People

Access Academies (St. Louis): Appointed Carolyn Dubuque, director of compliance at Vatterott College (St. Louis), to be manager of quality assurance. This organization runs several religious middle schools for children from low-income families in St. Louis.

American Chemical Society (Washington): Appointed Kathleen Rae King, national vice president for development at Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be director of philanthropy.

American Jewish World Service (New York): Appointed Margaret Hempel, vice president of programs at the Ms. Foundation for Women (New York), to be vice president for programs.

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York): Appointed Elysia Howard, senior director at North Shore Animal League America (Port Washington, N.Y.), to be vice president for marketing and licensing.

Antioch U. Southern California at Santa Barbara: Appointed Elaine Forest, assistant director of the women and philanthropy department at the U. of California at Los Angeles, to be director of development.

Arizona State U. Foundation (Tempe): Appointed Dennis M. Robinson, associate vice president for institutional advancement at Earlham College (Richmond, Ind.), to be chief advancement officer.

Campus Compact (Providence, R.I.): Appointed Maureen F. Curley, higher-education and volunteer-resource management consultant at Workforce Strategies (Medford, Mass.), to be president. This group encourages colleges to promote community-service activities.

Cleveland Institute of Music: Announced the retirement of David Cerone, president.

Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation (New York): Appointed Donna Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of Human Works (New York), to be executive director.

Farmers’ Legal Action Group (St. Paul): Appointed Lynn A. Hayes, senior staff attorney, to be program director.

Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (Jackson, Miss.): Appointed David Zemel, principal at On Track Consulting (Tulsa, Okla.), to be director of development.

Headwaters Foundation for Justice (Minneapolis): Appointed Jorge Saavedra, project director of the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (St. Paul), to be executive director. Mr. Saavedra succeeds Steve Newcom, who is resigning.

Heckscher Museum of Art (Huntington, N.Y.): Appointed Erik Neil, director of the Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane U. (New Orleans), to be executive director.

Hope Community (Minneapolis): Appointed Mary Keefe, associate director, to be executive director. Ms. Keefe succeeds Deanna Foster, who has resigned to become director of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s Twin Cities office, based in St. Paul. Hope Community promotes affordable housing and neighborhood redevelopment in Minneapolis.

Jane Goodall Institute (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Ray Powell, executive director of Valles Caldera National Preserve (Jemez Springs, N.M.), to be regional director of Roots and Shoots, Four Corners States, based in Santa Fe, N.M. Roots and Shoots is a program that involves young people in educational volunteering projects that benefit animals and the environment.

Justice Resource Institute (Boston): Appointed Andrew Pond, chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer. Mr. Pond succeeds Susan Wayne, who has been appointed vice president for program development.

Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore): Appointed Robin Bisland, managing editor at the Chesapeake Bay Program (Annapolis, Md.), to be director of publications and editorial services; David R. Hart, senior development officer at the Walters Art Museum (Baltimore), to be executive director of development for donor relations; Kevin M. Hoffman, campus Webmaster at the U. of Baltimore, to be director of Web and electronic communications; Karin Smith, a research associate at the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington), to be executive director of development for administration; and Karen Stults, director of development at the American Visionary Art Museum (Baltimore), to be executive director of development for giving programs.

Maui United Way (Wailuku, Hawaii): Appointed Georgie Rocha, office manager, to be president and chief professional officer.

Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee): Appointed April A. Haverty, acting director of grants and contracts and former director of technology transfer and contracts administration at Marquette U. (Milwaukee), to be director of grants and contracts.

National Institute for Early Education Research (New Brunswick, N.J.): Appointed Ellen Frede, a professor of early-childhood education at the College of New Jersey (Ewing, N.J.), to be co-director.

New Center for Arts and Culture (Boston): Appointed Daniel Neuman, executive vice chancellor and provost at the U. of California at Los Angeles, to be chief executive officer and executive director, effective January 1.

New England College (Henniker, N.H.): Appointed Doug Kruse, director of development, to be vice president for advancement.

One Family (Boston): Appointed Marjorie Clapprood, director of the One Family Scholars program, to be executive director. Ms. Clapprood succeeds Melinda Marble, acting executive director, who is returning to her post as executive director of the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation (Boston). Also appointed: Frances Moseley, executive director of Boston Partners in Education, to be chief development officer. This organization seeks to reduce the number of homeless families in Massachusetts.

On the Rise (Cambridge, Mass.): Announced the resignation of Katya Fels, founder and executive director, effective December 31. This group provides counseling, health, and legal services to homeless women.

