museum programs, to be associate director for museum programs.

United Way of Santa Clara County (San Jose, Cal.): Announced the departure of Eleanor Jacobs, chief executive officer.

University Cancer Foundation (Southfield, Mich.): Appointed Laura Stern, director of foundation development at WTVS-Channel 56 (Detroit), to be executive director. This newly created organization supports the U. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.): Appointed Catherine E. Baer, interim co-director for development and alumni relations at Harvard U.’s School of Public Health (Boston), to be vice-president for development.

Wheeling Jesuit U. (W.Va.): Appointed Judy Martin, a member of the advancement staff, to be director of alumni relations.

The Woodbourne Center (Baltimore): Appointed Brenda J. Green, coordinator for the Maryland Center for Thinking Studies at Coppin State College (Baltimore), to be vice-president of education at this child-care institution.

Woods Services (Langhorne, Pa.).: Appointed Melissa M. Firman, director of donor and media relations, to be director of corporate and public relations; Dalene Neopolitan, administrative director at the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (Trenton), to be associate director of special gifts; and Heidi S. Zver, assistant director of annual giving at Albright College (Reading, Pa.), to be associate director of annual giving. This organization provides educational, residential, and therapeutic services to people with developmental disabilities.

Y.W.C.A. of New York City: Appointed Rae Linefsky, an independent consultant and former acting commissioner of New York City’s Department of Social Services, to be executive director.

GRANT MAKERS

California HealthCare Foundation (Oakland): Appointed Jack Christy, general counsel and vice-president for public affairs at California Medical Review (San Francisco), to be director of the new California Medicare Project.

Carnegie Corporation of New York: Appointed Donald M. Stewart, president and chief executive officer of the College Board (New York), to be senior program officer and special adviser to the president. He will join the foundation on a full-time basis in September.

Denver Foundation: Appointed Larry Satkowiak, treasurer and chief financial officer at Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (Colorado Springs), to be financial officer.

Maurice Falk Medical Fund (Pittsburgh): Announced the retirement of Philip B. Hallen, president for 35 years. He now serves as president emeritus and a consultant.

Gates Learning Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Tom Vander Ark, superintendent of the Federal Way Public Schools (Wash.), to be executive director of the Gates Education Initiative.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Jack Miles, part-time adviser to the president and chief executive officer, to be senior adviser, effective July 1.

Starr Foundation (New York): Appointed Florence A. Davis, vice-president and general counsel at American International Group (New York), to be president. She succeeds Ta Chun Hsu, who is retiring after serving as president for 30 years.

UniHealth Foundation (Burbank, Cal.): Appointed Mary Odell, president of the Riordan Foundation (Los Angeles), to be president.

West Central Initiative (Fergus Falls, Minn.): Appointed Jay Larson, bank manager at American Federal Bank (Grand Forks, N.D.), to be director of business initiatives.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Friends of the British Museum (New York): Elected Judith Ogden Lady Thomson, chair of the development committee and a trustee of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Carnegie Corporation of New York: Elected Raymond W. Smith, chairman of the Bell Atlantic Venture Fund (Arlington, Va.), to be a trustee.

Columbus Foundation (Ohio): Elected the following to the Governing Committee: Douglas E. Olesen, president and chief executive officer at Battelle (Columbus); Bill Ingram, president and chief executive officer of the White Castle System (Columbus); and Ann Pizzuti, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Schools for Girls.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Bethesda, Md.): Elected Cam C. Cooper, vice-president of worldwide sales at Bass Hotels and Resorts (Atlanta), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

International Fund Raising Group (London): Elected Jennie Thompson, an independent fund-raising and organizational-development consultant based in Washington, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Leeway Foundation (Philadelphia): Elected Suzanne M. Cunningham, vice-president of global-securities lending at Marshall and Iisley Investment Management Corporation (Malvern, Pa.), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

National Society of Fund Raising Executives-Northern New England Chapter (Westminster, Vt.): Elected Shelley Richardson, vice-president for development at Champlain College (Burlington, Vt.), to be president.

Pittsburgh Foundation: Elected the following to the Board of Directors: Robert P. Bozzone, vice-chairman of the board at Allegheny Teledyne (Pittsburgh); JoAnne E. Burley, campus executive officer at Pennsylvania State U. at McKeesport; and Joseph L. Calihan, managing partner at Bradford Capital Partners (Pittsburgh).

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Elected Barbara McDonnell, Colorado chief deputy attorney general, to be a member of the health grant-making committee.