People

Arts Center Foundation (El Cajon, Calif.): Appointed Richard F. Zellner, vice president of development, to be president and chief executive officer.

Bay Path College (Longmeadow, Mass.): Appointed Amy Benoit, an assistant account executive at FitzGerald Communications (Cambridge, Mass.), to be assistant director of alumni relations and the annual fund, and Meghan W. McInerney, associate director of programs for the alumnae association at Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Mass.), to be director of alumni relations and the annual fund.

Boy Scouts of AmericaPacific Skyline Council (San Mateo, Calif.): Appointed Devon D. Dougherty, chief operating officer and director of field services at the Boy Scouts of AmericaOrange County Council (Costa Mesa, Calif.), to be chief executive officer.

Central Park Conservancy (New York): Appointed Regina S. Peruggi, president of Marymount Manhattan College (New York), to be president, effective May 1, 2001. She succeeds Karen H. Putnam, who resigned this summer. The group also appointed Douglas Blonsky, interim president and senior vice president for operations and capital projects, to be chief operating officer.

Centre for Development and Population Activities (Washington): Appointed Itala C. (Taly) Valenzuela, technical director for participation and director of advocacy, to be senior vice president, effective January 1.

Chicago Academy of Sciences: Appointed Joseph E. Shacter, consulting director at the Indiana State Museum (Indianapolis), to be president and chief executive officer at this museum.

Children’s Home Society of Florida (Orlando): Appointed Emilio Alonso-Mendoza, national executive director of the National Parkinson Foundation (Miami), to be corporate chief development officer, and Susan O’Reilly, communications director at the National Watermelon Promotion Board (Orlando), to be corporate director of marketing and communications.

College of St. Catherine (St. Paul): Appointed Patricia A. Hvidston, interim vice president for development and external relations, to be vice president for development.

Consumers Union (Yonkers, N.Y.): Appointed Pegg Nadler, division director for marketing and communications at Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America (New York), to be director of database marketing.

Defenders of Wildlife (Washington): Appointed Kate Mathews, director of membership, to be vice president of membership, and Martha Schumacher, director of development, to be vice president of development.

Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Kelly Cartales, Midwest regional director in the Cleveland office, to be senior vice president for program services at the group’s headquarters, and Doris Koo, deputy executive director of the Seattle Housing Authority, to be vice president and regional director for the West Coast, based in Seattle.

Episcopal Relief and Development (New York): Appointed Brian Sellers-Petersen, national director for denominational relations and Northwest regional director for church partnerships at World Vision (Federal Way, Wash.), to be director of West Coast operations, based in Seattle.

Fairfield Historical Society (Conn.): Appointed Susan J. Woodall, assistant director for major gifts at Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.), to be director of development.

Florida Aquarium (Tampa): Appointed Chris Bredbenner, vice president of development at the MacDonald Training Center (Tampa), to be director of development.

Gerald R. Ford Foundation (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed Richard Norton Smith, director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum (Grand Rapids), to be executive director of this fund-raising arm of the museum and library.

Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.): Appointed Susan Andrews, director of communications for the division of information technology at Northwestern U. (Evanston, Ill.), to be associate vice president for marketing and public relations.

Long Island U., C.W. Post Campus (Brookville, N.Y.): Appointed Wendy Goldstein Helfman, communications officer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (N.Y.), to be assistant director of public relations.

Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Griffen Jack, human-resources coordinator at Women’s World Banking (New York), to be director of private grants.

Nazareth College of Rochester (N.Y.): Appointed Kerry R. Gotham, assistant director of residence life at Syracuse U. (N.Y.), to be assistant director of alumni relations and coordinator of the parents program.

Night Ministry (Chicago): Appointed Cynthia Milsap, program coordinator for faith-based community economic development at DePaul U. (Chicago), to be executive director. This organization provides programs and emergency shelter for homeless young adults.

Philadelphia U.: Appointed John Pierantozzi, director of development, to be vice president for development and alumni relations.

Purdue U. North Central (Westville, Ind.): Appointed Joseph K. Goepfrich, vice president for institutional advancement at Holy Cross College (South Bend, Ind.), to be vice chancellor for development.

Refugees International (Washington): Appointed Kenneth H. Bacon, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense (Washington), to be chief executive officer.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Appointed Katherine E. Akos, director of institutional advancement, to be vice president for advancement, and Bess Touma, associate director of development, to be director of development.

San Francisco General Hospital Foundation: Appointed Susan Jacobson, a consultant based in San Francisco, to be executive director.

