People

Camp Fire USA, Lone Star Council (Dallas): Appointed Anthony D. Roberts, vice president of development at Texans Can Academies (Dallas), to be chief executive officer.

Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.): Announced the retirement of Sharon Daly, senior adviser on public policy.

Center for Nonprofit Management (Los Angeles): Appointed Regina Birdsell, director of the Office of Ratepayer Advocates at the California Public Utilities Commission (Los Angeles), to be executive director.

Center of Theological Inquiry (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed William Storrar, a professor at Edinburgh U. Divinity School, to be director.

Communications Network (Washington): Appointed Bruce S. Trachtenberg, a communications consultant in Naperville, Ill., and former director of communications at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (New York), to be executive director, based in Naperville. He succeeds Amber Khan, who resigned in January.

Fort Mason Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Rachel J. Malan, executive director of the San Francisco Girls Chorus, to be director of development. The foundation manages the historic Fort Mason Center, which houses museums, theaters, and other nonprofit groups.

Foundation for St. Joseph’s Hospitals (Tampa, Fla.): Appointed Deborah A. Kotch, executive director of the Christus Schumpert Health System Foundation (Shreveport, La.), to be president.

Girl Scouts of the USA (New York): Appointed Norma I. Barquet, executive director of the School Accountability, Department, Language, and Cultural Initiatives at the Detroit Public Schools, to be executive vice president.

Henry Ford Village Foundation (Dearborn, Mich.): Appointed Diana D. Neering, director of development and alumni relations at the U. of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment (Ann Arbor), to be director.

Humanities Foundation (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed John A. Henry, vice president of real estate, to be executive director. This organization develops low-cost housing and provides support services for residents.

Independent Sector (Washington): Appointed James Siegal, registration chief at the New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau (New York), to be vice president for nonprofit-sector programs and practice.

Joffrey Ballet (Chicago): Appointed Warren M. Davis, associate director of development, to be director of development.

The Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore): Appointed Michael C. Eicher, vice chancellor for external affairs at the U. of California at Los Angeles, to be vice president for development and alumni relations.

Library Foundation of Los Angeles: Appointed Carolyn D. Wagner, executive director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College (Calif.), to be executive director.

Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.): Appointed Gary G. Borisy, associate vice president for research and a professor of cell and molecular biology at Northwestern U.’s School of Medicine (Chicago), to be director and chief executive officer.

Nashville Ballet: Appointed Andrea Dillenburg, director of development at the Alliance Theatre (Atlanta), to be executive director.

Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (San Francisco): Appointed Katrin Verclas, co-director of Aspiration: Better Tools for a Better World (San Francisco), to be executive director. She succeeds Joe Baker, who recently resigned.

Sinai Health System (Chicago): Appointed Lee J. Brown, director of development at the Anti-Defamation League’s Greater Chicago and Upper Midwest Region, based in Chicago, to be vice president of development.

Southeast D.C. Partners (Washington): Appointed Jamilia Benthall Shipman, corporate-relations manager at the National 4-H Council (Chevy Chase, Md.), to be executive director. This faith-based organization provides activities and services for children and families in southeast Washington.

Stop Child Predators (Washington): Appointed Stacie D. Rumenap, deputy director at the American Conservative Union (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

GRANT MAKERS

Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation (Washington): Appointed Rose Ann Cleveland, interim acting executive director and a former director of programming at the Washington Performing Arts Society, to be executive director.

Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation (Midland, Mich.): Appointed Jenée L. Velasquez, chief executive officer of Midland Tomorrow, to be executive director, effective in October.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Cheryl Scott, former president and chief executive officer of the Group Health Collaborative (Seattle) and a clinical professor in the department of health services at U. of Washington (Seattle), to be chief operating officer.

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.): Appointed Jacob Harold, a consultant at the Bridgespan Group (San Francisco), to be program officer for philanthropy and regional grants.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Robert Long, interim director of greater Battle Creek programs, to be director of greater Battle Creek programs and senior program officer, and Mandivamba Rukuni, program director, to be regional director of Africa programs, based in Pretoria, South Africa.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed John Slocum, co-chair of the foundation’s Higher Education Initiative in Russia, also to be director of the migration and human-mobility program.

Winston-Salem Foundation (N.C.): Appointed Lisa P. Purcell, former vice president of consumer marketing at Sara Lee Underwear and Sleepwear (Winston-Salem), to be executive vice president.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Association of Museums (Washington): Elected Irene Hirano, president and chief executive officer of the Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

California Endowment (Los Angeles): Elected C. Dean Germano, chief executive officer of the Shasta Community Health Center (Redding, Calif.), to the Board of Directors.

CDC Foundation (Atlanta): Elected Gary M. Cohen, president of BD Medical (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), and Andrew P. Klepchick, executive vice president of Synovus and president of Synovus Financial Management Services (Columbus, Ga.), to the Board of Directors.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (New York): Elected Paul Herzan, vice president at the Lily Auchincloss Foundation (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Council on Foundations (Washington): Elected Maxwell King, president of the Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Markle Foundation (New York): Elected Suzanne Nora Johnson, vice chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group (New York), to the Board of Directors.

Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, Calif.): Elected John J. Moores, owner of the San Diego Padres baseball team, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.