People

After-School All-Stars of New York: Appointed Rosemarie Dackerman, executive director of the USO of Metropolitan New York, to be executive director.

Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (Frederick, Md.): Appointed Steve Brodie, a regional specialist at MetLife, in Harrisburg, Pa., and a former airline and charter pilot, to be development director of the Air Safety Foundation.

American Red Cross of Metropolitan New Jersey (Fairfield): Appointed Grace P. Zotter, major-gift director at CentraState Healthcare Foundation (Freehold, N.J.), to be executive director of development.

AMIT (New York): Appointed Nancy Kroll Margolis, former publishing director and chief executive officer of the Westchester Jewish Chronicle (Mamaroneck, N.Y.), to be managing editor of AMIT Magazine. AMIT operates schools and educational programs for Israeli youths.

Amnesty International USA (Washington): Appointed Sharon Singh, interim media director at Amnesty International and a former press secretary for Rep. Brad Sherman, Democrat of California, to be media director.

Baylor U. (Waco, Tex.): Appointed Randy Lofgren, associate vice president for the Baylor Network, to be interim vice president for development. Richard C. Scott, vice president for development, is retiring, effective December 31.

Carnegie Institution (Washington): Appointed Christine D. Smith, associate vice president for main campus development and senior director of development for the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown U. (Washington), to be chief advancement officer.

Centro San Bonifacio (Chicago): Appointed Irma Pacheco, coordinator of the center’s Comadres Program, to be executive director. Centro San Bonifacio operates health-education programs for immigrant Latinos.

Cerebral Palsy Center for the Bay Area (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Nancy R. Rosenberg, chief executive officer of Development Homes (Grand Forks, N.D.), to be executive director.

Chicago Global Donors Network: Appointed Lori Ramos, executive director of Centro San Bonifacio (Chicago), to be executive director.

Commonfund Institute (Wilton, Conn.): Appointed William F. Jarvis, chief operating officer of Lime Capital Management (New York), to be managing director of research. The institute is the education and research arm of Commonfund, which provides financial-management services to other nonprofit organizations.

ConnectEd: the California Center for College and Career (Berkeley): Appointed Gary Hoachlander, president of MPR Associates (Berkeley), to be president.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (New York): Appointed Caroline Baumann, director of external affairs, to be deputy director of external affairs and operations; Chul R. Kim, museum-publications editor, to be head of publications; and Anne Shisler-Hughes, director of development at the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York), to be director of development.

Copley Healthcare Foundation (Aurora, Ill.): Appointed Barbara Graham, development director at Wellness House (Hinsdale, Ill.), to be executive director. The foundation is the fund-raising arm of the Rush-Copley Medical Center.

Covenant House (New York): Appointed James M. White, executive director of Covenant House New Jersey (Newark), to be chief operating officer.

Destiny Foundation (Orlando, Fla.): Appointed Scott George, pastor at Destiny Church of Winter Park (Fla.), to be executive director. This organization provides groceries to poor people.

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Washington): Appointed Pamela Barnes, chief operating officer and interim chief executive officer, to be president and chief executive officer.

First Nations Development Institute (Longmont, Colo.): Appointed Michael Roberts, vice president of grant making, to be president. Mr. Roberts succeeds Rebecca Adamson, founder and president emeritus. The institute, which recently moved most ofits operations from Fredericksburg, Va., also appointed Kimberly Craven, director of state travel relations at the office of Washing ton State Governor Christine Gregoire (Olympia), to be head of the grant-making department; Helen Knoll, financial officer at Family Tree (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), to be financial officer; and Marissa Nuvayestewa, a recent graduate of the master’s program at Washington U. in St. Louis, to be research officer for the Strengthening Native Philanthropy program.

Foundation for Independent Higher Education (Washington): Appointed Michelle D. Gilliard, a higher-education consultant at MG Associates (Washington), to be vice president for programs.

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (San Francisco): Appointed Kathryn Morelli, vice president for development and communications and campaign director at the Peninsula Open Space Trust (Menlo Park, Calif.), to be director of development.

Greater Chicago Food Depository: Appointed Kate Maehr, director of development, to be executive director, effective July 1. She will succeed Mike Mulqueen, who is retiring.

Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Washington): Appointed Wayne L. Firestone, executive vice president for the United States, to be international president. He succeeds Avraham Infeld, who will serve as president emeritus in Israel.

Housing Opportunities Made Equal (Richmond, Va.): Appointed Myra Howard Bowen, associate vice president for development for Virginia and West Virginia at the American Cancer Society’s South Atlantic Division (Richmond), to be vice president of external affairs.

Indianapolis Museum of Art: Appointed Maxwell L. Anderson, a principal with AEA Consulting (New York) and former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), to be director and chief executive officer.

InterAction (Washington): Announced the resignation of Mohammad Akhter, president and chief executive officer.

