People

ALS Association (Calabasas Hills, Calif.): Appointed Jane H. Gilbert, senior vice president for chapter operations at the American National Red Cross (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

American Cancer Society (Atlanta): Appointed Mady Schuman, former fund raiser at Lighthouse International (New York), to be senior vice president of campaign and leadership giving.

America’s Promise Alliance (Washington): Appointed Carmita P. Vaughan, former chief of staff for the office of high schools and high-school programs at the Chicago Public Schools, to be chief strategy officer. This organization helps young people graduate from high school and prepare for careers.

Arthritis Foundation, Northern and Southern New England Chapter (Rocky Hill, Conn.) Appointed Jaime Seltzer, director of financial-resource development at the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford (Conn.), to be chief development officer.

Boston Ballet: Appointed Barry C. Hughson, executive director of the Atlanta Ballet, to be executive director.

Bradley U. (Peoria, Ill.): Appointed Patrick Vickerman, associate vice president for development and campaign director at Iowa State U. (Ames), to be vice president for advancement.

Burlington County College Foundation (Mt. Laurel, N.J.): Appointed Rebecca Corbin, senior vice president of institutional advancement at the New Jersey Public Television and Radio Foundation (Trenton), to be executive director of development.

College Success Foundation (Issaquah, Wash.): Appointed Ruby Smith Love, director of major gifts at United Way of King County (Seattle), to be chief development officer.

Direct Relief International (Santa Barbara, Calif.): Appointed Paul B. Thompson, executive director of BetterWorld Together Foundation (Temecula, Calif.), to be chief of programs.

Education Development Center (Newton, Mass.): Appointed Joanne Brady, vice president and director of its Center for Children and Families, to be senior vice president of the domestic education division.

Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum (Seattle): Appointed Christina OrrCahall, director and chief executive officer of the Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, Fla.), to be director and chief executive officer.

Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (New York): Appointed Mark Dybul, global AIDS coordinator at the U.S. Department of State (Washington), to be a senior adviser.

Jewish Family Services of Bergen County (Teaneck, N.J.): Appointed Roberta Ruben Zweifler, director of development at the Arc of Essex County (Livingston, N.J.), to be director of development.

Mentor (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Daniel C. Schneider, acting assistant secretary of the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Washington), to be chief executive officer.

Mt. San Antonio College Foundation (Walnut, Calif.): Appointed Richard H. Morley, former director of development at Community Care Health Centers (Huntington Beach, Calif.), to be executive director and director of development.

National Constitution Center (Philadelphia): Appointed Debra Gross, director of development at the Wellness Community of Philadelphia, to be director of development operations.

National Environmental Education Foundation (Washington): Appointed Franca Brilliant, senior development director at the Center for a New American Dream (Takoma Park, Md.), to be development director, and Dan Seligson, former editor of Electionline.org at the Pew Charitable Trusts, based in Washington, to be communications director.

One Family (Boston): Appointed Denise Durham Williams, global diversity managing director for the Global Consumer Group at Citigroup (New York), to be executive director. This organization works to end homelessness in Massachusetts.

Plymouth State U. (N.H.): Appointed Sylvia Bryant, associate vice president for individual giving at Alfred U. (N.Y.), to be executive director of university advancement.

Pratham USA (Houston, Tex.): Appointed Sangita Karra, vice president of foundations and strategic philanthropy at Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management (New York), to be vice president of development. This organization works to improve education in India.

Presbyterian Foundation Group (Jeffersonville, Ind.): Appointed Bland Bennett, senior underwriter at PNC MultiFamily Capital (Louisville, Ky.), to be investment officer, and R. Crit Thomas, director of research at Mead, Adam, and Company (Dayton, Ohio), to be senior investment officer for the foundation’s New Covenant Trust Company.

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission: Announced the retirement of Herb Pfiffner, executive director, effective December 31.

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture (Pocantico Hills, N.Y.): Appointed Jill Isenbarger, chief of staff at the Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.), to be executive director. This organization supports educational programs that encourage people to buy locally grown and produced food.

Treatment and Learning Centers (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Patricia Ritter, assistant executive director, to be executive director. This organization provides services to people with disabilities.

