People

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (Silver Spring, Md.): Announced the retirement of Ralph S. Watts Jr., who served as president for 16 years.

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Appointed Michael Abidor,

director of project development at the Trust for Jewish Philanthropy (New York), to be director of the New York region.

American Humanics (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Jessica Schroeder, a recent graduate of Rockhurst U. (Kansas City, Mo.), to be associate for national alliance services. American Humanics helps universities and charities work together to train undergraduate students for careers with nonprofit organizations.

Antioch U. Seattle: Appointed Mel S. Jackson, executive director of the Millionaire Club Charity (Seattle), to be dean of university relations.

Ashland U. (Ohio): Appointed Gene Haberman, assistant chancellor for alumni and development and executive director of the university foundation at U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, to be associate vice president for university campaigns.

Association for Individual Development (Aurora, Ill.): Appointed Dyanne Buckley, project leader and for direct-mail marketing at the National Safety Council (Itasca, Ill.), to be director of marketing and public relations, and Alice L. Eakin, director of development at Lifelink Corporation (Bensenville, Ill.), to be vice president of the resource-development department.

Birmingham-Southern College (Ala.): Appointed Scott McEwen, financial adviser in the Birmingham office of Prudential Securities (New York), to be assistant director of alumni affairs.

California Voter Foundation (Davis): Appointed Saskia Mills, managing director, to be executive director.

Center for Jewish History (New York): Appointed Joseph D. Becker, founder of the law firm of Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muffly (New York) and a member of the center’s Board of Directors, to be interim executive director.

Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe, Ill.): Appointed Sue Markgraf, a managing supervisor in the Chicago office of Fleishman-Hillard (St. Louis), to be public-relations manager.

City Parks Foundation (New York): Appointed David Rivel, president of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (New York), to be executive director, effective October 1.

Covenant House Florida (Fort Lauderdale): Appointed Kirsten Brondsted, director of development at Community Health Centers (Apopka, Fla.), to be director of development, based in the Orlando, Fla., office of this organization that provides services and shelter to runaway and homeless youths.

Dowling College (Oakdale, N.Y.): Appointed H.E. (Chuck) Broadbent III, director of information technology at the Free Library of Philadelphia, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Elizabethtown College (Pa.): Appointed Ross G. Weidman, director of gift planning and public relations at Garden Spot Village (New Holland, Pa.), to be planned-giving officer and major-gifts officer.

Fairleigh Dickinson U. (Teaneck, N.J.): Appointed Jonathan P. Wolfe, acting director of development, to be associate vice president for university advancement.

Arnold P. Gold Foundation (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.): Appointed Ann G. Bruder, regional coordinator and program officer at the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (New York), to be director of programs. This organization creates medical-education programs to improve and bring compassion into the doctor-patient relationship.

Guide Dogs for the Blind (San Rafael, Calif.): Appointed Robert L. Phillips, a partner at the law firm of Prinicipal, Phillips, Jack and Associates (Moraga, Calif.), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Richard A. Bobb, who retired.

Hazelden Chicago: Appointed Barbara Baum, director of consumer marketing for the residential connectivity division in the Rolling Meadows, Ill., office of the 3Com Corporation (Santa Clara, Calif.), to be director of marketing and community outreach; Tom Delgatto, marketing and outreach representative, to be associate clinical director of adolescent services; and Carol Shaw, regional vice president of the American Cancer Society-Chicago, to be vice president of development. This organization provides treatment programs for alcoholism and drug addiction and is affiliated with the Hazelden Foundation, in Center City, Minn.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.): Appointed Jared C. Weeden, associate director of the Lawrenceville Fund at the Lawrenceville School (N.J.), to be director of annual giving and parent relations.

Indiana State U. (Terre Haute): Appointed Brenda J. Weber, former director of alumni programs and special events at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School (Indianapolis), to be director of development.

Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Salem, Mass.): Appointed Lois Giovacchini, chief operating officer, to be executive director.

Laurel School (Shaker Heights, Ohio): Appointed Janer Danforth Belson, director of the office of institutional advancement at the Baldwin School (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), to be director of development and external affairs.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center (New York): Appointed Janet Weinberg, regional vice president for VTA Management Systems (New York), to be director of development.

Mariners’ Museum (Newport News, Va.): Appointed Karen Grinnan, director of marketing at Chesapeake General Hospital (Va.), to be vice president of marketing.

Marquette U. (Milwaukee): Appointed Rana H. Altenburg, vice president for governmental and community relations, to be vice president for public affairs.

Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged: Appointed Jack C. Rutenberg, director of special projects, to be executive director.

Milwaukee Public Museum: Appointed Roger W. Bowen, president of the State U. of New York at New Paltz, to be president, effective October 1.

