People

Adelphi U. (Garden City, N.Y.): Appointed Nan Gerson, director of government relations at Long Island U. (Brookville, N.Y.), to be vice-president for university advancement.

Alliance Healthcare Foundation (San Diego): Appointed Olga de la Cruz-Canon, prevention-programs director at the Centro de la Familia de Utah (Salt Lake City), to be a program officer.

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association of Los Angeles: Appointed Bruce Campbell, a consultant at Tax Solutions (San Diego), to be associate development director for planned gifts.

American Association for Cancer Research (Philadelphia): Appointed Leslie B. Kirsch, director of development at the Persad Center (Pittsburgh), to be assistant director of development; Nicole M. McAfee, administrative assistant for public service at KPMG Peat Marwick (Philadelphia), to be development assistant; and Anthony M. Tremblay, former director of development at Springfield College (Mass.), to be director of development.

Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed William J. Weitzel, vice-president for development at Porter Hills Presbyterian Village (Grand Rapids), to be director of planned giving.

Bradford College (Haverhill, Mass.): Appointed Diane H. Earl, director of annual giving, to be director of alumni relations and annual giving.

Cedars-Sinai Health System (Los Angeles): Appointed A. David Scholder, director of planned giving for the California chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Los Angeles), to be director of planned giving.

Christian Children’s Fund (Richmond, Va.): Appointed Cheri W. Dahl, director of development, to be vice-president, and Shepard Harder, director of external relations and affiliates, to be director of development.

Colby-Sawyer College (New London, N.H.): Appointed Donald A. Hasseltine, a doctoral candidate at U. of Virginia (Charlottesville), to be vice-president for advancement.

College of Aeronautics (Flushing, N.Y.): Appointed Sharon B. DeVito, dean of college relations, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Cornell U. (Ithaca, N.Y.): Appointed Karen Jewett, general manager at Parkrec.net (San Francisco), to be associate director of the Western regional office in San Francisco.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Washington): Appointed Yoko Arthur, vice-president of human resources and organizational development at WETA (Arlington, Va.), to be a vice-president for the office of education and programming.

The Dance Heritage Coalition (Washington): Appointed Sali Ann Kriegsman, former executive director of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (Lee, Mass.), to be president.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Appointed Susan Burns, director of major gifts and planned giving and campaign managing director at the Interlochen Center for the Arts (Mich.), to be vice-president for development; Emil J. Kang, orchestra manager at the Seattle Symphony, to be vice-president for operations; and Sandra K. Seim, facilities manager at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, to be project director for the Orchestra Hall expansion.

Development Exchange Inc. (Minneapolis): Appointed Virginia Prescott, director of WNYC Interactive at WNYC Radio (New York), also to be associate director for new media, working from New York as a consultant to member stations.

Duke U. (Durham, N.C.): Appointed Karen S. Cochran, director of development for the School of Business, to be associate dean for development and alumni relations for the school.

Feed the Children (Oklahoma City): Steve Highfill, executive director of the organization’s Nashville Distribution Center, has resigned.

George Mason U. (Fairfax, Va.): Appointed Judith Marshall Jobbitt, former associate dean for external relations in the law school at U. of Chicago, to be vice-president for development and president of the university foundation.

Glaucoma Research Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Scott C. Staub, associate vice-president at St. Francis Health Care Foundation (Honolulu), to be director of development.

Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.): Richard L. Torgerson, vice-president for development, has been appointed president of Luther College (Decorah, Iowa).

Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Sally Baker, associate director of news and public affairs, to be director of communications for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Jesus Mena, director of media relations at the U. of California at Berkeley, to be director of communications and public affairs for the School of Government.

Haverford College (Pa.): Appointed Jill L. Sherman, vice-president for university advancement at Lehigh U. (Bethlehem, Pa.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Houghton College (N.Y.): Appointed Larry Johnson, vice-president for university advancement at Kettering U. (Flint, Mich.), to be vice-president for advancement.

Indiana Donors Alliance (Indianapolis): Appointed Carol Simonetti, director of community-foundation services at the Council on Foundations (Washington), to be executive director.

Kentucky State U. (Frankfort): Appointed Hinfred McDuffie, executive director of development at U. of Maryland-Eastern Shore (Princess Anne), to be vice-president for university advancement.

Morrison Center Child & Family Services (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Cynthia Thompson, director of programs at the Volunteer Center of Rhode Island (Providence), to be annual-fund director.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations (Washington): Appointed Audrey R. Alvarado, associate dean for student and external affairs at the U. of Colorado at Denver’s Graduate School of Public Affairs, to be executive director.

