People

American U. (Washington): Appointed Thomas J. Minar, special assistant to the president at Roosevelt U. (Chicago), to be vice president of development and alumni relations.

American Urological Association Foundation (Linthicum, Md.): Appointed Sarah Elder, senior director of philanthropy operations at Hospice of the Chesapeake (Annapolis, Md.), to be senior manager of annual-fund and individual giving.

Baby Buggy (New York): Appointed Katherine Snider, communications specialist at the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), to be deputy director. Baby Buggy provides needy families with equipment, clothing, and products for infants and small children.

Building Educated Leaders for Life (Boston): Appointed Tiffany Cooper, chief operating officer, to be chief executive officer. Ms. Cooper succeeds Earl Martin Phalen, who has become an adviser to the senior management team.

City School (Dorchester, Mass.): Appointed Emilio Dorcely, a consultant at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York), to be executive director. City School provides after-school and summer leadership and community-development programs for high-school students.

Damien Center (Indianapolis): Appointed Melissa Pershing, interim director, to be executive director, and Lisa Terry, former chief executive officer of the Brown County Community Foundation (Nashville, Ind.), to be director of resource development. The Damien Center provides support service to people living with HIV/AIDS.

East Lake Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Madelyn R. Adams, vice president of administration and diversity at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, to be executive director. The East Lake Foundation provides education, job-training, and low-cost housing programs to the residents of Atlanta’s East Lake neighborhood.

Elon U. (Elon, N.C.): Appointed James B. Piatt Jr., vice president for college advancement at Mount Union College (Alliance, Ohio), to be vice president for university advancement.

Epilepsy Foundation of Central Ohio (Columbus): Appointed Irene Baird, executive director of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Central and Northeast Ohio Chapters (Westerville, Beachwood), to be executive director.

Eureka College (Eureka, Ill.): Appointed John D. Morris, chief development officer at Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences (Peoria, Ill.), to be director of development for the college’s Ronald W. Reagan Leadership Program and the Ronald Reagan Museum.

Everybody Wins USA (Wakefield, Mass.): Appointed Richard S. Greif, current board member, to be executive director. This literacy program focuses on students from low-income families.

Florida Atlantic U. (Boca Raton, Fla.): Appointed Jack Aylor, director of development and foundation relations at the university’s Treasure Coast campus (Port St. Lucie, Fla.), also to be head of development and fund-raising operations at its Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, in Fort Pierce, Fla., and Avy Weberman, director of development for the College of Engineering and Computing at Florida International U. (Miami), to be director of development for the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.

Goodwill Industries International (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Steve Krotonsky, director of the Digital Data Scan progam at National Industries for the Blind (Alexandria, Va.), to be chief operations officer.

Goucher College (Baltimore): Appointed Janet Wiley Mulderrig, interim vice president for development and alumni affairs, to be vice president for development and alumni affairs.

Grantmakers in the Arts (Seattle): Appointed Janet Brown, chair of the department of performing and visual arts at Augustana College (Sioux City, S.D), to be executive director.

Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park (Chicago): Appointed Kenda Hallman, development manager for the Center for Community Arts Partnerships at Columbia College Chicago, to be manager of corporate and foundation relations.

Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services (Pasadena, Calif.): Appointed Robert F. Myers, associate vice president of development for City of Hope Cancer Center (Los Angeles), to be executive vice president of development.

Hebron Academy (Hebron, Me.): Appointed Thomas A. Fogarty, chief development officer at Mercy Hospital (Portland, Me.), to be assistant head of school for advancement and external relations.

Imagine Fund (Lansing, Mich.): Appointed Diane Purgiel, director of gift planning at Grand Valley State U. (Allendale, Mich.), to be vice president of development. The Imagine Fund provides financial aid to Michigan college students.

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (New York): Appointed Isaac Bekalo, regional director for Africa, to be president, effective January 1.

International Youth Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed Kate Raftery, director of overseas field assistance at the Peace Corps (Washington), to be vice president for education.

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County (Boca Raton, Fla.): Appointed Marla Weiss Egers, vice president of campaign and community development, to be senior vice president of campaign and community development.

Mercy Corps (New York): Appointed Robert F. Sherman, director for effective citizenry at the Surdna Foundation (New York), to be executive director for the Action Center to End World Hunger.

