People

A Better Chance (Boston): Appointed Marilyn M. Brimberg, development associate at the Westchester Community College Foundation (Valhalla, N.Y.), to be associate director of development; Natalie L. Dougherty, domestic-violence coordinator at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (New York), to be development assistant; and Jason S. Fitz, development coordinator, to be development officer. All three appointments are effective at the New York office of this organization that provides educational and career opportunities for talented minority youths.

AARP Andrus Foundation (Washington): Appointed Lynn Cummings, director of planned giving at the Mid-Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society (Washington), to be planned-giving officer; Carol Deakman, development director at Church World Service (Elkhart, Ind.), to be development associate; and Leah Rege, director of prospect research and data management for the World War II Memorial Campaign at the American Battle Monuments Commission (Washington), to be manager of prospect research and donor data base.

Abbe Museum (Bar Harbor, Me.): Appointed Sharon Broom, director of public relations at the American Social Health Association (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), to be development director.

Allegheny College (Meadville, Pa.): Appointed Mary Norton, vice-president for public and education relations at the Steel Recycling Institute (Pittsburgh), to be director of public affairs.

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association of Eastern Massachusetts (Cambridge): Appointed Elaine R. Cohen, executive director at the Brain Tumor Society (Boston), to be director of development.

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (Washington): Appointed Len Fishman, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (Trenton), to be president and chief executive director.

American Leprosy Missions (Greenville, S.C.): Appointed Robert Wulff, director of development and public relations at Sinai Family Health Centers (Chicago), to be Midwest-area director.

Boulder County United Way (Boulder, Colo.): Appointed Barbara Pingrey, campaign and marketing director, to be executive director.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago: Appointed Marie Pettibone, director of corporate gifts and sponsorships at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, to be vice-president of development.

Bryn Mawr College (Pa.): Appointed Marcus Diamond, associate dean for development and alumni relations in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to be chief advancement officer.

The Carter Center (Atlanta): Appointed Cynthia Hooks, department head for the Institute for International Perspectives at Mira Costa College (Oceanside, Cal.), to be director of educational programs.

Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland): Appointed Kittie D. Warshawsky, a lawyer at Thompson Hine & Flory (Cleveland), to be director of corporate and foundation relations for the School of Medicine.

Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Diana Bahr, communications specialist at Black Hawk Council of Girl Scouts (Madison, Wis.), to be communications manager; Lisa Lewallen, development assistant, to be development coordinator; Lynn Neil, vice-president for finance and administration, to be executive vice-president of operations at the Midwest regional office (Kansas City, Mo.); and Suzanne Chambers Tyahla, development manager, to be director for ventures and initiatives.

Columbus Medical Association Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Elaine H. Hairston, chancellor emerita of the Ohio Board of Regents (Columbus), to be interim executive director.

Cooper Foundation (Camden, N.J.): Appointed Kevin Halpern, president and chief executive officer of the Cooper Health System (Camden, N.J.), to be president and chief executive officer, effective June 30. The Cooper Foundation is the fund-raising arm of the health system.

Davidson College (N.C.): Appointed Margaret B. Kimmel, interim director of college communications, to be director of college communications.

Edmonds Community College (Lynnwood, Wash.): Appointed Larry P. Johnson, director of development at the Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle, to be director of development and executive director of the college’s foundation; Beth Nichols, director for planning at Independent Living (Wilmington, Del.), to be associate director of grants and research; SharronSellers, government-affairs specialist at the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (Olympia), to be director of communications and marketing; and Cami Smith, manager of the subscription office at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington), to be associate director of community relations.

Enterprise Social Investment Corporation (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Dan Mendelson, vice-president for property acquisition, to be senior vice-president for acquisitions; Elizabeth A. O’Leary, director of asset management for the Northeast region, to be vice-president for asset management; Barbara J. Sonberg, vice-president for asset management, to be senior vice-president for asset management; Holly J. Stagmer, chief financial officer, also to be senior vice-president and treasurer; Vicki Vaughn, vice-president for national equity initiatives, to be senior vice-president for national equity initiatives; and B. Susan Wilson, director of national fund investments, to be vice-president for technical support.

