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Alabama Public Television (Birmingham): Appointed John Brady, vice president of development at New Jersey Public Television (Trenton), to be vice president for development; Peggy Haywood Hair, associate vice president for development and director of alumni affairs at Birmingham-Southern College (Ala.), to be major-gifts officer; and Kathie B. Martin, public-relations director at Hoffman Media (Birmingham), to be assistant vice president of marketing.

Amon Carter Museum (Fort Worth): Appointed Ron Tyler, a professor of history at the U. of Texas at Austin, to be director, effective June 1.

Aspiration (Amherst, Mass.): Appointed Allen Gunn, co-director, to be executive director. Aspiration provides technology support to nonprofit organizations.

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (Indianapolis): Appointed Thomas Jeavons, general secretary of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, to be executive director, effective July 1. He will succeed Katherine Finley, who is resigning.

Case Western Reserve U., School of Medicine (Cleveland): Appointed J. Torrance Baker, director of special gifts at Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, Ohio), to be director of major gifts.

Center for Women’s Business Research (Washington): Appointed Sandy Geiselman, divisional vice president of sales and business development at the Pfaltzgraff Company (York, Pa.), to be director of development.

CheckSpring Bank (New York): Appointed Gerard A. Perri, founding chief financial officer at Metropolitan National Bank (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.

Cliveden of the National Trust (Philadelphia): Appointed David W. Young, executive director of the Johnson House Historic Site (Philadelphia), to be executive director.

Colorado AIDS Project (Denver): Appointed Rachel Hansgen, community program manager in prevention, to be director of prevention and education, and Tara Roesener, special-events manager, to be AIDS Walk manager.

Concerned Women for America (Washington): Appointed Wendy Wright, executive vice president, to be president.

Connecticut Public Broadcasting (Hartford): Appointed Dean Orton, senior vice president of development and community partnerships at KETC (St. Louis), to be senior vice president of development.

Council on Foundations (Washington): Appointed Roy Clason Jr., vice president of corporate public relations at Aetna (Hartford, Conn.), to be vice president of strategic communications, and Mary Dwyer Pembroke, campaign director at the Special Olympics (Washington), to be chief of staff.

Emporia State U. Foundation (Kan.): Appointed Andrew Dame, a recent graduate of Emporia State U.’s School of Business, to be associate director of annual giving, and Corinne Patterson, associate editor of the Angus Journal and the Angus Beef Bulletin (St. Joseph, Mo.), to be a prospect researcher.

Faith & Values Media (New York): Appointed Lynn A. Harden, founder of L. Harden & Associates (Cincinnati), to be director of philanthropy.

Family Service (Mount Holly, N.J.): Appointed Bob Pekar, executive vice president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer. Family Service provides mental-health services.

Foundation Fighting Blindness (Owings Mills, Md.): Appointed Niritte Brodsky, a development associate at the UJA Federation (New York), to be event manager for the New York region; Susan Brumley, development director for the Southern region, to be senior director for the region, based in Raleigh, N.C.; Susan DeRemer, events manager for the California regional office, to be director of development for the Los Angeles region; Lynn Hacker, events coordinator, to be national walk manager; J. Diane Redd, director of development at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (New York), to be national director of corporate and foundation relations, based in New York; Michelle Shaljian, direct-response manager at the Baltimore Symphony, to be event manager for the Raleigh-Durham area; Wendy Sutherland, senior development officer at the Women’s Foundation of California (Los Angeles), to be senior director for the Western region, based in Los Angeles; and Kristin White, national director of fund-raising initiatives at People forthe American Way, based in Los Angeles, to be national director of events, based in Los Angeles.

Girl Scout Council of Greater New York: Appointed Dolores Swirin, executive director of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s New York City Chapter, to be chief executive officer.

Grantsmanship Center (Los Angeles): Announced the death of Norton J. Kiritz, founder and president, on January 30. He was 70.

Hudson Valley Community College Foundation (Troy, N.Y.): Appointed Nancy H. Goody, director of development at the Albany Symphony Orchestra (N.Y.), to be director of annual giving.

