People

Afterschool Alliance (Washington): Appointed Jodi Grant, director of work and family programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families (Washington), to be executive director.

American Rivers (Washington): Appointed Mark S. Epstein, a communications consultant in Washington, to be vice president for outreach and communications.

Autism Speaks (New York): Appointed Mark Roithmayr, senior vice president for revenue development at March of Dimes (White Plains, N.Y.), to be president.

Business and Professional Women’s Foundation and Business and Professional Women USA (Washington): Appointed Deborah L. Frett, executive director of SeniorNavigator (Richmond, Va.), to be chief executive officer.

Camp Fire USA (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Kelita Svoboda Bak, director of government relations at Youth Service America (Washington), to be vice president of government relations, based in Washington.

CEOs for Cities (Chicago): Appointed Carol Coletta, president of Coletta & Company (Memphis), to be president and chief executive officer.

CFED (Washington): Appointed Carol Wayman, director of policy at the National Congress for Community Economic Development (Washington), to be senior federal policy director. CFED works with companies to foster equal-employment opportunities for low-income people.

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (Washington): Appointed Don I. Tharpe, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Council on Foundations (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Weldon J. Rougeau, who resigned in November.

Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington): Announced the resignation of David C. Levy, president and director.

Corporation for Supportive Housing (New York): Announced the resignation of Steve Thomas, chief operating officer.

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (Trenton): Appointed Ari Kramer, former writer for the public-outreach department of the Seattle Monorail Project, to be communications and membership-services officer.

Elmhurst College (Ill.): Appointed Jill McWilliams, a secretary in the college’s education department, to be assistant director of corporate and foundation relations.

Environmental Aboriginal Guardianship Through Law and Education (Vancouver, Canada): Appointed Deanie Kolybabi, executive director of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (Ottawa), to be executive director.

The Exploratorium (San Francisco): Announced the resignation of Goéry Delacôte, executive director, effective in September.

Friends of the Chicago River: Appointed Margaret Frisbie, deputy director, to be executive director.

Gifts In Kind International (Alexandria, Va.): Announced the retirement of Susan Corrigan, founder and chief executive officer. Barry Anderson, former senior vice president for global human resources and facilities at VeriSign (Mountain View, Calif.), will serve as interim president and chief executive officer until a successor is found.

Huston-Tillotson U. (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Vicki Minor, executive director of institutional advancement, to be vice president of institutional advancement.

InnVision the Way Home (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Anne Ehresman, chief development officer, to be senior vice president.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Geneva): Appointed Al Panico, chairman of the Disaster Volunteer Committee at the American Red Cross-San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter, to be head of operations for tsunami-relief efforts in Sri Lanka.

Jewish Home & Hospital Lifecare System (New York): Appointed Joseph Huber, fund-raising director at the American Technion Society’s New York region, to be vice president of development.

JTA: The Global News Service of the Jewish People (New York): Appointed Daniel J. Krifcher, executive vice president and chief operating officer of AOL Dial-Up at America Online (Dulles, Va.), to be president, effective in October. He will succeed Howard E. Friedman, who will become chairman of the Board of Directors.

Lighthouse International (New York): Appointed Tara Cortes, senior vice president and chief nursing officer for patient-care operations at the Yale New Haven Health System’s Bridgeport Hospital (Conn.), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Barbara Silverstone, who is stepping down after 21 years.

Lutheran World Relief (Baltimore): Appointed Timothy McCully, deputy director for international relief and director for Asia and the Pacific at the American Red Cross (Washington), to be vice president for international programs.

Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee (Bradenton, Fla.): Appointed Marden Paru, founder of Marden Paru & Associates (Sarasota, Fla.), a fund-raising consulting firm, to be director of development.

Minnesota Medical Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Craig Wruck, director of client development at Kaspick & Company (Woodbury, Minn.), to be director of gift planning.

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke U. (Durham, N.C.): Appointed Shaleane Gee, director of development and external affairs at the U. of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art, to be director of development and external relations.

New York Law School: Appointed Suzanne Schwartz Davidson, president of the School of American Ballet (New York), to be associate dean for institutional advancement.

Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Mass.): Appointed John McCrae, director of finance and administration at the Trustees of Reservations (Beverly, Mass.), to be chief financial officer.

Physicians for Peace (Norfolk, Va.): Appointed Ken Hudson, a merchant marine supply specialist in Virginia Beach, to be coordinator for gifts in kind.

San Diego Hospice Foundation: Appointed Karny Stefan, capital-campaign and development director at the Monarch School Project (San Diego), to be associate vice president of development.

Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation (Dallas): Appointed Dick Davis, director of the Texas-Oklahoma region at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Dallas), to be executive director.

Union Rescue Mission (Los Angeles): Appointed Andrew J. Bales, executive director of the Lake Avenue Community Foundation (Pasadena, Calif.), to be president.

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg): Appointed Matthew T. Banks, senior director of principal and major gifts at Seton Hall U. (South Orange, N.J.), to be director of development for the College of Science.

Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, Mass.): Appointed Lisa Corrin, deputy director of art and curator of modern and contemporary art at the Seattle Art Museum, to be director.

WNYC, New York Public Radio: Appointed Barbara Bantivoglio, a fund-raising and marketing consultant in New York, to be vice president of development; Richard Bengloff, interim chief financial officer at the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York), to be vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer; and Naomi Person, a producer of the National Pub-lic Radio program Fresh Air With Terry Gross, to be culture editor.