U. of Chicago: Appointed Karen Gaillard, senior director of capital and management gifts for the Graduate School of Business, to be associate dean for development and the capital campaign for the business school.

Voices for Children Foundation (Miami): Appointed Nestor A. Rodriguez, development director for the Miami City Ballet, to be executive director. The foundation is the fund-raising arm of the Guardian Ad Litem Program, which helps abandoned, abused, and neglected children in Miami-Dade County.

GRANT MAKERS

Boston Foundation: Appointed Irza A. Collinson, controller and acting chief financial officer at Associated Day Care Services (Boston), to be finance director.

Bush Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Jose Gonzalez, health-program analyst for the Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support, to be program officer.

Colorado Trust (Denver): Peter Konrad, vice president of administration, announced his retirement from the organization. He will continue working as a consultant and author.

Freedom Forum (Nashville): Appointed Wanda Lloyd, managing editor of The Greenville News (S.C.), to be executive director of the Freedom Forum Institute for Newsroom Diversity, centered at Vanderbilt U. (Nashville). The Freedom Forum, which recently relocated its offices from Arlington, Va., promotes journalism education, media studies, and the advancement of women and minorities in journalism.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Deborah Marrow, director of the Getty grant program, also to be dean of external relations.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.): Appointed Peter J. Bruns, a professor of genetics at Cornell U. (Ithaca, N.Y.), to be vice president for grants and special programs. (This corrects an item from the November 30 issue.)

M.A.C. Global Foundation (New York): Appointed Stanley Baumblatt, director of foundation services at Merrill Lynch (New York), to be executive director of the foundation and the M.A.C. AIDS Fund, grant-making arms of the M.A.C. cosmetics company, in New York.

Ms. Foundation for Women (New York): Appointed Sara K. Gould, executive vice president, to be executive director.

Rockefeller Foundation (New York): Appointed Brian I. Byrd, senior communications associate, to be assistant director for communications and for the “Communications for Social Change” program.

San Antonio Area Foundation: Appointed Clarence R. (Reggie) Williams, interim chief executive officer, to be chief executive officer.

Stern Family Fund (Arlington, Va.): David Romeyn Hunter, former executive director, died on November 25, at age 84. Mr. Hunter worked for many philanthropic organizations during his lifetime, including the Ford Foundation and Unicef and also served as a board member for groups such as the Ottinger Foundation.

Turner Foundation (Atlanta): Announced the resignation of Peter Bahouth, executive director. William M. Shaw, vice president of Turner Enterprises (Atlanta), will serve as acting director.

Woods Fund of Chicago: Announced the resignation of Jean Rudd, president, effective at the end of this month.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Arthritis Foundation (Atlanta): Elected Pattye L. Moore, executive vice president of the Sonic Corporation (Oklahoma City), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Carnegie Corporation of New York: Elected Geoffrey T. Boisi, an investment banker at Chase Manhattan Bank (New York), to be a member of the Board of Trustees.

Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, Fla.): Elected Mary K. Phillips, a lawyer at Gentry and Phillips (Jacksonville), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Frederick N. Griffin Foundation for the Advancement of Transplantation (Baltimore): Elected Kenneth A. Bourne Jr., executive vice president of the bank division at Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust (Baltimore), to be chairman. This foundation is the fund-raising arm of Tissue Banks International (Baltimore).

Johnson Foundation (Racine, Wis.): Elected James D. Ericson, chairman and chief executive officer of Northwestern Mutual (Milwaukee), to be a member of the Board of Trustees.

National Children’s Cancer Society (St. Louis): Elected Scott A. Stringer, a partner at the accounting firm Sabino Stringer & Associates (St. Louis), to be chairman of the board.

National Civic League (Denver): Elected Dorothy S. Ridings, president and chief executive officer of the Council on Foundations (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Elected Arthur W. DeCabooter, president of Scottsdale Community College, to be a member of the Board of Trustees.

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (New York): Elected Werner H. Kramarsky, a community volunteer, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Grizzard (Atlanta): Appointed Randy Brewer, vice president, to be senior vice president, based in Los Angeles.

Widmeyer Communications (Washington): Appointed Posie Di Sesa, a consultant based in New York, to be vice president and director of New York operations. The firm also appointed John DiBiase, press secretary for Senator Charles S. Robb (D-Va.), Robert Caruano, associate director for governmental relations at the College Board (New York), and Lydia Pelliccia, communications director at Foodfit.com (Washington), to be senior associates.