People

AARP (Washington): Appointed A. Barry Rand, former chief executive officer of Avis Group Holdings (Parsippany, N.J.), to be chief executive officer.

American Jewish World Service (New York): Appointed Robert Bank, chief operating officer at Gay Men’s Heath Crisis (New York), to be executive vice president.

American Lung Association of Indiana (Indianapolis): Appointed Doug Stafford, chief executive officer and executive director of the American Red Cross, Heartland Chapter (Omaha, Neb.), to be executive director.

Aspen Institute (Washington): Appointed Dana Gioia, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (Washington), to be director of the Harman-Eisner Program in the Arts.

Children’s Futures (Trenton, N.J.): Appointed James W. Smith Jr., deputy commissioner at the New Jersey Department of Human Services (Trenton), to be vice president for program management and development.

Davidson County Community College Foundation (Lexington, N.C.): Appointed Barbara Leonard, associate dean of the School of Education at High Point U. (N.C.), to be president.

Demos (New York): Appointed Nancy K. Cauthen, deputy director of the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia U. (New York), to be director of the Economic Opportunity Program, and Tamara Draut, director of the Economic Opportunity Program, to be vice president for policy and programs. Demos is a public-policy and advocacy organization.

EngenderHealth (New York): Appointed Ann K. Blanc, program officer in the Population and Reproductive Health Program at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago), to be director of the Maternal Health Task Force.

Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (Winchester, Va.): Appointed Dan Busby, senior vice president, to be president.

First Descents (Vail, Colo.): Appointed Lauri Roach, vice president at Ignition Inc. (Atlanta), to be executive director. This organization provides whitewater kayaking and other outdoor adventure experiences to young adults with cancer.

Institute for Public Relations (Gainesville, Fla.): Appointed Robert W. Grupp, president of Grupp Global Partners (Malvern, Pa.), to be president and chief executive officer.

International Crisis Group (Washington): Appointed Louise Arbour, former high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.

Jack and Jill of America Foundation (Washington): Appointed Pier A. Hickman Blake, chapter-level director of strategic events and national manager for events and conferences at the American National Red Cross (Washington), to be executive director and chief development officer. This organization supports programs that help children learn leadership skills.

Junior Achievement of New York (N.Y.): Appointed Jaime Gazes, vice president of business development at Charity Folks (New York), to be vice president of development.

Legal Momentum (New York): Appointed Rachael N. Pine, executive director of the Fund for Public Health in New York, to be executive vice president and director of the legal department. Originally founded as the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Legal Momentum is an advocacy organization that works to advance the rights of women and girls.

Lutheran World Relief (Baltimore): Appointed Michael Meenan, senior director of international services finance at the American National Red Cross (Washington), to be vice president for finance and administration.

Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach, Calif.): Appointed Richard P. Townsend, deputy director for external affairs at the Miami Art Museum, to be president and chief executive officer.

National Industries for the Blind (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Claudia Knott, former director for acquisition management at the Defense Logistics Agency (Fort Belvoir, Va.), to be vice president of operations.

National Society of Black Engineers (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Nadine Dennis, senior director of institutional advancement at the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (New York), to be chief development officer.

Open Society InstituteBaltimore: Appointed Jeffrey Burch, development director at Moveable Feast (Baltimore), to be senior development associate; Tricia Rubacky, development director at Advocates for Children and Youth (Baltimore), to be director of development; and Jedediah Weeks, deputy finance director for the campaign of Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware, based in Newark, to be development associate.

Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation (San Francisco): Announced the death of Michael Calhoun, chief operating officer on February 24. He was 61.

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation (Simi Valley, Calif.): Appointed John D. Heubusch, chief administrative officer at Gateway (Irvine, Calif.), to be executive director. Mr. Heubusch will succeed R. Duke Blackwood, who will return to his position as the director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum (Simi Valley).

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Appointed Marnie Burke de Guzman, director of consumer and media affairs at One Economy (Washington), to be director of marketing and audience strategy.

Santa Barbara Zoo (Calif.): Appointed Elaine Mah Best, vice president and director of development at PathPoint (Santa Barbara, Calif.), to be director of development.

Triangle Land Conservancy (Raleigh, N.C.): Appointed Dan Bruer, director of development at Ronald McDonald House of Durham (N.C.), to be director of development.

U. of California at Los Angeles: Appointed Caroline Hastings, associate director for medical-sciences development, to be director of development for urology and medical sciences; Brian Logue, director of membership for the UCLA Alumni Association, to be associate executive director of operations for the association; Leah Odette, regional development officer at the U. of California at Berkeley, to be associate director for major gifts at the Anderson School of Management; and Jeffrey Poltorak, associate director of major gifts, to be director of development for social sciences for the College of Letters and Science.

U. of Connecticut Foundation (Farmington): Appointed Dina Plapler, director of major gifts at the Connecticut Science Center (Hartford), to be associate vice president of development for the U. of Connecticut Health Center.

Yeshiva U. Museum (New York): Appointed Jacob Wisse, a professor of art history at Yeshiva U., to be director.

GRANT MAKERS

Annenberg Foundation (Radnor, Pa.): Announced the death of Leonore Annenberg, president and chair of the Board of Trustees on March 12. She was 91. The Foundation also announced that Gail C. Levin, executive director, has stepped down.

Central Carolina Community Foundation (Columbia, S.C.): Appointed JoAnn M. Turnquist, chief of staff at the U. of South Carolina’s Monroe School of Business (Columbia), to be president and chief executive officer.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.): Appointed Meera Mani, research director at Preschool California (Oakland), to be program officer for the Children, Families, and Community Program.

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation (Owings Mills, Md.): Appointed Rachel Garbow Monroe, chief operating officer, to be president, effective February 23, 2010. Ms. Monroe will succeed Shale Stiller, who will become a partner at the law firm of DLA Piper (Baltimore).

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Robert L. Gallucci, dean of Georgetown U., School of Foreign Service (Washington), to be president.

Kavli Foundation (Oxnard, Calif.): Appointed Robert W. Conn, managing director of Enterprise Partners Venture Capital (La Jolla, Calif.), to be president.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Announced the death of Terrance Keenan, former vice president, on February 25. He was 85.

UPS Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Ken Sternad, vice president of the UPS Corporate Public Relations Group, to be president.