People

Alliance for Children and Families (Milwaukee): Appointed Trudy Archie, membership-services coordinator at the United Neighborhood Centers of America (Milwaukee), to be communications administrator; Judith Austin, office manager at Canvasbacks (Milwaukee), to be assistant to the director of marketing; Jacque English, a public-relations coordinator at Kohl’s Department Stores (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), to be a development associate; and Mary Ryan, a program associate at FairVote-Center for Voting and Democracy (Takoma Park, Md.), to be communications specialist.

Ashland U. (Ohio): Appointed Thomas Seddon, director of development and communications at the Hospice of North Central Ohio (Ashland) and a fund-development consultant at the Fund for Our Economic Future (Cleveland), to be associate vice president of university campaigns, effective January 1.

Autism Speaks (New York): Appointed Richard Brown, executive director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s New York chapter, to be national director of leadership giving.

Chicago Cares: Appointed Scott Lorenz, assistant vice president for advancement at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, to be executive director. This organization promotes volunteer programs.

Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center: Appointed Theresa Olson, director of development, to be chief external-affairs officer, and Trevor Peterson, government-relations manager, to be director of grants and government relations.

Cleveland Leadership Center: Appointed Vivian Davis, director of global social investments and foundation at BP America (Cleveland), to be director of civic engagement, and Kimberly Schaper, campaign manager of resource development for the professional-market sector at United Way of Greater Cleveland, to be alumni-affairs manager.

CommonBond Communities (St. Paul): Appointed Paul Fate, executive director of Payne-Lake Community Partners (St. Paul), to be president and chief executive officer, effective January 1. Mr. Fate will succeed Joseph Errigo, who is retiring. This group develops and manages low-cost housing.

Common Hope (St. Paul): Appointed Shari Blindt, development director, to be executive director. This organization supports education, family services, health care, and housing in Guatemala.

Corporation for Supportive Housing (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Anne Cory, president and chief professional officer of the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra (Reno), to be associate director for Northern California, and Sharon Rapport, a congressional fellow for Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island (Washington), to be senior program manager for policy and planning.

Deliver the Dream (Deerfield Beach, Fla.): Appointed Susan Bellomy, entertainment coordinator at Give Kids the World (Kissimmee, Fla.), to be program manager, and Terri Wallace Flannery, director of corporate development for Florida at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Fort Lauderdale), to be director of development. Deliver the Dream offers retreats for the families of people with serious illnesses.

Episcopal Social Services (New York): Appointed Cordelia McNish, assistant executive director at Sheltering Arms Children’s Services (New York), to be assistant executive director for early-childhood services, and Eileen J. Weber, director of finance and administration at the HealthCare Chaplaincy (New York), to be chief financial officer.

From the Top (Boston): Appointed Jennifer S. Meyburg, teen-center supervisor at the Waltham Family YMCA (Mass.), to be education coordinator.

Hadassah Foundation (New York): Appointed Rachel Mehlsak, a recent graduate of Brown U. (Providence, R.I.), to be program coordinator.

Hale House (New York): Appointed Annie Murphy, director of development, to be deputy director.

International Association of Assembly Managers Foundation (Coppell, Tex.): Appointed Jill M. Dotts, director of capital campaigns at the Central Florida YMCA (Orlando), to be foundation and fund-development director.

Islamic Society of Milwaukee: Appointed Muhammad Isa Sadlon (formerly Christopher Goldsmith), former executive director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, to be executive director and chief executive officer.

IslandWood (Bainbridge Island, Wash.): Appointed Ken Mundt, director of development and communications at New Futures (Burien, Wash.), to be director of community engagement. IslandWood is an outdoor-learning center.

Japan Society (New York): Appointed Richard J. Wood, interim president and former dean of Yale Divinity School (New Haven, Conn.), to be president.

