People

Achieve Tampa Bay (Fla.): Appointed Michael Anton, a district director at the Muscular Dystrophy Association, based in Norfolk, Va., to be director of development.

Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis): Appointed Beth Moritz, director of stewardship education and development at Mary Queen of Peace Church (Webster Groves, Mo.), to be director of institutional advancement.

Art Institute of Chicago: Appointed Erin Hogan, associate marketing director and promotions director at the U. of Chicago Press, to be director of public affairs.

Boston U.: Appointed Scott G. Nichols, dean for development, alumni relations, and communications at Harvard Law School (Cambridge, Mass.), to be vice president for development and alumni relations, effective in May.

Bridgestar (Boston): Appointed Cydnee Dubrof, a vice president at Morgan Howard Worldwide (Atlanta), to be regional director of talent and recruitment, and Jengie Pineda, a senior associate at Isaacson Miller (Boston), to be search consultant. Bridgestar provides recruiting, support, and training services for the leaders of other nonprofit groups.

Case Western Reserve U., School of Medicine (Cleveland): Appointed Lisa Ory Marshall, president of Ory Coaching and Consulting (Cleveland), to be assistant vice president for university development and senior associate dean for development, alumni relations, and communications.

Children’s HeartLink (Minneapolis): Appointed Patrick W. Murphy, institutional-gift officer at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the U. of St. Thomas (St. Paul), to be director of development.

Community Preservation and Development Corporation (Washington): Announced the resignation of Albert J. Browne Jr., vice president and director of community-development programs.

The Conference Board (New York): Announced the resignation of Richard E. Cavanagh, president and chief executive officer, effective later this year.

Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia): Appointed Roberto Díaz, principal viola at the Philadelphia Orchestra and a faculty member at the institute, to be director and president, effective in May. He will succeed Gary Graffman, who is retiring.

DePaul U. (Chicago): Appointed John Bergholz, associate vice president of development, to be vice president for development; Mark Burns, gift-processing coordinator, to be director of gift processing; Erin M. Doyle, associate director of prospect management and tracking at Northwestern U. (Evanston, Ill.), to be director of prospect research and relationship management; and David A. Lively, senior director of development at the university’s College of Commerce, to be associate vice president of development.

Devereux Cleo Wallace (Westminster, Colo.): Appointed Judy Hall, director of development at Ability Beyond Disability (Bethel, Conn.), to be director of development. Devereux provides services to people with developmental, educational, or emotional disabilities.

Duke U., Nasher Museum of Art (Durham, N.C.): Appointed Trevor Schoonmaker, a founder and director of the Brooklyn Institute of Contemporary Art (New York), to be curator of contemporary art, effective in July.

Elmhurst College (Ill.): Appointed Beth C. Bedoe, director of the Elmhurst College Fund, to be director of alumni relations.

Family and Children’s Services (Elizabeth, N.J.): Appointed Debra A. Vizzi, vice president of services at the Easter Seals Society of New Jersey (East Brunswick), to be associate executive director.

Fedcap (New York): Appointed Amy Leshner Thomas, director of home health-care services, to be assistant executive director of business services. Fedcap provides vocational services and employment for disabled and disadvantaged people.

Foundation of the American Thoracic Society (New York): Appointed Rebecca E. Hunter, chief development officer at the American Thoracic Society, to be executive director.

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Geneva): Announced the resignation of Richard G.A. Feachem, executive director. Mr. Feachem will return to teach at the U. of California’s campuses in Berkeley and San Francisco.

Grist (Seattle): Appointed Dean Ericksen, technical director at ONE/Northwest (Seattle), to be director of information technology. Grist is a nonprofit environmental-news publication.

Houston Graduate School of Theology: Appointed Mary Jane Morgan, director of advancement at the Regis School of the Sacred Heart (Houston), to be director of advancement.

Houston Grand Opera: Appointed Greg Robertson, assistant vice president at the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (Houston), to be chief development officer.