Oregon Food Bank (Portland): Appointed Janeen Wadsworth, director of operations at Volunteers of America (Portland), to be chief operating officer.

Pacific Legal Foundation (Sacramento): Appointed Robin L. Rivett, a principal attorney, to be president.

PATH-Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (Seattle): Appointed John G. McNeil, chief of advanced clinical development at the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.), to be scientific director for the Malaria Vaccine Initiative, based in Bethesda.

Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network (Washington): Announced the retirement of Robert K. Goodwin, president and chief executive officer, effective in March. Mr. Goodwin will become president of RKG Enterprises, a marketing and business-development firm he is founding that will specialize in energy issues.

Sherwood Conservatory of Music (Chicago): Appointed Kathleen Butera, director of development, to be executive director.

Southern California Grantmakers (Los Angeles): Appointed Sushma Raman, program manager of the International Initiative to Strengthen Philanthropy at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be president.

United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York: Appointed Debra E. Goldberg, senior vice president for client management at Prudential Group Insurance (Livingston, N.J.), to be chief marketing officer.

U. of California at Berkeley, Blum Center for Developing Economies: Appointed George T. Scharffenberger, executive director of World Links (Washington), to be executive director.

U. of Maryland at College Park: Appointed John McKee, director of gift planning at U. of Maryland University College (Adelphi), to be director of gift planning.

U. of Washington at Tacoma: Appointed Carol Van Natta, assistant chancellor for advancement, to be vice chancellor for advancement.

Visiting Nurse Association (Denver): Appointed Jeff Brennan, chief financial officer at Cenveo (Denver), to be chief financial officer.

Yosemite Association (El Portal, Calif.): Announced the death of Steven Medley, president, on October 5. He was 57.

GRANT MAKERS

Arcus Foundation (New York): Appointed Cindy T. Rizzo, director of grant making at the Boston Foundation, to be director of grant-making programs.

Bush Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Kevin Bitterman, producing artistic associate at the Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Minneapolis), to be assistant director of the Artist Fellows Program, and Julie Gordon Dalgleish, a consultant in St. Paul who previously evaluated grant proposals for the foundation, to be program director of the Artist Fellows Program.

Cleveland Foundation: Appointed Jennifer Cimperman, a reporter at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to be a public-relations officer; James Lubetkin, vice president of marketing and communications at University Hospitals Health System (Cleveland), to be senior communications editor; Cynthia V. Schulz, senior managing director at Dix & Eaton (Cleveland), to be director of public affairs; and Scott Tennant, vice president of media relations at Dix & Eaton, to be a public- relations officer.

East Bay Community Foundation (Oakland, Calif.): Announced the resignation of Michael M. Howe, president.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Nancy Ogata, assistant controller at EarthTech (Long Beach, Calif.), to be controller.

Marie C. and Joseph C. Wilson Foundation (Rochester, N.Y.): Announced the retirement of Ruth Fleischmann-Colgan, executive director, effective December 31.

Siragusa Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Sharmila Rao Thakkar, manager of public affairs at the Metropolitan Chicago Health Care Council, to be a program officer.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (Minneapolis): Appointed Elizabeth Anderson, director of training and regulatory monitoring in compliance and enterprise risk management at U.S. Bancorp (Minneapolis), to be director of community relations and director of corporate-community grants programs at the organization’s foundation.

Woods Fund of Chicago: Appointed Consuella Brown, a program officer at the Grand Victoria Foundation (Chicago), to be program director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Hadassah Foundation (New York): Elected Jacqueline Koch Ellenson, director of the Women’s Rabbinic Network (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago: Elected Harvey J. Barnett, a lawyer at Sperling & Slater (Chicago), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Elected to the Board of Trustees: Ann M. Fudge, chairman and chief executive officer of Young & Rubicam Brands (New York); Rajat Gupta, former managing director of McKinsey & Company (Stamford, Conn.); and David Rockefeller Jr., director of Rockefeller & Company (New York).

World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (New York): Appointed Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York, to be chairman.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Brakeley John Price Jones (Ft. Myers, Fla.): Announced the death of James P. Seymour, former senior vice president and campaign manager, on September 26. He was 76.

Three-Sixty Group (San Francisco): Appointed Anthony Tansimore, chief financial officer at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (Los Angeles), to be a senior consultant. This company conducts executive searches for nonprofit groups and provides them with management advice.

Viscern (Dallas): Appointed Richard Blackmon, president of RSI Institutional Services Group (Dallas), to be chief executive officer. This firm advises nonprofit groups on how to improve their fund raising.