People

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (Washington): Appointed Debra M. Campbell, former member of the government-relations staff at the American Nurses Association (Washington), to be director of governmental affairs.

American Red CrossGreater New York Chapter: Appointed Dolores Swirin, senior director of development, to be chief development officer.

Bay Path College (Longmeadow, Mass.): Appointed Kathleen M. Bourque, vice president for corporate communications at First Massachusetts Bank (Longmeadow), to be director of institutional advancement and of corporate and foundation relations, and Kathleen S. Cotnoir, director of marketing and development at the Forest Park Zoological Society (Springfield, Mass.), to be director of individual gifts.

Boise State U. (Idaho): Appointed Richard Smith, associate vice president for university advancement at Wichita State U. (Kan.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

California State U. at Bakersfield: Appointed Roger Perez, director of promotion and advertising at KERO-TV (Bakersfield), to be director of marketing and public affairs for the Extended University Division.

Campbellsville U. (Ky.): Appointed Alan G. Medders, president and chief executive officer of the Women’s Missionary Union Foundation (Birmingham, Ala.), to be vice president of development, effective July 1.

Canine Companions for Independence (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Appointed Story Kirshman, a research and administrative assistant, to be national participant program director, and Clark Pappas, program director, to be special assistant to the executive director.

Catholic Medical Mission Board (New York): Appointed John F. Galbraith, acting executive director, to be president and executive director. He succeeds Terry Kirch, who retired in December 2000.

City of Hope (Los Angeles): Appointed Alan S. Levey, vice president and general manager of the Normark division of Acosta Sales and Marketing (Jacksonville, Fla.), to be executive vice president of the development group, and Steve Solton, executive vice president of the development group and chief development officer, to be president and chief executive officer of the development group.

City U. of New York: Appointed Edward Jaworski, associate director of development at the Graduate Center of City U. of New York, to be director of major gifts at Hunter College.

Clayton College & State U. (Morrow, Ga.): Appointed Bryan P. Edwards, dean and executive director of continuing education and community outreach, to be vice president for external relations.

Cleveland Museum of Art: Appointed Susan Stevens Jaros, associate vice president for development and alumni affairs at Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland), to be deputy director for development and external affairs.

Cleveland State U.: Appointed J. Wayne Davenport, vice president for university advancement and executive director of the university foundation at Southeast Missouri State U. (Cape Girardeau), to be vice president for university relations and executive director of the university foundation.

Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Ed Manekin, interim chief administrative officer, to be chief reengineering officer, and Peter Werwath, director of asset building and housing, to be vice president and deputy director of program services.

Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.): Appointed David Stameshkin, executive assistant to the president, to be executive director for stewardship and development communications, and Linda Whipple, associate director of college relations, to be director of marketing management.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.): Appointed Susan L. Murad, director of marketing communications for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.), to be director of communications.

Houghton College (N.Y.): Appointed Doug Roorbach, director of development at Fredericksburg Christian Schools (Va.), to be director of public relations.

Independent Sector (Washington): Appointed Adrienne Hahn, senior counsel based in the Washington office of Consumers Union (Yonkers, N.Y.), to be director of government relations.

International Dyslexia Association (Towson, Md.): Appointed Robert S. Hott, assistant director of development, to be director of development.

Iowa State U. (Ames): Appointed Salinda Arthur, executive director of development for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, to be executive director of development for the College of Engineering, and Rachel Hymbaugh, former director of annual giving at Kent State U. (Ohio), to be associate director of development for the College of Agriculture.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (New York): Appointed John F. Weaver, vice president and director of information technology for the Elektra Entertainment Group at AOL Time Warner (New York), to be vice president and chief information officer.

Long Island U. (Brookville, N.Y.): Appointed Jill Sandhaas Martinez, senior counsel to New York State Sen. Kemp Hannon, to be director of government relations for the university system.

Mackinac Center for Public Policy (Midland, Mich.): Appointed Dave Aussicker, assistant professor and director of major gifts at Old Dominion U. (Norfolk, Va.), to be vice president for advancement.

New-York Historical Society: Appointed Kenneth T. Jackson, a professor of history at Columbia U. (New York), to be president.

North Carolina Dance Theatre (Charlotte): Appointed Rebecca Rizzo, president of the Parents’ Association at Charlotte Country Day School, to be managing director.

Reed College (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Johanna Thoeresz, director of development at the Catlin Gabel School (Portland), to be director of development, effective July 16.

Ricks College (Rexburg, Idaho): Appointed Garth Hall, athletics director, to be vice president for community relations.

State U. of New York at Stony Brook: Appointed Linda Merians, former director of Amaryllis Theater Company (Philadelphia), to be director of corporate and foundation relations, and Gregory Monfiletto, director of the Telefund, to be assistant director of the annual fund.

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center (Tampa, Fla.): Appointed Julie Britton, director of annual giving, to be vice president of advancement.

Truman Medical Center Charitable Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Terry L. Snapp, vice president for university advancement at Park U. (Parkville, Mo.), to be executive director.

U. of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.): Appointed Donna A. Arbide, director of alumni programs, to be assistant vice president for alumni relations.

U. of Missouri at Columbia: Appointed David Housh, interim vice chancellor for development, to be vice chancellor for development and alumni relations.