Women’s Funding Network (San Francisco): Appointed Deborah Harris, director of foundations and corporate giving, to be vice president of development; Cassandra Krause, a former WFN fellow, to be development associate; and Becca MacLaren, a freelance writer in Massachusetts, to be grant writer and grant manager.

Young Americans Bank and Young Americans Center for Financial Education (Denver): Appointed Barbara Danborn, executive vice president and chief financial officer, to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Linda Childears, who is leaving to become president and chief executive officer of the Daniels Fund (Denver).

GRANT MAKERS

Arcus Foundation (New York): Appointed Urvashi Vaid, deputy director of the governance and civil-society unit at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be executive director, effective September 12. She will succeed Linda May, who will serve as associate director, based in the foundation’s Kalamazoo, Mich., office.

Arizona Foundation for Women (Phoenix): Appointed Nancy A. Dean, chief operating officer at the American Red Cross, Grand Canyon Chapter (Phoenix), to be chief executive officer.

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Alonzo Louis Plough, director and health officer at the Seattle and King County Department of Public Health, to be vice president of program, planning, and evaluation.

El Pomar Foundation (Colorado Springs): Appointed Theophilus Gregory, director of community-outreach programs; Kyle Hybl, general counsel and a grants officer; and Kae Rader, director of communications initiatives and a grants officer, to be vice presidents.

Ford Family Foundation (Roseburg, Ore.): Appointed Anne L. Leavitt, vice president of student affairs at the U. of Oregon (Eugene), to be director of scholarship programs.

Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.): Announced the resignation of George Penick, president, effective within the next year.

Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.): Announced the retirement of John E. Marshall III, president and chief executive officer, effective in June 2006.

McCormick Tribune Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Donald Cooke, vice president for institutional advancement at the Field Museum (Chicago), to be senior vice president of philanthropy. He succeeds Nicholas Goodban, who is retiring.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Announced the resignation of Rip Rapson, president, effective later this summer. He will continue with the foundation as a senior fellow. Peggy J. Birk, senior vice president and general counsel at Federated Insurance Companies (Owatonna, Minn.) and a member of the foundation’s board, will serve as interim president.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Lois R. DeBacker, program director for the environment program, to be associate vice president for the civil society and environment grant-making programs; Jack A. Litzenberg, interim program director of the Flint area program, to be senior program officer for the poverty program; Maureen H. Smyth, vice president for programs, to be senior vice president for programs and communications; and Kevin F. Walker, program director for the poverty program, to be associate vice president for the Flint area and poverty grant-making programs.

Triangle Community Foundation (Research Triangle Park, N.C.): Appointed Lori O’Keefe, associate director of development at the Carolina Ballet (Raleigh, N.C.), to be philanthropic-services liaison.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Academic Alliance Foundation (Arlington, Va.): Elected Gary M. Cohen, president of BD Medical (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), to the Board of Directors.

The Advertising Council (New York): Elected John Dooner Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of McCann Worldgroup (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington): Elected Jeanne Ruesch, former chief operating officer at Ruesch International (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Council on American-Islamic Relations (Washington): Elected Parvez Ahmed, an assistant professor of finance at the U. of North Florida (Jacksonville), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Hitachi Foundation (Washington): Elected Frances Garcia, inspector general of the U.S. General Accounting Office (Washington), to the Board of Directors.

Triangle Community Foundation (Research Triangle Park, N.C.): Elected Bill Cavanaugh, former chairman and chief executive officer of Progress Energy (Raleigh, N.C.), and Kip Frey, technology-venture partner at Intersouth Partners (Durham, N.C.) and a professor of entrepreneurial management and law at Duke U. (Durham), to the Board of Directors.

William Temple House (Portland, Ore.): Elected Judith A. McGee, president and chief executive officer of McGee Financial Strategies (Portland), to be president of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Brakeley Briscoe (San Mateo, Calif.): Appointed Christine Jeffers, executive director of the Cupertino Historical Society and Museum (Calif.), to be vice president. Brakeley Briscoe specializes in fund raising, governance, and strategic planning for nonprofit groups.

Grizzard Agency (Atlanta): Announced the death of Claude T. Grizzard Jr., founder, on May 17. He was 98.

IDC (Henderson, Nev.): Appointed Darian Litif, director of annual giving at Sacred Heart U. (Fairfield, Conn.), to be a TeleMax program consultant; David C. Piazza, associate vice president for client development at Telecomp (Rochester, N.Y.), to be vice president of client services and a senior consultant; Jane Jensen Saint, account executive, to be senior account executive; and Bruce J. Wenger, vice president of sales and client services, to be senior vice president of sales. IDC is a telemarketing fund-raising service.

Kintera (San Diego): Appointed Steve Johnson, vice president of sales at Voice Automation (Westford, Mass.), to be vice president for channel sales; Andrew Pan, director of the enterprise data center at Intuit (San Diego), to be vice president for information technology; and Andrew Scofield, senior director of business-technology services at Gateway (Irvine, Calif.), to be vice president for client services. Kintera produces Web-based software for nonprofit organizations.

Law Offices of Claudia Wagner (New York): Appointed Brian I. Byrd, assistant director for communications at the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), to be a senior government-relations adviser for nonprofit and private-sector clients.

Yellowfin Direct Marketing (Boston): Appointed Paul MacLellan, print and fulfillment manager for marketing services at Aviva Life Insurance Company (North Quincy, Mass.), to be production director.