FireWorks for Kids Foundation (Chicago): Appointed M. Denise Wilmer, director of community relations at the Chicago Fire Major League Soccer team, to be executive director. This new organization was created by the Chicago Fire and will make grants and operate soccer and other programs for local youths.

Gettysburg College (Pa.): Appointed Patricia Lawson, former director of college relations at Bates College (Lewiston, Me.), to be associate vice-president for communications and public relations.

Goodwill Industries International (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed James Van Erden, senior vice-president at the National Alliance of Business (Washington), to be director of work-force development.

Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.): Appointed Jon Tymann, principal of Portsmouth Christian Academy (N.H.), to be director of alumni, parent, and church relations.

The Guild for the Blind (Chicago): Appointed Denise Butera, director of services, to be executive director.

The Health Trust (Campbell, Cal.): Appointed Peggy Gibbs, director of development at the Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County (San Jose, Cal.), to be director of development. The Health Trust promotes health and fitness for residents of California’s Santa Clara Valley.

Indiana State U. (Terre Haute): Appointed James E. Norton, Jr., major-gifts officer for athletics and the College of Business at Central Michigan U. (Mount Pleasant), to be director of athletics development.

Israel Children’s Centers (Deerfield Beach, Fla.): Appointed Lisa E. Benson, director of development at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Desert Southwest Chapter (Tempe, Ariz.), to be Southwest regional director and national training coordinator, based in Phoenix.

Ithaca College (N.Y.): Appointed Shelley Semmler, associate vice-president for college relations and resource development, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, N.C.): Appointed Patrick J. Tevlin, associate director at the Rutgers U. Foundation (New Brunswick, N.J.), to be executive director of the Piedmont Educational Foundation, which raises funds for the college’s athletic department.

Lutheran Home and Services (Arlington Heights, Ill.): Appointed John V. Puotinen, director of development at Luther Manor Foundation (Milwaukee), to be vice-president of the Lutheran Foundation.

Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio (Columbus): Appointed Kelly M. Godshall, marketing director at the Taubman Company (Columbus), to be director of marketing.

Marquette U. (Milwaukee): Appointed Timothy J. Simmons, executive director of development, to be assistant vice-president for alumni relations and development.

Meredith College (Raleigh, N.C.): Appointed T. Robert Mullinax, former executive director of the Council on Christian Higher Education of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (Cary), to be director of church relations.

Michigan Colleges Foundation (Southfield): Appointed Jadon Hartsuff, a recent graduate of Albion College (Mich.), to be manager of campaigns and special projects, and Kimberly Howard, a paralegal at Frontier Communications Services (Southfield), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

National Center for Nonprofit Boards (Washington): Appointed Crispin Gregoire, a program consultant at the Ford Foundation (New York), based in Nigeria, to be director of global programs.

National Civic League (Denver): Appointed Gloria Rubio-Cortes, vice-president, to be chief operating officer.

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (Washington): Appointed Rick Cohen, former vice-president for field strategies at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (New York), to be president. He succeeds Robert Bothwell, who will serve as president emeritus and senior fellow.

National Kidney Foundation (New York): Appointed Roy R. Eddey, deputy director and chief financial officer at the Brooklyn Museum of Art (N.Y.), to be chief operating officer.

National Network of Grantmakers (San Diego): Appointed Joan P. Garner, acting director at N.N.G. and former executive director of the Fund for Southern Communities (Atlanta), and Teresa J. Odendahl, executive director, to be co-directors.

National-Louis U. (Chicago): Appointed Kathy Kraas, vice-president for financial development at the Y.M.C.A. Chicago Metropolitan, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Naugatuck Valley Community-Technical College (Waterbury, Conn.): Appointed Susan Fowler, executive director of Dwight Hall at Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.), to be associate dean of resource development, and Colleen A. Zielinski, director of communications and public relations at the Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce, to be coordinator of public relations and market research.

Neumann College (Aston, Pa.): Appointed Stephen Gambescia, vice-president for education programs and research at the American Heart Association (Philadelphia), to be special assistant to the president.

