People

American Hiking Society (Silver Spring, Md.): Appointed Gregory A. Miller, division vice president at the Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.), to be president.

American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis): Appointed John Moses, a lawyer in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and former chair of ALSAC’s Board of Directors, to be chief executive officer. He succeeds Richard C. Shadyac, who has led the organization for 13 years.

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York): Appointed Matthew Bershadker, senior director for major gifts and events, and Todd Hendricks, senior director for the direct-response program, to be vice presidents of development.

Amputee Coalition of America (Knoxville, Tenn.): Appointed Scott McNutt, a freelance writer, to be staff writer.

Barnes Foundation (Merion, Pa.): Announced the resignation of Kimberly Camp, president and chief executive officer, effective by January 1.

Birmingham-Southern College (Ala.): Appointed Adelia Patrick Thompson, vice president for development at the National Foundation for Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta), to be vice president for development.

Boston College High School (Dorchester, Mass.): Appointed Michele O’Connor, former finance director for the gubernatorial campaign of Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey of Massachusetts, to be director of development, and Gregory J. O’Neill, coach and recruiter for football and track at Amherst College (Mass.), to be assistant director of development for annual giving.

Boy Scouts of America, Atlanta Area Council: Announced the resignation of David Larkin, executive director.

Caridad Center, the Migrant Association of South Florida (Boynton Beach): Appointed Maria Puente-Duany, director of development at Covenant House (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), to be director of development.

Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (Washington): Appointed James M. Hudson, a lawyer at the U.S. Coast Guard Judge Advocate’s Office (Washington), to be program director.

Child and Family Resources (Tucson): Appointed Eric Schindler, director of clinical services at La Frontera Center (Tucson), to be chief executive officer.

Children’s Aid Society (New York): Appointed C. Warren (Pete) Moses, executive director, to be chief executive officer, and William Weisberg, associate division director of city and country branches, to be associate executive director, both effective October 21. Mr. Moses will succeed Philip Coltoff, who will serve as a consultant and special adviser. Children’s Aid Society also announced the retirement of Herman C. Bagley, assistant executive director for community affairs.

Corporation for Supportive Housing (Minneapolis): Appointed Zoë LeBeau, executive director of the Women’s Community Development Organization (Duluth, Minn.), to be program officer for greater Minnesota.

Dartmouth U., Hopkins Center for the Arts (Hanover, N.H.): Appointed Jeffrey H. James, executive director of the Cunningham Dance Foundation (New York), to be director, effective in August.

Davidson College (N.C.): Appointed Susan M. (Molly) Shaw, associate director of the annual fund, to be a development officer, and Maria L. Tardugno, fund-raising coordinator for the annual fund, to be associate director of the annual fund.

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids (Washington): Appointed David S. Kass, vice president and chief operating officer, to be executive director.

Gay Games 2006 (Chicago): Appointed Brian McGuinness, vice president of marketing and strategy at HomeMax (Chicago), to be executive director and chief executive officer.

Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Bradford W. Voigt, director of development at the Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Mass.), to be director of institutional advancement.

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (Houston): Appointed Fran Macferran, president of Dynamic Resource Group (Houston), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Bud Franks, who is retiring August 31.

Holland Hall (Tulsa, Okla.): Appointed Jeanette E. Conaway, executive director of the Good Shepherd Medical Center Foundation (Longview, Tex.), to be director of development.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: Appointed Heather Hartley, marketing director at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, to be director of marketing and communications, and Yvette Johnson-Hardwick, a program manager for the public-school tutoring programs at Platform Learning (Chicago), to be manager of foundation and government relations.

Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Philip J. Akers, vice president for university advancement at Eastern Washington U. and president of the Eastern Washington U. Foundation (Cheney), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Lighthouse of Oakland County (Pontiac, Mich.): Appointed John Ziraldo, director of programs at the Guidance Center (Southgate, Mich.), to be chief executive officer. He succeeds Noreen Keating, who is retiring.

Macalester College (St. Paul): Appointed Thomas P. Bonner, vice president for university relations at U. of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.), to be vice president for advancement, effective in August.

Medical and Health Research Association of New York City: Appointed Desiree Bunch, vice president of human resources and organizational development at Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York), to be vice president for human resources.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Irving, Tex.): Appointed Glynn Birch, president of the MADD-Central Florida Chapter (Orlando), to be national president.

National Down Syndrome Society (New York): Appointed Alan P. Brownstein, former president and chief executive officer of the American Liver Foundation (New York), to be president.

Optical Society of America (Washington): Appointed William F. Ryan, director of meetings at the American Society for Engineering Education (Washington), to be senior director of conventions and meetings.

Pacific Council on International Policy (Los Angeles): Appointed Geoffrey Garrett, vice provost and dean of international programs at the U. of California at Los Angeles, to be president. He succeeds Abraham Lowenthal, who will continue as a professor of international relations at U. of Southern California (Los Angeles).

Partnership for a Drug-Free America (New York): Appointed Sharon Jaycox Daitz, deputy director of corporate and foundation relations, to be vice president and director of corporate and foundation relations.

Portland State U. (Ore.): Appointed Trish Hamilton, development director at Friends of the Children (Portland), to be director of development and external relations for the College of Urban and Public Affairs.

Rutgers U. Foundation (New Brunswick, N.J.): Appointed Carol P. Herring, vice president for external affairs at the Asia Society (New York), to be president. She will also serve as the university’s vice president for development and alumni relations.

Salzburg Seminar (Austria): Appointed Stephen L. Salyer, president and chief executive officer of Public Radio International (Minneapolis), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Olin Robison, who is retiring.