Jewish Healthcare Foundation (Pittsburgh): Appointed Joshua Donner, senior policy analyst at the Allegheny Conference on Community Development (Pittsburgh), to be senior manager for human-services planning; Michael Forlenza, an assistant professor of health sciences at Simon Fraser U. (Burnaby, Canada), to be director of strategic research; Samantha Maylack, HIV/AIDS program coordinator, to be program and development officer; Nicole Pirain, a research and data-collection specialist for the Pennsylvania Prevention Project at the U. of Pittsburgh, to be HIV/AIDS program coordinator; and Janice Setzenfand, team leader and diabetic coordinator at the Lawrenceville Family Health Center (Pittsburgh), to be Perfecting Patient Care educator for the Health Careers Futures program.

John Carroll U. (Cleveland): Appointed Maggie Cretella, community-research and grants-management officer at the Columbus Foundation (Ohio), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

KETC/Channel Nine (St. Louis): Appointed John Galmiche III, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland), to be president and chief executive officer.

Mother Seton Academy (Baltimore): Appointed Marsha Koger, director of development at the Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust, to be director of development.

National Museum of Dance (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.): Appointed Katherine S. Culbert, a project manager at Camp, Dresser & McKee (Latham, N.Y.), to be director for business and development, and Beth Bench Hartle, acting director, to be director for arts and programming.

Neighborhood Writing Alliance (Chicago): Appointed Rupal Soni, a fellow at Indicorps (Kutch, India), to be program director.

New York Academy of Medicine: Appointed Jo Ivey Boufford, a professor at New York U.’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, to be president.

Nonprofit Finance Fund (New York): Appointed Rodney Christopher, director of advisory services, to be regional vice president for New York State and New England.

Outward Bound USA (New York): Appointed Anthony J. DiSpigno, national vice president of resource development at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Panim: the Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Stewart Bromberg, vice president of development at Jewish Family & Life (Newton Upper Falls, Mass.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Partnership for Public Service (Washington): Appointed Robert J. Lavigna, senior manager of consulting services for the East region at CPS Human Resources Services (Madison, Wis.), to be vice president for research.

Philanthropy Roundtable (Washington): Appointed Mary Johns, founder and president of EventVitaille (Woodbridge, Va.), to be director of major events.

Project Exploration (Chicago): Appointed Chris Angus, director of sales and marketing, to be deputy director of revenue.

Prostate Cancer Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed Jonathan Simons, a professor of hematology and oncology at the Emory U. Institute of Technology (Atlanta), to be president and chief executive officer, effective January 2.

Providers’ Council (Boston): Appointed Leslie Hurley, administrative assistant, to be project coordinator for the Two Penny Project. This organization is a statewide association of community-based caregiving organizations that provide educational, health, and social services.

Putney School (Vt.): Appointed Christie Baskett, chief advancement officer at Greenhill School (Addison, Tex.), to be director of development.

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (Washington): Appointed Craig L. Sumberg, vice president for institutional advancement at Panim: the Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values (Rockville, Md.), to be executive director.

Smithsonian Institution (Washington): Announced the resignation of W. Richard West Jr., director of the National Museum of the American Indian, effective in November 2007.

St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wis.): Appointed Dee Geurts-Bengston, executive of special events for the Green Bay Packers football team (Wis.), to be director of the St. Norbert Fund, the college’s annual fund.

State U. of New York College at Brockport: Appointed Jamie Beers-Wilson, events coordinator at U.S. Trust (New York), to be a major-gifts officer.

Syracuse U. (New York): Appointed Lowell H. Lustig, associate dean for advancement at the College of Law, to be executive director of Hillel, and John J. Zacharek, director of corporate development and endowment campaigns at the Upstate Medical U. Foundation (Syracuse), to be assistant dean for advancement at the College of Human Services and Health Professions.

Window to the World Communications/WTTW 11 (Chicago): Appointed Jill M. Britton, associate director of organizational giving at the Art Institute of Chicago, to be development director of individual giving and annual fund.

Working in the Schools (Chicago): Appointed Jenné Myers, assistant to the chair of After School Matters (Chicago) and the Chicago Cultural Center Foundation, to be executive director.

