People

The After-School Corporation (New York): Appointed John P. Albert, director of intergovernmental affairs at the City of New York’s Department of Youth and Community Development (New York), to be vice president of external relations.

Americans for the Arts (Washington): Appointed Jay Dick, manager of member advocacy at the Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, Va.), to be director of state arts policy; Lina Garcia, deputy communications director at the U.S. Conference of Mayors (Washington), to be director of local arts policy; Narric Rome, director of Vermont research for Gov. Howard Dean’s presidential campaign (Burlington), to be director of federal affairs; and Christopher Turman, director of the Social Security project at the National Council of Women’s Organizations (Washington), to be a senior fellow.

Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia: Appointed Sharyn L. Negus, project consultant at Right Management Consultants (Philadelphia), to be director of the Business on Board program.

Association of Small Foundations (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Deborah Brody Hamilton, senior program director at the National Center for Family Philanthropy (Washington), to be director of member services.

Bay Path College (Longmeadow, Mass.): Appointed Angelika Melien, assistant vice president for development at Western New England College (Springfield, Mass.), to be director of major gifts.

Bridgestar (Boston): Appointed Heidi Brooks, a consultant at the Bridgespan Group (Boston), to be associate director of strategic alliances. Bridgestar is a new membership organization dedicated to improving nonprofit leadership.

Camp Coca-Cola Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Sara Riney, marketing and public-relations manager at the Museum of Design (Atlanta), to be director of public relations. Camp Coca-Cola is a youth-development program that focuses on community service, education, and leadership.

Casa Myrna Vazquez (Boston): Appointed Nathalie Favre-Gilly, special assistant for development in the office of the president at Boston U., to be director of development and communications. This organization provides services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence.

Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland): Appointed Susan Holt, senior director of development for principal gifts at Vanderbilt U.’s medical center (Nashville), to be associate dean for development and alumni relations for the School of Medicine.

Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Stuart Pope, empowerment specialist and director of racial equality and empowerment, to be senior vice president for program and services.

Centre for Development and Population Activities (Washington): Appointed Helen Benz, senior director of finance and administration at the Society for Neuroscience (Washington), to be chief financial officer.

Cinema Seattle: Appointed Gary Tucker, public-relations director at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, to be director of marketing and development.

College Summit-Chicago: Appointed Kenneth Johnson, director of development at After School Matters (Chicago), to be executive director.

Community Foundation Services (Washington): Appointed Jim Ayre, Web developer for the Future of Music Coalition (Washington) and Oxford Contemporary Music TeleCommunity (England), to be Web-content manager; Takia Glover, database manager and information specialist at the Child Welfare League of America (Washington), to be research coordinator; Tracy Locke, coordinator of communications and membership at the Council on Foundations (Washington), to be coordinator of operations; and Gabriela Schneider, advocacy-network officer at the American Psychological Association (Washington), to be media-relations coordinator.

Ethnic Dance Theatre (Minneapolis): Appointed Alpa Goswami, development assistant at the Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis), to be managing director.

Farmers’ Legal Action Group (St. Paul): Appointed Patti Lazarus, executive director of the Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks, and Region (N.D.), to be development director.

Handi-Crafters (Thorndale, Pa.): Appointed Amy Rice, director of rehabilitation services, to be executive director. Handi-Crafters is a rehabilitation and job-placement organization serving public-assistance recipients, people with disabilities, and at-risk youths.

Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio (Columbus): Appointed Jennifer DeBord, chief of the division of recycling and litter prevention at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Columbus), to be director of annual giving.

MaineShare (Augusta): Appointed Hildie J. Lipson, campaign coordinator, to be executive director. MaineShare sponsors alternative workplace-giving campaigns statewide.

MDRC (New York): Appointed Gordon Berlin, executive vice president, to be president. He succeeds Judith M. Gueron, who has served as president since 1986. MDRC, formerly known as the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, is a nonprofit social-policy research group.

Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Bill Farrell, program manager for conflict prevention in Central Asia for the U.S. Agency for International Development (Washington), to be director for the conflict-management group.

Museum of Life and Science (Durham, N.C.): Appointed Julie Ketner Rigby, director of development at the First Flight Centennial Foundation (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.), to be vice president for external relations.

Museum of Science (Boston): Appointed Beth Balmuth Raffeld, associate vice president for development and dean for development for Harvard U.’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Cambridge, Mass.), to be senior vice president for advancement.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations (Washington): Appointed Beverly A. Coulson, a consultant and the founder of Philanthropic Resource Management (Washington), to be director of development and communications; Quitrina Diaz, corporate administrative assistant at the YMCA of the Inland Northwest (Spokane, Wash.), to be a membership and communications associate; Erica Greeley, a scholar at the Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership (Washington), to be director of strategic policy planning; and Cequyna Moore, a research assistant at the Housing Assistance Council (Washington), to be a membership and communications associate.

New Jersey Conservation Foundation (Far Hills): Appointed Gregory Romano, executive director of the State Agriculture Development Committee (Trenton, N.J.), to be assistant director of land acquisition.

North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute (Raleigh): Appointed Barbara Bradley, vice president for community development at America’s Promise-the Alliance for Youth (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

Orange County Museum of Art (Newport Beach, Calif.): Appointed Susan Smoluchowski, vice president of development and marketing at the Council on Crime and Justice (Minneapolis), to be director of development.