Innovation Network (Washington): Appointed Dan Baum, president of the Building Owners and Managers Institute (Arnold, Md.), to be executive director. Innovation Network provides evaluation consulting services to other nonprofit organizations.

Institute for OneWorld Health (San Francisco): Appointed James H. Hickman, president and chief executive officer of the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation (San Francisco), to be vice president for communications, and Brenda Rogers, a senior executive at the San Jose State U. Foundation (Calif.), to be vice president for human resources.

International Women’s Media Foundation (Washington): Appointed Jane B. Ransom, vice president of strategic initiatives at the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota (Minneapolis), to be executive director.

Island Press (Washington): Appointed George Abar, legislative director in the Washington office of Sen. John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, to be vice president for communications, programs, and development.

Kansas State U. Foundation (Manhattan): Appointed Susan Wolf Berhow, an editor and writer for university publications at Kansas State U., to be assistant director of communications; Ron Koester, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Nodak Mutual Insurance Company (Fargo, N.D.), to be director of accounting services; and Jennifer Rettele-Thomas, sales manager at Master Teacher and Professional Mentoring (Manhattan), to be associate director of development for the College of Human Ecology.

Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens (Palos Heights, Ill.): Appointed William L. Sullivan Jr., senior external-relations adviser at Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

Leader to Leader Institute (New York): Appointed Jeong Bae, chief marketing officer, to be vice president of programs and marketing; Robert E. Gaylord, a management and strategiccommunications consultant in Washington and a retired Army brigadier general, to be chief executive officer; and Keith Timko, acting president and former chief marketing officer, to be president.

League of Chicago Theatres: Appointed Marc C. Harris, a corporate trainer at the Walgreens Corporation (Deerfield, Ill.), to be director of finance.

Legal Services for New York City: Appointed Peggy Earisman, interim project director of the group’s Manhattan program and former managing attorney, to be project director of the Manhattan Legal Services program.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, New York City Chapter: Appointed Michael Osso, executive director of the Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (New York), to be executive director.

Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles: Appointed Patricia A. Mitchell, chief operating officer at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, to be executive director.

Louisville Seminary (Ky.): Announced the retirement of Cathy Dawson, vice president for seminary relations, effective in May 2007.

MedStar Health (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Robert S. Arp, director of development and external affairs at Pennsylvania State U., Dickinson School of Law (Carlisle), to be corporate senior director of major gifts and gift planning.

Merrimack College (North Andover, Mass.): Appointed Charles R. Mollor, managing vice president at Right Management Consultants (Boston), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Metropolitan State U. (St. Paul): Appointed Maureen Acosta, director of fund development and communications at Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (St. Paul), to be a development director; Robert W. Larson, financial-development director at the YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis, to be a development director; and Debra Vos, donor-relations director, to be university advancement chief operating officer and foundation associate director.

National Council of Jewish Women (New York): Appointed Stacy Kass, acting executive director and former deputy executive director, to be executive director.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Long Island Chapter (Melville, N.Y.): Appointed Carol Hauser, public-relations specialist at Computer Associates International (Islandia, N.Y.), to be director of communications, and Barbara Travis, senior development officer at Variety Child Learning Center (Syosset, N.Y.), to be director of major gifts.

New Detroit Science Center: Appointed Martha Schlesinger, president of Martha Schlesinger & Associates, an organizational-development and strategic-planning consulting company based in Washington, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

New Horizons, San Fernando Valley Association for the Retarded (Los Angeles): Appointed Holly S. Rasey, volunteer director, to be director of development and community relations.

92nd Street Y (New York): Appointed Greg J. Brooks, second deputy comptroller in the Office of the New York City Comptroller, to be associate executive director for finance and administration.

Northern California Cancer Center (Fremont): Appointed Desirée Aquino, communications manager at Save the Bay (Oakland, Calif.), to be communications manager, and Emma Lee Twitchell, a senior development director at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation (St. Louis), to be development director.

Operation Homefront (Santa Ana, Calif.): Appointed Steve Harrington, national executive director of the Taco Bell Foundation (Irvine, Calif.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Parkland Foundation (Dallas): Appointed Deidre Dowd, director of annual giving at the Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation, based in Dallas, to be annual-giving officer.

Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Mass.): Appointed Steven L. Solomon, vice president for resources and marketing at the Massachusetts Audubon Society (Lincoln), to be deputy director for resource development.

ProLiteracy Worldwide (Syracuse, N.Y.): Appointed Christopher Lytle, chief development officer at the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (Arlington, Va.), to be vice president of fund development.

Search Inc. (Houston): Appointed Margot Dimond, director of news and media relations at Rice U. (Houston), to be vice president of development. Search Inc. provides services for homeless people.

South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (Columbia): Appointed Mason B. Hardy, executive director of the Tuomey Foundation (Sumter, S.C.), to be executive director.

Special Olympics Illinois (Glen Ellyn): Appointed Lisa Hellman, associate director of foundation relations and membership organizations at the Alzheimer’s Association (Chicago), to be director of major gifts and planned gifts.

Taproot Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Vicky Nurre, a marketing consultant in Chicago and former director of marketing and membership at the Chicago Jobs Council, to be managing director of the foundation’s new Chicago office.

U. of California at Santa Cruz: Appointed Donna M. Murphy, senior associate vice president for health-sciences advancement at Tulane U. (New Orleans), to be vice chancellor of university relations.

U. of Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Patricia A. Borger, associate director of gift planning, to be director of corporation and foundation relations, and Bill Mulvihill, senior associate athletic director for development for the university, to be senior associate vice president and deputy executive director.

U. of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester): Appointed Rod Miller, chief development executive at the UMass Memorial Foundation (Worcester), to be vice chancellor for national research advancement.

U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (Minneapolis): Appointed Lars Leafblad, associate director of development, to be director of development.

U. of Scranton (Pa.): Appointed Anthony M. Ianiero, executive vice president of operations and development at the Bloomsburg Hospital (Pa.), to be associate vice president for development, and Gerald C. Zaboski, director of public relations and publications, to be associate vice president for alumni and public relations.

United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.): Appointed Oliver McGee, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and geodetic science at Ohio State U. (Columbus), to be senior vice president for academic affairs, and Brenda Siler, director of public relations at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Rockville, Md.), to be director of communications and marketing.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Campaign for Human Development (Washington): Appointed Timothy F. Collins, interim director, to be executive director. He succeeds Father Robert J. Vitillo.

United Way for Southeastern Michigan (Detroit): Appointed Joscelyn Andrews, director of strategy, to be director of the Oakland area office; Patrice Avery, educator for the County of Macomb (Mount Clemens, Mich.), to be director of the Macomb area office; Susan Foley, vice president of development and marketing at Haven (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), to be director of major gifts and planned giving; Joseph A. Impellizzeri, director of major gifts and planned giving, to be director of the capital campaign and initiatives funding; and Dara Munson, director of community-investment strategies, to be director of the Detroit area office.

Verde Valley School (Sedona, Ariz.): Appointed Clifford J. Ochser, director of development at the Lowell Observatory (Flagstaff, Ariz.), to be director of development.

WaterAid America (New York): Appointed Patricia Dandonoli, director of resource development at the New York office of Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan, to be president and chief executive officer.

Yale School of Management (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Rick Gropper, a researcher in Yale U.’s development office, to be assistant director of annual and special giving.

GRANT MAKERS

Alcoa Foundation (Pittsburgh): Appointed Meg McDonald, general manager of corporate affairs at Alcoa World Alumina Australia, to be president, based in New York, and Velma Monteiro-Tribble, senior program officer, based in Pittsburgh, to be chief operating officer and assistant treasurer. Ms. McDonald succeeds Kathleen W. Buechel, who is retiring.

Benton Foundation (Washington): Appointed Gloria Tristani, managing director of the office of communication at the United Church of Christ (Washington) and a former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (Washington), to be president.

Daniels Fund (Denver): Appointed Jeb Dickey, senior vice president and chief financial officer, to be executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Kristin Donovan, vice president, to be senior vice president.

