People

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum (Chicago): Appointed Lisa Yun Lee, director and co-founder of the Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council (Chicago), to be director.

Albany County Opportunity (N.Y.): Appointed Theresa Grafflin, director of community development at the Commission on Economic Opportunity (Troy, N.Y.), to be director of marketing and development. Albany County Opportunity provides early-childhood development programs and other social services.

American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana (Indianapolis): Appointed Claudia Peña Porretti, director of development and communications at Hoosier Veterans Assistance Foundation of Indiana (Indianapolis), to be executive director.

Anne Arundel Community College (Arnold, Md.): Appointed Stacey Sickels Heckel, director of institutional advancement at St. Timothy’s School (Stevenson, Md.), to be director of development and executive director of the Anne Arundel Community College Foundation.

Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, Calif.): Appointed Glenn Baker, vice president and chief financial officer at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, to be executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Arts for LA (Los Angeles): Appointed Danielle Brazell, artistic director at Highways Performance Space (Santa Monica, Calif.), to be executive director.

Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland (Baltimore): Appointed Kristen Doehring, regional marketing manager at Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse (Baltimore), to be director of business relations.

California Wildlife Center (Malibu): Appointed Glenda Singer, director of affairs at Odyssey Middle School (Malibu), to be executive director.

Chemeketa Community College (Salem, Ore.): Appointed Denny Miles, development director at the Willamette Humane Society (Salem), to be director of development and associate executive director of the college’s foundation.

Cookeville Regional Medical Center Foundation (Tenn.): Appointed Gary J. Curto, director of development at the San Gorgonio Hospital Foundation (Banning, Calif.), to be executive director.

Education Development Center (Newton, Mass.): Appointed Cheryl Hoffman-Bray, dean of finance at Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.) and chief financial officer for Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Cambridge), to be chief financial officer.

Ellis School (Pittsburgh): Appointed Vince Watchorn, associate head of school for external affairs at West Nottingham Academy (Colora, Md.), to be director of development.

Florida State U. Foundation (Tallahassee): Appointed Charles J. Rasberry, vice president for college advancement at Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, Calif.), to be president.

Hereditary Disease Foundation (New York): Appointed Lisa B. Lager, senior director for planned giving at the American Cancer Society, Eastern Division (New York), to be senior director of external affairs.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: Appointed Mark A. Newman, a consultant at the Three-Sixty Group (Indianapolis), to be vice president of marketing, and Kenneth L. Sheetz, executive director of capital-gift programs at the U. of Indianapolis, to be vice president of development.

Lee Pesky Learning Center (Boise, Idaho): Appointed David Holmes, vice president for programs at the Foundation for Excellent Schools (Cornwall, Vt.), to be executive director. This organization helps individuals, especially those with learning disabilities, improve their literacy skills.

MAC AIDS Fund (New York): Appointed Nancy Mahon, executive director of God’s Love We Deliver (New York), to be vice president and executive director.

Manhattan School of Music (New York): Appointed Susan E. Ebersole, director of development at Parsons The New School for Design (New York), to be vice president for external affairs.

Mariners’ Museum (Newport News, Va.): Appointed Timothy J. Sullivan, president of the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Va.), to be president and chief executive officer, effective December 1.

MDC (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Appointed Mark V. Bensen, executive director of the Lucy Daniels Foundation (Raleigh, N.C.), to be executive vice president. MDC conducts research and programs that aim to reduce poverty and build civic engagement in the South.

Morrison Child and Family Services (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Tia Gray Stecher, vice president and chief operating officer at Jewish Family and Children’s Services (Phoenix), to be president and chief executive officer. Ms. Stecher succeeds Jay C. Bloom, who is resigning.

Multi Service Senior Program State Association (Sacramento): Appointed James Cook, chief operating officer at Partners in Care Foundation (San Fernando, Calif.), to be president.

