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Admiral Nimitz Foundation (Fredericksburg, Tex.): Appointed retired Gen. Michael W. Hagee, former commandant of the Marine Corps and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Washington), to be executive director.

Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.): Appointed Lynn E. Jackson, vice president for college advancement at Lycoming College (Williamsport, Pa.), to be vice president of development.

Barnes Foundation (Merion, Pa.): Appointed Blake Bradford, director of education at Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), to be director of education.

Children’s Defense Fund (Washington): Appointed Armando Zumaya, chief income-development officer for the American Cancer Society, California Division (Oakland), to be vice president of development.

Cleveland Scholarship Programs: Appointed Christine Jindra, news editor for Cleveland.com and assistant managing editor for the Sunday edition of the Plain Dealer (Cleveland), to be marketing and communications manager.

College of Mount St. Joseph (Cincinnati): Appointed Mark C. DiStasi, marketing consultant at Scripps-WCPO TV (Cincinnati), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Colorectal Cancer Coalition (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Benjamin Basloe, special-events fund raiser at the American Diabetes Association (Alexandria), to be director of development.

Covenant House New York: Appointed Jerome Kilbane, executive director of Covenant House Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be executive director.

Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland: Appointed Helen M. Dumski, vice president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer.

Doctors Without Borders USA (New York): Appointed Sophie Delaunay, a senior program officer, to be executive director.

Grand Valley State U., the Grantmaking School at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed E. Miles Wilson, an independent nonprofit consultant in Cincinnati, to be director.

Hands On Hartford (Conn.): Appointed Doug Sudell, a director at Social Franchise Ventures (Washington), to be chief executive officer.

International Rescue Committee (New York): Appointed Michael Cowan, associate communications director at the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), to be deputy vice president of external affairs.

Jewish Social Service Agency (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Tasha Museles, senior director of development at the Asbury Foundation (Germantown, Md.), to be chief development officer.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center (New York): Appointed Bruce Anderson, former deputy director of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (New York), to be interim executive director.

Louisville Ballet (Ky.): Appointed Dwight E. Hutton, managing director of the Smuin Ballet (San Francisco), to be executive director.

Lupus Foundation of America (Washington): Appointed Susan Bruney, regional field director at the Alzheimer’s Association (Chicago), to be vice president for chapter development and training; Mary Crimmings, vice president of Matthews Media Group (Rockville, Md.), to be vice president for marketing, communications, and advocacy; and Anne Menotti, director of development and alumni relations for the School of Communications at American U. (Washington), to be vice president for development and fund raising.

Monmouth College (Ill.): Appointed Brenda Tooley, vice president for academic affairs and dean at Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa), to be director of the grants program.

National Association of Investors Corporation-BetterInvesting (Madison Heights, Mich.): Appointed Kathleen Zaracki, director of the Conference Board (New York), to be chief executive officer.

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia U. (New York): Appointed David L. Rosenbloom, professor in the School of Public Health at Boston U. and director of Join Together (Boston), an organization that supports community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment, to be president and chief executive officer. Join Together was recently merged into the center.

National Council of Churches USA (New York): Appointed Kurt Kaboth, interim director of development and former head of school for Eastern Christian School (North Haledon, N.J.), to be director of development.

Nature Conservancy of New York (New York): Appointed William Ulfelder, director of its eastern Colorado program, in Denver, to be state director.

Newberry Library (Chicago): Appointed Scott Stevens, director of graduate studies in English at the U. of Buffalo (N.Y.), to be director of its D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History.

New York City Opera: Appointed George R. Steel, general director of the Dallas Opera, to be general manager and artistic director.

Optical Society of America (Washington): Appointed Sean R. Bagshaw, vice president and chief technology officer at the Mortgage Bankers Association (Washington), to be chief information officer.

Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia): Appointed Erik D. Olson, former deputy staff director and general counsel of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (Washington), to be director of chemical and food-safety programs.

Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic (Hawthorne, N.Y.): Appointed Eillene C. Leistner, executive director of Sharsheret (Teaneck, N.J.), an organization that provides support services to women with breast cancer, to be senior vice president of external affairs.

Robert C. Gallo Foundation for AIDS and Virus Research (Baltimore): Appointed Franco Nuschese, president of Georgetown Entertainment Group (Washington), to be director of international relations.

