People

America’s Second Harvest (Chicago): Appointed Alice G. Archabal, vice president of philanthropy, to be chief development officer, and Maura Daly, director of communication, to be vice president of government relations.

Atlanta Ballet: Appointed Barry Hughson, executive director of the Amercan Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School (New Brunswick, N.J.), to be executive director.

Autism Speaks (New York): Appointed Peter Bell, president and chief executive officer of Cure Autism Now (Los Angeles), to be an executive vice president. Cure Autism Now recently merged with Austism Speaks.

Babson College (Wellesley, Mass.): Appointed Barbara Gross, associate vice president for development, to be senior philanthropic adviser.

Children’s Medical Center Dallas: Appointed Ann Davidson, vice president and investment officer at the First National Bank of Abilene (Tex.), to be director of development, and Kathy Friend, vice president at Baylor Health Care System Foundation (Dallas), to be senior director of development.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington): Appointed Krista Slade, senior strategic adviser for advancement at the U. of Melbourne (Australia), to be executive director of CASE Asia-Pacific.

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Geneva): Appointed Michel Kazatchkine, ambassador for HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases for France (Paris), to be executive director.

Grameen Foundation (Washington): Appointed Diane M. Smith, an investment-planning consultant in New York, to be director of the capital-markets group.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: Appointed Jason Palmquist, executive director of the Washington Ballet (D.C.), to be executive director. He succeeds Gail Kalver, who has resigned. Also appointed: Tracy K. Shepherd, vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago), to be director of finance and administration and chief financial officer.

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (New York): Announced the death of Job Joab Bwayo, co-founder and director of the Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative, on February 4. Mr. Bwayo, 58, was killed while working in Nairobi.

Jewish Community Centers of North America (New York): Announced the resignation of Rabbi Nathan Landman, deputy director of the Jewish Welfare Board Chaplains Council.

Joffrey Ballet (Chicago): Appointed Christopher Conway, vice president and chief client liaison at the Alford Group (Evanston, Ill.), to be vice president of development.

Joslin Diabetes Center (Boston): Appointed Ranch C. Kimball, secretary of economic development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Boston), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds C. Ronald Kahn, who has resigned.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Nichol Simpson Montfort, director of external relations at Portland State U., to be executive director.

Levine School of Music(Washington): Appointed Daniel S. Teo, managing partner and chief executive officer of Sloan Global (Washington), to be chief financial officer.

Lighthouse International (New York): Appointed Mady J. Schuman, chief development officer at God’s Love We Deliver (New York), to be senior vice president for development.

Melwood (Upper Marlboro, Md.): Appointed Janice Frey-Angel, chief executive officer of the League for People With Disabilities (Baltimore), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds Earl Copus, who is retiring. Melwood offers employment and other support services for the mentally disabled.

Mercy Corps (New York): Appointed Shyama Venkateswar, director of the Asian Social Issues Program at the Asia Society (New York), to be executive director.

Mercy Housing SouthEast (Atlanta): Appointed Eugene P. (Pete) Walker Jr., managing member at Millennium Development Partners (Atlanta), to be president.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Baltimore): Appointed the Rev. Francys Johnson, pastor at Mount Moriah Baptist Church (Pembroke, Ga.), to be director of the Southeast region, based in Atlanta.

National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (Morristown, N.J.): Appointed Hillary Jeffries, special-project assistant, to be director of special projects.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Capital Chapter (Washington): Appointed J. Christopher Broullire, general-sales manager at DC101 radio (Rockville, Md.), to be president.

National Museum of American Jewish History (Philadelphia): Appointed Irvin H. Hurwitz, assistant dean for development and alumni affairs at Temple U. School of Medicine (Philadelphia), to be director of institutional advancement.

New England Conservatory (Boston): Appointed Anthony Woodcock, president and chief executive officer of the Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis), to be president.

Point Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Chris Fritzen, senior development officer at the AIDS Project Los Angeles, to be director of development. This organization provides merit-based scholarships and other assistance to gay, lesbian, and bisexual students.

Pro-Art Association (Wise, Va.): Appointed Bonnie Elosser, director of student services at Mountain Empire Community College (Big Stone Gap, Va.), to be executive director. She succeeds Daisy Portuondo, who has retired.

Public Agenda (New York): Appointed Michael Hamill Remaley, director of communications, to be vice president. This group conducts public-policy research.

Smart Start of Forsyth County (Winston-Salem, N.C.): Appointed Charles Kraft, finance director, to be executive director. He succeeds Pamela Wyatt, who has resigned to become executive director of the Cape Fear Area United Way (Wilmington, N.C.).