St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children (Norfolk, Va.): Appointed Martha Price Stewart, director of donor relations at the Mariners’ Museum (Newport News, Va.), to be development director.

Writers’ Theatre (Glencoe, Ill.): Appointed Sherre Jennings Cullen, director of development at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, to be director of development.

YMCA of Greater Boston: Appointed Maura G. Lynch, campaign director at Community Counselling Services (Boston), to be senior vice president of development.

YMCA of Greater Cincinnati: Appointed Rebecca Kelley, primary grant writer, to be executive director of the community-services branch.

YMCA of Greater San Antonio: Appointed Bill Hinton, director of camping and outdoor-school director at Camp Classen YMCA (Davis, Okla..), to be executive director of Camp Flaming Arrow, in Hunt, Tex.; Ross Magsig, vice president for financial management and chief financial officer at the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region (Colorado Springs), to be chief financial officer; Tony Penn, director of annual support and donor relations, to be vice president of financial development; Jill Tramel, branch executive director of the YMCA Garden Ranch Center (Colorado Springs), to be human-resources training director and community-development liaison; and Sue White, executive director and chief executive officer of the Freeman Southwest Family YMCA (Neosho, Mo.), to be executive director of the D.R. Semmes YMCA.

YWCA of Minneapolis: Appointed Becky Roloff, senior vice president of global financial advice and systems at American Express Financial Advisors (Minneapolis), to be chief executive officer.

GRANT MAKERS

Bush Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed June Noronha, an associate dean at the College of St. Catherine (St. Paul), to be strategic-planning officer.

General Mills Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Ellen Goldberg Luger, vice president of the foundation and director of community action, to be executive director, and Chris Shea, president, also to be senior vice president of external relations at General Mills.

Jewish Fund for Justice (New York): Appointed Simon Greer, program director at Jobs With Justice (New York) and executive director of the New York chapter of Jobs With Justice, to be executive director.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Rebecca Fedewa, a program assistant with the environment program, and Yazeed Moore, a program assistant with the poverty program, to be associate program officers.

Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage): Appointed Meg Loomis, case manager at Assets (Anchorage), to be a program assistant.

John Templeton Foundation (Conshohocken, Pa.): Appointed Arthur Schwartz, vice president for programs and research in the human sciences, to be executive vice president.

United Hospital Fund (New York): Appointed Paula Wilson, an associate professor at Columbia U.’s School of International and Public Affairs (New York), to be vice president for policy.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Elected James Keddy, director of PICO California (Sacramento), and Maurice Lim Miller, founder of the Family Independence Initiative (Alameda, Calif.), to the Board of Directors.

Carnegie Corporation (New York): Elected Norman Pearlstine, editor in chief of Time magazine (New York), to the Board of Trustees, effective September 29.

Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York (Buffalo): Elected Robert M. Bennett, chancellor and regent for the Eighth Judicial District (Buffalo), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Ducks Unlimited (Memphis:) Elected Jim Hulbert, an ophthalmologist in Longview, Wash., to be president.

Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation (Minn.): Elected LeRoy T. (Bud) Kolquist, president and founding partner of Kolquist, Seitz & Goldman (Duluth), to the Board of Trustees.

Grotto Foundation (Minneapolis): Elected Kathrine E. Hill, a community volunteer, to the Board of Directors.

Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Foundation: Elected Michael F. Terry, president of M. Terry Enterprises (Dallas), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

KnowledgeWorks Foundation (Cincinnati): Elected Christine Johnson, president of the Community College of Denver, to the Board of Directors.

National Down Syndrome Society (New York): Elected Pamela van der Lee, vice president of corporate marketing and chairman of the marketing, licensing, and research councils at Viacom (New York), to be chairperson of the Board of Directors.

Provail (Seattle): Elected Richard Artura, registered representative of Woodbury Financial Services (Seattle), to be chair of the Board of Directors. Provail provides services to people with disabilities.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

DDB Issues & Advocacy (Washington): Appointed Margaret Conway, director of advocacy strategies, to be senior vice president and director of the Washington office, and Arlene Fairfield, senior vice president and director of public relations and advertising, to be managing partner, based in Seattle.

Demont & Associates (Portland, Me.): Appointed F. Duke Haddad, vice president of development at St. Vincent Hospitals & Health Services and executive director of the St. Vincent Hospital Foundation (Indianapolis), to be a senior associate, based in Indianapolis. Demont & Associates is a fund-raising consulting firm.

Donordigital (San Francisco): Appointed Mark Rovner, vice president for consulting at CTSG/Kintera (Washington), to be vice president and director of the Washington office.

Dorn & Klamp (Washington): Appointed Shannon King Nash, a lawyer for nonprofit organizations in Washington, to be counsel. Dorn & Klamp is a law firm that represents nonprofit groups.

Lighthouse Counsel (Franklin, Tenn.): Appointed Jim Pfannenstiel, senior partner of research and studies at Jerold Panas, Linzy & Partners (Chicago), to be lead consultant.

O’Neill & Associates (Atlanta): Appointed Marisa Goodwin, development intern at AIDS Athens (Ga.), to be a campaign manager.

Rabin Strategic Partners (New York): Appointed Linda Ruckel McGrath, public-relations manager at Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.), to be a senior associate. Rabin Strategic Partners is a consulting and public-affairs firm that works with nonprofit groups.

Witt/Kieffer (Oak Brook, Ill.): Appointed Stephen J. Kratz, senior vice president at Tyler & Company (Atlanta), to be vice president, based in Atlanta. Witt/Kieffer is an executive-search firm that specializes in health care and education.