People

Action Against Hunger USA (New York): Appointed Nan Dale, president and chief executive officer of Helen Keller International (New York), to be executive director.

Alpha USA (New York): Appointed Gerard Long, senior vice president of corporate marketing at HSBC, based in Chicago, to be chief operating officer. This organization offers courses on Christianity.

American Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Kristine Templin, officer of corporate partnerships and cause marketing, to be director of corporate partnerships and cause marketing.

Ashland U. (Ohio): Appointed Jennifer Webb, director of annual giving, to be major-gifts officer.

California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco): Appointed Gregory Farrington, former president of Lehigh U. (Bethlehem, Pa.), to be executive director.

Canisius College (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed John J. Hurley, vice president for college relations, to be executive vice president and vice president for college relations.

Center for Nonprofit Excellence (West Palm Beach, Fla.): Appointed Pedro del Sol, chief executive officer of the Caridad Center (Boynton Beach, Fla.), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Robert W. Irving, who has retired.

China Institute in America (New York): Appointed Regina Rodwell-Bell, director of development, also to be executive vice president.

Cleveland Play House: Appointed Kevin Moore, managing director of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Washington), to be managing director.

Ensemble Studio Theatre (New York): Announced the death of Curt Dempster, founding artistic director, on January 19. He was 71.

Faith & Politics Institute (Washington): Appointed Beth Brent, director of development and communications, to be vice president.

Food for the Poor (Coconut Creek, Fla.): Appointed Fred Khouri, chief information officer, to be chief operating officer.

For Love of Children (Washington): Appointed Timothy Payne, interim executive director and former director of programs, to be executive director. For Love of Children provides academic and counseling services and leadership training to children from low-income families.

Gospel Music Association Foundation (Nashville): Appointed Steve Brallier, vice president of development and executive producer at Tangible Vision (Nashville), to be executive director.

Hartford Seminary (Conn.): Appointed the Rev. Donald E. (Bud) Heckman, executive director of Religions for Peace-USA (New York), to be chief development officer.

Indiana Grantmakers Alliance (Indianapolis): Appointed Marissa Manlove, vice president of consumer and external relations at Noble of Indiana (Indianapolis), to be president and chief executive officer.

KETC/Channel 9 (St. Louis): Appointed Suzie Heimburger, a development and organizational consultant in St. Louis, to be director of corporate support.

Lance Armstrong Foundation (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Doug Ulman, chief mission officer, to be president.

Medical College of Virginia Foundation (Richmond): Appointed William P. Kotti, associate dean for resource planning and development for the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at the Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to be president. He was also appointed chief development officer for the Medical College (Richmond).

National Football Foundation (Morristown, N.J.): Appointed Len Stachitas, vice president for resource development for the First Tee program at the World Golf Foundation (St. Augustine, Fla.), to be executive director of Play It Smart and vice president.

National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington): Appointed Jan Rothschild, associate director for communications and marketing at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), to be vice president for communications and marketing.

One Economy (Washington): Appointed Waldo McMillan, counsel for business affairs and strategic outreach for Sen. Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, based in Washington, to be vice president and general counsel, and Alec Ross, senior vice president of corporate and business development, to be executive vice president for external affairs.

Pacers Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Jami Marsh, chief development and communications officer at the Fortune Society (New York), to be executive director.

Partners in Care Foundation (San Fernando, Calif.): Appointed Eva Goetz, director of development at the Hospice of Pasadena (Calif.), to be vice president of development.

Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia): Appointed Sonia Chessen, executive director of the National Board for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education (Washington), to be senior officer for health and human services, based in Washington.

Plains Art Museum (Fargo, N.D.): Appointed Joni Janz, membership manager, to be vice president of development and marketing.

Potomac Conservancy (Silver Spring, Md.): Appointed Hedrick Belin, vice president at the Metropolitan Group (Washington), to be president.

Pratt Institute (New York): Appointed Patricia Pelehach, senior associate at Cynthia Forbes and Associates (New York), to be vice president for development.

Print Center (Philadelphia): Appointed Elizabeth F. Spungen, interim director and founder of Liz F. Spungen Fine Art (Malvern, Pa.), to be executive director.