National 4-H Council (Chevy Chase, Md.): Appointed Michael D. Carr, director of public affairs at the National Association of Secondary School Principals (Reston, Va.), to be senior vice president of marketing communications.

National Osteoporosis Foundation (Washington): Appointed Leo Schargorodski, executive director of the American Nurses Foundation (Silver Spring, Md.) and chief development officer at the American Nurses Association (Silver Spring), to be executive director.

Portland Art Museum (Ore.): Appointed Brian Ferriso, executive director and chief executive officer of the Philbrook Museum of Art (Tulsa, Okla.), to be executive director.

Prospect Park Alliance (New York): Appointed Robyn Bellamy, vice president for development, to be senior vice president of institutional advancement; Regina Hartfield, community-affairs and special-projects manager at the Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center (New York), to be senior vice president of programs and community outreach; and Josephine Pittari, chief of operations at Prospect Park (New York) and vice president of operations at the Prospect Park Alliance, to be senior vice president of operations. This organization develops, operates, and restores Prospect Park, one of the New York City parks.

Purdue U. (West Lafayette, Ind.): Appointed Greg Kapp, senior director for advancement services, to be an associate vice president for advancement.

Quinnipiac U. (Hamden, Conn.): Appointed William Bagley, director of institutional advancement at Bancroft School (Worcester, Mass.), to be director of development for the School of Health Sciences, and Mimi Falsey, director of major gifts at Fairfield U. (Conn.), to be associate vice president and campaign director.

Rebuilding Together (Washington): Appointed Gary Officer, president and chief executive officer of Associated Black Charities (Baltimore), to be president and chief executive officer. Mr. Officer succeeds Patty Johnson, co-founder, who is retiring. Rebuilding Together organizes volunteers to renovate houses and nonprofit facilities.

Saint Francis Health Care Foundation (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.): Appointed Robert K. Lane, executive vice president for external relations at the Wildlife Trust (New York), to be president.

Saint Leo U. (Fla.): Appointed David Ostrander, vice president for institutional advancement at Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa), to be vice president for university advancement.

Saint Norbert College (De Pere, Wis.): Appointed Nancy J. Hershfield, former director of development at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts (Green Bay, Wis.), to be director of development for gift programs; and Jeremy Miner, coordinator of grant activities at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), to be director of development for strategic initiatives and director of sponsored programs.

Saint Paul Public Schools Foundation: Appointed Michael Anderson, executive director of the East Side Neighborhood Development Company (St. Paul), to be executive director, effective November 1.

Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts (Alto, N.M.): Appointed Kathryn Carey, executive director of the American Honda Foundation (Yorba Linda, Calif.), to be development director.

Tidwell Cancer Foundation (Columbus, Ga.): Appointed April D. Hopson, marketing director for the Columbus Business Improvement District, to be executive director.

U. of Maryland at College Park: Appointed Archie Crawford, director of development at the Salisbury School (Md.), to be director of development for the College of Information Studies.

U. of Oklahoma (Norman): Announced the retirement of David L. Maloney, vice president for development.

U. of Rhode Island Foundation (Kingston): Appointed Glen R. Kerkian, president and chief executive officer at the Marshall U. Foundation (Huntington, W.Va.), to be president and capital-campaign executive director.

Washington Chorus (D.C.): Announced the resignation of Robert Shafer, music director, effective January 2007.

WDAV (Davidson, N.C.): Appointed Marty Cronin, key-account project manager at Inovis (Mooresville, N.C.), to be corporate-support representative at this public radio station, and Christopher Helfrich, associate director of development at Davidson College (N.C.), to be director of development.

Women’s Center (Vienna, Va.): Appointed Vicki Kirkbride, vice president of development and donor services at the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (Washington), to be executive director and chief executive officer.

GRANT MAKERS

Constantin Foundation (Dallas): Appointed Cathy Ingram Doyle, development officer for the Donor Circle program at the Dallas Museum of Art, to be executive director.

