People

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation (North Hollywood, Calif.): Appointed Terri L. Clark, executive director of the Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles, to be executive director.

Animal Compassion Foundation (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Anne Malleau, coordinator at the Colonel K.L. Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (Guelph, Canada), to be executive director. The foundation, a nonprofit division of Whole Foods Market, works to improve conditions for farm animals.

Business Volunteers Unlimited (Cleveland): Announced the resignation of Alice Korngold, president and chief executive officer.

Byte Back (Washington): Appointed Halona Agouda, a project assistant for the Step By Step Project at the Council for Exceptional Children (Arlington, Va.), to be technology-education coordinator.

Canyon Ranch Institute (Tucson): Appointed Gary J. Frost, executive vice president, to be executive director. The institute operates resorts in Tucson and Lenox, Mass., and works to promote healthy lifestyles.

Cascadia Revolving Fund (Seattle): Appointed Elizabeth Heile, a principal at the Philanthropy Communications Group (Seattle), to be director of development and communications. Cascadia provides business assistance to community-development groups and small businesses.

Catholic Health System Continuing Care Foundation (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Kathleen Flynn, executive director of the American Heart Association of Western New York (West Amherst), to be executive director.

Center for American Progress (Washington): Appointed Brian Komar, director of the department of strategic affairs at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the LCCR Education Fund (Washington), to be director of coalition relations.

Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles): Appointed Bruce Rise, a major-gifts officer at the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena), to be director of major gifts.

Centre for Development and Population Activities (Washington): Appointed Julie H. Crudele, executive vice president at the Jane Goodall Institute (Silver Spring, Md.), to be vice president of communications and development.

Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: Appointed Jennifer E. Miller, a visiting professor at Northwestern U. Law School (Evanston, Ill.), to be planned-giving director.

Coast Guard Foundation (Stonington, Conn.): Appointed James C. Link, senior vice president for advancement at Sound Shore Health System (New Rochelle, N.Y.), to be president.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington): Announced the death of Edwin M. Crawford, co-founder and a former chairman of the Board of Directors, on February 2. He was 75.

Detroit Riverfront Conservancy: Appointed Natalie Mosher, a program director at Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be chief development officer, and Char Yates, events manager for the City of Detroit, to be director of communications and community relations.

Eastside Catholic High School (Bellevue, Wash.): Appointed April M. Collier, vice president for advancement at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (Calif.), to be vice president of development.

Florida Philanthropic Network (Miami): Appointed Pamela Peters, executive director of the Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Center at Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.), to be president.

FreshMinistries (Jacksonville, Fla.): Appointed the Rev. Bruce R. Grob, vice chairman and chief operating officer, also to be executive director of the Africa HIV/AIDS initiative.

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library: Appointed Donna Bero, executive director of Adopt-a-Watershed (San Francisco), to be executive director.

Georgetown College (Ky.): Appointed Dan Miller, executive director of Crusade for Children (Louisville, Ky.), to be vice president for development.

Gerontology Network (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed Nick Langenfeld, vice president of finance at Metropolitan Hospital (Grand Rapids), to be chief financial officer.

Goodwill Industries of Denver: Appointed Kee Liakos, development director at the Adoption Alliance (Denver), to be director of marketing.

Grace Center (Pasadena, Calif.): Appointed David Swanson Hollinger, director of program development and strategic planning at Five Acres (Altadena, Calif.), also to be director. Grace Center and Five Acres are affiliated organizations that serve victims of domestic violence and at-risk children, respectively.

Justice at Stake Campaign (Washington): Appointed Bert Brandenburg, deputy director and communications director, to be executive director. The campaign advocates improvements to the judicial process.

Kansas State U. Foundation (Manhattan): Appointed Chris Gruber, director of foster-care recruitment and training at Saint Francis Academy (Salina, Kan.), to be a development officer for the College of Veterinary Medicine, and Lori Rogge, a financial adviser at American Express Financial Advisors (Manhattan), to be gift-planning officer.

Library Foundation of Hennepin County (Minn.): Appointed Jane L. Johnson, associate director in development research at the U. of Minnesota Foundation (Minneapolis), to be director.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York): Appointed Lesley Friedman Rosenthal, a commercial litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York), to be vice president, general counsel, and secretary.

McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Laurie Ledeen, principal gifts officer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston), to be director of development and special projects.

Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Nancy E. Lindborg, executive vice president, to be president. She succeeds Dan O’Neill, who founded the organization.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York): Appointed Sharon H. Cott, vice president, secretary, and general counsel, to be senior vice president, secretary, and general counsel; Harold Holzer, vice president for communications and marketing, to be senior vice president for external affairs; and Deborah M. Winshel, senior vice president and chief financial officer, to be executive vice president for administration and chief financial officer.

National Academy of Sciences (Washington): Appointed Ralph J. Cicerone, chancellor of the U. of California at Irvine, to be president, effective July 1.

New York State Alliance for Arts Education (Albany): Appointed Amy Williams, vice president for programs at the Arts Center of the Capital Region (Albany), to be executive director.

Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (Washington): Appointed Sherry Salway Black, senior vice president at First Nations Development Institute (Fredericksburg, Va.), to be executive director.