Museum of Fine Arts (Boston): Appointed Susan Longhenry, director of education at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, to be director of education.

NAMM-International Music Products Association (Carlsbad, Calif.): Appointed Mary Luehrsen, program officer at the Texaco Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.), to be director of public affairs and government relations.

National Symphony Orchestra (Washington): Announced the resignation of Robert C. Jones, president. In lieu of appointing a new president, the orchestra now will be managed by Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in which the group is based.

New York Foundation for the Arts: Appointed Janice L. Shapiro, former program associate for culture at the Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia), to be senior program officer for services.

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (Great Neck): Appointed Cecelia Fullam, vice president of development, to be senior vice president of development.

Northern Kentucky U. (Highland Heights): Appointed Monica Ginney, director of special events at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce (Fort Mitchell), to be major-gifts officer; Rick Meyers, director of media relations, to be assistant vice president for marketing and communications; and Andy Wilson, director of development and alumni relations at Lexington Catholic High School (Ky.), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

Pennsylvania State U. (University Park): Appointed Eloise Dunn Stuhr, executive director of university development, to be executive director of leadership gifts.

Prevent Blindness America (Schaumburg, Ill.): Appointed Elaine J. Barber, vice president of field operations, to be chief operating officer.

Rutgers U. at Camden (N.J.): Appointed Scott B. Schaffer, director of corporate and foundation relations at U. of Delaware (Newark), to be director of development at the School of Law.

Southern Polytechnic State U. (Marietta, Ga.): Appointed Patricia Garrett, former director of corporate and foundation relations at Columbia College (S.C.), to be executive director of advancement.

TechFoundation (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Curt Iiams, founder, president, and chief operating officer at Currency Stream (Boston), to be program director of Geeks for America.

Thirteen/WNET New York: Appointed Sarah Frank, president and chief operating officer at Skoodles (New York), to be vice president and director of education.

Triangle Inc. (Malden, Mass.): Appointed Michael Rodrigues, vice president of business operations and chief financial officer at Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries (Boston), to be chief executive officer. Triangle offers social services to people with disabilities.

Washington Performing Arts Society: Appointed Carmen Boston, education manager at the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (Takoma Park, Md.), to be youth-education manager.

Wittenberg U. (Springfield, Ohio): Appointed Rajean Snow, former media-relations manager at Children’s Medical Center (Dayton, Ohio), to be director of news services, and Richard W. Stenberg, director of the private financial group and senior trust officer at Huntington National Bank (Columbus, Ohio), to be director of major gifts.

GRANT MAKERS

Broad Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Lynn Liao, operations manager at eScore.com (Oakland, Calif.), to be associate director.

Ford Foundation (New York): Appointed Thea Lurie, senior communications adviser, to be deputy director for strategic communications.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Peter C. Erichsen, vice president and general counsel at the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) and former deputy assistant attorney general of the United States in the Clinton administration, to be vice president, general counsel, and secretary.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Thomas L. Harris, vice president for finance and taxes at Gap Inc. (San Francisco), to be chief administrative officer and director of finance.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Appointed Susan Patterson, editor and publisher of The Union-Recorder (Milledgeville, Ga.) and a former chair of the foundation’s advisory committee in Milledgeville, to be a community-liaison program officer, based in Charlotte, N.C., and John Williams II, a program officer at the California Community Foundation (Los Angeles), to be a community-liaison program officer, based in North Hollywood, Calif.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Erika Poethig, assistant commissioner for policy, resource, and program development in the department of Housing for the City of Chicago, to be program officer for the program on human and community development.

Missouri Foundation for Health (St. Louis): Appointed James R. Kimmey, professor of health management and policy and director of the Institute for Urban Health Policy at St. Louis U., to be executive director, effective October 1. The foundation was created as the result of the dissolution of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri.

Saint Paul Foundation: Appointed Marialice P. Harwood, assistant director for advertising sales at the Star Tribune (Minneapolis), to be vice president of development, marketing, and communications for the foundation and its affiliate, the Minnesota Foundation.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

S.H. Cowell Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Gregory Wendt, senior vice president based in the San Francisco office of Capital Research Company (Los Angeles), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

Goodwill Industries International (Bethesda, Md.): Elected Rosemary S. Darden, former assistant dean of instruction for science and applied technology at Santa Rosa Junior College (Calif.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Elected Patricia M. Cloherty, pro bono chairman of the U.S. Russia Investment Fund (New York), and Richard C. Green Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of UtiliCorp United (Kansas City, Mo.), to be members of the Board of Directors.

National Association of Social Workers-Illinois (Chicago): Elected Andrew C. Teitelman, executive vice president of program services at Metropolitan Family Services (Chicago), to be president.