JCC Association (New York): Appointed Rabbi Harold Robinson, a rear admiral and chaplain in the U.S. Naval and Marine Corps Reserves and a congregational rabbi in Shreveport, La., to be director of the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council. He succeeds Rabbi David Lapp, who is retiring.

Lake George Land Conservancy (Bolton Landing, N.Y.): Appointed Mike Carr, executive director of the Adirondack Nature Conservancy and Adirondack Land Trust (Keene Valley, N.Y.), to be acting executive director.

Land Trust Alliance, Northeast Program (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.): Appointed Lynn Schumann, executive director of the Lake George Land Conservancy (Bolton Landing, N.Y.), to be director.

Life for Relief & Development (Southfield, Mich.): Appointed Ihsan Alkhatib, an immigration and family lawyer in Dearborn, Mich., to be head of the legal department, and Abdul Ghani, a senior accountant at Alectronic Filing Bureau (Detroit), to be chief financial officer.

Miami Performing Arts Center: Appointed John Burnett, chief financial officer at the Wang Center for the Performing Arts (Boston), to be chief financial officer.

Miller Theatre at Columbia U. (New York): Appointed Anne Scott, director of development at the Public Theater (New York), to be director of development.

National Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Centers (Washington): Appointed Terry Stone, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County (Garden Grove, Calif.), to be executive director. The organization also appointed Trish Kerlé, an organization-development associate at the Applegate Consulting Group (Takoma Park, Md.), to be program director.

National Network to End Domestic Violence (Washington): Appointed Sue Else, president and chief executive officer of Hope House (Kansas City, Mo.), to be president. Ms. Else will also serve as president of the NNEDV Fund.

National Wildlife Federation (Reston, Va.): Appointed Cynthia Lewin, executive vice president and general counsel at Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be senior vice president and general counsel.

NetAid (New York): Appointed Cynthia Olson, manager of foundation and corporate relations at Planned Parenthood of New York City, to be director of development, and Andre Solomon, director of finance at Alpha North America (New York), to be director of finance and administration.

Oregon Environmental Council (Portland): Announced the resignation of Jeff Allen, executive director.

Parents as Teachers National Center (St. Louis): Appointed Maggie Olson, an educational trainer at the Midwest division of the Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral (Buffalo), to be operations manager and state leader for Parents as Teachers-Meld Minnesota, based in Minneapolis.

Social Enterprise Alliance (Los Angeles): Appointed Jim McClurg, partner for Social Enterprise Relations, based in Shoreline, Wash., to be interim president. He succeeds Beth Bubis, who is resigning to pursue community work in Los Angeles.

Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.): Appointed Michael McGarry, director of gift planning at Seton Hall U. (South Orange, N.J.), to be director of gift planning.

U. of Iowa Foundation (Iowa City): Appointed Jackie Aanes, telefund supervisor, to be assistant director for annual-giving programs; Nic Arp, senior writer and editor, to be director of editorial services; Tami Baumann, director of gift planning, to be director of development for the College of Business; Andrea Birt, an account executive at KGAN-TV (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), to be assistant director of development for the university’s hospitals, clinics, and College of Medicine; Tori Erickson, assistant director for the professionals and managers program at the College of Business, and Susan Hartwell, an equipment consultant at Beckman Coulter (Brea, Calif.), to be associate directors of development for major gifts for the university’s hospitals, clinics, and College of Medicine; Derek Pendergast, a registered representative at World Trend Financial Planning Services (Iowa City), to be associate director of gift planning; and Rod Schultz, manager for the cash-management division at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage (Des Moines), to be associate director of development for the College of Law and the Iowa Law School Foundation.

United Neighborhood Community Centers of America (Milwaukee): Appointed Ian B. Bautista, president and chief executive officer of El Centro (Kansas City, Kan.), to be president.

Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (Blacksburg, Va.): Appointed Wallace Allen, associate director of corporate and foundation relations at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg), to be associate director for corporate relations, and Amanda Hall, a recent graduate of the U. of Tennessee (Knoxville), to be assistant director of development.

Wildlife Experience (Parker, Colo.): Appointed Richard E. Franklin, president, to be chief executive officer, and Giovanni V. Greco, chief operating officer at CollegeInvest (Denver), to be president.

GRANT MAKERS

Blue Shield of California Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Yvonne Carrasco, a senior program officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.), to be director of the Blue Shield Against Violence program.

The California Endowment (San Francisco): Appointed Diane Aranda, a program director at the Prevention Institute (Oakland, Calif.), to be a program officer.

California HealthCare Foundation (Oakland): Appointed Len Finocchio, a health-policy and research consultant in San Francisco, to be senior program officer for the public financing and policy program.

FJC — a Foundation of Donor Advised Funds (New York): Appointed Leonard Glickman, chief executive officer of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (New York), to be executive vice president and chief executive officer.

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Reno, Nev.): Appointed Edmund J. Cain, director of the Global Development Initiative at the Carter Center (Atlanta), to be vice president for grant programs.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed Edmond J. Ghisu, a lawyer at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (Philadelphia), to be associate counsel.

