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American Lung Association of California (Oakland): Appointed Jane Warner, executive director of the American Diabetes Association of Southern California (Los Angeles), to be president and chief executive officer.

American Tinnitus Association (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Michael P. Malusevic, director of administration and controller, to be executive director.

California Pacific Medical Center Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Helen Dannelly, senior director of development at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Mountain View, Calif.), to be director of major gifts, and W. Gary Ogburn, planned-giving director at the Bay Area Chapter of the American Red Cross (San Francisco), to be director of gift planning.

College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore): Appointed Patricia A. Bosse, vice president for mission and institutional advancement at St. Joseph Medical Center (Towson, Md.), to be vice president for institutional advancement and marketing.

Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pa.): Appointed Rick Delgiorno, associate director of alumni programs at Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.), to be director of alumni and parent relations, and Don Hasseltine, vice president for development, to be vice president for college advancement.

Eco Education (St. Paul): Appointed Lea Favor, director of education and evaluation at Youth Frontiers (Minneapolis), to be executive director. This organization promotes environmental education in Minneapolis and St. Paul schools.

Environmental Grantmakers Association (New York): Appointed Rachel Leon, former senior manager at the JEHT Foundation (New York), to be executive director.

Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (Winchester, Va.): Appointed Wesley Willmer, former vice president for university advancement at Biola U. (La Mirada, Calif.), to be senior vice president.

Folds of Honor Foundation (Tulsa, Okla.): Appointed Ginny Creveling, executive director of the Oneok Foundation (Tulsa), to be president and chief operating officer. This group provides scholarships to the children and spouses of service members that have been killed or disabled as a result of their military service.

Hospital of Central Connecticut (New Britain): Appointed Wendy M. Lux, associate vice president of development for the UConn Health Center at the U. of Connecticut Foundation (Storrs), to be executive director of development.

Institute for Jewish & Community Research (San Francisco): Announced the death of Gary Tobin, its president and founder. He was 59. (See above.)

Institute of Cultural Affairs in the U.S.A. (Chicago): Appointed Terry Bergdall, a senior manager at the institute’s offices in North America, Asia, and Africa, to be associate executive director.

Irvine Public Schools Foundation (Calif.): Appointed Neda Brooke Zaengle, senior program operations manager at Boys Town, U.S.A. (Santa Ana, Calif.), to be chief executive officer.

National Council of Nonprofits (Washington): Appointed Rick Cohen, director of membership and technology, to be director of administration and operations.

National Council on Aging (Washington): Appointed Sheela Mirmira, manager of the Women’s Leadership Circle at the AARP Foundation (Washington), to be director of corporate partnerships and development.

National Organization on Disability (Washington): Appointed Carol Glazer, executive director of the organization’s National Employability Partnership program, to be president.

Nonprofit Finance Fund (New York): Appointed Patrick James, senior vice president at Citi Consumer Lending Group (New York), to be New York program director.

Oregon State U. Foundation (Corvallis): Appointed Mike Keller and Dan McLean, development assistants at the Bulldog Foundation at Fresno State U. (Calif.), to be regional directors for the Beaver Athletic Student Fund, and Travis Smith, director of development for the College of Education/ 4-H, to be associate director of development for the College of Business.

Parkinson Association of the Rockies (Denver): Appointed Mollie Brundage, director of development for the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee for the Democratic National Convention, to be executive director. The association also appointed: Amy Fuller-Gorman, development associate, to be director of development.

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

Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida (Sarasota): Appointed Sharon Kunkel, former communications director at the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation (Fla.), to be senior development officer.

Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey (New Brunswick): Appointed Rush L. Russell, former senior vice president and chief operating officer at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia U. (New York), to be executive director.

Purdue U. Calumet (Hammond, Ind.): Appointed Daniel L. Hendricks, vice president for advancement and public services at Western Illinois U. (Macomb and Moline) and executive officer at the WIU Foundation, to be vice chancellor for advancement.

Saint Joseph’s U. (Philadelphia): Appointed Matthew J. Wawro, chief advancement officer at the Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), to be vice president for development and alumni relations.

Scholarship America (Minneapolis): Announced the resignation of Clifford Stanley, president and chief executive officer. The organization has appointed Mim Schreck, chair of the Board of Trustees, to be interim chief executive officer.

