People

American Cancer Society (Atlanta): Appointed Aurelia Stanley, national vice president of human resources, to be chief diversity officer, a newly created position.

American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar (Richmond, Va.): Appointed Anedra Wiseman Bourne, public-relations manager at the Virginia Tourism Corporation (Richmond), to be director of marketing and public relations, and Celia K. Luxmoore, director of advancement at the Washington International School (D.C.), to be director of development.

American College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.): Appointed Linda J. Melson, former owner and president of Alpha Omega Insurance (Midland, Tex.), to be director of major gifts.

American Federation of Arts (New York): Appointed Erik Neil, director of the Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane U. (New Orleans), to be director of exhibitions and programs.

Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Catholic Stewardship Appeal: Appointed Robert B. Bohlmann, director of development and community relations at United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin (Milwaukee), to be director.

Bible League (Chicago): Appointed Manuel Díaz, academic director of the National Bible Institute (Santiago, Chile), to be national director of the Latin American ministry, based in Santiago.

Binghamton U. (N.Y.): Appointed Marcia R. Craner, senior associate vice president for alumni and development and executive director of the university’s foundation, to be vice president for external affairs.

Brighton Hospital (Mich.): Appointed Richard L. Kramer, vice president of development at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan (Detroit), to be vice president of development.

Camp Fire USA (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Jill Pasewalk, senior vice president of program and field services, to be national president and chief executive officer.

Cancer Therapy & Research Center (San Antonio): Appointed Joseph F. Teague Jr., senior director of development at the U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston), to be vice president of development and chief development officer.

Capital Hospice (Fairfax, Va.): Appointed Malene Davis, founder and executive director of the Hospice Care Corporation (Arthurdale, W.Va.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Center for Effective Philanthropy (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Lisa Richardson Jackson, vice president for performance and outcomes at the Home for Little Wanderers (Boston), to be an associate director.

Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (Washington): Appointed Tesia Love, communications manager, to be director of communications.

Clark U. (Worcester, Mass.): Appointed C. Andrew McGadney, director of development at Wesleyan U. (Middletown, Conn.), to be vice president for university advancement.

College Art Association (New York): Appointed Linda Downs, executive director of the Figge Art Museum (Davenport, Iowa), to be executive director.

Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind (Washington): Appointed Sherrie L. Borden, director of public relations at U.S. Pharmacopeia (Rockville, Md.), to be vice president of corporate communications and development.

Commonwealth Catholic Charities (Richmond, Va.): Appointed Joanne D. Nattrass, director of Virginia operations for the West Virginia Medical Institute, based in Richmond, to be executive director.

Community Renewal Society (Chicago): Appointed Molly Bartlett, associate dean for external relations at the U. of Chicago Divinity School, to be director of development, and Todd Dietterle, a vice president at Wilhelm & Conlon Public Strategies (Chicago), to be director of civic action. This faith-based group provides education and training for social- and economic-justice advocates.

Connect (New York): Appointed Kala Ganesh, director of the Center for Women and Families at the New York Association for New Americans, to be executive director. Connect works to prevent family violence and violence against women.

Fellowship Square (Washington): Appointed Sarah K. Masters, director of programs at the National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (Arlington, Va.), to be director of development. This group provides housing for low-income elderly and disabled people in the Washington area.

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (Hyde Park, N.Y.): Appointed John Boyer, executive director of the Mark Twain House and Museum (Hartford, Conn.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Greater Europe Mission (Monument, Colo.): Announced the retirement of Ted Noble, president, effective in June 2007. This group sends religious missionaries to Europe.

Healthcare Charities (Bangor, Me.): Appointed Lynn Boulger, director of development and community relations at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital (Me.), to be director of development for capital projects; Chris Cox, director of major gifts at the U. of Maine (Orono), to be director of leadership and planned giving; and Terri Sleeper, associate director for development at Husson College (Bangor), to be director of donor services. Healthcare Charities is the fund-raising arm of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems.

Houston Community College System Foundation: Appointed Kelly J. Zúñiga, director of development and external relations at the Houston Zoo, to be executive director.

Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Southern Arizona (Tucson): Appointed Lois Manowitz, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Philadelphia, to be president and chief executive officer. The organization also appointed Mette Brogden, director of refugee services, to be vice president for refugee services; Kathy Carrion, vice president for finance, to be chief financial officer; Margie Puerta Edson, director of communications and fund development, to be chief development officer; David Romero, director of counseling services, to be vice president for counseling services; and Jane Singer, vice president for services for older and disabled persons and interim president, to be chief operating officer.

Kansas State U. Foundation (Manhattan): Appointed Darci Cain, vice president and trust officer at Commerce Bank (Manhattan), to be a gift-planning officer.

Legal Services for New York City: Appointed Nancy M. Yanofsky, director of development at the National Center for Law and Economic Justice (New York), to be director of development.

MDC (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Appointed Bonnie J. Gordon, College Prep program officer at the Nellie Mae Education Foundation (Quincy, Mass.), to be senior staff associate. MDC conducts research and programs that aim to reduce poverty and build civic engagement in the South.

Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles): Appointed Jennifer Arceneaux, associate director of institutional giving, to be director of development.

National Constitution Center (Philadelphia): Appointed Joseph M. Torsella, president of 743 Ventures, a private-equity and strategic-consulting firm in Philadelphia and the founding president of the center, to be interim president and chief executive officer, and Monica Cawvey, director of individual giving at the Field Museum (Chicago), to be financial vice president for development. Mr. Torsella succeeds Richard Stengel, who is leaving to become managing editor of Time magazine.

Parkland Foundation (Dallas): Appointed Melissa Atkinson, director of major and planned gifts at the Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation (Dallas), to be planned-giving officer, and Beth Broyles, media-relations coordinator at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center (Fla.), to be chief foundation communications officer.

Purdue U. (West Lafayette, Ind.): Appointed Cheryl Altinkemer and Robin Prokop, senior directors of development, to be associate vice presidents for advancement.

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies (Chicago): Appointed Mari Philipsborn, director of development for major gifts at Rush U. Medical Center (Chicago), to be director of development.

Sports Philanthropy Project (Boston): Appointed Alisha Greenberg, project coordinator at the Athlete Legacy Network (Bethesda, Md.), to be manager of client services, based in Bethesda.

U. of Dallas (Irving, Tex.): Appointed George E. Engdahl, interim vice president for development at Metropolitan State College of Denver, to be vice president for university advancement.

United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.): Appointed Maurice E. Jenkins Jr., vice president for Southeast field operations, to be senior vice president for the Southern region, based in Atlanta, and Elfred Anthony Pinkard, associate provost and vice president for academic affairs at Dillard U. (New Orleans), to be executive director of the new Institute for Capacity Bulilding, also in Atlanta.

United Way for Southeastern Michigan (Detroit): Appointed Cathy D. Adcock, executive vice president at the Capital Area United Way (Lansing, Mich.), to be chief financial officer, and Dona Syes Ponepinto, senior vice president for community investments at the Orange County United Way (Irvine, Calif.), to be vice president for resource investment and community partnerships.

Unitus Investment Management (Redmond, Wash.): Appointed Chris Brookfield, co-founder of Open Water Investors, a private-investment company in Seattle, to be investment director of the Unitus Equity Fund. Unitus provides support and services to microfinance institutions working to reduce global poverty.

Vermont Law School (South Royalton): Appointed Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs, director of special projects, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Walden Family Services (San Diego): Appointed Glenn Paris, development director at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, to be director of development.

Washington Hospital Center (D.C.): Appointed Arlene A. Snyder, president of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital Foundation and vice president for development at the West Penn Allegheny Health System (Pittsburgh), to be senior vice president for development.

Wildlife Trust (New York): Appointed Anthony M. Ramos, director of marketing and business development at Double Platinum (New York), to be director of marketing and communications.

World Vision (Federal Way, Wash.): Appointed Allan Hunt, retired solid-waste manager at the Ministry of Works Engineering and Housing, in Hamilton, Bermuda, to be executive director of the Bermuda office, based in Hamilton.

GRANT MAKERS

Blue Shield of California Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Virginia Witt, executive director of the San Francisco Beacon Initiative, to be director of public affairs, a newly created position.

California Endowment (Los Angeles): Appointed Carol Casaday, a human-services consultant based in Davis, Calif., to be a program officer, based in the Sacramento regional office.

Chicago Foundation for Women: Appointed Kara Fagan, senior development manager at the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, to be director of major gifts.

Clowes Fund (Indianapolis): Appointed Angela Carr Klitzsch, a recent graduate of the master’s-degree programs in public affairs and philanthropic studies at Indiana U. (Bloomington), to be program associate.

Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado (Colorado Springs): Appointed Marcie Moore-Gantz, deputy district administrator at the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (Denver), to be deputy director for programs.

JEHT Foundation (New York): Appointed Nicole A. Gordon, former executive director of the New York City Campaign Finance Board, to be vice president, effective September 1.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Appointed Julie Tarr, program director for Philadelphia and State College, Pa., to be evaluation director. She will continue as program director for State College.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Milena Novy-Marx, program officer for human rights and international justice, to be program officer for global migration and human mobility.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Renee Richie, a program assistant at the Neighborhood Involvement Program (Minneapolis), to be program assistant for region and communities grant making.

Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Wash.): Appointed Andrea L. Taylor, founding director of the Media Fund at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be director of U.S. community affairs.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Columbia): Appointed Brooke Bailey, assistant marketing-communications manager at the Wild Dunes Resort (Charleston, S.C.), to be communications manager.

Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.): Appointed Lance Henderson, interim executive director of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, to be vice president for program and impact.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Association of Junior Leagues International (New York): Elected Sandi Kemmish, program officer at the Lincoln Financial Group Foundation (Fort Wayne, Ind.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Blandin Foundation (Grand Rapids, Minn.): Elected Kris Ferraro, owner of Broberg & Ferraro, an accounting firm in Grand Rapids, and Brian Nicklason, chairman and chief executive officer of the Woodland Bank (Remer, Minn.), to the Board of Trustees.