Science Foundation Arizona (Phoenix): Appointed William C. Harris, founding director-general and chief executive officer of Science Foundation Ireland (Dublin), to be president and chief executive officer, effective this summer.

Stuart Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Akiko Abe, a program assistant for the environment program at the San Francisco Foundation, to be program associate for the public-schools program.

Surdna Foundation (New York): Announced the retirement of Edward Skloot, executive director, effective June 2007.

Weingart Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Fred Ali, president and chief administrative officer, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds William D. Schulte, who will continue to serve as chairman of the board.

Robert W. Woodruff Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed P. Russell Hardin, vice president and secretary, to be president, effective July 1. Mr. Hardin will also serve as president of the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, and Ichauway Inc. He will succeed Charles H. (Pete) McTier, who is retiring and will become a trustee of each of the foundations.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Baltimore Community Foundation: Elected E. Robert Kent Jr., a director at Alex. Brown Realty (Baltimore), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Beaumont Foundation of America (Tex.): Elected Jon M. Huntsman, founder and chairman of the Huntsman Corporation (Salt Lake City), to the Board of Directors.

Cleveland Foundation: Elected Jacqueline F. Woods, a senior consultant at Landau Public Relations (Cleveland), to be chair of the Board of Directors. Also elected to the board: James A. Ratner, chairman and chief executive officer of Forest City Commercial Group (Cleveland), and the Rev. Hilton O. Smith, a senior vice president at Turner Construction Company, in Cleveland.

ConnectEd: the California Center for College and Career (Berkeley): Elected Ted Mitchell, chief executive officer of the NewSchools Venture Fund (San Francisco), to be chair of the board.

William T. Grant Foundation (New York): Elected Christine James-Brown, president and chief executive officer of United Way International (Alexandria, Va.), to be a trustee.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Elected to the Governing Board: Alva Jean Crawford, a retired teacher and counselor in the Cincinnati Public Schools; David Ellis III, chairman of Gradison Investments (Cincinnati); Linda Fath, a docent at the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Taft Museum of Art (Cincinnati); and Peter S. Strange, chairman and chief executive officer of Messer Construction Company (Cincinnati).

Kalamazoo Community Foundation (Mich.): Elected Barbara L. James, managing member of James & Springgate, an accounting firm in Kalamazoo, to be a trustee.

La Leche League International (Schaumburg, Ill.): Elected Jane Tuttle, assistant to the vice provost for student success at the U. of Kansas (Lawrence), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation (Framingham, Mass.): Elected Rosemarie Coelho, operations director at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (Boston), to be a trustee.

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington): Elected Edward H. Bersoff, founder and chairman of Greenwich Associates (Conn.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Ms. Foundation for Women (New York): Elected Phoebe Eng, creative director of the Opportunity Agenda (New York), to the Board of Directors.

NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (Washington): Elected to the Board of Directors: Larry Nelson, acting executive director of Global Education & Learning Community at Sun Microsystems (Menlo Park, Calif.); Steve Sidel, executive vice president of Discovery Education (Silver Spring, Md.); and Jessie Woolley-Wilson, president of LeapFrog SchoolHouse (Emeryville, Calif.).

Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (San Francisco): Elected Lynn Labieniec, chief executive officer of Beaconfire Consulting (Arlington, Va.), to be chair of the board.

Rhode Island Foundation (Providence): Elected Anne Szostak, manager of Szostak Partners (Providence) and former president and chief executive officer of Fleet-Rhode Island, to the Board of Directors.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Elected Sandra Day O’Connor, retired associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Raymond Smith, chair of Rothschild North America (New York), to be trustees.

Woodmere Art Museum (Philadelphia): Elected Vivian A. Gast, retired owner and art director of Vivian Gast Graphic Design (Ambler, Pa.), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Alexander Haas Martin & Partners (Atlanta): Appointed Aaron Berger, director of the Albany Museum of Art (Ga.), to be an associate partner; Joy K. Hallinan, director of museum development at the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence), to be a partner; and Sandra Kidd, director of development at the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), to be a senior associate. The firm provides fund-raising consulting services to nonprofit organizations.

Campbell & Company (Chicago): Appointed Sherri Berger, a recent graduate of Northwestern U. (Evanston, Ill.), to be an associate consultant; Julia Kerwin McGuire, a senior consultant, to be a vice president; Bruce Matthews, a senior consultant, to be a vice president; Patricia Roth, senior director of development at the DePaul U. College of Law (Chicago), to be a senior consultant; and Leslie Gryce Sturino, a freelance consultant in Chicago, to be director of marketing. Campbell & Company is a philanthropic consulting firm.

Cone Inc. (Boston): Appointed Julia Hobbs Kivistik, senior vice president of human interest at Saatchi & Saatchi X, in Little Rock, Ark., to be executive vice president for cause branding. Cone is a strategy and communications firm.