Piedmont Medical Center (Atlanta): Appointed Mendal Bouknight, chief development officer at Clemson U. (S.C.), to be vice president of development for the center and executive director of the Piedmont Hospital Foundation.

Purdue U. (West Lafayette, Ind.): Appointed Stephanie Mannon, executive director of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s Indianapolis affiliate, to be director of development for the Purdue Cancer Center.

Quinnipiac U. (Hamden, Conn.): Appointed Ruth Mitchell, director of institutional advancement at Cushing Academy (Ashburnham, Mass.), to be director of parent development.

Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey (Camden): Appointed Joan Mintz Ulmer, director of resource development at the Greater Philadelphia Food Bank, to be director of development.

Safe Space (New York): Appointed Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, senior vice president and chief executive for agency services at the United Way of New York City, to be chief executive officer. Safe Space provides services to abused and neglected children and troubled families in New York.

Saint Joseph Ballet (Santa Ana, Calif.): Appointed Patricia Falzon, director of development at the South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, Calif.), to be director of development.

Sherwood Conservatory of Music (Chicago): Appointed Darcy L. Walker, acting director of the conservatory and former global-risk officer at Morgan Stanley’s Discover Credit Card (Riverwoods, Ill.), to be executive director.

Sound Portraits Productions (New York): Appointed Marion Kahan, exhibition-program manager at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), to be executive director of StoryCorps.

St. David’s Healthcare System (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Carol Clark, a lawyer at Graves, Dougherty, Hearon, & Moody (Austin), to be chief operating officer, and Dick Moeller, president of Verity Ventures Management (Austin), to be chief executive officer.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Karen D. Connelly, manager of the annual-giving program at the State U. of New York, U. of Albany (N.Y.), to be development officer for the Division of International Programs Abroad, and Barbara Bigelow Maddocks, director of development and alumnae relations at Kent Place School (Summit, N.J.), to be senior director of development for giving programs at the School of Architecture.

TechnoServe (Norwalk, Conn.): Appointed Bruce McNamer, chief operating officer at Verified Identity Pass (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Peter Reiling, who was named executive vice president for international and policy programs at the Aspen Institute (Washington) earlier this year.

United Way of Fort Mill-Rock Hill-Tega Cay (Rock Hill, S.C.): Appointed Kimberly Flint Keel, executive director of Family Resources of Rutherford County (Forest City, N.C.), to be president and chief professional officer.

United Way of Rhode Island (Providence): Appointed Lynn Corwin, personnel director, to be assistant vice president of human resources; Carissa Hill, assistant vice president and co-director of the annual campaign, to be vice president of management and special projects in resource development; Hank Sennott, director of public relations, to be vice president of communications; and Mary Jane Silva, assistant vice president and co-director of the annual campaign, to be vice president of sales and new account development.

USA for UNHCR (Washington): Appointed Caryl García, managing director for leadership development at Winrock International (Arlington, Va.), to be executive director.

Victoria Symphony Orchestra (Canada): Appointed Natasha van Bentum, director of major gifts and planned giving at Greenpeace Canada (Vancouver, Canada), to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Blue Shield of California Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Crystal Hayling, a senior adviser at the Marguerite Casey Foundation (Seattle), to be president.

Catholic Community Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Marilou Eldred, president of Saint Mary’s College (Notre Dame, Ind.), to be president, effective January 1. She will succeed James A. Mullin, who is retiring.

Christian Community Foundation (Colorado Springs): Appointed Bryan W. Miesel, assistant vice president and regional manager at A.M. Best Company (Oldwick, N.J.), to be director of marketing and public relations.

Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (Conn.): Appointed James G. Williamson, president and chief executive officer at United Way of Dutchess County (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), to be president.

Ford Foundation (New York): Announced the retirement of Alexander Wilde, vice president of communications.

Gill Foundation (Denver): Appointed Bruce Brothers, a program manager at the IBM Software Group (Somners, N.Y.), to be director of operating programs.

Irving Harris Foundation (Chicago): Announced the death of Irving B. Harris, founder and chairman of the Board of Directors, on September 25. He was 94.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed John Bracken, assistant director at the American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam (Mt. Laurel, N.J.), to be a program officer in the general program.

Markle Foundation (New York): Appointed David Lansky, president of FACCT-the Foundation for Accountability (Portland, Ore.), to be director of the health program.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

After-School All-Stars (Los Angeles): Elected Henry Cisneros, chairman of American City Vista and Pacific City Homes (Los Angeles) and former secretary of housing and urban development under President Bill Clinton, to be national chairman. After-School All-Stars supports youth programs in California.

Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center (San Francisco): Elected Jan Masaoka, executive director of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services (San Francisco), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Central Minnesota Community Foundation (St. Cloud): Elected Gary Marsden, chief executive officer of Marco (St. Cloud), and Brian Myres, director of Midwest operations for ING Direct (St. Cloud), to the Board of Directors.

Community Foundations Leadership Team (Washington): Elected Jennifer Leonard, president and executive director of the Rochester Area Community Foundation (N.Y.), to be chair.

Girls Incorporated (New York): Elected Janice Warne, managing director at Citigroup Global Markets (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Metropolitan Planning Council (Chicago): Elected John A. Buck, chairman and chief executive officer of the John Buck Company (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Governors.

United Cerebral Palsy (Washington): Elected Tom O’Donnell, a lawyer at Polsinelli Shalton Welte & Suelthaus (Kansas City, Mo.), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.