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American Friends of Sami Shamoon College of Engineering in Beer Sheva and Ashdod (New York): Appointed Joshua Karlin, director of development and endowment at the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island (Providence), to be executive vice president.

American Jewish World Service (New York): Appointed Rabbi Lee Bycel, senior adviser for global strategy at International Medical Corps (Santa Monica, Calif.), to be executive director of the Western region office, based in El Cerrito, Calif.

American Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Mark W. Everson, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

American U. (Washington): Appointed Lee Hosopple, major-gifts officer at WETA, Public Broadcasting for Greater Washington (Arlington, Va.), to be director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences; Morris Jackson, director of major gifts for the university’s School of International Service, to be director of development for the School of International Service; Casey Jacobs, director of the annual fund at Seton Hall U. (South Orange, N.J.), to be director of development for annual giving; Sunny Lee, director of development at the See Forever Foundation and the Maya Angelou Public Charter School (Washington), to be director of major gifts for the School of International Service; and Jenine Rabin, director of development at the university’s School of Public Affairs, to be director of development for universitywide initiatives.

Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, Calif.): Appointed Rich Haluschak, controller, to be senior vice president and chief financial officer, and Emily J. Laskin, vice president for development at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, to be senior vice president for institutional advancement.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Appointed Dale Hedding, director of development at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, to be vice president of development.

Boise State U. (Idaho): Appointed Howard L. Smith, dean of the College of Business and Economics, to be vice president for university advancement.

Catholics for a Free Choice (Washington): Appointed Jon O’Brien, executive vice president, to be president. The organization also appointed Sara Morello, manager of foundation relations at the National Women’s Law Center (Washington), to be vice president.

Children’s Medical Center Dallas: Appointed Don Garrett, director of development at Baylor Healthcare System Foundation (Dallas), to be director of development, and Denise Miller, vice president of development at the Parkland Foundation of Parkland Health & Hospital System (Dallas), to be senior director of development.

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Appointed Andrew A. Swallow, director of development and marketing at the Boy Scouts of America, Dan Beard Council (Cincinnati), to be chief development officer.

Clark U. (Worcester, Mass.): Appointed Andrea L. Marth, director of the Wesleyan Fund at Wesleyan U. (Middletown, Conn.), to be assistant vice president of university advancement.

Emory U. and Emory Healthcare (Atlanta): Appointed Una Hutton Newman, vice president for planning and marketing at the Southern Regional Health System (Atlanta), to be chief marketing officer.

Eugene Hearing and Speech Center (Ore.): Appointed Alise Kermisch, owner and president of All Hands Interpreting & Consulting (Columbus, Ohio), to be chief executive officer. She succeeds Jane Eyre McDonald, who has retired.

Florida Atlantic U. (Boca Raton): Appointed Vicki S. Katz, director of development at Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options (Sunrise, Fla.), to be director of development for the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science.

Florida International U. (Miami): Appointed Jeffrey G. Fischer, director of development at the university’s Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, to be executive director of development and external relations.

Glide Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Willa Seldon, executive director of the Tides Center (San Francisco), to be chief executive officer. This organization provides health-care services, housing, and job training for poor people.

God’s Love We Deliver (New York): Appointed David Ludwigson, marketing manager for the Northeast region at the Ford Motor Company, based in Mahwah, N.J., to be chief development officer.

Grameen Foundation (Washington): Appointed Julia C. Wilson, vice president for development at RocketTalk (San Diego), to be executive director of development for the West Coast, based in San Diego.

Home Safety Council (Washington): Appointed Lynette Sappe-Watkins, a senior development officer at the American Red Cross (Washington), to be director of development. This group aims to prevent home-related injuries.

Howard Brown (Chicago): Appointed Joyce L. Carson, vice president for investor relations at Exelon (Chicago), to be chief financial officer. This group provides health and social services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.

Hudson Valley Writers’ Center (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.): Appointed Jerri Lynn Fields, former executive director of V-Day (Berkeley, Calif.), to be executive director.

Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (Los Angeles): Appointed Javier La Fianza, vice president of programs and chief operating officer at Crystal Stairs (Los Angeles), to be president and chief executive officer.

Illinois Action for Children (Chicago): Appointed Sandra Matthews, senior program officer at the Michael and Juanita Jordan Endowment Fund (Chicago), to be vice president of external relations.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: Appointed Carol U. Baker, education-program manager, to be director of education, and Michelle L. Miller, director of prospect research at the U. of Indianapolis, to be director of development research.

InsideOut Writers (Los Angeles): Appointed Jacqueline Gelfand, executive director of the Daniel Pearl Foundation (Encino, Calif.), to be executive director. This organization offers creative-writing classes at juvenile-detention facilities.

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (New York): Appointed Laura Berry, senior vice president for philanthropic service at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (Conn.), to be executive director.

International Myeloma Foundation (North Hollywood): Appointed Heather Cooper Ortner, director of development at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute (Brandeis, Calif.), to be vice president of development.

Kiwanis International Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed John Sloan, senior director of development at Purdue U. (West Lafayette, Ind.), to be executive director.

Lexington Medical Center Foundation (Columbia, S.C.): Appointed Anthony J. Meyer, senior consultant at Corporate DevelopMint (Charleston, S.C.), to be vice president for development.

Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul): Appointed Deborah G. Brown, vice president of philanthropic funding at Twin Cities Public Television (St. Paul), to be director of individual major gifts, and Dianne Krizan, director of development at Way to Grow (Minneapolis), to be senior administrative director.

Monmouth College (Ill.): Appointed J. Lance Cavanaugh, vice president and chief operating officer at Pro Video Productions (Duluth, Minn.), to be vice president for advancement.

North Carolina Outward Bound (Asheville): Appointed Whitney H. Montgomery, founder and chief executive officer of Just Fresh Bakery Café and Market (Charlotte, N.C.), to be executive director.

Oregon State U. Foundation (Corvallis): Appointed Lori Jordan Brown, director of alumni relations at Western Oregon U. (Monmouth), to be director of development for the College of Pharmacy, and Travis Smith, community director for the Southern Oregon Division of the March of Dimes (Eugene), to be director of development for education and 4-H.

Phoenix House (New York): Appointed Howard Meitiner, chief operating officer at Fortunoff (Uniondale, N.Y.), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Mitchell S. Rosenthal, who will become director of the organization’s Rosenthal Center for Research and Policy Studies. Phoenix House offers treatment for substance abuse.

Plan (Warwick, R.I.): Appointed Ahuma Adodoadji, director of emergency and humanitarian assistance at CARE USA (Atlanta), to be chief executive officer. Plan is an international humanitarian organization for children.

Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region (Cincinnati): Appointed Sharmaine McLaren Gatch, owner of 57th Street (Cincinnati), a consulting company for nonprofit organizations, to be vice president of development, and Laurie Housemeyer, vice president of marketing and community development at SyncRoots (Falmouth, Ky.), to be director of public affairs.

Portland Art Museum (Ore.): Appointed John Stuart May, chief development officer at the Portland Public Schools Foundation, to be director of development.

Southcoast Health System (New Bedford, Mass.): Appointed Ellen Banach, vice president of hospital-systems integration, to be senior vice president of strategic services; David DeJesus Jr., vice president of human resources, to be senior vice president of human resources; William E. Grigg, senior vice president and chief financial officer, to be executive vice president and chief financial officer; Barbara H. Mulville, vice president of external affairs, to be senior vice president of external affairs; and Jim Rattray, director of marketing and public relations, to be vice president of marketing and public affairs.

Stamford Hospital Foundation (Conn.): Appointed Fern Pessin, managing director of health, fitness, wellness, and recreation at the Jewish Community Center (Stamford), to be director of special events.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Dallas): Appointed Kimberly Simpson, vice president and general counsel at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Dallas), to be vice president and general counsel.