North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Mass.): Appointed Flori Schwartz, associate development director for the Northern region at the New England Anti-Defamation League (Boston), to be director of development.

ONE/Northwest (Seattle): Announced the resignation of Steve Albertson, executive director. After a short break, he will resume working for the organization, which provides technology assistance to Pacific Northwest environmental groups, in a different, yet-to-be-determined role.

Peninsula Open Space Trust (Menlo Park, Cal.): Appointed Kathryn Morelli, national development director at the Trust for Public Land (San Francisco), to be associate executive director.

Pennsylvania State U. (University Park): Appointed Kevin W. Barron, regional alumni director, to be director of volunteer management for the alumni association.

Project on Government Oversight (Washington): Appointed Beth M. Daley, vice-president at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (Washington), to be director of public affairs.

Reading Is Fundamental (Washington): Appointed Jeffrey W. Galginaitis, a financial consultant to non-profit organizations, to be vice-president and chief financial officer.

Saint Louis U. (St. Louis): Appointed Thomas F. Moberg, former vice-president for information resources at the Association of American Medical Colleges (Washington), to be chief information officer.

Seattle U.: Appointed Kerry Godes, a consultant in Seattle, to be assistant vice-president for university relations and director of public relations.

Sioux Empire United Way (Sioux Falls, S.D.): Appointed Jay Powell, executive director of the Greater Manatee Area United Way (Manatee, Minn.), to be president and chief executive officer.

South Coast Medical Center Foundation (Laguna Beach, Cal.): Appointed Julie Bondi, associate director of individual giving at the Orange County Performing Arts Center (Costa Mesa, Cal.), to be director of development.

St. Luke’s House (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed David I. Sommers, a senior clinical specialist at ValueOptions (Falls Church, Va.), to be director of outpatient mental health and quality-management services.

Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children (San Antonio): Appointed Martha L. Oestreich, director of development at City Year (San Antonio), to be director of development.

U. of Bridgeport (Conn.): Appointed Michael J. Giannotti, coordinator of public relations at Ahlbin Centers for Rehabilitation Medicine (Bridgeport), to be director of public relations.

U. of Texas at Dallas: Appointed Gary M. Cole, development officer, to be director of development, and Carlos G. Pe!#*tila, special assistant to the president, to be executive director of university advancement and governmental relations.

U. of Wisconsin at Eau Claire Foundation: Appointed Jack B. Fistler, special assistant to the president for development at Wright State U. (Dayton, Ohio), to be president.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington): Appointed Sara J. Bloomfield, acting director and former associate director for museum programs, to be executive director.

United Way of Central Coast (Santa Maria, Cal.): Appointed Steven P. Gordon, director of the Primero Los Ni!#*tilos (Long Beach, Cal.), to be chief executive officer.

United Way of Greater Jonesboro (Ark.): Appointed Bonnie May, co-chairman of the independent-business division for the annual campaign, to be executive director.

United Way of Stamford (Conn.): Appointed Stuart Adelberg, executive vice-president, to be executive director.

United Way of St. Cloud Area (Minn.): Appointed Noreen Dunnells, vice-president for resources at United Way of Southeastern Connecticut (Gales Ferry), to be president.

Utah Valley State College (Orem): Appointed Steve Hall, executive director of the Provo Education Foundation (Utah), to be director of development.

Utica College of Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Donielle Barrett, marketing director at First Source Credit Union (New Hartford, N.Y.), to be director of development, and Brian Molis, director of marketing at Fiber Instrument Sales (Oriskany, N.Y.), to be coordinator of alumni events.

Virginia State U. (Petersburg): Appointed Tracey G. Jeter, a consultant in Richmond, Va., to be director of university relations.

Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa): Appointed Al G. Buenning, former senior vice-president for operations at the Denver Y.M.C.A., to be senior development officer.

Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers: Appointed Kae Dakin, executive director of the Physician Assistant Foundation (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

Washington U. (St. Louis): Appointed Suzanne Goodman, director of the Medical Center Community Revitalization Program, to be associate director of community relations.

