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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (New York): Appointed Paula Clayton, a professor of psychiatry at the U. of New Mexico’s School of Medicine (Albuquerque), to be medical director.

Arts Foundation of Cape Cod (Centerville, Mass.): Appointed Lisa Hergenrother, acting director and former associate director, to be executive director.

Belle Center (Des Peres, Mo.): Appointed Craig M. Doane, vice president for development at the National Children’s Cancer Society (St. Louis), to be chief executive officer. The center provides support services for disabled children and their families.

The Carter Center (Atlanta): Appointed John Stremlau, head of the department of international relations and founding director of the Centre for Africa’s International Relations at the U. of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg), to be associate executive director for peace programs.

Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe, Ill.): Appointed Margaret M. DeVine, senior vice president for campaigns at the Children’s Memorial Foundation (Chicago), to be vice president of external affairs, and Sophia Shaw Siskel, vice president of exhibitions and education at the Field Museum (Chicago), to be vice president of visitor operations.

Children’s Inn at NIH (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Kathy L. Russell, acting executive director and a board member and founder of the organization, to be chief executive officer.

Children’s Medical Center Dallas: Appointed Hudson Akin, vice president for university advancement at the U. of South Carolina (Columbia), to be executive vice president of development.

Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (New York): Appointed Mimi Mark, director of the women’s division at the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey (River Edge), to be development director.

Concord Area Trust for Community Housing (N.H.): Appointed Rosemary M. Heard, a senior vice president at MassDevelopment (Boston), to be executive director.

Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (Hollywood, Fla.): Appointed Steven J. Fishman, president of Fishman’s Marketing and Sales (Hallandale, Fla.), to be senior vice president.

Eastern Michigan U. (Ypsilanti): Appointed Darryl Sczepanski, vice president for advancement at Kettering U. (Flint, Mich.), to be vice president for university advancement and executive director of the EMU Foundation.

The Exploratorium (San Francisco): Appointed Dennis M. Bartels, president of TERC (Cambridge, Mass.), to be director. He succeeds Virginia Carollo Rubin, who has served as acting director since September 2005.

Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem, Southeast Region (Delray Beach, Fla.): Appointed Robert F. Tropp, director of program operations at Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (Boca Raton, Fla.), to be executive director.

Friends of the Children (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Kregg Hanson, president and chief operating officer of Medical Management International (Portland), to be executive director.

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Washington): Appointed Jillaine Smith, an organizational consultant in Washington, to be manager of programs.

Humane Society of Greater Miami/Adopt-A-Pet (North Miami Beach, Fla.): Appointed Emily Marquez-Dulin, director of fund development at Camilla House (Miami), to be executive director.

Indiana U. Center on Philanthropy (Indianapolis): Appointed Kim Gattle, executive associate director of major and planned gifts at Indiana U.’s School of Medicine (Indianapolis), to be director of development and communications.

International Center for Journalists (Washington): Appointed Peter Graves, senior media adviser in the Bureau for Europe & Eurasia at the U.S. Agency for International Development, to be executive vice president.

International Rescue Committee (New York): Appointed Peter S. Crosby, managing partner of All Together Now (San Francisco), which provides technology-consulting services to nonprofit groups, to be chief technology officer.

KUAT Communications Group (Tucson): Appointed Jack Gibson, senior vice president of programming and production at WPBT Channel 2 (Miami), to be director and general manager.

Marymount U. (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Emily A. Mahony, director of gifts and development at the National Italian American Foundation (Washington), to be vice president for development.

Meredith Monk/the House Foundation (New York): Announced the resignation of Barbara Dufty, executive director.

National 4-H Council (Chevy Chase, Md.): Appointed Jennifer Sirangelo, vice president of resource development at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (New York), to be senior vice president of resource development.

Oglethorpe U. (Atlanta): Appointed Sam Graddy, endowment director at the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, to be director of annual giving.

Rand Corporation (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed Elizabeth S. Stacey, chief consultant at Philanthropic Solutions (Simi Valley, Calif.), to be executive director of the office of development.

Santa Fe International Folk Art Market: Appointed Ruth McCutcheon, special assistant to the president at St. John’s College (Santa Fe), to be executive director.

Services for the Underserved (New York): Appointed Evelyn Roberts, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, New York City Affliate, to be director of resource development.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Roslyn Black, director of development for the McCarter Theater Center for the Performing Arts at Princeton U. (N.J.), to be director of development for the university’s Joseph I. Lubin House in New York; Veronica Hotaling, account supervisor at Eric Mower and Associates (Syracuse), to be director of marketing and communications for the office of development; Victoria Kohl, vice president of community development at the Jewish Vocational Service (Detroit), to be assistant dean for advancement for the School of Education; George Reid, senior director of leadership gifts at American U. (Washington), to be assistant dean for advancement for the university’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management; and Lynn Vanderhoek, director of external relations for the university’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, to be assistant dean for advancement for the school.

Trust for America’s Health (Washington): Appointed Jeffrey Levi, an associate professor of health policy at George Washington U. (Washington) and senior policy adviser to the trust, to be executive director. He succeeds Shelley A. Hearne, who founded the organization five years ago.

U. of Connecticut Foundation (Storrs): Appointed Scott Furman, planned-gift officer at Goodspeed Opera House (East Haddam, Conn.), to be program coordinator of prospect development for the School of Fine Arts; Wendy Lux, director of development at the New Milford Hospital Foundation (Conn.), to be director of development for the Health Center; Kristin Magendantz, director of career services for the university’s School of Law (Hartford), to be director of development for the School of Law; Christopher D. Petkovich, grants manager at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford), to be associate director of foundation relations; and Patrick Woods, director of development at Ocean Alliance (Lincoln, Mass.), to be associate director of development for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

U. of Memphis: Appointed Nell Blair, director of development at the Anchorage Museum Association, to be development director for the College of Arts and Sciences; Carolyn Oldenburg, development director at Boys & Girls Clubs of Memphis, to be development director for the Herff College of Engineering; and Todd Stricklin, marketing and promotions director at Time Warner Cable, based in Memphis, to be development director for the university’s Scheidt School of Music.

