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Advocacy Institute (Washington): Announced the retirement of Kathleen D. Sheekey, president and chief executive officer, effective July 31.

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Washington): Appointed Judy Harrison, coordinator of educational services at the Med-El Corporation (Durham, N.C.), to be senior director of professional programs.

AmeriCares (Stamford, Conn.): Appointed Jean Brackenbury, vice president of external affairs and development at Chess-in-the-Schools (New York), to be director of institutional relations.

Bellin Foundation (Green Bay, Wis.): Appointed Barbara A. Braun, executive assistant at Bellin Health (Green Bay), to be director.

Birthright Israel Foundation (New York): Appointed Jay Golan, senior director at Carnegie Hall (New York), to be president.

Boston After School & Beyond: Appointed Stephen M. Pratt, director of learning and community at Bridgestar (Boston), to be president.

California Association of Nonprofits (Los Angeles): Appointed Nelson Pichardo, operations manager at First Five L.A. County (Los Angeles), to be director of education, and Alan Strand, director of finance and administration, also to be director of the Nonprofit Quality Reporting Initiative.

California State U. at San Bernardino: Appointed Françoise Aylmer, director of development at the Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County (Orange, Calif.), to be associate vice president for development.

Case Western Reserve U. School of Medicine (Cleveland): Appointed Sheldon Green, director of principal gifts and campaign at Case Western’s Weatherhead School of Management (Cleveland), to be senior director of development and alumni relations.

Catholic Charities-Archdiocese of St. Louis: Appointed Elizabeth Westhoff, director of development at the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (St. Louis), to be director of communications.

Chamber Music Northwest (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Michelle Reynolds, executive director of the Oregon Repertory Singers (Portland), to be director of marketing and development.

Children’s Museum of Indianapolis: Appointed Andy Bawel, corporate controller, to be chief financial officer, and Donna Lolla, public-relations manager, to be director of public and media relations.

Counterpart International (Washington): Appointed Lilya Wagner, associate director for public service and director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana U. (Indianapolis), to be vice president for philanthropy. Counterpart International trains community leaders in underdeveloped countries to use technology for humanitarian work.

Edmonds Community College Foundation (Lynnwood, Wash.): Appointed Anne Cassidy, director of development at Holden Village (Chelan, Wash.), to be executive director.

Education Development Center (Newton, Mass.): Announced the retirement of Janet Whitla, president and chief executive officer, effective later this year.

Enterprise New York: Appointed Jim Himes, president of Enterprise Financial Pathways Corporation (New York), to be director.

Farmers’ Legal Action Group (St. Paul): Appointed Mary Al Balber, solicitor general for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (Onamia, Minn.), to be a senior staff attorney.

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (New York): Announced the resignation of Joan M. Garry, executive director, effective June 15.

Goodman Theatre (Chicago): Appointed Lori A. Kleinerman, director of marketing and communications at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, to be marketing director, and Tanya Palmer, director of new play development at Actors Theatre of Louisville (Ky.), to be literary manager.

Guilford College (Greensboro, N.C.): Appointed Michael J. Poston, vice president and associate dean for development and alumni affairs at Wake Forest U. Baptist Medical Center (Winston-Salem, N.C.), to be vice president for advancement.

Haight Ashbury Free Clinics (San Francisco): Appointed Darryl Inaba, chief executive officer, to be president. Dr. Inaba succeeds David Smith, who will continue as medical director and chairman of the Medical Quality Assurance Committee.

Helen Keller International (New York): Appointed Kathy Spahn, president and executive director of Orbis (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Nan Dale, who has resigned.

Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Washington): Appointed Tim R. Cohen, president and founder of Then and There Decisions (Birmingham, Mich.), to be vice president of development.

Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (Washington): Appointed Kimberly S. West, director of special projects at the Council on Competitiveness (Washington), to be director of development.

Jane Goodall Institute (Silver Spring, Md.): Appointed William Johnston, executive director of the Conservation Campaign (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

Kansas City Ballet (Mo.): Appointed Jennifer Wampler, director of alumni and development at the U. of Missouri at Kansas City’s School of Pharmacy, to be development director.

Lake George Association (N.Y.): Appointed C. Walter Lender, director of development and government- and corporate-relations officer at Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.), to be executive director.

Lawrence U. (Appleton, Wis.): Appointed Kristen Mekemson, an instructor in English at the U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, to be assistant director of corporate, foundation, and sponsored-research support.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Announced the retirement of Andrea L. Rich, president and director, effective November 7.

