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Advertising Council (New York): Announced the resignation of Ruth A. Wooden, president and chief executive officer, effective this summer.

Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired (Mount Prospect, Ill.): Appointed Holly Trueblood, director of resource development at Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago, to be executive director.

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York): Appointed Larry Hawk, president of Petsmart Veterinary Services and Charities (Phoenix), to be president. He succeeds Roger A. Caras, who will serve as president emeritus.

American Society of Association Executives Services Corporation (Washington): Appointed Dixie L. Arthur, president of the American Hospital Association Insurance Resource (Chicago), to be executive vice-president.

Arizona State Museum (Tucson): Appointed Darlene F. Lizarraga, administrative assistant at the U. of Arizona Foundation (Tucson), to be development and marketing associate, and Miriam Nickerson, executive director of the Environmental Health Foundation (Tucson), to be director of development and marketing. The museum is based at the U. of Arizona.

Association of America’s Public Television Stations (Washington): Appointed Mark D. Erstling, general manager at WPSX-TV and WPSU-FM (University Park, Pa.), to be senior vice-president, and Suzanne E. Stokes, director of public policy at Business and Professional Women/USA (Washington), to be grassroots field coordinator.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland (Baltimore): Appointed Robin A. Tomechko, vice-president of operations, to be president and chief executive officer.

California State U. at Los Angeles: Appointed Catherine Reeves, executive director of the Cure Autism Now Foundation (Los Angeles), to be director of development for the School of Business and Economics, and Ron Silverman, vice-president for corporate development and communications at Easter Seals of Southern California (Los Angeles), to be director of development for the School of Health and Human Services.

Cardinal Hill Healthcare System (Lexington, Ky.): Appointed Julie Schmidt, corporate development officer, to be corporate director of development and community relations.

Children’s Hospital Foundation of Orange County (Orange, Cal.): Appointed Jeff Wilcox, senior vice-president for community development at United Way of Greater Los Angeles, to be executive director and vice-president for fund development.

Denver Health Foundation: Appointed Margaret Mullen Hogan, a consultant to various foundations, to be president and chief executive officer.

Drug Policy Foundation (Washington): Appointed Patrick V. Murphy, former director of the Police Policy Board at the U.S. Conference of Mayors (Washington), to be executive director. He succeeds Sher Horosko, who stepped down last month for health-related reasons.

The Foundation for Educational Excellence (Denver): Appointed Timothy J. Dougherty, vice-president for development at Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, to be executive director.

Guilford College (Greensboro, N.C.): Appointed Leslie Jean Carter, individual-gifts officer for major gifts and stewardship, to be director of alumni and family relations.

Institute of International Education-West Coast Region (San Francisco): Appointed Karin Eisele, executive director of the Coro Foundation (New York), to be director.

InterAction (Washington): Appointed Renee Bafalis, senior public-affairs specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development (Washington), to be director of public affairs.

International Center for the Disabled (New York): Appointed Daniel B. Rosen, executive director of ARI of Connecticut (Stamford), to be executive director.

Anna Jaques Community Health Foundation (Newburyport, Mass.): Appointed Ellen M. Kallman, director of development at the Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern Massachusetts (Cambridge), to be executive director.

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (Los Angeles): Appointed Bob McMullin, director of major gifts, to be director of development. He succeeds Joel Safranek, who plans to pursue a career in fund-raising consulting.

Levine School of Music (Washington): Appointed Kenneth Hopper, executive director of the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, to be executive director.

George C. Marshall International Center (Leesburg, Va.): Appointed Lois J. Shortell, senior trust officer at Riggs Bank Trust Department (Washington), to be executive director for development.

The Music Center of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles): Appointed Joanne Corday Kozberg, former California Secretary of State and Consumer Affairs, to be president and chief operating officer.

National Employment Law Project (New York): Appointed Jim Williams, acting executive director, to be executive director.

National Policy Association (Washington): Appointed Anthony C. E. Quainton, executive director of the Una Chapman Cox Foundation (Washington) and a former U.S. Ambassador, to be president and chief executive officer.

National Public Radio (Washington): Appointed Kevin Klose, director of the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

North Shore United Way (Beverly, Mass.): Appointed Georgina Keefe-Feldman, deputy director of Patton Consultant Services (Hamilton, Mass.), to be chief executive officer.

Pahl Inc. (Troy, N.Y.): Appointed Stuart Rosenblatt, psychiatry administrator at Long Island College Hospital (New York), to be executive director. Pahl Inc. provides treatment services to chemically dependent youths and their families.

