People

American Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Michael D. Farley, chief executive officer of the American Red Cross-St. Louis Area Chapter, to be vice president for chapter fund raising.

American Red Cross-Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter (Philadelphia): Appointed Barbara Biggs, an attorney at Morgan Lewis (Philadelphia), to be senior manager of program funding; Kate Judge, assistant dean of development and alumni relations at the U. of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Philadelphia), to be director of financial development; Anita Lynn, vice president for development at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be regional executive director for Montgomery County; and A. Warren Merrick, president of Communication, Technology and Information Services (Philadelphia), to be regional executive director for Philadelphia and Delaware Counties.

Americans for the Arts (Washington): Appointed Patricia E. Williams, vice president of policy and programs at the American Association of Museums (Washington), to be vice president and chief operating officer.

Camp Ramah in the Poconos (Jenkintown, Pa.): Appointed Bernard Greenberg, development consultant at EHL Fundraising Consultants (Willow Grove, Pa.), to be director of development at this day and overnight camp that provides recreation and Jewish education.

Center for Effective Philanthropy (Boston): Appointed Phil Buchanan, principal at Parthenon (Boston), to be executive director.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation: Appointed Bruce Loessin, senior vice president for university relations and development at Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland), to be senior vice president for institutional relations and development, effective in November.

College of St. Catherine (St. Paul): Appointed Julie Michener, director of marketing and membership at the Minnesota Museum of American Art (St. Paul), to be manager of media relations.

Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.): Appointed William N. Walker, executive director of university relations at Rutgers U. (New Brunswick, N.J.), to be vice president for public affairs, effective in November.

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach, Calif.): Appointed Ronald D. Guziak, president of the Little Company of Mary Hospital Foundation (Torrance, Calif.) and the San Pedro Peninsula Hospital Foundation (Calif.), to be senior vice president for resource development and executive director of the hospital’s foundation.

Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.: Appointed Joy Austin, interim director, to be executive director.

Indianapolis Museum of Art: Appointed Anthony G. Hirschel, director of the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory U. (Atlanta), to be director and chief executive officer, effective November 12. He succeeds Bret Waller, who is retiring but will continue to advise the museum as director emeritus.

Lawyers Alliance for New York: Appointed Nan Lee, development director at the Korean American Family Service Center (New York), to be director of development.

Minnesota Private College Council, Fund and Research Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Beth Riedel Carney, director of development and alumni relations at DeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis), to be development officer for the fund.

Monmouth U. (West Long Branch, N.J.): Appointed Susan A. Doctorian, director of public affairs, to be associate vice president for public affairs.

National Collegiate Athletic Association Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed John B. Sloan, executive director for Indianapolis capital campaigns at the Indiana U. Foundation (Indianapolis), to be director of development.

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (Washington): Appointed Trish Kerle, director of cultural programs at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York), to be deputy director.

National Italian American Foundation (Washington): Appointed John B. Salamone, fund development director, to be executive director and chief administrative officer. He succeeds Alfred Rotondaro, who retired but will continue to serve as a consultant.

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati): Appointed Spencer R. Crew, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (Washington), to be executive director and chief executive officer, effective November 5. He succeeds Edwin J. Rigaud, who will serve as president.

New Israel Fund (Washington): Appointed Jeffrey Green, a director in the private-clients group at Fleet Bank (Boston), to be director of the Boston regional office.

New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury): Appointed Vincent P. Torti, development officer for the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (N.Y.), to be director of major gifts and annual giving.

Nova Southeastern U. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Appointed Evan J. Goldman, a staff member at the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (Washington), to be associate director of the Children First Program of the university’s Law Center.

Rockford College (Ill.): Appointed Bern Sundstedt, director of grants, to be director of development.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Appointed Ruth Berson, director of exhibitions, and Katie Koch, chief administrative officer, to be acting co-directors, following the resignation of David Ross.

Smithsonian Institution (Washington): Appointed Marc Pachter, director of the National Portrait Gallery (Washington), to be acting director of the National Museum of American History, following the resignation of Spencer R. Crew in November.

South Nassau Communities Hospital (Oceanside, N.Y.): Appointed Daniel Rowland, former vice president of development, marketing, and public affairs at St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Port Jefferson, N.Y.), to be vice president of development.

St. Edward’s U. (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Mollie Butler, director of annual giving, to be director of major gifts; Ben Chomiak, assistant director of publications, to be director of design and publications; Michael Guerra, associate director of corporate relations, to be director of corporate and foundation relations; and Cheri S. Hansen, coordinator of information systems at Webster U. (Webster Groves, Mo.), to be director of advancement services.

Think Detroit: Appointed Gregory Conyers, planning and research associate at the Michigan League for Human Services (Lansing), to be director of e-community development. Think Detroit seeks to strengthen children’s character through sports participation and computer training.

Trickle Up Program (New York): Appointed Dana Galin, senior vice president at Robinson Lerer & Montgomery (New York), to be communications director; Karen Gellen, major-gifts manager at the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (New York), to be development director; Lolita Gillberg, comptroller at the Foundation for Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (New York), to be director of finance and administration; and Andrée Sosler, research intern at Environmental Defense (New York), to be international-program associate. This group provides training and financing to help low-income people around the world start small businesses.

U. of Dallas: Appointed Brian Tyson, manager of corporate communications at Bank One Corporation (Dallas), to be director of university relations.

United Way in Chicago: Appointed Brian Hassett, president of the Valley of the Sun United Way (Phoenix), to be president, effective in December. He succeeds Bill Ketchum, who retired earlier this year.

Valley of the Sun United Way (Phoenix): Appointed Paul Luna, senior vice president of fund distribution and community affairs, to be president, effective in December.

World Wildlife Fund (Washington): Appointed David B. Sandalow, a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute (Washington) and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment, and Science in the Clinton administration, to be executive vice president.

GRANT MAKERS

Cotsen Family Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Judy Johnson, vice president of the Los Angeles Educational Partnership, to be executive director.

S.H. Cowell Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Ken Doane, a consultant to this and other organizations in the San Francisco area, to be program officer for education.

Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation (New York): Appointed Jay Beckner, vice president, to be executive director, effective January 2, 2002. He succeeds Robert Crane, who will serve as president of the JEHT Foundation (New York), a new grant-making institution focusing on issues of human rights and social justice.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Appointed Therese Ellery, director of program and community development at Adult Care Management (Denver), to be program officer in aging.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.: Elected E. Ethelbert Miller, a poet and a commissioner on the District of Columbia’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.): Elected Donna Shalala, president of the U. of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.) and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, to be a trustee.

Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation (Cleveland): Elected Robert S. Reitman, principal of Riverbend Advisors (Gates Mills, Ohio), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

West Central Initiative (Fergus Falls, Minn.): Elected Jeff Dreier, vice president at Star Bank (Barrett, Minn.), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Alford Group (Chicago): Appointed Virginia Fallis, director of major gifts for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, to be a senior consultant, based in the Detroit office.

Grizzard (Atlanta): Appointed Stephanie Eversfield, senior account executive at Russ Reid (Pasadena, Calif.), to be senior account executive based in the Los Angeles office.

GroupStone (Berkeley, Calif.): Appointed Robert Kusel, director of business development at Entango (San Francisco), to be director of business development.