GRANT MAKERS

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Matthews Masayuki Hamabata, co-director of the Organizational Design and Effectiveness Program at the Fielding Institute (Santa Barbara, Cal.), to be director of learning.

Chicago Foundation for Women: Appointed Linda J. Harlan, administrator of the community-operations training section at the Illinois Department of Human Services (Chicago), to be director of program.

Columbus Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Brett A. Faris, manager of tax and general accounting at the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (Columbus), to be controller.

Ford Foundation (New York): Appointed Ellen L. Brown, program officer (Johannesburg), to be program officer for the economic-development unit of the asset-building and community-development program; John L. Colborn, project director for the Philadelphia Jobs Initiative at the Delaware Valley Community Reinvestment Fund (Philadelphia), to be program officer for the economic-development unit of the asset-building and community-development program; Norman R. Collins, a representative at the Mexico and Central America office (Mexico City), to be director of a special project in program and information technology; Cyrus E. Driver, a graduate student and research assistant for the Accelerated Schools Project at Stanford U. (Palo Alto, Cal.), to be program officer for the education, knowledge, and religion unit of the education, media, arts, and culture program; Pablo J. Farias, director general at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Chiapas, Mexico), to be representative in the Mexico and Central America office (Mexico City); Irina Iurna, a Ford Foundation scholar-in-residence (Moscow), to be program officer for culture, arts, and the media, based in Moscow; Bassma Kodmani-Darwish, a member of the Middle East program at the Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (Paris), to be program officer for the governance and civil-society and the human-rights and international-cooperation units, based in Cairo; Mara A. W. Manus, executive director of Chrysalis (Los Angeles), to be program officer for the economic-development unit of the asset-building and community-development program; Millard Owens, director of microlending programs at the Center for Community Self-Help (Durham, N.C.), to be program officer for the economic-development unit of the asset-building and community-development program; Damien M. Pwono, senior program adviser at the Rockefeller Foundation, based in Kenya and New York, to be program officer for the media, arts, and culture unit of the education, media, arts, and culture program; Rosalia M. E. Sciortino, program officer in Jakarta, Indonesia, to be program officer for the human-development and reproductive-health program, based in Manila; and Christine J. Vincent, acting deputy director, to be deputy director for the media, arts, and culture unit of the education, media, arts, and culture program. The foundation also appointed Linda Smith Charles, human-resources director for corporate professional services at the AT&T Corporation (Basking Ridge, N.J.), to be deputy director for the office of human resources; Diane L. DeVito, technical-services coordinator, to be senior project leader for user support in the core systems and support unit of management-information systems; Eric W. Doppstadt, manager for private equity investments, to be senior manager for private equity investments; William A. Ellsworth, equity research analyst for Chase Asset Management at Chase Manhattan (New York), to be portfolio strategist for the investment division; George J. Fertig, senior project leader for systems development, to be manager of the enterprise-systems unit of management-information systems; Sandra Gilmore, network communications specialist, to be manager of the global-systems unit of management-information systems; Mario A. Martinez, a graduate student at New York U.’s Stern School of Business and investment analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank (New York), to be trader-analyst for the investment division; Edwin J. Mihallo, portfolio strategist, to be senior portfolio strategist for the investment division; Lisa A. Misakian, director of compensations and benefits at Physicians Health Services (Shelton, Conn.), to be manager of compensation and benefits for the office of human resources; Lucius C. Ponce, Jr., manager for systems development, to be manager for the core systems and support unit for management-information systems; and Judith A. Shapiro, acting senior information-services specialist, to be information-services coordinator for information services.

Grand Rapids Foundation (Mich.): Appointed Laura J. Craft, program associate, to be program officer.

Greater Bridgeport Area Foundation (Conn.): Appointed Ralph P. Money, executive director of the American Red Cross of Southeastern Fairfield County (Fairfield, Conn.), to be president and chief executive director.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.): Purnell W. Choppin, president, has announced his retirement, effective later this year.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed Steven A. Schroeder, president, also to be chief executive officer.

W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Gloria Dickerson, former vice-president for financial operations at Minorities in Action (Jackson, Miss.), to be associate controller, and Eric Rayner, former manager of business applications at Open Text Corporation (Livonia, Mich.), to be data-base administrator.

