People

American U. (Washington): Appointed Jane Chittick, director of principal gifts at the National Museum of the U.S. Army (Arlington, Va.), to be assistant vice president of development, and Raina S. Lenney, senior director of alumni relations at George Washington U. (Washington), to be assistant vice president of alumni relations.

Cabrini College (Radnor, Pa.): Appointed Sharon Kerrigan Loman, vice president of development and alumni affairs at St. Francis College (New York), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

CASA for Children (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Joan Brown-Kline, president of her own management consulting firm in Portland, to be executive director of the Washington and Multnomah Counties program. This organization recruits, trains, and supports Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused and neglected children placed in foster care.

Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation (Washington): Appointed Rep. Robert Wexler, Democrat of Florida, to be president, effective January 2010.

Corporate Volunteer Council of Atlanta: Appointed Lea Rolfes, marketing director at Manhattan Associates (Atlanta), to be executive director. Ms. Rolfes succeeds Linda Woodworth, who has retired.

El Buen Samaritano (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Victor Azios, senior associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore), to be executive director of this social-services group that helps needy Hispanic families.

Gettysburg Foundation (Pa.): Appointed retired Rear Adm. Richard A. Buchanan, president and chief executive officer of the United States Navy Memorial Foundation (Washington), to be president. Mr. Buchanan succeeds Robert C. Wilburn, who has retired.

GiveMN.org (St. Paul): Appointed Dana Nelson, manager for community relations at Target (Minneapolis), to be executive director. GiveMN.org is a Web site that allows donors to manage their contributions and research charities.

Grameen Foundation (Washington): Appointed Alberto Solano, Latin America vice president at Global Partnerships (Seattle), to be regional chief executive officer for the Americas.

Greater Twin Cities United Way (Minneapolis and St. Paul): Appointed Sarah Caruso, president of the Minnesota Children’s Museum (St. Paul), to be president and chief executive officer. Ms. Caruso succeeds Lauren Segal, who has resigned.

HealthWell Foundation (Gaithersburg, Md.): Appointed Mary P. Sundeen, president and chief executive officer of Hospice Caring (Gaithersburg), to be executive director. This organization offers financial assistance to people for out-of-pocket health-care costs.

HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation (Carbondale, Colo.): Appointed Danni Lederman, executive director of the Diana Price-Fish Cancer Foundation (Denver), to be executive director.

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach, Fla.): Appointed Kelley Whiter, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, Palm Beach County Chapter (West Palm Beach, Fla.), to be senior director of donor acquisition and community relations.

Legacy Venture (Palo Alto, Calif.): Appointed Yvonne Hunt, vice president of global philanthropy at Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto), to be chief philanthropy officer for this coalition of more than 200 philanthropists, foundations, and charities that use venture capital to focus on urgent global issues.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation-Los Angeles: Appointed Miguel A. Garcia, acting deputy director and a program officer at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be executive director. This group helps nonprofit community-development organizations improve struggling neighborhoods.

ORT America (New York): Appointed Alan Edward Krugman, executive vice president at the Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area (Rancho Mirage, Calif.), to be national executive director. ORT America helps young people around the world become economically self-sufficient.

Partnership for Public Service (Washington): Appointed Christine Carroll, chief development officer at the National Partnership for Women and Families (Washington), to be vice president for development.

Philadelphia Museum of Art: Appointed Gail Harrity, interim chief executive officer and chief operating officer, also to be president.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York): Appointed Stuart Schear, communications and policy executive at the Atlantic Philanthropies (New York), to be vice president for communications.

Public/Private Ventures (Philadelphia): Appointed Nadya K. Shmavonian, vice president for strategy at the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), to be president. Public/Private Ventures creates and strengthens programs that improve lives in low-income communities.

Resource Alliance (London): Appointed Hans Wolters, director and chief operating officer at the European Council for Foreign Relations (London), to be chief executive officer. This international network helps charities raise money and strengthen the management of their organizations.

Symphony Space (New York): Appointed Cynthia Elliott, executive director, to be president and chief executive officer. The organization has also appointed Laura Kaminsky, associate artistic director, to be artistic director. Ms. Kaminsky succeeds Isaiah Sheffer, who has resigned.

Trinity Wall Street (New York): Appointed Stacy R. Brandom, chief financial officer and managing director at Citi Smith Barney (New York), to be chief financial officer and executive vice president of this Episcopal church.

United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.): Appointed Tammy L. Mann, deputy executive director of Zero to Three (Washington), to be executive director of its Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute.

U. of Wisconsin Foundation (Madison): Appointed Tom Olson, a director of investments, to be chief investment officer.

GRANT MAKERS

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Announced the resignation of Alexander Friedman, chief financial officer.

Bush Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed C. Scott Cooper, senior adviser to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, to be director of engagement and communications.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Stanford, Calif.): Appointed Bernadine Chuck Fong, co-director of the Dale Tillery Institute for Community College Leadership at the U. of California at Berkeley, to be a senior partner for its developmental-math project focused on community-college students.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund (New York): Appointed Taleb Salhab, director of the National Network for Arab American Communities (Dearborn, Mich.), to be program director for the peace and security program.