Young Audiences New York: Appointed John Schultz, executive director of the MCC Theater (New York), to be executive director. Mr. Schultz succeeds Joanne Bernstein-Cohen, who has resigned.

YMCA of Greater New York: Appointed Christopher Sickels, senior director of development at the Foundation of the U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark), to be director of leadership giving.

GRANT MAKERS

California Endowment (Los Angeles): Appointed Justine Choy, a program officer at the Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.), and Bonnie Midura, a program associate, to be program officers.

The California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills): Appointed Fatima L. Angeles, a program director, to be director of evaluation and organizational learning.

Fred L. Emerson Foundation (Auburn, N.Y.): Appointed Daniel J. Fessenden, executive director of the Cornell Agriculture & Food Technology Park (Geneva, N.Y.), to be executive director, effective January 1. Mr. Fessenden succeeds Ronald D. West, who is retiring.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Announced the resignation of Thomas Crow, director of the Getty Research Institute, effective August 31, 2007.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

After-School All-Stars (New York): Elected Mary Perry, a volunteer in New York, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Atlantic Theater Company (New York): Elected Olaf Olafsson, executive vice president of Time Warner (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (Silver Spring, Md.): Elected Fasaha Taylor, senior program officer at the Foundation for Child Development (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Hispanics in Philanthropy (San Francisco): Elected to the Board of Directors: Aixa Beauchamp, a donor-development consultant in Boston; Nelson Colón, president of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation (San Juan, Puerto Rico); and Martha Smith de Rangel, director of the Fundación del Empresariado, A.C. (Mexico City).

International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (Washington): Elected William Flynn, president emeritus at Mutual of America (New York), to be board chairman.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Elected to the Board of Directors: Paula A. Cordeiro, dean of the U. of San Diego’s School of Leadership and Education Sciences; Isaac Stein, president of Waverley Associates (Palo Alto, Calif.); and Lydia M. Villarreal, a judge for the Superior Court of California, Monterey County (King City, Calif.).

Metropolitan Planning Council (Chicago): Elected Lee M. Mitchell, a partner at Thoma Cressey Equity Partners (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Governors.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Baltimore): Announced the death of Enolia Pettigen McMillan, former national president, on October 24. She was 102.

Nontraditional Employment for Women (New York): Elected Louis J. Coletti, president and chief executive officer of the Building Trades Employers’ Association (New York), and Susan L. Hayes, president and chief executive officer of Cauldwell Wingate (New York), to be co-chairs of the Board of Directors.

Project Exploration (Chicago): Elected Elizabeth Gallagher Coolidge, senior vice president for the Public Finance Group at Lehman Brothers, based in Chicago, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

U. of Colorado Hospital Foundation (Aurora): Elected Peter H. Coors, chairman of the Coors Brewing Company (Golden, Colo.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

World Wildlife Fund (Washington): Elected Bruce Babbitt, former U.S. secretary of the interior (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Mal Warwick Associates (Washington): Appointed Melissa Ford, direct-marketing officer at Greenpeace USA (Washington), to be a senior consultant. This firm specializes in direct-marketing fund raising.

Newport Creative Communications (Duxbury, Mass.): Appointed Benjamin Borne, an account executive, to be vice president and account director, and Judi Urquhart, senior vice president, to be president. NCC provides fund-raising consulting and direct-response marketing services for nonprofit organizations.

Robbins Associates (Holliston, Mass.): Appointed Christopher Noble, vice president and senior strategist at Amergent (Peabody, Mass.), to be senior vice president of fund-raising services. This firm provides direct-marketing services for nonprofit organizations.

Spencer Stuart (Chicago): Appointed Lynn R. Olman, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Cincinnati Health Council, to be a consultant for life sciences and education, and nonprofit and public-policy practices. This agency conducts searches for leaders of nonprofit groups and other organizations.

StrategicOne (Overland Park, Kan.): Appointed Mike Plunkett, co-founder of MachineryLink (Kansas City, Mo.), to be chief operating officer. This company provides database-analysis and strategic-planning services.