Prize4Life (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed James E. Giessler, executive director of the Wellness Community of Central Indiana (Indianapolis), to be president and chief development officer. Prize4Life advances research on treatments and cures for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Appointed Elizabeth A. Touma, director of development, to be vice president of advancement.

Shrine Mont (Orkney Springs, Va.): Appointed Churchill J. Gibson IV, executive director and chief operating officer of the National Alliance to End Homelessness (Washington), to be director of development. Shrine Mont provides food and lodging for church groups and children’s camps.

Vera Institute of Justice (New York): Appointed Oren Root, deputy director of the Police Assessment Resource Center (Los Angeles), to be director of the organization’s Center on Immigration and Justice.

Wake Forest U. (Winston-Salem, N.C.): Appointed Mark Petersen, associate vice president for development and alumni affairs at Southern Methodist U. (Dallas), to be vice president for university advancement.

WFCR-National Public Radio (Amherst, Mass.): Appointed Vanessa Langevin Cerillo, marketing coordinator and brand-guide specialist at Victoria’s Secret Beauty (New York), to be marketing and communications director.

Youth Enrichment Services (Boston): Appointed Bryan Van Dorpe, executive director of the South Boston Neighborhood House, to be executive director. Youth Enrichment Services offers outdoor and environmental-education programs for children.

GRANT MAKERS

Atlanta Women’s Foundation: Appointed Barbara J. Mosacchio, chief executive officer of the YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas, to be chief executive officer.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed John E. Deasy, superintendent of Prince George’s County Public Schools (Upper Marlboro, Md.), to be deputy director of education.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Cheryl Garneau, manager of investments at the U. of Michigan (Ann Arbor), to be investment manager at its Troy, Mich., office, and Alissa Talley, communications assistant at the Innocence Project (New York), to be program assistant for the Pathways Out of Poverty grant-making team.

Community Foundation of Sarasota County (Fla.): Appointed Judith L. Bell, asssociate director of national services for Girls Incorporated (New York), to be vice president of nonprofit capacity building.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.): Appointed Robert Tjian, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the U. of California at Berkeley, to be president.

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust (Vancouver, Wash.): Appointed Dana Miller, chief advancement officer at George Fox U. (Newberg, Ore.), to be senior program director for grant programs.

Newman’s Own Foundation (Westport, Conn.): Announced the death of Paul Newman, founder and chairman of the board, on September 26. He was 83.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Mountain View, Calif.): Appointed Catherine Gowen, development officer, to be senior director of the business-services department.

Social Venture Partners Boston: Appointed Marjorie Ringrose, director of human resources at Cambridge Strategic Management Group (Boston), to be executive director.

Wallace Foundation (New York): Announced the death of Joseph Shenker, member of the Board of Directors, on September 20. He was 68.

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.): Appointed Michael Scott, executive director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (Bozeman, Mont.), to be environment program officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

America’s Charities (Chantilly, Va.): Elected Steve Delfin, executive director of the National Credit Union Foundation (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.): Elected Richard T. Schlosberg III, former publisher and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Times and Denver Post, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees. Also elected to the Board: Susan V. Berresford, recently retired president of the Ford Foundation (New York), and Diana Chapman Walsh, former president of Wellesley College (Mass.).

King Baudouin Foundation United States (New York): Elected Natalia Kanem, president of ELMA Philanthropies Services (New York), and Peter Piot, executive director of UNAids (Geneva), to the Board of Directors.

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation (Chicago): Elected Graham C. Grady, a partner at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd (Chicago), to the Board of Directors.

Maine Community Foundation (Portland and Ellsworth): Elected to the Board of Directors: Elizabeth Neptune, management consultant to the Indian Health Services of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Washington); Dighton Spooner, associate director of career planning at Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Me.); and Peter G. Vigue, president and chief executive officer of the Cianbro Companies (Pittsfield, Me.).

Public Welfare Foundation (Washington): Elected to the Board of Directors: Jackie M. Clegg, founder and managing partner of Clegg International Consultants (Washington); Goodwin Liu, a law professor and associate dean at the U. of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law; and Maria Otero, president and chief executive officer of Accion International, based in Washington.

Smithsonian Institution (Washington): Elected Patricia Q. Stonesifer, former chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle), to be chairman of the Board of Regents, effective in January.