James S. Kemper Foundation (Long Grove, Ill.): Announced the retirement of James R. Connor, executive director, effective on May 1.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Carol Berde, vice-president for program, to be interim executive director. She will serve during the search for a replacement for Michael O’Keefe, who resigned last month to become Commissioner of Human Services for the State of Minnesota.

MONY Life Insurance Company (New York): Appointed Lynn Stekas, president of the MONY Foundation, also to be vice-president for corporate social policy.

Peoples Energy (Chicago): Appointed Richard B. Turner, director and senior program officer at the Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust (Chicago), to be manager of corporate contributions.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Center for the Elimination of Violence in the Family (Brooklyn, N.Y.): Elected Constance L. Thatcher, vice-president of the Bank of New York, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Chicago Community Trust: Elected Martin R. Castro, a partner in the law firm of Baker & McKenzie (Chicago), and Marshall Field V, chairman of the board of the Field Corporation (Chicago), to be members of the Executive Committee.

Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas): Elected Joel T. Williams III, chairman of First American Trade Finance (Dallas), to be a trustee.

Dade Community Foundation (Miami): Elected Hugh A. Westbrook, chair and chief executive officer of VITAS Healthcare Corporation (Miami), to be chair.

Jessie Ball duPont Foundation (Jacksonville, Fla.): Elected Jean W. Ludlow, former public-relations manager at the Prudential Insurance Company (Jacksonville), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Ford Foundation (New York): Elected Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington), to be a trustee.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Gary B. Pruitt, president and chief executive officer of the McClatchy Company (Sacramento, Cal.), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

Annabella R. Jenkins Foundation (Richmond, Va.): Elected Berenice D. Craigie, a community volunteer, to be chairman.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Elected Robert E. Campbell, former vice-chairman of the Board of Directors at Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, N.J.), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees. He succeeds Sidney F. Wentz, who has announced his retirement, effective June 30.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Elected Noa Staryk, a board member and great-granddaughter of founders William L. and Maude L. McKnight, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (Washington): Elected Lawrence J. DeNardis, president of the U. of New Haven (West Haven, Conn.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

National Civic League (Denver): Elected Scott Fosler, president of the National Academy of Public Administration (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation (New York): Elected Donna Chavis, executive director of Native Americans in Philanthropy (Lumberton, N.C.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Points of Light Foundation (Washington): Elected Norman A. Brown, former president and chief operating officer of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Rhode Island Foundation (Providence): Elected Norman E. (Sandy) McCulloch, Jr., chairman of Microfibres Inc. (Providence), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota, Fla.): Elected Christine Jennings, president and chief executive officer of Sarasota Bank, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Elected Debra Herz, a community volunteer, and Donald Kortz, chairman of the board at the real-estate firm of Fuller and Company (Denver), to be trustees.

U. of Minnesota Foundation (Minneapolis): Elected Douglas W. Leatherdale, chairman and chief executive officer of the St. Paul Companies, to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Copley Harris Company (Wenham, Mass.): Appointed the following to be senior associates: Deborah Blackmore Abrams, former director of institutional advancement at Boston College Law School (Chestnut Hill, Mass.); Diane DeMarco, former associate director of development at Joslin Diabetes Center (Boston); Elizabeth S. Loudon, former capital-campaign director at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Springfield); Donna Lee Umana Newcomb, former senior vice-president for philanthropy and community affairs at Hallmark Healthcare Systems (Medford, Mass.); and Linda S. Sultan, former director of leadership gifts and capital-campaign director at the New England Aquarium (Boston).

Schultz & Williams (Philadelphia): Appointed Lissa Lee, director of capital initiatives at KCET (Los Angeles), to be a senior associate.

Stephen Dunn & Associates (Venice, Cal.): Appointed Thomas O’Connor, associate director of marketing at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, to be vice-president of account services.

Vantage Direct Marketing Services (Chestnut Hill, Mass.): Appointed Lynn Edmonds, senior vice-president and general manager at Epsilon Data Management (Burlington, Mass.), to be executive vice-president and general manager.