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (Des Plaines): Appointed Stephen M. Kahnert, director of major gifts and planned giving at Saint Ignatius Jesuit High School (Cleveland), to be senior director for major gifts and planned giving.

Judah L. Magnes Museum (Berkeley, Calif.): Appointed Terry Pink Alexander, West Coast executive director and Western regional development director for the Foundation Fighting Blindness (Baltimore), based in Berkeley, to be executive director.

March of Dimes (White Plains, N.Y.): Appointed Michele Kling, senior health and science press officer, to be director of media relations.

Miami Performing Arts Center Foundation: Appointed Scott Giebler, president of Strategic Marketing Partners (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), to be corporate director of development, and Susan C. Harris, fund-raising and marketing assistant at the Rubin Museum of Art (New York), to be membership manager.

Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York): Appointed Charles Pagnam, vice president of development at Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.), to be senior vice president for development.

National Hispanic Business Association (Austin, Tex.): Appointed David Peña Jr., director of advocacy at the American Heart Association-San Antonio, to be executive director.

Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services (Los Angeles): Appointed Hillary Alexander, a consultant and grant writer in Los Angeles, to be director of development.

Palm Beach Atlantic U. (West Palm Beach, Fla.): Appointed Patrick M. Whitehead, an associate at Jones, Foster, Johnson & Stubbs (West Palm Beach), to be university counsel and director of planned giving.

Palomar College (San Marcos, Calif.): Appointed Deborah E. Stanley, director of development at Casa de Amparo (Oceanside, Calif.), to be director of development and governmental relations and executive director of the Foundation for the District.

Philanthropy Northwest (Seattle): Appointed Carol Lewis, corporate secretary and chief administrative officer at Coinstar (Bellevue, Wash.), to be chief executive officer. Philanthropy Northwest is a regional association of grant makers and philanthropists.

Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass.): Appointed Amy Falls, a managing director and global fixed-income strategist at Morgan Stanley (New York), to be chief investment officer.

San Francisco AIDS Foundation: Appointed Mark Cloutier, executive director of Continuum (San Francisco), to be executive director, effective June 1. He will also serve as executive director of the Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, an international affiliate also based in San Francisco.

San Francisco Art Institute: Appointed Lisa James, vice president of development at Earthjustice (Oakland, Calif.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

San Francisco General Hospital Foundation: Appointed Katherine Ripley-Williams, vice president of development at the Northern California Institute for Research and Education (San Francisco), to be executive director.

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission: Appointed Peter Anderson, a consultant, to be foundations officer.

South St. Paul Educational Foundation: Announced the retirement of Susan O’Brien, executive director, effective June 30.

Stanford U. (Calif.): Appointed John Ford, vice president for development, to be senior vice president for university resources, and Martin Shell, associate vice president for development, to be vice president for development.

United Way of Greater Los Angeles: Appointed Elise Buik, acting president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Joseph Haggerty, who now serves as chief operating officer at United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.).

Virginia Engineering Foundation (Charlottesville): Appointed Nancy J. Cable, vice president and dean of admission and financial aid at Davidson College (N.C.), to be vice president for development. She will also serve as associate dean for development at the U. of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Weill Medical College of Cornell U. (New York): Appointed Adee Shepen, director of development and external affairs at the Calhoun School (New York), to be director of alumni relations and giving.

Wellness Community of Philadelphia: Announced the resignation of Patricia Wellenbach, executive director.

GRANT MAKERS

American Equity Mortgage (St. Louis): Appointed Jeannine Beck, alumni-services manager at St. Louis College of Pharmacy, to be community-relations manager for the community-relations program.

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (New York): Appointed Nancy Roob, vice president and chief operating officer, to be president, effective in June. She will succeed Michael Bailin, who is retiring.

Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas): Appointed John Fitzpatrick, executive director of the Capital Area Training Foundation (Austin, Tex.), to be executive director of the Texas High School Project, and Paula Peters, interim executive director of the Texas High School Project, to be its chief operating and development officer.

Connecticut Health Foundation (New Britain): Appointed Maryland Grier, associate director of the communications office at the Institute for Community Research (Hartford, Conn.), to be public-affairs officer.

Delaware Community Foundation (Wilmington): Appointed Sue Bernetich, development manager at Bayard House (Wilmington), to be director of development.

Gill Foundation (Denver): Appointed Katherine J. Peck, vice president for programs at the Rose Community Foundation (Denver), to be national director.

Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Bonnie Gannon, former bureau chief at CNN San Francisco, to be communications manager, and David Rothchild, a consultant and former co-director of the Amazon Alliance (Washington), to be a program officer for the Goldman Environmental Prize.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Megan Elicker, an intern for the foundation’s Giving Strategies Group, to be giving-strategies assistant; Mary LeRoy, a clinical microbiologist at the Health Alliance (Cincinnati), to be private-foundation program officer; and Julia Mace, communications coordinator at Mariemont City Schools (Cincinnati), to be communications officer.

Marin Community Foundation (Novato, Calif.): Appointed Anuja Mendiratta, coordinator of the environmental health and justice initiative at the San Francisco Foundation, to be program officer for community development.

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Jeannine Balfour, associate community liaison at the Northwest Area Foundation (St. Paul), to be a program officer in the children and families program; Sarah Lovan, senior development assistant and events coordinator at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, to be a program assistant for the environment and research programs; and Mariam Mohamed, executive director of the Somali Parent Teacher Association (Minneapolis), to be a program officer in the children and families program.

MGM Mirage (Las Vegas): Appointed Debra J. Nelson, director of car and brand communications at the Chrysler Group (Auburn Hills, Mich.), to be vice president of corporate diversity and community affairs.

The New York Times Company Foundation: Appointed Soma Golden Behr, a senior editor at The New York Times, to be director of the College Scholarship Program, effective July 1.

Rodel Foundation of Delaware (Wilmington): Appointed Dorothy R. Jacobson, a consultant, to be vice president for national and state partnerships.

St. Joe Community Foundation (Seagrove Beach, Fla.): Appointed Jane D. McNabb, executive vice president of the Florida Chamber Foundation (Tallahassee), to be executive director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Anthem Foundation of Ohio (Cincinnati): Elected Paul W. Chellgren, former chairman and chief executive officer of Ashland (Covington, Ky.), to the Board of Trustees.

Brooklyn Children’s Museum (New York): Elected Nan Sussman, a professor of psychology at the City U. of New York’s College of Staten Island, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

The Carter Center (Atlanta): Elected John Moores, founder and former chief executive officer of BMC Software (Houston) and owner of the San Diego Padres, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees. He succeeds former President Jimmy Carter, who has resigned.

Central New York Community Foundation (Syracuse): Elected Barry L. Wells, senior vice president and dean of student affairs at Syracuse U. (N.Y.), to the Board of Directors.

Chicago Community Trust: Elected Prudence R. Beidler, a community volunteer, to be chairperson of the Executive Committee, and King Harris, a senior executive at Chicago Metropolis 2020, to be a member of the committee.

Columbus Foundation (Ohio): Elected Tanny Crane, president and chief executive officer of the Crane Group (Columbus), to the Governing Committee.

Delaware Community Foundation (Wilmington): Elected James C. Borel, senior vice president at DuPont Human Resources (Wilmington), to the Board of Directors.

International Partnership for Microbicides (Silver Spring, Md.): Elected Els Borst-Eilers, former minister of health for welfare and sport and deputy prime minister in the Netherlands (The Hague), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation (New York): Elected to the Board of Trustees: Robert C. Cullen, president and chief executive officer of Thomson Scientific and Healthcare (Stamford, Conn.); Alfred Sommer, a professor and dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore); Humphrey Taylor, chairman of the Harris Poll (Rochester, N.Y.); and Martin Tolchin, former editor in chief of The Hill (Washington).

Planned Giving Council of Eastern Wisconsin (Milwaukee): Elected Virginia R. Finn, development director at the U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee’s College of Letters & Science, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana (Oak Brook, Ill.): Elected Paul Clark, an owner and operator of McDonald’s franchises in Chicago, to be president of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Carol Enters List Company (Fairfax, Va.): Appointed Dottie Simmons Parham, vice president and director of integrated marketing at OMP (Washington), to be vice president and partner. The company is a broker for fund-raising lists.

Demont & Associates (Portland, Me.): Appointed Donna Stobbs, human-resources manager for the Baumann Valve Division at the Emerson Electric Company (Portsmouth, N.H.), to be director of associate resources. Demont & Associates is a fund-raising consulting firm.

Rodriguez, Horii & Choi (Los Angeles): Appointed Reynolds Cafferata, a partner at Bingham McCutchen (Los Angeles), to be a lawyer with this firm that specializes in tax-exempt organizations in California.

Schultz & Williams (Philadelphia): Appointed Kathleen M. Watson, vice president for development at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (Philadelphia), to be a senior associate. Schultz & Williams is a development, marketing, and management-consulting firm that works solely with nonprofit groups.

Yellowfin Direct Marketing (Boston): Appointed Theodore Moxon, president of Image Tech Associates (West Chester, Pa.), to be senior account executive.