Pew Research Center (Washington): Appointed Jodie T. Allen, a managing editor at U.S. News & World Report (Washington), to be senior editor, and Jeffrey S. Passel, principal research associate at the Urban Institute’s Labor, Human Services, and Population Center (Washington), to be senior research associate at the Pew Hispanic Center.

Phillips Collection (Washington): Appointed Ann Greer, director of communications at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington), to be director of museum communications, and Richard Russell, director of development at the Washington National Opera (D.C.), to be director of development.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York): Announced the resignation of Gloria Feldt, president. Karen Pearl, chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Nassau County (N.Y.), will serve as interim president.

Providence Athenaeum (R.I.): Appointed Alison Davis Maxell, administrator of the Consortium of Rhode Island Academic and Research Libraries (Providence), to be executive director.

San Francisco Opera: Appointed David Gockley, general director of the Houston Grand Opera, to be general director.

Seton Hill U. (Greensburg, Pa.): Appointed Geno Ray, major-gifts officer at St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pa.), to be director of major gifts and government relations.

GRANT MAKERS

American Legacy Foundation (Washington): Appointed Joseph Martyak, vice president for communications and client services at Van Scoyoc Associates (Washington), to be interim executive vice president for marketing and communications. He succeeds Christopher Cullen, who has resigned.

Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas): Announced the retirement of Ed Fjordbak, president. Jack Kinnebrew, outside counsel, will serve as interim executive director.

George Gund Foundation (Cleveland): Appointed Ann K. Mullin, program officer for education at the Cleveland Foundation, to be a senior program officer.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed Michael W. Painter, a health-policy adviser to Senator William H. Frist, Republican of Tennessee, to be a senior program officer.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Appointed Alberto Ibargüen, publisher and chairman of The Miami Herald, to be president and chief executive officer. He will succeed Hodding Carter III, who is retiring in 2006.

Laurel Foundation (Pittsburgh): Announced the death of Cordelia Scaife May, founder and chair of the Board of Directors, on January 26. She was 76.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (New York): Announced the retirement of William G. Bowen, president, effective in March 2006.

Minnesota Community Foundation (St. Paul) and the Saint Paul Foundation: Appointed Jaclyn D. Schroeder, development officer at Children’s Home Society & Family Services (St. Paul), to be gift planner.

Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage): Appointed Joel Neimeyer, health-facilities program manager at the Denali Commission (Anchorage), to be a program officer.

Sacramento Region Community Foundation: Appointed Ruth Blank, regional senior vice president at Comcast (Sacramento), to be chief executive officer.

Surdna Foundation (New York): Appointed Kim Burnett, executive director of the Community Development Partnership Network (Denver), to be program officer for community revitalization.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Atlantic Foundation (Bermuda): Elected Peter Smitham, a partner at Permira Advisers Limited (London), to the Board of Directors.

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation (Pittsburgh): Elected Lloyd G. Jackson II, president of Jackson Management Company (Hamlin, W.Va.) and a former West Virginia state senator, to the Board of Directors.

Center for Grieving Children (Portland, Me.): Elected Gary Robinson, executive vice president at the Banknorth Wealth Management Group (Portland), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Center for Women’s Business Research (Washington): Elected Marjorie Alfus, president of Alfus Family (Palm Beach, Fla.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Electrical Safety Foundation International (Arlington, Va.): Elected Grant J. Carter, vice president for marketing and communications at CSA International (Toronto), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

5th Avenue Theatre (Seattle): Elected Ken Alhadeff, chairman of Elttaes Enterprises (Seattle), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Florida Philanthropic Network (Miami): Elected Sherry P. Magill, president and chief executive officer of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, Fla.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Freddie Mac Foundation (McLean, Va.): Elected Ralph F. Boyd Jr., executive vice president of community relations at Freddie Mac, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Historical Society of Central Florida (Orlando): Elected Alesandra D. Saunders, president of WMR (Winter Park, Fla.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Elected Thomas H. Kean, president of Drew U. (Madison, N.J.) and a former governor of New Jersey, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees, effective April 1. He succeeds Robert E. Campbell, former vice chairman of Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, N.J.).

Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (San Francisco): Elected Robert M. Dell, managing partner and chairman of Latham & Watkins (San Francisco), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Library Foundation of Hennepin County (Minn.): Elected Margaret Telfer, interim director of the foundation, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Nemours Foundation (Jacksonville, Fla.): Elected John F. Porter III, former chairman and chief executive officer of the Delaware Trust Company (Rehoboth Beach), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Nurse-Family Partnership (Denver): Elected Robert Hill, a partner at Hill & Robbins (Denver), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Elected to the Board of Trustees: Marjorie Gart, former director of donor and endowment services at the foundation; Doug Jones, president and owner of the Jones Realty Group (Denver); Helayne B. Jones, treasurer and director of the Boulder Valley School Board (Colo.); and Neil Oberfeld, a lawyer at Isaacson, Rosenbaum, Woods & Levy (Denver).

Wellness Community of Philadelphia: Elected Jill H. Durovsik, partner and founder at Corporate Concierge (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Directors.