Northeastern U. (Boston): Appointed Ronald J. Schiller, vice-president for institutional advancement at the New England Conservatory (Boston), to be director of alumni and friends development.

Ohio State U. (Columbus): Appointed Lee C. Tashjian, Jr., vice-president for communications and public affairs at the Atlantic Richfield Company (Los Angeles), to be vice-president for university relations.

Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation (Salisbury, N.C.): Appointed Robert T. Skelton, president and executive director of the Mercy Foundation (Springfield, Ohio), to be director.

Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.): Appointed Caroline Crawford, former associate editor of Eating Well (Charlotte, Vt.), to be associate director of institutional-advancement publications.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (St. Paul): Appointed Bruce Coppock, vice-president and director of the Orchestra Leadership Academy at the American Symphony Orchestra League (Washington), to be president and managing director, effective September 1.

San Francisco Symphony: Appointed Brent Assink, president and managing director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (St. Paul), to be executive director. He succeeds Peter Pastreich, who is retiring after 21 years as executive director.

Shoah Visual History Foundation (Los Angeles): Announced the resignation of president Michael Berenbaum, who will continue as a consultant to the organization.

Social Science Research Council (New York): Appointed Craig Calhoun, a professor of sociology and history and chair of the sociology department at New York U., to be president. He succeeds Kenneth Prewitt, who left the council to direct the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

State U. of New York at New Paltz: Appointed Paul J. Clifford, assistant director of alumni communications and student programs at James Madison U. (Harrisonburg, Va.), to be director of alumni affairs.

Stetson U. (DeLand, Fla.): Appointed Jeffrey T. Spoeri, director of alumni relations for the College of Law, to be associate director of development for the university’s main campus.

Summa (Akron, Ohio): Appointed Tom Strauss, president of Meridia Health Services (Cleveland), to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer at this health-care organization.

Task Force on Family Violence (Milwaukee): Appointed Karen L. Campbell, a consultant to Milwaukee non-profit groups, to be executive director.

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (New York): Appointed Dwayne Ashley, national executive director and chief professional officer at 100 Black Men of America (Atlanta), to be executive director. He succeeds Johnny E. Parham, Jr., who is retiring after serving as the fund’s first executive director.

Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Paula Russo, associate professor of mathematics, also to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

U. of Chicago: Appointed Mary Jane Keitel, vice-president for development at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center (Chicago), to be associate dean of external affairs in the School of Social Service Administration.

U. of Denver: Appointed George Walker, executive director of the Park Lane Medical Center Fund (Kansas City, Mo.), to be director of the annual fund.

U. of New England (Biddeford, Me.): Appointed Shannon Blankenship, director of donor relations and special events at Stephens College (Columbia, Mo.), to be director of major gifts and associate campaign director.

U. of Wisconsin (Madison): Appointed Sharyn Wisniewski, director of marketing at the Wisconsin Technical College System (Madison), to be director of public information.

Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Amy McGuire, director of development at the National AIDS Fund (Washington), to be director of development for major gifts.

Wadsworth Atheneum (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Gretchen Dietrich, assistant curator of education at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston), to be director of education.

Washington and Lee U. (Lexington, Va.): Appointed David R. Long, associate vice-president for development, to be vice-president for university relations.

Western New England College (Springfield, Mass.): Appointed Barbara A. Campanella, dean of communications and college relations at Bay Path College (Longmeadow, Mass.), to be director of marketing and communications.

Western States Chiropractic College (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Robert Giacovelli, former director of development at Loyola Marymount U. (Los Angeles), to be director of development and alumni relations.

William Tyndale College (Farmington Hills, Mich.): Appointed David Lepper, director of capital campaigns at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute (Detroit), to be senior vice-president for development and director of the capital campaign, and John F. McGrath, manager of strategic development at Ford Motor Credit Company (Dearborn, Mich.), to be assistant to the president for college relations.

Wright State U. (Dayton, Ohio): Appointed Marcia G. Muller, vice-president for university advancement at New Mexico State U. (Las Cruces), to be vice-president for university advancement.

Xavier U. (Cincinnati): Appointed Gary Massa, vice-president and director of marketing at Midland Company (Cincinnati), to be vice-president for university relations.

Yeshiva U. (New York): Appointed Jerome A. Kleinman, vice-president for university relations at Long Island U. (Brookville, N.Y.), to be director of development for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Y.M.C.A. of the USA (Chicago): Announced the retirement of David R. Mercer, national executive director, effective in March 2000. He has served at the organization for 41 years.

GRANT MAKERS

The Central Indiana Community Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Brad Kruse, a graduate assistant at the foundation and a recent graduate of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana U.-Purdue U. at Indianapolis, to be program officer.