U. of Connecticut Foundation (Storrs): Appointed Heather K. Arnold, community director for academic/learning communities, to be program director of constituent groups; Deborah Cunningham, senior counsel at SunGard Higher Education (Waltham, Mass.), to be assistant vice president for advancement services; Joseph Hanrahan, director of alumni and development at Cheshire Academy (Conn.), to be director of development for the School of Engineering; Mark Klintworth, director of corporate and foundation alliances at the U. of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College (Oshawa, Canada), to be director of corporate relations; Michael McCarthy, account manager at Delta Funding Corporation (Waltham, Mass.), to be program director of leadership gifts; Kevin McMahon, assistant director of annual giving at Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.), to be program director of leadership gifts; Abigail O’Brien, senior associate director of annual giving at Trinity College (Hartford), to be director of development for the Neag School of Education; Brian Otis, director of development for the School of Business, to be assistant vice president for campaign operations; and Stacy Velarde, vice president and financial adviser for the private clients group at Fleet (Stamford, Conn.), to be regional director of major gifts.

U. of Rochester (N.Y.): Appointed Stephanie Katz, associate director at the Harvard College Fund (Cambridge, Mass.), to be senior director of the George Eastman Society.

U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: Appointed Betsy C. Frantz, executive director of principal gifts at U. of Texas at Austin, to be assistant vice president of fund-raising and advancement programs.

United Nations Association of the United States of America (New York): Appointed Nahela Hadi, vice president for humanitarian campaigns, to be senior vice president.

Washington Community Reinvestment Association (Seattle): Announced the retirement of Judy Reed, president.

Wellness Community of Greater Washington, D.C. (Falls Church, Va.): Appointed Barbara Shaffer, senior clinical social worker at the George Washington U. Cancer Center (Washington), to be program director.

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Appointed Richard Nowlin, president and chief executive officer of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (N.Y.), to be executive director.

GRANT MAKERS

Boston Foundation: Appointed Jenna Smith Gomes, philanthropic-services officer, to be director of philanthropic services, and Richard E. Ward, a senior program officer, to be director of grant making.

Bush Foundation (St. Paul, Minn.): Appointed Gregory H. Keane, interim chief financial officer and former executive vice president and chief financial officer at BioScrip (Eden Prairie, Minn.), to be chief financial officer.

Case Foundation (Washington): Appointed Nancy Murphy, senior vice president of corporate responsibility at APCO Worldwide (Washington), to be senior vice president.

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington): Appointed Richard L. Moyers, program officer for the Nonprofit Sector Fund, to be director of the Nonprofit Sector Fund.

Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation (Southfield, Mich.): Appointed Douglas Bitonti Stewart, director of development for C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital of the U. of Michigan Health System and Medical School (Ann Arbor), to be executive director.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Bert Feuss, director of professional services at the Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.), to be senior director for investments; Catherine Gowen, development officer and Cisco giving counselor at the Community Foundation Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.), to be director for institutional giving; Michelle McGurk, director of communications and marketing at the Community Foundation Silicon Valley, to be senior director for media and community relations; Clint Mosso,Web designer and creative-services officer at Community Foundation Silicon Valley, to be creative director; Jennifer Rowe, planned-giving officer at Community Foundation Silicon Valley, to be director for planned giving; and Erica Wood, executive director of the Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families at Peninsula Community Foundation, to be vice president for community initiatives, convening, and research.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Association of Fundraising Professionals (Arlington, Va.): Elected Tim Burcham, vice president for institutional advancement at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (Versailles), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation (Winter Park, Fla.): Elected Gerald F. Hilbrich, chief financial officer at the Catholic Diocese of Orlando (Fla.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Hitachi Foundation (Washington): Elected Maurice Lim Miller, president and chief executive officer of the Family Independent Initiative (Oakland, Calif.), to the Board of Directors.

Montefiore Medical Center (New York): Elected David A. Ilen Tanner, executive vice president at ContiGroup Companies (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Solano Community Foundation (Fairfield, Calif.): Elected to the Board of Directors: Dave Knitter, a partner at Knitter & Knitter (Vacaville, Calif.); Richard Rico, former publisher and editor of The Reporter (Vacaville); and Andy Suihkonen, founder and partner at Suihkonen Certified Public Accountants & Consultants (Vacaville).

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Dallas): Elected Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr., president and chief operating officer of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (Arlington, Va.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

American Target Advertising (Manassas, Va.): Appointed Kathleen Patten, chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer. American Target Advertising is a direct-marketing firm.

Kintera (San Diego): Appointed Richard N. LaBarbera, chief operating officer, to be president. Kintera offers Web services, such as online fund-raising and site design, and software to nonprofit organizations.

Ter Molen Watkins & Brandt (Chicago): Appointed Nora Kyger, associate director of the Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design (Chicago), to be vice president. Ter Molen Watkins & Brandt is a consulting firm that provides fund-raising advice.