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee): Elected Robert P. George, a professor of jurisprudence at Princeton U. (N.J.), to the Board of Directors.

Child Trends (Washington): Elected Carol A. Emig, executive director of the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care (Washington), to be president of the Board of Directors, effective in October.

ePhilanthropy Foundation (Washington): Elected Bob Carter, president of Ketchum (Pittsburgh), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

William T. Grant Foundation (Washington): Elected Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools (Washington), to be a trustee.

Healthcare Georgia Foundation (Atlanta): Elected Joseph D. Greene, a professor of finance and economics at Augusta State U. (Ga.), to be chairman of the board. Also elected to the board: Dewey C. Hickman, director of Navigant Consulting (Atlanta); Andrea Hinojosa, director of the Southeast Georgia Communities Project (Lyons); and Ecleamus L. Ricks, administrator of the Macon-Bibb County Health Department (Macon, Ga.).

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Elected to the Board of Trustees: Earl W. Powell, chairman and chief executive officer of Trivest Partners (Miami); E. Roe Stamps IV, co-founder and managing partner of Summit Partners (Boston); and Paul Steiger, vice president at Dow Jones & Co. and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal (New York).

John Merck Fund (Boston): Elected Dinah Buechner-Vischer, president and executive producer of Eightfold Productions (Concord, Mass.), and Whitney Hatch, vice president and New England regional director at the Trust for Public Land, based in Boston, to be co-chairs of the board. They succeed Frank Hatch, a former Massachusetts state legislator now living in West Rupert, Vt., who will remain on the board.

Philadelphia Foundation: Elected Ellen P. Foster, a community volunteer in Wayne, Pa., to be chair of the Board of Managers, and Frederick J.M. LaValley, senior counsel at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (Philadelphia), and Jane M. Mullany, a community volunteer in Valley Forge, Pa., to be members of the board.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Columbia): Elected John Boudreaux, founder of the Boudreaux Group, an architectural-design firm in Columbia, to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Triangle Community Foundation (Research Triangle Park, N.C.): Elected Jean Gordon Carter, a partner at Hunton & Williams (Raleigh, N.C.), to be chair of the Board of Directors, and Mary Ann Black, associate vice president for community relations at the Duke U. Health System (Durham, N.C.), and Richard B. Guirlinger, corporate controller at the International Group (Raleigh), to be members of the board.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

AB&C Group (McLean, Va.): Announced the retirement of Michael O’Hara, founder and chief executive officer. AB&C provides direct-response processing and fulfillment services.

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Hope Adkins, manager of development relations at the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, to be a financial-solutions consultant; Jackie Christensen, e-philanthropy specialist at Campagne Associates (Manchester, N.H.), to be an Internet-solutions consultant; Cary Colwell, chief executive officer of the Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science (San Diego), to be a fund-raising consultant for Blackbaud Analytics; Eric Mitchell, a business analyst at Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), to be a fund-raising-solutions consultant; Scott Parrott, manager and economist at American Express (Phoenix), to be a lead statistician for Blackbaud Analytics; and Mary Towchik, system administrator and technology-implementation specialist at the Cambridge School of Weston (Mass.), to be an education-solutions consultant.

Coxe Curry & Associates (Atlanta): Appointed Kay Buckham, vice president of development at the Atlanta History Center, to be a campaign director. This firm provides fund-raising consulting services.

Geneva Global (Wayne, Pa.): Appointed Steve Beck, executive vice president, to be chief executive officer. Geneva Global provides philanthropic consulting and international grants management.

Grizzard Agency (Los Angeles): Appointed Mark Hengstler, director of international fund raising at Amnesty International, based in London, to be account director of the food-banks account team, and Martha Scott Reich, director of development at the Jerusalem House (Atlanta), to be account director for the American Red Cross team, based in Atlanta.

Innovation Network (Washington): Appointed Lily Zandniapour, an evaluation and management consultant in Washington, to be a senior associate. This company provides evaluation planning, consulting, and online services to nonprofit groups.

Metropolitan Group (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Laura K. Lee Dellinger, principal and head of the strategic-communication practice, to be a senior executive vice president; Dan Ryan, director of campus development at Portland State U., to be a senior resource-development director; and Gina Wood, a consultant in Washington, to be an executive vice president, based in Washington. The Metropolitan Group provides strategic-communication and resource-development services.

Parisky Group (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Jean Cormack King, senior development officer, to be chief executive officer, and Darlene Roberts, executive director of the East Hartford YMCA (Conn.), to be development officer. The Parisky Group is a public-policy consulting firm that specializes in nonprofit management and health and human-services research.

TCC Group (New York): Appointed Stephen Bumbaugh, a program officer at the California Endowment (Los Angeles), to be a senior consultant, based in Chicago, and Shao-Chee Sim, a research and evaluation officer at the Wallace Foundation (New York), to be a senior evaluation consultant. The TCC Group provides consulting services to nonprofit groups, grant makers, and corporate-citizenship programs.