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Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (Washington): Appointed Kate Carr, president and chief executive officer of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds John Reher, who is resigning.

Albertson College (Caldwell, Idaho): Appointed Larry Johnson, vice president for institutional advancement at Niagara U. (N.Y.), to be vice president for advancement.

Algonquin Club of Boston: Appointed Samantha Eburne, director of membership at the Detroit Zoological Society, to be director of membership and business development.

Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (Washington): Appointed Ellenor Kirkconnell, associate director of operations and postal affairs, to be acting executive director.

Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter: Appointed Rosemary Irving, assistant director of residential services at Covenant House/Under 21 (New York), to be outreach manager to the African-American community.

American Heart Association, Heritage Affiliate (New York): Appointed Robert L. Serow, senior vice president at Ronald LaRose & Associates (Maplewood, N.J.), to be senior vice president of philanthropy and major gifts.

American Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Neal Denton, executive director of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (Washington), to be vice president for government relations and public policy.

American Red Cross in Westchester County (White Plains, N.Y.): Appointed James Dennis, national director of employee development at Nestle Waters North America (Greenwich, Conn.), to be chief executive officer.

Anti-Defamation League, Connecticut Regional Office (Hamden): Appointed Victor Levitt, vice president for development at the Jewish Home for the Aged (New Haven, Conn.), to be director of development.

Applewood Centers (Cleveland): Appointed Holly Brinda, director of development at the Hattie Larlham Foundation (Mantua, Ohio), to be vice president of fund development. Applewood Centers provides health and social services to children, youths, and families in northern Ohio.

Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Callen M. Lockett, vice president of social responsibility and reputation management at WellPoint (Indianapolis), to be president.

Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (Washington): Appointed Rick Legon, executive vice president and chief operating officer, to be president. He succeeds Tom Ingram, who is retiring.

Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, Calif.): Appointed Blair T. Blum, vice president at San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care and chief executive officer of the San Diego Hospice Foundation, to be senior vice president for external affairs.

California State U. at Fresno: Appointed Roxanne Hinds, a project consultant at the DaVinci Academy for Science and the Arts (Ogden, Utah), to be development director for the College of Science and Mathematics, and Steven Spriggs, executive director of the Doctors Medical Center Foundation (Modesto, Calif.), to be development director for the College of Health and Human Services.

Casa Myrna Vazquez (Boston): Appointed Brenda Smith, vice president for administration and finance at Bradford College (Haverhill, Mass.), to be director of finance and operations.

Catholic Charities (Wilmington, Del.): Appointed Robert J. McCreary, marketing and development project manager at the Produce Marketing Association (Newark, Del.), to be research and grant writer.

Center for Nonprofit Management (Dallas): Appointed Cynthia B. Nunn, president of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Dallas, to be president.

Center for Women’s Business Research (Washington): Appointed Gwen Martin Richtermeyer, director of the Community Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Development project at the U. of Missouri Extension (Columbia), to be director of research.

City of Hope Cancer Center (Duarte, Calif.): Appointed Kristen Pugh, associate director of federal-government affairs at the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (Washington), to be associate vice president for government and community relations.

City U. of New York, Queensborough Community College (Bayside): Appointed Christina Johnson, director of development at the City U. of New York, Kingsborough Community College (Brooklyn), to be director of sponsored programs, and Rosemary Sullivan Zins, vice president for college advancement at the City U. of New York, Kingsborough Community College, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Cleveland Museum of Art: Appointed Timothy Rub, director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, to be director and chief executive officer.

Cleveland Play House: Appointed Judy Comeau-Hart, a senior fund-raising consultant at Community Counselling Service, based in Cleveland, to be director of development.

Coastal Conservation Association (Houston): Appointed Pat Murray, executive director of the Coastal Conservation Association Texas (Houston), to be vice president and director of conservation.

Community Health Charities of Nebraska (Omaha): Appointed Michelle L. Grossman, vice president for major workplace campaigns, to be president and chief executive officer.

Cornerstone Theater Company (Los Angeles): Announced the resignation of Bill Rauch, founding artistic director, effective in March.

Education Development Center (Newton, Mass.): Appointed Luther S. Luedtke, president of California Lutheran U. (Thousand Oaks), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Janet Whitla, who is retiring.

Giving Back Fund (Los Angeles): Appointed Stephanie Sandler, senior vice president, to be chief executive officer.

Goodwill Industries of Long Beach and South Bay (Calif.): Appointed Richard Guiss, a senior editor at the Biomedical Market Newsletter (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and a communications consultant, to be director of public relations and development.

Governor’s Prevention Partnership (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Michele (Mickey) Mattei, director of development and marketing at the Connecticut Forum (Hartford), to be director of development and communications.

Handi-Crafters (Thorndale, Pa.): Appointed Valerie McMillian, coordinator of vocational services at Northwestern Human Services (Germantown, Pa.), to be director of rehabilitation services.