Saint Joseph Ballet (Santa Ana, Calif.): Appointed Dawn S. Reese, managing director of Opera Pacific (Santa Ana, Calif.), to be general manager and chief financial officer.

Sinai Health System (Chicago): Appointed Richard D. Zelin, West Central region director at the American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (New York), to be vice president for development.

Step Up Women’s Network (Los Angeles): Appointed Alissa Zito, a publicist at MML Public Relations (Los Angeles), to be director of marketing and communications. Step Up Women’s Network provides health education, professional mentorship, and social-networking opportunities for women and girls.

Triangle Foundation (Detroit): Appointed Alicia J. Skillman, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community liaison to the City of Detroit Mayor’s Office, to be executive director.

Tyler Arboretum (Media, Pa.): Appointed John Schlesinger, vice president for institutional advancement at the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades (Media), to be director of advancement.

U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and U.S. Naval Academy Foundation (Annapolis, Md.): Appointed Byron F. Marchant, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Black Entertainment Television (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

U. of Southern California (Los Angeles): Appointed Sam Martinuzzi, associate senior vice president for university advancement, to chief development officer for the Gould School of Law.

Westminster Schools (Atlanta): Appointed Charlie Shaffer, former president and chief executive officer of the Marcus Institute (Atlanta), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.): Appointed Jacob E. Messier, senior marketing and business-development consultant at DoxStor (Worcester), to be executive director of alumni relations, and Samuel K. Stewart, controller for the development office at the UMass Memorial Foundation (Worcester), to be executive director of development operations and research.

GRANT MAKERS

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed Yvette Murphy-Erby, assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville, to be an officer for the child-care program.

Eisner Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Cathy Choi, program officer at the California Community Foundation (Los Angeles), to be director of programs.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Vicki L. Chandler, professor of plant sciences and molecular and cellular biology at the U. of Arizona (Tucson), to be chief program officer for science.

J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation (Boise, Idaho): Appointed Jamie Scott MacMillan, head of the community-grants program, to be executive director.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Announced the death of Woodward A. Wickham, former vice president, on January 18. He was 66.

Kosciuszko Foundation (New York): Appointed Alex Storozynski, former city editor at the New York Sun, to be president and executive director. The foundation supports Polish-American culture through grants and fellowships.

Tinker Foundation (New York): Appointed Jessica S. Tomb, an independent software consultant (New York), to be director of finance and administration.

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (Winston-Salem, N.C.): Appointed R. Hawley Truax, deputy director of Environmental Action (Takoma Park, Md.), to be program officer for environment and energy issues.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation (Pittsburgh): Elected Robert B. Walker, vice chancellor for health sciences at the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Charleston), to the Board of Trustees.

Dayton Foundation (Ohio): Elected Gary L. LeRoy, associate dean of student affairs at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State U. (Dayton), to be vice chair of the Governing Board. Also elected to the Board: Craig J. Brown, senior vice president and chief financial officer of the Standard Register Company (Dayton), and Colleen M. Ryan, vice president of defense programs at the Dayton Development Coalition.

Freedom House (Washington): Elected William H. Taft IV, visiting professor of the practice of international law and diplomacy at Stanford U. Law School (Palo Alto, Calif.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. This nonpartisan organization supports the expansion of democracy and freedom around the world.

Minneapolis Foundation: Elected David Sternberg, senior vice president and general manager of the Midwest and Mountain region at Brookfield Properties (Minneapolis), to the Board of Trustees.

Names Project Foundation (Atlanta): Elected Harriet Sanford, president and chief executive officer of the NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (Washington), to be chair of the National Board of Directors. The foundation is the international curator of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Nature Conservancy of Massachusetts (Boston): Elected Jeff Porter, chairman of the environmental-law section at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo (Boston), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage): Elected Anthony Mallot, treasurer and chief investment officer at Sealaska Corporation (Juneau, Alaska), and Roberta Quintavell, president and chief executive officer of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (Barrow, Alaska), to the Board of Directors.

Retirement Research Foundation (Chicago): Elected Richard John Kissel, a lawyer at Drinker Biddle (Chicago), to the Board of Directors.

Sabin Vaccine Institute (Washington): Elected Morton P. Hyman, founder of MPH Enterprises (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Tinker Foundation (New York): Elected Renate Rennie, president, also to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

United Service Organizations (Arlington, Va.): Elected Edward T. Reilly, president and chief executive officer of the American Management Association (New York), to be chairman of the World Board of Governors.