RAND Corporation (Washington): Appointed Susan Bodilly, acting director of education and a senior researcher, to be director of education.

Reading Is Fundamental (Washington): Appointed Gabrielle E. Miller, assistant vice president of educational programs at the Kennedy Krieger Institute (Baltimore), to be vice president of education and literacy programs.

Ronald McDonald House Charities (Oak Brook, Ill.): Appointed Martin J. Coyne Jr., vice president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Ken Barun, who retired in December.

Rudolf Steiner Foundation Social Finance (San Francisco): Appointed Esther Park, senior lending manager, to be director of the lending program. This nonprofit organization helps individuals and groups participate in investing, lending, and charitable giving.

San Francisco State U.: Appointed Jeffrey Babcock, founder and president of Cultural Strategies (Phoenix), to be executive director of the International Center for the Arts.

Social Enterprise Alliance (Washington): Appointed Kris Prendergast, vice president for governance and organization development at the U.S. Green Building Council (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

Suicide Prevention Action Network (Washington): Appointed Brian Altman, legislative representative at the American Counseling Association (Alexandria, Va.), to be director of public policy and program development.

U. of California at San Diego: Appointed Diana Philippi, director of the Aztec Athletic Foundation at San Diego State U., to be associate director of development for athletics.

United Way of New York City: Announced the retirement of Lawrence Mandell, president and chief executive officer, effective June 30.

Ursuline Academy (Springfield, Ill.): Appointed Thomas C. Kelly, a marketing consultant in Springfield, to be director of institutional advancement.

Valley of the Sun United Way (Phoenix): Appointed Merl E. Waschler, interim president and former executive vice president and chief operating officer, to be president.

Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Martha Sterling-Golden, major-gifts manager at the Maine Coast Heritage Trust (Topsham), to be president of the Women’s Campaign School.

YWCA of Lancaster (Pa.): Appointed John Jascoll, development director at Handi-Crafters (Thorndale, Pa.), to be director of development and communications.

GRANT MAKERS

Alleghany Foundation (Covington, Va.): Appointed Elizabeth V. Webb, administrative assistant, to be executive director. She succeeds Ward Robens Jr., who has retired.

Baltimore Orioles: Announced the death of Shannon Dale Obaker, director of community outreach, on January 19. She was 29.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Hilary Pennington, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (Washington) and former chief executive officer and co-founder of Jobs for the Future (Boston), to be director of special initiatives.

Charles H. Revson Foundation (New York): Announced the death of Lisa E. Goldberg, president, on January 22. She was 54.

Citigroup Foundation (New York): Appointed Pamela P. Flaherty, senior vice president of corporate citizenship at Citigroup (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.

Community Foundation Sonoma County (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Appointed Celia Bolam, a grants officer at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, to be planned-giving officer, and Ina Chun, development director at Face to Face/Sonoma County AIDS Network (Santa Rosa), to be communications officer.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.): Appointed Musimbi Kanyoro, general secretary of the World YWCA (Geneva), to be director of the population program, effective in September.

Dayton Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Kym Yahn, executive director of Clothes That Work (Dayton), to be a vice president and assistant to the president.

El Pomar Foundation (Colorado Springs): Appointed Gary Butterworth, associate vice president and fellowship director, also to be vice president for programs; Matt Carpenter, associate vice president, to be vice president for programs; George P. Guerrero, associate vice president, to be vice president for facilities; Beverly M. Mason, associate vice president, to be vice president and senior investment officer; and Karen Rulo, information-systems manager, to be associate vice president for information technology.

Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Joyce Newstat, founder and chief executive officer of Rocket Science Associates (San Francisco), to be vice president for communications and public policy.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Harold S. Bradley, chief investment officer of the U.S. Growth Equity Mid-Cap/Small Cap/Sector at American Century Investments (Kansas City), to be chief investment officer.

Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services (Dearborn, Mich.): Appointed Jim Vella, chief of staff and vice president of public affairs at the Ford Motor Company (Dearborn), to be president.

