People

Alliance for Children and Families (Milwaukee): Appointed Sheila Zelenski, director of membership at the American Society for Quality (Milwaukee), to be vice president of member relations and knowledge management.

Bentley U. (Waltham, Mass.): Appointed John W. Mosser, director of major gifts at Cornell U. (Ithaca, N.Y.), to be vice president for development and corporate and alumni relations.

Chicago Opera Theater: Appointed Elena Reinert, director of governing member gifts at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, to be director of development.

Children’s Aid Society (New York): Appointed Richard R. Buery Jr., executive director of Groundwork (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. He replaces C. Warren Moses, who is retiring.

Developmental Disabilities Institute (Smithtown, N.Y.): Appointed John Lessard, associate executive director, to executive director.

First (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) (Manchester, N.H.): Appointed Roy Temper, former executive vice president at Ketchum (Dallas), to be vice president of development. This organization designs programs in science, technology, and engineering for young people.

Friends School of Atlanta (Decatur, Ga.): Appointed Nancy Bent, a fund-raising consultant and former trustee of the school, to be director of advancement.

HealthRight International (New York): Appointed Mila Rosenthal, deputy executive director at Amnesty International USA (New York), to be executive director.

Maryland Association of Resources for Families and Youth (Arnold): Appointed Shelley Tinney, director of community resource development in the Maryland Governor’s Office for Children (Baltimore), to be executive director.

National Park Foundation (Washington): Appointed Neil J. Mulholland, chief executive of Prairie iNet (Des Moines), to be president and chief executive.

Our Lady of the Lake U. (San Antonio): Appointed Paul T. Kettering III, executive director of development at St. Mary’s U. (San Antonio), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York): Appointed Jon Gossett, senior vice president of development at the American Public Media Group (St. Paul), to be chief development officer.

Read to Succeed Buffalo (N.Y.): Appointed Michael Benzin, director of development at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County (Buffalo), to be director of development.

Simpson Senior Services (Bala Cynwyd, Pa.): Appointed Roberta A. Healey, a faculty member at Villanova U. (Pa.), to be vice president for philanthropy.

Van Cliburn Foundation (Fort Worth): Announced the retirement of Richard Rodzinski, president, effective February 1.

U. of Arizona (Tucson): Announced the appointment of Kari Schlachtenhaufen, principal of Foundation Board Resources (Edina, Minn.), to be director of development for the department of surgery.

GRANT MAKERS

Aetna Foundation (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Anne C. Beal, assistant vice president of health-care disparities at the Commonwealth Fund (New York), to be president.

Goodman Philanthropic Foundations (Skokie, Ill.): Appointed Eitan Stieber, a grant writer at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, to be program officer.

Stuart Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Greg John, principal of John Muir Elementary School (Berkeley, Calif.), to be director of education programs.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

English-Speaking Union of the United States (New York): Elected Patricia Scott Schroeder, former Colorado congresswoman (Denver) and former president and chief executive officer of the Association of American Publishers (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Everybody Wins USA (Boston): Elected Matthew Broder, vice president of external communications at Pitney Bowes (Stamford, Conn.), to be chairman of the board.

Hazelden Foundation (Center City, Minn.): Elected the Rev. Michael J. O’Connell, pastor at the Church of the Ascension (Minneapolis), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Iowa West Foundation (Council Bluffs, Iowa): Elected Susan Miller, Corporate Banking Group Credit and Risk Management Division assistant at First National Bank of Omaha, to the Board of Directors.

Kids Voting USA (Silver Spring, Md.): Elected Diana Carlin, professor of communication studies at the U. of Kansas (Lawrence), to be chair of the Board of Directors. This organization works to educate elementary and high-school students about American democracy and the voting process.

Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation: Elected Thomas M. Cornish, president and chief executive officer of Seitlin Insurance (Miami), to be chairman of the board.

Nevada Cancer Institute (Las Vegas): Elected Stephen J. Cloobeck, chairman and chief executive officer of Diamond Resorts International (Las Vegas), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Sacramento Law Foundation: Elected Kimberly E. Lewellen, a lawyer at Ellis Coleman Poirier LaVoie & Steinheimer (Sacramento), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Teagle Foundation (New York): Elected to its Board of Directors: Andrew Delbanco, humanities professor at Columbia U. (New York); Barbara Benioff Friedman, board chair at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (New York); Grant Porter, vice chair at Barclays Capital (New York); and Cornelia Small, board chair at Smith College (Northampton, Mass.) and former chief investment officer at Scudder Kemper Investments (Boston).

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Grenzebach Glier and Associates (Chicago): Appointed Kenneth Bigger, associate secretary of the university at the U. of Chicago, to be vice president and chief of staff. This organization provides consulting services for fund raisers.

Washburn Carmichael (New York): Appointed Nancy Carmichael, vice president, also to be a partner. This firm provides consulting on fund raising and strategic planning.