Southeast Missouri U. Foundation (Cape Girardeau): Appointed William Holland, director of corporate relations and associate director of development for the Donald L. Harrison College of Business at the university, to be executive director. He will also be vice president for university advancement.

Suffolk U. (Boston): Appointed Christopher S. Mosher, vice president for development at Mount Ida College (Newton, Mass.), to be vice president for advancement.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Dallas): Appointed Mark E. Nadolny, an area senior vice president for Blockbuster, based in Dallas, to be chief financial officer.

United Jewish Communities/Jewish Federations of North America (New York): Appointed Jerry Silverman, president and chief executive officer of the Foundation for Jewish Camp (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. (See an article about him on Page 39.)

Urban Bush Women (New York): Appointed Jana La Sorte, founder and president of Janlyn PR (New York), to be executive director of this dance company.

Western U. of Health Sciences (Pomona, Calif.): Appointed Thomas G. Fox, special assistant to the president, to be senior vice president for advancement.

GRANT MAKERS

Arcus Foundation (Kalamazoo, Mich.): Appointed Fred Davie, former chief executive officer of Public/Private Ventures (Philadelphia), to be senior director of social justice and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender programs at its New York office.

Ball Brothers Foundation (Muncie, Ind.): Announced the death of John W. Fisher, former chairman and president. He was 93.

California Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed John E. Kobara, chief development and marketing officer, to be executive vice president and chief operating officer.

The California Endowment (Los Angeles): Appointed Sandra Davis, program associate, to be program officer for East Oakland, and Margarita Luna, program associate, to be program officer for the cities of Coachella and Thermal.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Vuyiswa Sidzumo, a program officer and acting director of its South Africa office (Johannesburg), to be director of the South Africa office.

Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation (Denver): Announced the death of Barbara Johnson Hartley, former chairman and a founding trustee. She was 88.

Idaho Community Foundation (Boise): Appointed Bob Hoover, president of the College of Idaho (Caldwell), to be president and chief executive officer.

Northwestern Mutual Foundation (Milwaukee): Appointed Kimberley Goode, vice president of communications for the Northwestern Mutual Company, to be president. The foundation has also appointed Deanna Tillsch, director of corporate affairs, to be vice president.

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.): Appointed Peggy Duxbury, director of governmental and regulatory affairs at Seattle City Light, to be environment program officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Jewish World Service (New York): Elected Barbara Dobkin, founder and former chair of Ma’yan: the Jewish Women’s Project of the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, to be chair of the board.

Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals (Orlando, Fla.): Elected Ed Wallace, director of community affairs at Sony Electronics (San Diego), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Bellevue College Foundation (Wash.): Elected Rob McKenna, Washington State attorney general (Olympia), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Boston Foundation: Elected Michael B. Keating, a lawyer at Foley Hoag (Boston), to be chair of the board.

Direct Relief International (Santa Barbara, Calif.): Elected Dorothy Largay, founder and chief executive officer of the Linked Foundation (Santa Barbara), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York): Elected Katherine G. Farley, senior managing director at Tishman Speyer (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Elected Terry Semel, chairman and chief executive officer of Windsor Media (Los Angeles), to be co-chair of the Board of Trustees.

Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis): Elected Mark G. Yudof, president of the U. of California System (Oakland), to the Board of Directors.

National Council of La Raza (Washington): Elected Daniel R. Ortega Jr., a lawyer at Roush, McCracken, Guerrero, Miller & Ortega (Phoenix), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York: Elected Gary W. Parr, deputy chairman of Lazard (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Richard King Mellon Foundation (Pittsburgh): Elected Seward Prosser Mellon, president and chief executive officer, also to be chairman of the Board of Trustees. He succeeds Richard P. Mellon, who has retired. Richard A. Mellon, a trustee, has been elected president of the Board.

Santa Monica Museum of Art (Calif.): Elected Peter A. Gelles, a lawyer based in Los Angeles, to be president of the Board of Trustees.

United Way of Greater Los Angeles: Elected Caroline W. Nahas, managing director of Korn/Ferry International, Southwest Region (Los Angeles), to be chair of the Corporate Board of Directors.

Washington National Opera: Elected Jane Lipton Cafritz, a board member and a former lawyer for the House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.