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Alliance for Climate Education (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Pic Walker, deputy director, to be executive director.

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (New York): Appointed Laura Spitzer, associate executive director at the Jewish Leadership Forum at the UJA-Federation of New York, to be U.S. resource development director. This organization aids Jewish children and provides disaster relief for Jewish people all over the world.

Classical Theatre of Harlem (New York): Announced the resignations of Christopher McElroen, executive director, and Alfred Preisser, artistic director.

DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation: Appointed Ellen London, vice president of communications and community engagement, to be interim president and chief executive officer. Ms. London succeeds Millicent Williams, who has become director of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (Washington).

Food and Drug Law Institute (Washington): Appointed Susan C. Winckler, chief of staff at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

Giant Magnet (Seattle): Announced the resignation of Andrea Wagner, executive director. Giant Magnet was formerly known as the Seattle International Children’s Festival.

Grant Park Music Festival (Chicago): Appointed Elizabeth Hurley, development director at the Metropolitan Opera (New York), to be executive director.

Greater Boston Food Bank: Appointed David Noymer, chief financial officer at Accounting Management Solutions (Waltham, Mass.), to be chief financial officer.

Indiana U. of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Pa.): Appointed Terry R. Carter, vice president for development and alumni relations in the division of medicine at Drexel U. (Philadelphia), to be vice president for university relations and executive director of its foundation.

International Food Information Council Foundation (Washington): Appointed Kimberly Reed, vice president for financial markets policy relations at Lehman Brothers (New York), to be executive director.

Lymphoma Research Foundation (New York): Appointed Diane Blum, executive director of CancerCare (New York), to be chief executive officer. Ms. Blum succeeds Suzanne Bliss, who has resigned.

NARSAD (Great Neck, N.Y.): Appointed Benita F. Shobe, senior vice president of development and field operations at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (New York), to be president and chief executive officer of this organization that raises money for mental-health research.

New York City Ballet: Appointed Katherine E. Brown, chief operating officer at WYNC (New York), to be executive director.

Outward Bound Atlanta: Appointed Ronald S. Skeete, director of college success at the Atlanta Education Fund, to be executive director.

Philadelphia Art Alliance: Appointed Maida R. Milone, a community volunteer in Philadelphia, to be chief executive officer.

U. of North Texas (Denton): Appointed Lisa Birley Baronio, vice president for development at the U. of Connecticut Foundation (Storrs), to be vice president for advancement and director of development for its foundation.

Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.): Announced the resignation of Charles W. Gould, president and chief executive officer, effective in June 2010.

Westport Country Playhouse (Westport, Conn.): Appointed Elisabeth H. Saxe, director of development at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts (Katonah, N.Y.), to be director of institutional advancement.

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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Stanford, Calif.): Appointed John Ayers, a senior associate at the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (Chicago), to be vice president and treasurer.

Community Foundation of South Jersey (Haddonfield): Appointed Sidney R. Hargro, senior officer for strategy and organizational learning at the Columbus Foundation (Ohio), to be executive director.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.): Appointed Guillermo Castilleja, executive director for conservation at World Wildlife Fund International (Gland, Switzerland), to be chief program officer for its environmental-conservation program.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Karyn Sciortino, program associate for its children and families program, to be program administrator for its international program.

Missouri Foundation for Health (St. Louis): Appointed M. Ryan Barker, a health-policy analyst, to be director of health policy; Moira Cahan, a policy associate, to be health-policy officer; Julie Johnson, a former health-care reporter for the St. Louis Business Journal, to be communications/media specialist; and Michelle Miller, a policy associate for outreach, to be public-policy liaison.

Richard Avedon Foundation (New York): Appointed Paul Roth, acting chief curator and senior curator of photography and media arts at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington), to be executive director.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Appointed Zia Khan, a partner and vice president at Booz & Company, based in San Francisco, to be vice president for strategy and evaluation.