U. of California at Los Angeles: Appointed Laura Lindberg, assistant to the dean for grants at California State U. at Northridge, to be director of development for the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and Darryl Mori, institutional-giving officer at the Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles) and acting development officer at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Los Angeles), to be director for professional schools in corporate, foundation, and research relations.

U. of North Carolina at Asheville: Appointed Jim Brewer, former director of development for the William States Lee College of Engineering at the U. of North Carolina at Charlotte, to be associate vice chancellor for major gifts and endowments.

Young Audiences of Maryland (Baltimore): Appointed Amy Genevieve Kozak, manager of government and foundation grants at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

The California Endowment (Los Angeles): Appointed B. Kathlyn Mead, chief executive officer of the Council of Community Clinics (San Diego), to be senior vice president and chief operating officer.

The California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills): Appointed Earl Lui, senior lawyer at Consumers Union, based in San Francisco, to be program director for environmental health and work and health grants.

Campbell Hoffman Foundation (McLean, Va.): Appointed Lyn S. Hainge, program director at Healthy Communities Access Program (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed Thomas N. Wilfrid, acting president and vice president for academic and student affairs at Mercer County Community College (West Windsor, N.J.), to be executive director, effective January 1, 2008. He will succeed Janet A. Fearon, who is retiring.

Dallas Foundation: Appointed Laura Smith, assistant to the chair of strengthening U.S. democracy at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to be director of community philanthropy.

Gill Foundation (Denver): Appointed Tim Sweeney, a program director at the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund (San Francisco), to be executive director, effective October 1. He will succeed Rodger McFarlane, who will become senior adviser. The foundation also appointed Eric A. Douglas, director of development at the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, to be a senior officer in the Leverage Center, which works with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and allied philanthropists.

Liberty Hill Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed Kafi D. Blumenfield, deputy director at Neighbor to Neighbor (Los Angeles), to be president and chief executive officer.

Lincoln Financial Foundation (Fort Wayne, Ind.): Appointed Sandi Kemmish, Fort Wayne program officer, to be director, and Jean Vrabel, executive director of the American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana (Fort Wayne), to be Fort Wayne program officer.

Roy A. Hunt Foundation (Pittsburgh): Appointed Amy Snider, a senior planner in the Office of Community Services at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (Pittsburgh), to be a program officer.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Gail C. Christopher, vice president for the Office of Health, Women and Families at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (Washington), to be vice president for health, effective July 1; Anne B. Mosle, president of the Washington Area Women’s Foundation (D.C.), to be vice president for philanthropy and volunteerism, effective July 9; and Gregory B. Taylor, program director for youth and education, to be vice president for youth and education.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Hall Family Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Elected David Warm, executive director of the Mid-America Regional Council (Kansas City), to the Board of Directors.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Elected John W. Rowe, a health-policy and management professor at Columbia U. (New York), to the Board of Trustees.

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (Little Rock, Ark.): Elected Ivye L. Allen, president of the Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

United Way of Greater Los Angeles: Elected Jeffrey M. Johnson, operating partner at the Yucaipa Companies (Los Angeles) and former publisher and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Times, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors (Washington): Appointed Bruce W. Boyd, executive director of the Nature Conservancy in Illinois (Chicago), to be a principal and managing director. Arabella provides advice for wealthy donors.

Barton Cotton (Baltimore): Appointed Mark Blankenship, president of Euro RSCG Chicago, to be chief executive officer. Barton Cotton is a fund-raising consulting company for charities.

Grants Management Associates (Boston): Appointed Mary Phillips, vice president and treasurer, to be president. This company assists grant makers and helps wealthy donors give away money.

Michael J. Worth & Associates (Washington): Appointed Patricia A. Cornell, vice president for development and marketing at Reading Is Fundamental (Washington), to be senior consultant. This is a fund-raising consulting company for educational institutions and charities.

Notices of personnel changes and board-member appointments may be sent to people@philanthropy.com.