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California Shakespeare Festival (Berkeley): Appointed Sunny Gettinger, associate director for press advancement for the 2000 Gore-Lieberman campaign (Nashville), to be publicity and publications manager, and Michael Stephens, associate director of development at the San Diego Opera, to be director of development.

Career Transition for Dancers (New York): Appointed Alexander J. Dubé, retired administrator of dance at the American Guild of Musical Artists (New York), to be executive director.

Career Visions (Louisville, Ky.): Appointed April S. Croslin, development and marketing coordinator, to be director of development.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington): Appointed John J. Audley, trade-policy coordinator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington), to be a senior associate.

Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland): Appointed Russell F. Catanese, retired executive director of the American Cancer SocietyCuyahoga County Unit (Cleveland), to be interim associate dean of development and alumni affairs for the School of Medicine. He succeeds Duncan Hartley, who now serves as assistant vice president for planned giving in the department of university relations and development.

Gabriel’s Gifts Charitable Foundation (Houston): Appointed Beth Alberts, executive director of Palmer Drug Abuse ProgramHouston, to be chief executive.

Gettysburg College (Pa.): Appointed Susanne Shaw, vice president for institutional advancement at Moravian College (Bethlehem, Pa.), to be assistant vice president for development.

Glenville State College (W.Va.): Appointed Rosemary Thomas, associate vice president for institutional advancement at Fairmont State College (W.Va.), to be vice president for college advancement.

Goodwill Industries International (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Lucia Fluegel, development associate at the Alliance to Save Energy (Washington), to be marketing specialist.

Greenpeace International (Amsterdam): David McTaggart, honorary chairman and co-founder, died March 23 in a car accident in Umbria, Italy. He was 68.

Heifer Project International (Little Rock, Ark.): Appointed Tom McRae, executive vice president at the Southern Development Bancorporation (Arkadelphia, Ark.), to be vice president of administration.

Hospital for Special Surgery (New York): Appointed Peter Lyden, director of development at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (New York) and Montefiore Medical Center (New York), to be assistant vice president for development.

Iowa State U. Foundation (Ames): Appointed Debra C. Engle, former senior director of development with the university foundation and director of university extension and development for the College of Human Environmental Sciences at Oklahoma State U. (Stillwater), to be vice president for development, and Michael Gens, assistant director of development research, to be associate director of development for the College of Business.

Jewish Funders Network (New York): Announced the resignation of Evan Mendelson, executive director, effective in June. She plans to start a consulting business.

Jewish Home & Hospital (New York): Appointed Mady Schuman, director of development at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York U., to be vice president of development.

Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore): Appointed Susan E. Lee, director of development for the School of Medicine at Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale, to be director of development for the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Linda Smeyne, vice president at the Woodbourne Foundation (Baltimore), to be director of development for the School of Public Health.

Laubach Literacy International (Syracuse, N.Y.): Appointed Robert Wedgeworth, interim president, to be president.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York): Appointed Nina McNeely Diefenbach, chief development officer, also to be deputy vice president of external affairs. The museum also announced the retirement of Ashton Hawkins, executive vice president and counsel to the trustees.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Richard Birkel, president and chief executive officer of the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute (Washington), to be executive director.

National Humanities Center (Research Triangle Park, N.C.): Announced the resignation of W. Robert Connor, director, effective September 1, 2002.

National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington): Appointed Stanley A. Lowe, executive director of the Housing Authority for the City of Pittsburgh, to be vice president for community revitalization. Mr. Lowe also recently has been appointed as vice president of preservation programs at the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation.

North Carolina A&T State U. (Greensboro): Appointed Ronni Savage, director of development for athletics at Mount Ida College (Newton Centre, Mass.), to be director of development for athletics and executive director of the Aggie Club.

Philadelphia Senior Center: Appointed Tamara W. Moreland, vice president for senior services at Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey (Yardville), to be executive director.

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust: Appointed J. Kevin McMahon, executive vice president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer, effective May 1. He will succeed Carol R. Brown, who resigned after serving the group since its formation in 1984.

Providence Portland Medical Center (Ore.): Appointed Kathy Lynch Hostetler, director of major gifts at Sidwell Friends School (Washington), to be director of development for the Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center.