The Gill Foundation (Colorado Springs): Appointed Tracey Conaty, communications director at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (Washington), to be communications officer, based in the foundation’s Washington office.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Amy L. Bick Cheney, advancement director, to be vice-president for advancement; Michael A. Cheney, financial-services associate, to be chief financial officer; Elizabeth Bower Reiter, communications supervisor at the Metro/Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (Cincinnati), to be communications specialist; Juanita S. Tate, administrative assistant, to be program associate; and Amy Wallace, senior associate for leadership giving at the United Way & Community Chest (Cincinnati), to be program officer.

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (Conn.): Appointed Hubert E. Sapp, U.S. program director at OXFAM America (Boston), and Sara A. Sneed, senior program manager at the Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.), to be senior program officers.

Lilly Endowment (Indianapolis): Appointed Sara Busche Cobb, program director, to be vice-president for education. She succeeds Ralph E. Lundgren, who is retiring after 26 years with the foundation.

Norfolk Foundation (Va.): Appointed Angelica D. Light, vice-president, general counsel, and secretary at Shenandoah Life Insurance Company (Roanoke, Va.), to be associate director.

Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Cal.): Appointed Debbie Ford-Scriba, promotions director and Web-site coordinator at the Palo Alto Weekly (Cal.), to be communications manager, and Carol Welsh Gray, manager of the Challenge 2000 program at the Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network (San Jose, Cal.), to be director of the foundation’s new Center for Venture Philanthropy.

Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia): Appointed Henry B. Bernstein, chief financial officer, to be director of finance, and Joy A. (Jamie) Horwitz, legal counsel, to be director of legal affairs.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Library Association (Chicago): Elected Nancy Kranich, associate dean at New York U.’s Bobst Library, to be president.

The Association of Philanthropic Counsel (Westmont, Ill.): Elected Emma Lee Twitchell, founder and president of Emma Lee Twitchell & Associates (Winter Park, Fla.), to be president of this association of small fund-raising firms and consulting practices.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington): Elected William Donaldson, co-founder and senior adviser at the investment-banking firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (Washington): Elected Betsy Frampton, president of the Trellis Fund (Washington), to be chair of the board.

Council on Foundations (Washington): Elected the following to its Board of Directors: Emmett D. Carson, president and chief executive officer of the Minneapolis Foundation; Rolland C. Lowe, a trustee at the San Francisco Foundation; Timothy J. McClimon, executive director of the AT&T Foundation (New York); Anne Rhodes, a trustee at the Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia (Richmond); Gary Yates, president and chief executive officer of the California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills); and Lyn Wallin Ziegenbein, executive director of the Peter Kiewit Foundation (Omaha).

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Elected Minor Mickel Shaw, president of the Micco Corporation (Greenville, S.C.) and the Mickel Investment Group (Greenville), to be a trustee.

Foundation for the Carolinas (Charlotte, N.C.): Elected Edward C. Dolby, president of the Bank of America Carolinas (Charlotte), and Peter B. Ridder, publisher and chairman of The Charlotte Observer, to be members of the Board of Directors.

Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles: Elected Rabbi Gilbert Kollin, rabbi at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center (Cal.), to be president of the Board of Rabbis.

Jewish Federation of St. Louis: Elected Mont S. Levy, principal at Buckingham Asset Management Inc. (St. Louis), to be president.

Lilly Endowment (Indianapolis): Elected N. Clay Robbins, president, to the Board of Directors.

New York Public Library: Elected Samuel C. Butler, a partner at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees. He succeeds Marshall Rose, who will become a chairman emeritus.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation (New York): Elected Charles C. Bergman, executive vice-president, to be chairman of the board.

Y.M.C.A. of the USA (Chicago): Elected Thomas J. Henderson, retired chief executive officer and chairman of the board at the Guy F. Atkinson Company of California (San Bruno), to be chairman of the board.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

American Foundation Realty (Santa Fe, N.M.): Appointed J. Scott Harrison, a real-estate executive at Scott Harrison & Company (Kansas City, Mo.), also to be Midwest regional manager, based in Kansas City, and Arthur Soybel, a partner at the law firm of Weinstein, Soybel & Kirwin (New York), also to be Northeastern regional manager, based in New York. This organization facilitates gifts of commercial real estate to non-profit organizations.

Mark R. Fisher (Farmington, Mich.): Appointed Gene Knapp, management consultant and acting chief executive officer of Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, to be senior counsel, and Bradley A. Patterson, Midwest regional director of major gifts at Michigan State U. (East Lansing), to be director of development at this public-relations and fund-raising firm.