Points of Light Foundation (Washington): Appointed Marcia C. Stein, a communications consultant to non-profit organizations, to be director of media relations.

Regis College (Weston, Mass.): Appointed Shelagh Foley, assistant director of alumni relations at College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.), to be director of alumnae relations.

Research and Education Foundation of the Michael Reese Medical Staff (Chicago): Appointed Seth Feldman, manager for corporate and foundation relationships at the American Red Cross (Chicago), to be executive director.

Saint John’s Health Center Foundation (Santa Monica, Cal.): Appointed Scarlett Powers Osterling, vice-president of development and community relations at Good Samaritan Hospital (Los Angeles), to be vice-president for development.

Seattle Symphony: Appointed Laurence E. Tucker, vice-president and manager at Columbia Artists Management (New York), to be general manager.

Support Center/Nonprofit Development Center (San Jose, Cal.): Appointed Mary Cefalu, executive director of the Career Closet (Santa Clara, Cal.), to be executive director.

Tuality Healthcare Foundation (Hillsboro, Ore.): Appointed Catherine Crooker, president of Harvest Fresh (Portland, Ore.), to be director.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.): Appointed Donna Marsella, network manager at Central Massachusetts Manufacturing Partnership (Worcester), to be assistant director of alumni affairs.

World Vision U.S. (Federal Way, Wash.): Appointed Bruce Wilkinson, West Africa regional director at World Vision International (Monrovia, Cal.), to be vice-president of the programs division.

Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Lawrence J. Haas, communications director for Vice-President Al Gore, to be director of public affairs and special assistant to the president.

GRANT MAKERS

Chicago Community Trust: Announced the retirement of Bruce L. Newman, executive director, effective next January.

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (New York): Appointed Ricardo La Motta, former computer and telecommunications systems manager at Banco de Credito Nacional SA (New York), to be director of management-information systems; Ginger Romero, a former program associate at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia U. (New York), to be special assistant to the president; Nancy Roob, former program director for the New York Neighborhoods Program, to be director of institution and field building; Myra Rosenbaum, former staff analyst for the Deputy Commissioner of Management and Planning at the Administration for Children’s Services (New York), to be associate for the Program for Children; Ralph Stefano, comptroller, to be director of finance and administration; and Deborah Thompson, former associate for the New York Neighborhoods Program, to be director of the program. Carol Glazer, chief operating officer, left the foundation late last year to pursue independent consulting work.

The Freedom Forum (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Patrice L. Casey, art director, to be senior graphics director; Maurice R. Fliess, planning director of a Newseum exhibit tour of North America, to be vice-president for publications; Christy Mumford Jerding, publications editor, to be editorial director; Amy Maddox, manager of interactive projects, to be director of multimedia productions; Max C. Page, executive producer in the Broadcast Department, to be vice-president and deputy director of the Newseum; and Ed Turner, former executive vice-president at CNN (Atlanta), to be president of the Forum Network (Washington), a new public-affairs cable network formed by the Freedom Forum and WETA Washington, D.C.

Skillman Foundation (Detroit): Announced the retirement of Leonard Smith, president, at the end of the year.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Kathleen J. McGowan, executive director of Catholic Charities (Joliet, Ill.), to be chairwoman of the Board of Trustees.

Indianapolis Foundation: Elected Dan Efroymson, president of Real Silk Investments (Indianapolis), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Jewish Braille Institute of America (New York): Elected Barbara B. Friedman, acting president, to be president.

Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations (Baltimore): Elected William Ewing, executive director of the Maryland Food Bank (Baltimore), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Prevent Blindness America (Schaumburg, Ill.): Elected Brian B. Smith, president and chief operating officer of Cole National Corporation (Cleveland), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington): President Clinton has appointed Joseph A. Cari, Jr., a partner in the law firm of Ungaretti & Harris (Chicago), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

A.T. Kearney Executive Search (New York): Appointed Emily Sterling Hall, a member of the New York office, to be West Coast director for non-profit practice, based in San Francisco.

LBG Associates (Stamford, Conn.): Appointed Jared Thomas Skok, director of corporate communications at the Public Affairs Group (Washington), to be vice-president and manager of its new office in Arlington, Va.

Jerald Panas, Linzy & Partners (Chicago): Appointed George F. Maynard III, vice-president at Orlando Regional Healthcare System (Fla.) and president of its foundation, to be a senior partner.