Rhode Island School of Design (Providence): Appointed William F. Melton, vice president for external affairs at Middlebury College (Vt.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

State U. of New York at Stony Brook: Appointed Bill Simmons, senior executive vice president and managing director of Grenzebach Glier & Associates (Chicago), to be vice president of advancement and executive director of the Stony Brook Foundation. The university also appointed Timothy Kenney, assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions, to be interim director of alumni relations, and Jane MacArthur, assistant to the director of advancement in the College of Arts and Sciences, to be assistant director of advancement in that college.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Linda L. Bennett, executive director of development information systems, to be assistant vice president for advancement services; Thomas D. Harblin, assistant vice president for major gifts and international development, to be vice president for giving programs; and Thomas J. Walsh, assistant vice president for development and public affairs for New York City, to be vice president for leadership gifts.

Tada! (New York): Appointed Peter Avery, director of theater education at the Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts (Md.), to be director of education at this youth theater.

Texas Wesleyan U. (Fort Worth): Appointed Gina McLendon Phillips, annual-giving officer, to be director of alumni relations.

U. of Montana Foundation (Missoula): Appointed Sharen Peters, vice president for major-gift development, to be president and chief executive officer.

U. of Texas at Austin: Appointed Donald A. Hale, chief public-relations officer at Carnegie Mellon U. (Pittsburgh), to be vice president for public affairs, effective July 1.

Winston-Salem State U. (N.C.): Appointed John M. Berry, former director of major gifts at Dillard U. (New Orleans), to be director of development.

Women Executives in State Government (Washington): Appointed Phyllis J. Doak, a consultant based in Alexandria, Va., to be executive director.

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed John G. Cross, associate dean for budget and administration in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor, to be executive vice president.

GRANT MAKERS

Berks County Community Foundation (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Frances A. Aitken, chief financial officer and director of donor services, to be vice president for finance and administration, and Richard C. Mappin, director of grant making, to be vice president for grant making.

Boston Foundation: Appointed Paul S. Grogan, vice president for government, community, and public affairs at Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), to be president. He suceeds Anna Faith Jones, who will resign on June 30. The foundation also appointed Terry Lane, associate dean for professional education and sponsored projects for the School of Social Work at Boston U., to be director of policy, research, and evaluation.

W.H. Brady Foundation (Maggie Valley, N.C.): Appointed Elizabeth P. Pungello, director and granddaughter of the founder, William H. Brady Jr., to be president. She succeeds her mother, Elizabeth Brady Lurie, who retired but will continue to serve as director emeritus.

Columbus Foundation (Ohio): Announced the resignation of James I. Luck, president, effective January 1, 2002. He will continue to serve the foundation as senior fellow and president emeritus.

Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Detroit): Appointed Thomas M. Woiwode, a consultant with the foundation, to be director of the GreenWays Initiative.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Bradley W. Wells, assistant vice chancellor for financial services at the California State U. System (Long Beach), to be vice president for finance.

Philip & Janice Levin Foundation (North Plainfield, N.J.): Janice H. Levin, president, died on March 23 at age 87. Ms. Levin also was a board member for the School of the American Ballet (New York).

Open Society Institute (New York): Appointed Amy Weil, national media-relations associate at the American Civil Liberties Union (New York), to be media officer, and Chipp Winston, editor of The All-Star Newspaper for Brill’s Content (New York), to be Web officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Africa-America Institute (New York): Elected Kofi Appenteng, a partner at Thacher Proffitt & Wood (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

America’s Promise (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Marc Racicot, former governor of Montana, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Helen Bader Foundation (Milwaukee): Elected Frances Klitsner Wolff, a volunteer coordinator for Keren Klita (Jerusalem), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

Howard Heinz Endowment (Pittsburgh): Elected Carol R. Brown, past president of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, to be a member of the board.

Mile High United Way (Denver): Elected W. Leo Kiely III, president, chief executive officer, and director of the Coors Brewing Company (Golden, Colo.), to be board chairman.

Mothers Against Violence in America (Seattle): Elected Pat Stanford, a community volunteer, to be chair of the board.

Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds (New York): Elected the following to the Board of Directors: Gordon M. Ambach, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (Washington); W. Don Cornwell, chief executive officer of Granite Broadcasting Corporation (New York); Peter C. Marzio, director of the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston); and Joseph Shenker, provost of the C.W. Post campus of Long Island U. (Brookville, N.Y.).

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Waters, Pelton, Ostroff & Associates (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.): Appointed Nancy A. McGinn, senior vice president for institutional advancement and strategic planning at Lynn U. (Boca Raton, Fla.), to be vice president.

Williams Young (Madison, Wis.): Appointed Gerard Zack, president of the Nonprofit Resource Center (Washington) and Zack Accounting and Consulting (Washington), which are merging with Williams Young, to be a director in the nonprofit group, based in Washington.