Eurasia Foundation (Washington): Appointed William Horton Beebe-Center, executive vice president, to be president.

Walter and Elise Haas Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Anu Greenlee, special assistant to the schools superintendent (San Francisco), to be program officer for education.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.): Appointed Jack E. Dixon, dean of scientific affairs at the U. of California at San Diego School of Medicine, to be vice president and chief scientific officer, effective February 1, 2007.

Women’s Foundation of Minnesota (Minneapolis): Appointed Charlotte Flowers, major-gifts officer at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, to be a program officer; Sida Ly-Xiong, a consulting and research associate at the Fieldstone Alliance (St. Paul), to be a philanthropy fellow; and Shunu Shrestha, diversity intern, to be a development fellow.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Technion Society (New York): Elected Joan Seidel, president of Morton Seidel & Company (Beverly Hills, Calif.), to be president of the national Board of Directors. This organization supports the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, a university in Haifa, Israel.

Daniels Fund (Denver): Elected Gayle Greer, former senior vice president of Time Warner Communications, based in Denver, and Dan Ritchie, former chancellor of the U. of Denver, to the Board of Directors.

Eurasia Foundation (Washington): Elected Charles William Maynes, president emeritus, to the Board of Trustees.

New Futures (Burien, Wash.): Elected Tessa Gorman, assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington (Seattle), to be president of the board. This organization provides programs for children, communities, and families in low-income apartment complexes in South King County, Wash.

Pan American Health and Education Foundation (Washington): Elected Malden Nesheim, former provost at Cornell U. (Ithaca, N.Y.), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Phoenixville Community Health Foundation (Pa.): Elected James Reading, owner of RedGo Development (West Chester, Pa.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. Also elected to the board: Frank Cirone, vice president of corporate planning at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals North America (Madison, N.J.); R. John Giannone, senior vice president and branch manager at Wachovia Asset Advisors (Malvern, Pa.); and Kenneth Winston, supervisor of student behavior and outreach programs at the Phoenixville Area School District.

Tidwell Cancer Foundation (Columbus, Ga.): Elected Burnie Quick, president of the Columbus Business Improvement District, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Brodie Collins Cherel & Associates (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Cassie Pataky, government-relations advocate for sub-Saharan Africa at Amnesty International, based in Washington, to be development associate. The company provides advice to nonprofit groups on capital campaigns, communications, and constituency-building for nonprofit groups.

Campbell & Company (Chicago): Appointed Ben Imdieke, an associate consultant, to be a senior consultant. The company provides fund-raising and other consulting services to nonprofit groups.

Serenic (Edmonton, Canada): Appointed Glenn Kroe, senior sales executive at ePartners (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), to be western regional-sales manager, based in San Clemente, Calif. This company produces financial and operational software for nonprofit groups.

Social Currency (Honolulu): Appointed Robin R. Johnson, private-foundations program officer at the Hawaii Community Foundation (Honolulu), to be principal. This new consulting firm provides fund-raising services and grants administration to nonprofit organizations in Hawaii.

Jaques & Company (Danvers, Mass.): Appointed Lauren E. Schultz-Yuhasz, a market-research consultant for educational publishers in Massachusetts, to be manager of marketing and company resources. This company provides finance, fund-raising, governance, and planning consulting services to nonprofit organizations.

Marts & Lundy (Lyndhurst, N.J.): Appointed Don Fellows, managing director and senior consultant, to be president and chief executive officer. This firm provides philanthropic-consulting services.

M+R Strategic Services (Washington): Appointed Melissa Salmanowitz, an associate at Burson-Marsteller (Washington), to be senior communications consultant. This firm provides consulting, lobbying, marketing, and Web-design services to nonprofit organizations.

Whelan Group (New York): Appointed Theresa A. Schieber, senior consultant, to be vice president and chief operating officer. The Whelan Group helps charities bolster their fund raising, management, and strategic and financial planning.