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed Robb Webb, a recent graduate of the master’s program at Duke U.’s School of Divinity (Durham, N.C.), to be associate director of the rural-church division.

EBay (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Matt Bannick, president of eBay International (San Jose), to lead the company’s philanthropic program, which is still in development.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed C. Patrick Babcock, director of public policy, to be interim vice president for programs.

James S. Kemper Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Ryan A. LaHurd, president and executive director of the Near East Foundation (New York), to be president and executive director. He succeeds Thomas Hellie, who is leaving to become president of Linfield College (McMinnville, Ore.).

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Amy Gordon, deputy office director at the U.S. State Department responsible for the Proliferation Security Initiative (Washington), to be director of international peace and security.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Bernadette Christiansen, administrative director at the Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis), to be vice president of human resources and administration.

Open Society Institute-Baltimore: Appointed Debra Rubino, vice president of communications at Goucher College (Baltimore), to be director of strategic communications.

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health (Palo Alto, Calif.): Announced the resignation of Stephen Peeps, president and chief executive officer.

Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.): Appointed Vera Bennett, chief financial officer, also to be interim chief executive officer. She succeeds Sterling Speirn, who recently left to become president of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.).

Philadelphia Foundation: Appointed Nancy Burd, national senior vice president at the Nonprofit Finance Fund, based in Philadelphia, to be vice president for grant-making services.

Christopher Reeve Foundation (Short Hills, N.J.): Announced the death of Dana Reeve, chairwoman, on March 6 of lung cancer. She was 44.

X Prize Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed Mark Goodstein, founder of X1 Technologies (Pasadena, Calif.), to be executive director of the foundation’s new automotive-industry prize.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Cancer Society, Border Sierra Region Partnership Council (San Diego): Elected Sandy Alderson, chief executive officer of the San Diego Padres, and John Lynch Sr., chief executive officer of the Broadcast Company of the Americas (San Diego), to be co-chairs.

Community Technology Foundation of California (San Francisco): Elected Jack Van Sambeek, former director of administrative services for the City of Coronado (Calif.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. The foundation also elected to the board: Raymond Colmenar, senior program officer at the California Endowment (Los Angeles); Philip Tuong Duy Nguyen, chief executive officer of the Southeast Asian Community Center (San Francisco); Helen Iris Torres, executive director of Hispanas Organized for Political Equity (Los Angeles); and Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund (Los Angeles).

D.C. Central Kitchen (Washington): Elected Thomas R. Petty, a partner at the law firm of Anderson Kill & Olick, based in Washington, to be chairman of the board. Mr. Petty will also serve as board chair for the affiliated Campus Kitchen Project.

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Elected William Barnet III, mayor of Spartanburg, S.C., and chief executive officer of the Barnet Company (Spartanburg), to be a trustee.

Humane Society of Greater Miami/Adopt-A-Pet: Elected Rick Mello, director of intercollegiate athletics at Florida International U. (Miami), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation (Hinsdale): Elected Floyd D. Perkins, a partner at Ungaretti & Harris, a law firm in Chicago, to be a member of the Board of Directors.

International Youth Foundation (Baltimore): Elected Enrique V. Iglesias, secretary-general of the Ibero-American Secretariat (Madrid), to the board.

Kansas State U. Foundation (Manhattan): Elected Paul D. Stephenson, owner of the PDS Company, a consulting firm in Wichita, Kan., to be chairman of the Executive Committee.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Elected Thomas A. McDonnell, chief executive officer of DST Systems (Kansas City), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Kettering Foundation (Dayton, Ohio): Elected Edwin Dorn, a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the U. of Texas at Austin, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Metro Volunteers (Denver): Elected Phil Nash, vice president for communications at the Rose Community Foundation (Denver), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Stonewall Community Foundation (New York): Elected Kenneth Green, senior vice president at Luxury Link (Los Angeles), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Voices for Children Foundation (Miami): Elected Yolanda C. Berkowitz, a community volunteer in Miami, to be chair of the Board of Directors.