U. of Nevada at Reno: Paul Page, vice president for advancement, has announced his resignation, effective June 30. He will remain on the faculty as a professor of speech communications.

U. of San Francisco: Appointed Mary Ruth Carleton, vice president for institutional advancement at Holy Names College (Oakland, Calif.), to be assistant vice president for university advancement.

U. of Scranton (Pa.): Appointed Paul J. Strunk, vice president for alumni, development, and university relations at Wilkes U. (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), to be vice president for institutional advancement, effective August 1.

United Way of Eastern Fairfield County (Bridgeport, Conn.): Appointed Merle Berke-Schlessel, executive director of the Women and Family Life Center (Guilford, Conn.), to be president and chief professional officer.

V Foundation for Cancer Research (Cary, N.C.): Appointed George Randall Lear, a capital-campaign consultant at CCS Fundraising (New York), to be senior vice president for development. This charity was founded by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, former basketball coach at North Carolina State U., who died of cancer in 1993.

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg): Appointed Rhonda Arsenault, director of development research at the U. of Illinois Foundation (Urbana), to be assistant vice president for advancement services; Thimothy G. Corvin, interim associate vice president for development, to be associate vice president for development; Stephanie Gomon, communications and marketing manager in the university’s Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management, to be director of development for the College of Natural Resources; David Lowe, president of West Virginia operations of CFW Communications (Waynesboro, Va.), to be associate vice president for strategic partnerships; and Daniel Palmer, graduate assistant in the office of budgeting and financial planning, to be assistant director of development in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Volunteers of America National Services (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Dayna Kuhar, interim area executive director for the Pittsburgh metropolitan area at the American Diabetes Association (Alexandria, Va.), to be director of development.

VSA Arts (Washington): Appointed Soula Antoniou, vice president of affiliate services, to be vice president of international services and executive director of the International VSA Arts Festival 2004, and James E. Modrick, director of affiliate services, to be vice president of affiliate and education services.

Western U. of Health Sciences (Pomona, Calif.): Appointed Mari Penshurst-Gersten, director of alumni affairs at the U. of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (Albuquerque) and director of alumni and constituent relations for the Keck School of Medicine at the U. of Southern California (Los Angeles), to be assistant vice president of university advancement for constituent relations.

Whittier College (Calif.): Appointed Bedford McIntosh, vice president for college advancement at Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, Calif.), to be vice president for advancement.

William Paterson U. of New Jersey (Wayne): Appointed Joanne Nigrelli, senior associate director of development for Rutgers College at Rutgers U. at New Brunswick (N.J.), to be executive director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Patricia A. Cohen, program manager, to be vice president.

Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (Salisbury, Md.): Appointed David N. Michaud, assistant director, to be president. He succeeds Emilie Wood Robinson, who retired.

Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York): Appointed Caroline L. Williams, president of Grey Seal Capital (New York), to be chief financial and investment officer.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Helene Gayle, director of the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta), to be senior adviser for H.I.V./AIDS, effective September 1.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed S. Michael Camp, director of research for the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, to be vice president of research for the center.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Richard Kaplan, director of grants management, research, and information, to be assistant vice president for institutional research and grants management.

Laura Pels Foundation (New York): Appointed Diane Morrison, a partner at the talent agency of Schiffman, Ekman, Morrison, and Marx (New York), to be executive director.

William Penn Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed Kathryn J. Engebretson, chief financial officer at BET Interactive (Washington) and a member of the foundation’s Board of Directors, to be president, effective October 1. She will serve as executive vice president during a transition beginning in July and succeeds Janet Haas, who will become chair of the group’s corporation, which elects board members and officers.

Saint Paul Foundation: Appointed Craig A. Erickson, a partner at Chestnut & Cambronne (Minneapolis), to be senior gift planner.

Santa Clara Family Health Foundation (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Craig Walsh, senior marketing manager for the San Francisco 49ers, to be executive director. This organization was created by the Santa Clara Family Health Plan and now primarily assists the efforts of Santa Clara County’s Children’s Health Initiative.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Bush Foundation (St. Paul): Elected Wilson G. Bradshaw, president of Metropolitan State U. (St. Paul), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

Commonwealth Fund (New York): Elected Jane E. Henney, a senior scholar at the Association of Academic Health Centers (Washington) and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (Washington), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

Jazz at Lincoln Center (New York): Elected R. Theodore Ammon, founding partner of Chancery Lane Capital (New York), to be chairman of the board.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Elected Jamie S. Gorelick, vice chair of Fannie Mae and of its foundation (Washington), and Mary Graham, a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.) and at the Georgetown U. Law Center (Washington), to be members of the Board of Directors.

Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage): Elected Edward B. Rasmuson, chairman of the National Bank of Alaska (Anchorage) and grandson of the foundation’s founder, to be president of the Board of Directors. He succeeds his father, Elmer Rasmuson, who died on December 1, 2000.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Lipman Hearne (Washington): Appointed Karen Sloan Lebovich, director of the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation (Washington), to be a vice president at this communications and marketing firm.

Metropolitan Group (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Jessica Jarratt, development director at the National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyOregon Chapter (Portland), to be senior resource-development director.

O’Neill & Associates (Atlanta): Appointed Staci R. Covin, campaign assistant, to be campaign manager at this fund-raising consultancy.