Gill Foundation (Denver): Appointed Debra K. Hansen, chief operating officer at Rostam Investments (Denver), to be director of finance.

Johnson Foundation (Racine, Wis.): Appointed Roger C. Dower, president of the Forest Stewardship Council (Washington), to be president. He succeeds Boyd H. Gibbons III, who is retiring.

Minneapolis Foundation: Appointed Sandra Vargas, administrator for Hennepin County, based in Minneapolis, to be president and chief executive officer, effective April 1. She succeeds Emmett Carson, who has become president and chief executive officer of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Appointed Ariel Pablos-Méndez, director of knowledge management and sharing at the World Health Organization (Geneva), to be managing director.

Staten Island Foundation (New York): Appointed Laura Jean Watters, executive director of the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island (New York), to be a program officer. This group was formerly known as the Staten Island Bank & Trust Foundation.

Surdna Foundation (New York): Appointed Phillip Henderson, vice president at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (Washington), to be president. He succeeds Edward Skloot, who will retire on May 11.

Triangle Community Foundation (Research Triangle Park, N.C.): Appointed Robyn Schryer Fehrman, U.S. program associate and interim manager for the U.S. program at Ipas (Chapel Hill, N.C.), to be community-program officer.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Reggie LaGrand, director of the Calhoun County Juvenile Home (Marshall, Mich.), to be program director for Greater Battle Creek programming.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Baltimore Museum of Art: Announced the death of Eleanor Rosenberg, a community volunteer and trustee, on January 18. She was 75.

Charities Review Council (St. Paul): Elected James Toscano, president of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits (Glenview, Ill.): Elected George C. Ruotolo Jr., chair and chief executive officer of Ruotolo Associates (Cresskill, N.J.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Lance Armstrong Foundation (Austin, Tex.): Elected Lance Armstrong, a former professional cyclist, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

New-York Historical Society: Elected Roger Hertog, former vice chairman at AllianceBernstein (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

One Campaign (Washington): Elected Jack Oliver, a political strategist and chairman of Bryan Cave Strategies (Washington), and Dan Rosensweig, chief operating officer of Yahoo (Sunnyvale, Calif.), to be co-chairs of the Board of Directors.

Riverside Park Fund (New York): Elected Alan M. Trager, an adjunct lecturer and a senior fellow at the Center for Business and Government at Harvard U.’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, Mass.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Elected Allan S. Bufferd, former treasurer and chief investment officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge), and Charles D. Ellis, founder and former managing partner of Greenwich Associates (Conn.), to the Board of Trustees.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York): Elected to the Board of Directors: Cathy Frank Halstead, chairman and president of Sidney Frank Importing (New Rochelle, N.Y.); Jesse D. Johnson, co-founder and chief executive officer of Q Collection (New York); and Clay Rockefeller, co-founder of the Steel Yard (Providence, R.I.).

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Elected to the Board of Trustees: Jennifer Atler, executive director of Invest in Kids (Denver); Dori Biester, president and chief executive officer of the Children’s Hospital (Denver); Walter Isenberg, chief executive officer and co-founder of Sage Hospitality Resources (Denver); Rob Klugman, a beer-industry consultant in Denver; and Dean Prina, a pediatrician and general partner at Partners in Pediatrics (Denver).

Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation (Denver): Elected Reginald L. Washington, medical director of Rocky Mountain Pediatric Cardiology (Denver) and clinical professor of pediatrics at the U. of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Denver), to the Board of Trustees.

Wave Hill (New York): Elected Cathy Marks Weinroth, a community volunteer in New York, to be chair of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Goettler Associates (Columbus, Ohio): Appointed Thomas Kolda, director of gift planning at Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland), to be a senior consultant. Goettler Associates is a fund-raising and marketing consulting company that serves nonprofit clients.

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg (Washington): Appointed Paul Murphy, an associate, and John Pomeranz, a lawyer, to be partners. This firm provides legal advice to nonprofit organizations.

Suddes Partners (Atlanta): Appointed Melinda Kelleher, a regional field representative at the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Greater Georgia (Tucker), to be project manager. Suddes Partners is a fund-raising consulting company for nonprofit groups.