Hunt Hill Farm Trust (New Milford, Conn.): Appointed Susan York, acting director and former vice president for finance and administration at the Silo (New Milford), to be executive director.

Juliette Fowler Homes (Dallas): Appointed Kay Crosby Ellis, vice president for development, to be president.

Kids Voting USA (Tempe, Ariz.): Appointed James Heller, a teacher in the Tolleson Elementary School District (Ariz.) for Teach for America, to be director of education.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York): Appointed RoMa Johnson, a nonprofit-management consultant in Los Angeles, to be director of development.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Appointed Michael Govan, president and director of the Dia Art Foundation (New York), to be director and chief executive officer, and Michael A. Ruff, deputy director of West Coast development for Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), to be director of development.

Lupus Foundation of America, Piedmont Chapter (Matthews, N.C.): Appointed Janet C. Hart, vice president of marketing and official spokesperson at Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont (Charlotte, N.C.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Minnesota Medical Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Carl Bendorf, vice president for development, also to be interim president and chief executive officer, and Cathy Spicola, director of philanthropy at St. David’s Child Development and Family Services (Minnetonka, Minn.), to be major-gift development officer for the U. of Minnesota Cancer Center. Mr. Bendorf succeeds Brad Choate, who has resigned.

Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy (St. Paul): Appointed Sheila Bayle-Lissick, a fund-raising consultant in Edina, Minn., to be development director, and Timothy Rose, a public-relations and fund-raising consultant in Minneapolis, to be media-relations director.

National Latino Children’s Institute (San Antonio): Appointed Rita Elizondo, a public-relations consultant in San Antonio, to be national director.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Northern California Chapter (Oakland): Appointed Andrea Bailey, president of Bailey & Associates (Oakland), to be vice president of development, and Joanne Neuman, regional director for Contra Costa, Tri-Valley, and Fremont at the Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay (Oakland), to be president.

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (Chicago): Appointed Dean M. Harrison, president and chief executive officer of Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago), to be president and chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1. He succeeds Gary A. Mecklenburg, who is retiring.

Oakland Museum of California: Appointed Lori Fogarty, director of the Bay Area Discovery Museum (Sausalito, Calif.), to be executive director.

Palm Beach Community College Foundation (Lake Worth, Fla.): Appointed Suellen Mann, director of development at the Jupiter Medical Center Foundation (Fla.), to be executive director.

Partnership for Cures (Chicago): Appointed Douglas G. Laub, president of Bonfils Blood Center Foundation (Denver), to be chief executive officer, based in Denver. Partnership for Cures supports research on life-threatening diseases.

Portland Center Stage (Ore.): Appointed Rose Lee Riordan, artistic producer, to be associate artistic director.

Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey (New Brunswick): Appointed Stephanie LeBlanc, development associate at the Todd M. Beamer Memorial Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), to be development and public-relations coordinator.

Project HOPE (Millwood, Va.): Appointed Barbara Kabakoff, director of development at Christian Brothers U. (Memphis), to be major-gifts officer.

Reach Out and Read (Somerville, Mass.): Appointed Martha Gershun, assistant vice president at H&R Block (Kansas City, Mo.), to be executive director.

Redmoon Theater (Chicago): Appointed Rebecca Hunter, project manager, to be producing director, and Christy Uchida, business manager, to be managing director.

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City): Appointed Damon King, development director for the Canterbury Choral Society (Oklahoma City), to be development manager.

ROSE Fund (Boston): Appointed Miriam S. May, president of Smart Consulting (Newton Centre, Mass.), to be executive director. The ROSE Fund provides services to women and children who were victims of domestic violence.

Safe Kids Worldwide (Washington): Appointed David P. Bennett, vice president for development at United Cerebral Palsy of America (Washington), to be chief development officer and a member of the executive-leadership team; Lisa Sturzenegger, executive director of Barceda Families (Bolivar, Mo.), to be U.S. coalition-network director; and Robin Wilcox, vice president for community health at Texas Health Resources (Arlington), to be program director.