United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta: Appointed Bentley Marane, development director at Chris Kids (Atlanta), to be vice president for major gifts, and Danielle Nabinger, associate director of the Community Planning and Advocacy Council (Camden, N.J.), to be vice president for community investments.

Vera Institute of Justice (New York): Appointed Barbara Tombs, executive director of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (St. Paul), to be director of the Center on Sentencing and Corrections.

YouthBiz (Denver): Appointed Angel Gutierrez, chief executive officer and executive director of Health SET (Denver), to be executive director.

GRANT MAKERS

American Express Company (New York): Appointed Timothy J. McClimon, executive director of Second Stage Theatre (New York) and former executive director of the AT&T Foundation (New York), to be vice president for corporate affairs and president of the American Express Foundation.

Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix): Appointed Lloyd Brimhall, director of Arizona State U.’s Adult Re-Entry Program (Tempe), to be scholarship program officer.

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee): Announced the death of Michael S. Joyce, former president, on February 24. He was 63. (For an appreciation of Mr. Joyce and his work, see “Michael Joyce’s Mission: Using Philanthropy to Wage a War of Ideas”.)

Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.): Appointed Ivye L. Allen, chief operating officer of MDC Inc. (Chapel Hill, N.C.), to be president. She succeeds George Penick, who has left to become director of the Rand Corporation’s newly created Gulf States Policy Institute.

Google.org (San Francisco): Appointed Larry Brilliant, chairman of the Seva Foundation (Berkeley, Calif.), to be executive director. Google.org is the company’s $1-billion charitable foundation, which was created four months ago and will focus on energy, the environment, and poverty. (For more on Mr. Brilliant, see “Doctor and Former Technology CEO to Lead Google Philanthropy”.)

Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh): Appointed Justin Laing, manager and assistant artistic director at Nego Gato (Pittsburgh), to be an arts and cultural program officer.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Nadia C. Brigham, senior community-investment associate at the Heart of West Michigan United Way (Grand Rapids), to be a program associate.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Christine Ganzlin, interim director of the children and families program, to be director of the program.

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust (Vancouver, Wash.): Appointed Steven G.W. Moore, senior vice president of Asbury Theological Seminary and president of the Asbury Foundation (Wilmore, Ky.), to be executive director, effective July 10. He will succeed Neal O. Thorpe, who is retiring but will remain on the Board of Trustees.

Ohio Children’s Foundation (Columbus): Appointed Peggy Calestro, senior program officer, to be vice president.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.): Appointed Walter V. Reid, a consulting professor at Stanford U.’s Institute for the Environment (Calif.) and creator and former director of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, to be director of conservation and science.

Petfinder.com Foundation (Tucson): Appointed Nancy B. McKenney, chief executive officer of the Humane Society for Seattle/King County, to be executive director.

Point Foundation (Chicago): Announced the resignation of Vance Lancaster, executive director. The foundation provides merit-based scholarships and other assistance to gay, lesbian, and bisexual students.

Prospect Hill Foundation (New York): Announced the resignation of Laura Callanan, executive director, who has been appointed senior adviser for external relations in the Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery at the United Nations Development Program.

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (Las Vegas): Appointed Lynn Mosier, chief financial officer, also to be executive vice president.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation (Boston): Elected Linda B. Goebel and Robert J. Stark, partners at the New York office of the law firm Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, to be members of the Board of Directors.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation: Elected Stephanie V. Blank, a trustee of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, in Atlanta, to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Dade Community Foundation (Miami): Elected Teresa Weintraub, president and chief executive officer of Fiduciary Trust International of the South (Miami), to be chair of the Board of Governors.

Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland: Elected Philip N. Goldberg, an ophthalmologist at the Cleveland Clinic, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Grand Rapids Community Foundation (Mich.): Elected Margaret Sellers Walker, associate director of the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State U. (Allendale, Mich.), to be chair of the Board of Trustees, and Cecile Fehsenfeld, president of Shuler Books & Music (Grand Rapids), to be a trustee.

Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis: Elected Martin J. Radecki, chief conservator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, to be chair of the board.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Elected Cynthia Hardin Milligan, dean of the College of Business Administration at the U. of Nebraska at Lincoln, to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Nellie Mae Education Foundation (Quincy, Mass.): Elected to the Board of Directors: Yoel Camayd-Freixas, professor and chair of the doctoral program in policy at Southern New Hampshire U.’s School of Community Economic Development (Manchester); Nicholas Donahue, special master at Hope High School (Providence, R.I.); and David Wolk, president of Castleton State College (Vt.).

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (Vienna, Va.): Elected Walter M. Oliver, senior vice president for human resources and administration at General Dynamics (Falls Church, Va.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Kintera (San Diego): Appointed Richard LaBarbera, chief operations and services officer at Echopass Corporation (Pleasanton, Calif.), to be chief operating officer.

Odell, Simms & Associates (Falls Church, Va.): Appointed Patty Catano Richey, senior fund-raising consultant for Rep. Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri, in Washington, to be senior manager of the fund-raising and sponsorship group. The firm provides fund-raising services to nonprofit organizations.

Sea Change Strategies (Takoma Park, Md.): Appointed Mark J. Rovner, vice president and director of Donordigital, based in Washington, to be president and chief executive officer. Mr. Rovner recently founded this nonprofit-consulting firm.