Institute for Medical Technology Innovation (Washington): Appointed Michael Infurnari, vice president and manager at Community Counselling Service, based in Washington, to be vice president for development.

Kansas U. Endowment (Lawrence): Appointed Rosita Elizalde-McCoy, executive director of public relations and marketing at Rockhurst U. (Kansas City, Mo.), to be senior vice president of communications and marketing.

Kempe Children’s Foundation (Denver): Appointed D Michaels, executive director of the Aurora Education Foundation (Colo.), to be development officer for events and volunteer management, and Diane Mourning, regional director of resource management at Mercy Housing Colorado (Denver), to be development officer for foundations and corporations.

La Jolla Playhouse (Calif.): Appointed Steve McCormick, education director and associate artistic director at First Stage Children’s Theatre (Milwaukee), to be director of education and outreach.

Loyola U. New Orleans: Appointed Victoria A. Frank, vice president of institutional advancement at Fontbonne U. (St. Louis), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

March of Dimes San Diego-Imperial Division: Appointed Allison B. Leeds, director of marketing at the Jewish Community Foundation (San Diego), to be director of special events, and Todd Little, program director at Viacom/Infinity (New York), based in San Diego, to be executive director.

Miami Art Museum: Appointed Terence Riley, chief curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), to be director, effective in March.

Museum of Television and Radio (New York): Appointed Pat Mitchell, president and chief executive officer of the Public Broadcasting Service (Alexandria, Va.), to be president and chief executive officer, effective in March, and Christy Carpenter, a vice president at the museum and executive director of its MT&R Media Center and International Council, to be executive vice president and chief operating officer.

National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation (Albuquerque): Appointed Clara Apodaca, a consultant for arts and political groups in Washington and a former first lady of New Mexico, to be executive director.

New Detroit Science Center: Appointed Kevin F. Prihod, chief science officer, to be president and chief executive officer.

Nonprofit Center at La Salle U. (Philadelphia): Appointed Joan Mintz Ulmer, director of development at the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey (Camden), to be director of marketing and communications.

Old Trail School (Bath, Ohio): Appointed Amy Wong, director of major and planned gifts at the Cleveland Orchestra, to be director of development.

PATH (Seattle): Appointed John Boslego, executive director and department head of biologics and clinical research at Merck Research Laboratories (Blue Bell, Pa.), to be director of the vaccine-development program, and Scott Jackson, a senior vice president at World Vision (Federal Way, Wash.), to be vice president for external relations. PATH provides technologies and strategies to improve global health.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York): Appointed Cecile Richards, president of America Votes (Washington), to be president. She succeeds Karen Pearl, who has served as interim president for the past year.

Recording Academy-Texas Chapter (Austin): Appointed Theresa Jenkins, project manager, to be executive director.

Scholarship America (St. Peter, Minn.): Appointed Donald Lassere, vice president for sales and marketing at Gallup Worldwide Consulting/the Gallup Organization (San Francisco), to be vice president for the Scholarship Management Services program.

Score Association (Washington): Appointed Christine Chirichella, communications officer at the National Education Association Foundation (Washington), to be marketing director. Score provides counseling and educational services to small businesses.

Siena College (Loudonville, N.Y.): Appointed Alfredo Medina Jr., director of sponsored research, to be director of government and foundation relations.

State U. of New York College at Brockport: Appointed Roxanne Johnston, associate vice president for college advancement and vice president of the Geneseo Foundation at the State U. of New York College at Geneseo, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

U. of Memphis: Appointed Lendon Ellis, assistant director of administration and development at the Chi Omega Foundation (Memphis), to be associate director of development for the College of Arts & Sciences; Jennifer Lofton, information-management coordinator at St. Mary’s Episcopal School (Memphis), to be manager of gifts and donor relations; Kathleen Rider, development director for the College of Arts & Sciences, to be associate vice president for development; and Gail D. Robinson, vice president for institutional advancement at Arkansas Baptist College (Little Rock), to be director of development for the College of Education.

U. of Texas at Arlington: Appointed Pamela King, director of foundations and grants at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, to be director of development for the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Urban and Public Affairs; Karen Mullowney, director of community and corporate fund raising at the Parkland Foundation (Dallas), to be director of development for the School of Nursing and the School of Social Work; and Scott Self, advancement officer at Southern Methodist U. (Dallas), to be director of development for the Graduate School and the university’s libraries.

U. of the Arts (Philadelphia): Appointed Christopher R. Howie, associate director of development at Widener U. (Chester, Pa.), to be senior advancement officer for major gifts.

Wolfsonian-Florida International U. (Miami Beach): Appointed Jeffrey G. Fischer, former director of development for major gifts at the U. of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, to be associate director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Bay Harbor Foundation (Mich.): Appointed David Aussicker, vice president at the St. Joseph Health System Foundation (Tawas City, Mich.), to be president and executive director.

California Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Linda Wong, program director at the Community Development Technologies Center (Los Angeles), to be director of civic engagement.

California Endowment (Los Angeles): Appointed Jean Miao, a program manager at the Getty Foundation (Los Angeles), to be program officer for the Center for Healthy Communities.

Louise & Sidney Frank Foundation (New Rochelle, N.Y.): Announced the death of Sidney E. Frank, president and chairman of the Board of Directors, on January 10. He was 86.

Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland: Appointed Karen Baker, executive director of the Ohio Region of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (Cleveland), to be director of social initiatives for the Strengthening and Growing Jewish Cleveland program, and Roberta Waxman-Lenz, project manager of the USAID Mass Privatization Project at Ernst & Young, based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, to be director of economic initiatives for the Strengthening and Growing Jewish Cleveland program.

Kettering Foundation (Dayton, Ohio): Appointed Nicholas Longo, director of the Raise Your Voice campaign at Campus Compact (Providence, R.I.), to be program officer for issues of civic education, public scholarship in higher education, and international civil society.

Conrad and Virginia Klee Foundation (Binghamton, N.Y.): Appointed Judy Peckham, executive director of the Community Foundation for South Central New York (Binghamton), to be executive director.

John S. and James. L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Appointed Gary Kebbel, consultant for edweek.org at Education Week (Bethesda, Md.), to be program officer for journalism initiatives.

Panasonic Foundation (Secaucus, N.J.): Appointed Larry Leverett, superintendent of schools in Greenwich, Conn., to be executive director. He succeeds Sophie Sa, who is retiring.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Appointed Peter Madonia, chief of staff to Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York, to be chief operating officer.

Russell Sage Foundation (New York): Announced the death of Marshall A. Robinson, former president, on Jan. 14. He was 83.

Tiffany & Co. Foundation (New York): Appointed Anisa Kamadoli Costa, program officer, to be director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (Washington): Elected Steve W. Smith, director of distribution services and postal affairs at the Christian Science Publishing Society (Boston), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston: Elected Sandy Edgerley, a community volunteer, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Community Foundation (Jacksonville, Fla.): Elected Harvey E. Schlesinger, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Jacksonville), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Minnesota Council on Foundations (Minneapolis): Elected Karl Stauber, president of the Northwest Area Foundation (St. Paul), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Population Council (New York): Elected Mark A. Walker, a managing partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

U.S. Disabled Athletes Fund (Atlanta): Elected Daniel Holland, former chief operating officer at Hewitt Associates (Lincolnshire, Ill.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Custom Development Solutions (Mount Pleasant, S.C.): Appointed Drew English, field finance representative at the National Republican Congressional Committee (Washington), to be director of client relations; Robert L. Fuzy, director of major gifts at Furman U. (Greenville, S.C.), to be senior campaign director; and Alex Orr, manager of Southeastern activities of Blackbaud Analytics at Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.), to be senior campaign director. The firm provides consulting services to nonprofit organizations conducting capital campaigns.

Fundraising Initiatives Group (Edgware, England): Appointed Bruce Tait, chief executive of fund-raising initiatives in the United States, also to be group director for North America, based in Arlington, Va.

GetActive Software (Berkeley, Calif.): Appointed Gary Bond, director of information services at Human Rights First (New York), to be director of data-integration services.

Grant Cooper & Associates (St. Louis): Appointed Carrie Hackett, a partner at Cejka & Co. (St. Louis), to be a partner. Grant Cooper is an executive-search firm for nonprofit groups.

Grizzard (Glendale, Calif.): Appointed Sharon Bills, a direct-marketing consultant in Los Angeles, to be associate creative director for copy, based in Los Angeles. Grizzard provides direct-marketing services to both nonprofit and corporate clients.

Grizzard Communications Group (Atlanta): Appointed Christopher Joos, vice president and chief information officer for the printed-products division at the John H. Harland Company (Atlanta), to be chief information officer.

Internal Revenue Service, Exempt Organizations Division (Washington): Appointed Lois G. Lerner, director of the IRS’s Exempt Organizations Rulings and Agreements Division (Washington), to be director.

Parisky Group (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Jean King, senior development officer, to be chief executive officer. The Parisky Group provides evaluation, research, and consulting services for business, government, and nonprofit organizations.

Witt/Kieffer (Oak Brook, Ill.): Appointed Michael D. Lindsay, manager of financial-advisory services at Deloitte & Touche, in Houston, to be an executive-search consultant, based in Houston; Robin Mamlet, dean of admission and financial aid at Stanford U. (Calif.), to be an executive-search consultant, based in Emeryville, Calif.; and Paige Westhoff, manager of health science advisory services at Ernst and Young (Dallas), to be an executive-search consultant, based in Dallas.