Seacoast Mental Health Center (Portsmouth, N.H.): Appointed Peter Hale, manager of corporate communications at Fidelity Investments (Boston), to be development director.

Seeing Eye (Morristown, N.J.): Appointed Peggy B. Horsley, director of the Million Dollar Roundtable at the United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be director of development.

Third Street Music School Settlement (New York): Appointed Lee Edward Koonce, executive director of Opus 118 Harlem School of Music (New York), to be executive director, effective in June. He will succeed Barbara Field, who is retiring.

U. of California at Davis Cancer Center (Sacramento): Appointed Stephanie R.M. Bray, director of major gifts at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (New Brunswick), to be development officer.

U. of New Haven (West Haven, Conn.): Appointed Linda Masci, vice president and general manager at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (North Haven, Conn.), to be vice president for institutional advancement; Jennifer Pjatak, assistant director of alumni relations, to be director of alumni relations; and Mary-Gail Smith, national director of planned giving at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (White Plains, N.Y.), to be director of planned giving.

U. of Wyoming Foundation (Laramie): Appointed Tom Burman, athletic director at Portland State U. (Ore.), to be vice president.

U.S. Fund for Unicef (New York): Appointed Jay Aldous, a senior partner at the Brighton Group (Salt Lake City), to be vice president for marketing, communications, and corporate partnerships; Carmela Raiti, managing director, to be vice president for development; and Christine Squires, managing director of interactive marketing, to be vice president for direct and interactive marketing.

Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago): Appointed Michael C. Cleavenger, chief of staff and acting vice president of finance and administration at the Chicago Historical Society, to be director of institutional advancement.

World Learning (Brattleboro, Vt.): Appointed James Bernard, lead product manager for the Windows emerging-business unit at Microsoft (Redmond, Wash.), to be vice president for marketing and communications.

World Trade Center Memorial Museum (New York): Appointed Alice M. Greenwald, associate museum director for museum programs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington), to be director.

YWCA Elgin (Ill.): Appointed Felicia King, director of marketing and development, to be chief operating officer.

GRANT MAKERS

AARP Foundation (Washington): Appointed Robin Talbert, interim director and a former legal-aid attorney, to be executive director.

Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (New York): Appointed Sharna Goldseker, director of special projects, to be vice president.

Community Foundation of St. Clair County (Port Huron, Mich.): Appointed Michele Wildman, community-development specialist at the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (Lansing), to be program officer for community, economic-development, and homelessness issues.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada, chairman of research and development at GlaxoSmithKline, based in Philadelphia, to be executive director of the global-health program, effective in June.

Getty Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Angie Kim, director of programs at the Flintridge Foundation (Pasadena, Calif.), to be program officer for the internship program and “grant making in leadership” projects.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Deborah Marrow, director of the Getty Foundation (Los Angeles), to be interim president. She succeeds Barry Munitz, who has resigned.

Global Fund for Women (San Francisco): Appointed Shalini Nataraj, associate director of the Reebok Human Rights Award Program (Canton, Mass.), to be vice president of programs.

Jim Joseph Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Charles (Chip) Edelsberg, vice president and director of endowment and foundations at the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, to be executive director, effective in April.

North Georgia Community Foundation (Gainesville): Appointed Janice P. Ward, executive director of the Georgia Mountains Women’s Center (Habersham County), to be program officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Art With a Heart (Baltimore): Elected Emily Gaines Demsky, a community volunteer in Baltimore, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Asia Foundation (San Francisco): Elected to the Board of Trustees: Mary Brown Bullock, president of Agnes Scott College (Decatur, Ga.); Theodore L. Eliot Jr., former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan; and James A. Kelly, president of EAP Associates (Honolulu) and former U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.

Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Janet Valente Pape, executive director of Catholic Charities of Wichita (Kan.), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Community Foundation of East Mississippi (Meridian): Elected Frank Farley Jr., director of business development at Rush Health Systems (Meridian), to be president of the Board of Directors. Also elected to the board: Thomas Crowson, a venture capitalist in Meridian; Maurice Hall, president of Halltimber (Meridian); John Johnson, public-affairs director at WTOK-TV (Meridian); Bruce Martin, a partner at Meyer & Rosenbaum Insurance Agency (Meridian); and Jacqueline Van Zyverden Hogan, president of Van Zyverden Inc. (Meridian).