U. of Missouri at St. Louis: Appointed Liliana Ayala Berlyn, vice president for institutional advancement at the Dominican Campus (Nashville), to be senior director of development for colleges and units; Mark A. Berlyn, director of stewardship and development at the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, to be senior director of university campaigns; Deborah Tansil Graham, regional director at the United Negro College Fund Minneapolis Area Office, to be director of alumni relations and annual giving; Stephen B. Knapp, director of development at the St. Louis Medical Center, to be director of development for the College of Business Administration; Elizabeth Kurila, owner and managing director of Suttle Mindlin (St. Louis), to be development officer for the College of Business Administration; Callie C. Raspberry, associate development director, to be director of development for health services; and James Shiels Jr., enterprise-fund-raising and Raiser’s Edge consultant at Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.), based in St. Louis, to be director of development for libraries and the Center for International Studies.

Vera Institute of Justice (New York): Appointed Peggy McGarry, director of criminal-justice programs at the JEHT Foundation (New York), to be director for the Center on Sentencing and Corrections, and Annie Salsich, associate director for the Center on Youth Justice, to be director of the center.

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg): Appointed Bob Mollenhauer, vice president for resource development at Roanoke College (Va.), to be director of development for the College of Natural Resources.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.): Appointed Michelle Vigneux, director of annual giving at Lasell College (Newton, Mass.), to be director of annual giving.

World Society for the Protection of Animals (London): Appointed Michael Baker, chief executive of the Brooke (London), to be director general. He succeeds Peter Davies, who plans to retire.

GRANT MAKERS

Arcus Foundation (Kalamazoo Mich.): Appointed Carla Sutherland, a program officer for the education and sexuality program in East Africa at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be director of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights program.

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (N.Y.): Appointed Betsy Murrett, account supervisor at Travers Collins and Company (Buffalo), to be communications director.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Joanne Kogan Krell, director of communications at the General Motors Corporation (Detroit), to be vice president for communications.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Arthritis Research Institute of America (Clearwater, Fla.): Elected Ed Farina, president and owner of Progressive Rehabilitation Agency (Bradenton, Fla.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation (Eagan): Elected to the Board of Directors: Colleen Connors, senior vice president of human resources and facilities at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota (Eagan); Lori Hough, president of consumer health at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota; and Jan Malcolm, chief executive officer of the Courage Center (Minneapolis).

College Access Foundation of California (San Francisco): Elected Russell Gould, senior vice president for Wachovia Bank and senior managing director at Wachovia Portfolio Services (San Francisco), and Toby Rosenblatt, president of Founders Investments and director of BlackRock Equity Liquidity Mutual Funds and Forward Management (San Francisco), to the Board of Directors.

Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas): Elected Joseph M. Grant, founder and chairman emeritus of Texas Capital Bancshares (Dallas), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees. Also elected to the Board: Carlos González Peña, a principal at Brigham Hill Consultancy (Dallas), and Karen L. Shuford, charitable trust consultant at Bank of America’s Private Client Group (Dallas).

Eleanor Foundation (Chicago): Elected Scott C. Swanson, president of Charter One Bank, Illinois (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Grand Rapids Community Foundation (Mich.): Elected Cecile Cave Fehsenfeld, president and co-owner of Schuler Books and Music (Grand Rapids), to be chair of the Board of Trustees. Also elected to the Board: Wayman Britt, assistant administrator for Kent County, Mich. (Grand Rapids), and Robert Roth, president and chief executive officer of RoMan Manufacturing (Grand Rapids).

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation (Owings Mills, Md): Elected Donn Weinberg, vice president and director of the foundation-owned real-estate companies, to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.): Elected Clayton S. Rose, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School (Cambridge, Mass.) and former head of global investment banking at J.P. Morgan and Company (New York), to the Board of Trustees.

Kids Hope United (Chicago): Elected Scott Humphrey, executive managing director and head of U.S. mergers and acquisitions at BMO Capital Markets (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis): Elected Joe Loughrey, vice chairman of Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.), to the Board of Directors.

Mentor (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Willem Kooyker, chairman and chief executive officer of Blenheim Capital Management (Somerset, N.J.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Columbia): Elected Kevin Hall, partner at Nelson Mullins Rily and Scarborough (Columbia), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

William T. Grant Foundation (New York): Elected Henry Gooss, senior adviser at Investor Growth Capital (New York), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.