Connecticut Health Foundation (New Britain): Elected Margarita Torres, founder and principal of Torres Project Management (Hartford, Conn.), to the Board of Directors.

Houston Endowment: Elected David L. Mendez, chairman and chief executive officer of the Texas region for JPMorgan Chase Bank (Houston), and Paul B. Murphy Jr., chief executive officer of Amegy Bank of Texas (Houston), to the Board of Directors.

McCune Foundation (Montecito, Calif.): Elected to the Board of Directors: Melvin Oliver, dean of social sciences at the U. of California at Santa Barbara; Susan McCune Sherman, franchise owner of Curves in Malibu, Calif., and the daughter of the foundation’s co-founder, George D. McCune; and Marcos Vargas, executive director of Central Coast United for a Sustainable Economy (Ventura, Calif.).

Northern California Grantmakers (San Francisco): Elected Caroline D. Avery, president of the Durfee Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Northwest Area Foundation (St. Paul): Elected to the Board of Directors: Elsie Meeks, executive director of the First Nations Oweesta Corporation (Rapid City, S.D.), and William Thorndike Jr., president and chairman of Medford Fabrication/CSC (Medford, Ore.).

Opportunity International (Oak Brook, Ill.): Elected Polly McCrea, founder of Collector’s Gallery and a community volunteer in Long Lake, Minn., to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Philadelphia Foundation: Elected Ellen P. Foster, a community volunteer in Wayne, Pa., to be chair of the Board of Managers. Also elected to the Board: Frederick J.M. LaValley, a lawyer at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (Philadelphia); H. King McGlaughon, executive vice president and a professor of philanthropic studies at the American College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.); and Jane M. Mullany, a community volunteer in Valley Forge, Pa.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Elected Arlene Hirschfeld, a community volunteer in Denver, to be chair of the Board of Trustees. Also elected to the Board: Evan Makovsky, co-founder of Shames-Makovsky Realty (Denver); Ronald E. Montoya, president and chief executive officer of PlastiComm Industries (Denver); and Irit Waldbaum, a community volunteer in Denver.

United Rehabilitation Services (Dayton, Ohio): Elected Byron Kentner, senior partner at Kentner Sellers (Vandalia, Ohio), to be president of the Board of Directors.

United Way of Massachusetts Bay (Boston): Elected Bob Mahoney, vice chairman of Citizens Financial Group (Boston), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Volunteers of America Bay Area (Alameda, Calif.): Elected Ernest Clark, president of Seville Real Estate (Oakland, Calif.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Demont & Associates (Portland, Me.): Appointed Lauren Geiger Moye, executive director and producer at Kingdom County Productions (Barnet, Vt.), to be associate. The firm provides fund-raising consulting services to clients involved in philanthropy.

DRG (New York): Appointed David Hinsley Cheng, managing director, to be managing partner. DRG is an executive-search firm for nonprofit organizations.

Marks Paneth & Shron (New York): Appointed Hope Goldstein, a firm director at Deloitte & Touche (New York), to be a partner with the Nonprofit Industry Group. Marks Paneth & Shron provides accounting and financial consulting services.

Newport Creative Communications (Duxbury, Mass.): Appointed Karen Rich, regional manager of customer acquisition and management for the Southeast area of the United States Postal Service (Memphis), to be vice president of business development.

PEP Direct (Wilton, N.H.): Appointed Lisa M. Smith, vice president of client services at L.W. Robbins Associates (Holliston, Mass.), to be senior vice president of strategic development. PEP Direct is a direct-mail and marketing firm.

Resource Associates Corporation (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Roselyn L. O’Brien, principal of TMW Consulting (Alexandria, Va.), also to be an affiliate.

TCC Group (New York): Appointed Richard Mittenthal, president, also to be chief executive officer and chairman. The TCC Group provides management-consulting services to nonprofit groups, foundations, and corporate-citizenship programs.