People

, AARP Andrus Foundation (Washington): Appointed David M. Hirsch director of planned giving and major gifts at the Inova Health System/Alexandria Hospital Foundation (Va.), to be director of development.

The Alpha Center (Washington): Appointed Kevin B. (Kip) Piper, vice-president for health-care management consulting at Maximus (McLean, Va.), to be a vice-president. The Alpha Center is a national health-policy resource center.

American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts (Napa, Cal.): Appointed Betty Teller, assistant director for programs at Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services (Washington), to be assistant director for exhibitions.

American Symphony Orchestra League (Washington): Appointed Bruce Coppock, former executive director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, to be vice-president and director of the Orchestra Academy, effective September 1, and Jesse Rosen, general manager of the Seattle Symphony, to be vice-president for management development, effective November 9.

Amherst College (Mass.): Appointed Stacey Schmeidel, director of public relations at Gettysburg College (Pa.), to be director of public affairs.

Arthritis Foundation-Southern California Chapter (Los Angeles): Appointed Darryl W. Mix, director of development at the March of Dimes-Southern California Chapter (Burbank), to be senior vice-president of marketing and development.

Beardsley Zoological Gardens (Bridgeport, Conn.): Appointed Ed Davies, former president of the Beardsley Zoo Docent Council and a retired employee of the Connecticut Department of Correction, to be development director, a newly created position.

Brevard College (N.C.): Appointed Winford Gordon, associate professor of psychology, also to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Briar Cliff College (Sioux City, Iowa): Appointed Robert P. Barnes, director of development and community relations at Brethren’s Home Retirement Community (Greenville, Ohio), to be vice-president of institutional advancement.

Canisius College (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Debra S. Park, director of development communications at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (N.Y.), to be director of public relations.

Carroll College (Waukesha, Wis.): Appointed Dean A. Rein, vice-president for college advancement, to be executive vice-president.

Charities Aid Foundation America (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Melanie Peyser, regional director for central Europe and Siberia for the Eurasia Foundation (Washington), based in Moscow, to be executive director.

Chicago Academy of Sciences: Appointed Bryn Reese, vice-president of development at Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network (Chicago), to be vice-president of development and marketing.

City U. of New York Queensborough Community College (Bayside, N.Y.): Appointed Helene M. Hyland, assistant to the president and associate dean for institutional advancement, to be assistant to the president and dean for institutional advancement.

Cleveland Botanical Garden: Appointed Maggie Bigley Musnuff, manager of the annual fund and special events at Playhouse Square (Cleveland), to be director of annual giving.

Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation: Announced the retirement of Chris Beardsley, executive director, effective August 21. Dee Grimes, operations manager, has been named interim director.

Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington): Appointed Sarah Cash, director of the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (Lynchburg, Va.), to be curator of American art.

Council of Michigan Foundations (Grand Haven): Appointed Sandra G. Katt, director of corporate services, to be assistant vice-president for corporate services and education, and David R. Lindberg, director of finance, to be vice-president of finance and administration.

Culver Academies (Ind.): Appointed Bruce L. Holaday, director of the Culver Summer Camps, to be director of development; he succeeds J. Frederick Lintner, who will retire in September after 30 years at the schools. Culver Academies also appointed W. Scott Banfield III, development officer, to be assistant director of development-Culver Clubs International; Mary Kay Karzas, associate director of development and director of leadership gifts, to be deputy director of development-major gifts; and Reid Ricciardi, development assistant, to be assistant director of development-annual fund.

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (Cleveland): Appointed Lawrence Mervine, assistant dean for medical development and alumni affairs at U. of Vermont Medical School (Burlington), to be executive director.

Daemen College (Amherst, N.Y.): Appointed Jill Ellen Barcikowski, director of development at People Inc. (Amherst), to be director of alumni affairs.

Dana Hall School (Wellesley, Mass.): Appointed Elizabeth L. McCarthy, associate director of the annual fund at Brown U. (Providence, R.I.), to be assistant director of development.

Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.): Appointed Rick Adams, public-information manager, to be director of publications and editorial services, and Roland Adams, associate director of public affairs, to be director of news and public information.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall: Appointed John A. MacElwee, director of marketing and communications at the Houston Symphony Orchestra, to be vice-president of marketing and communications.

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis): Appointed Roger N. Beachy, director of the division of plant biology at the Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, Cal.), to be director. This new organization will work to end hunger and is expected to open in 2000.

Ferris State U. (Big Rapids, Mich.): Appointed Brian Weaver, director of annual giving and development research at Northern Michigan U. (Marquette), to be director of development and director of the Kendall Memorial Foundation.

Fletcher Allen Health Care (Burlington, Vt.): Appointed Whitney L. Brice, director of major gifts, to be interim director of development; Judith Pariseau, coordinator of the Children’s Miracle Network, to be annual-giving officer; and Dean Snider, annual-giving coordinator, to be director of annual giving.

Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, Cal.): Appointed Doug Whittle, acting vice-president at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Wynnewood, Pa.), to be director of development.

Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta): Appointed Barrett H. Carson, associate vice-president for development, to be vice-president for development and director of the capital campaign.

Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis): Garland Wright, former artistic director, died July 22 in New York of cancer. He was 52.

Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.): Appointed Nevil C. Eastwood, project manager for the Easter Morning Community, a subdivision of Habitat-built homes in Americus, to be director of construction and environmental resources; V. Paul George, senior director at MCI Telecommunications (Colorado Springs), to be director of information systems; J. Michael Willard, associate director of U.S. affiliates for the U.S. department of Habitat Affiliates Worldwide, to be director of program enhancement; and Jerome Williams, interim director, to be director of campus chapters and youth programs.

Handel & Haydn Society (Boston): Appointed Ian Archer, development assistant, to be associate director of institutional giving, and Donna Huron, director of the capital campaign and special projects, to be director of major gifts and the capital campaign.

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (New York): Appointed Elliot B. Karp, associate vice-president and national director of major gifts at United Jewish Appeal (New York), to be vice-president for development.

Heifer Project International (Little Rock, Ark.): Appointed Rafal Laski, former agricultural consultant and interpreter at Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (Washington), based in Olsztyn, Poland, to be Central and Eastern Europe program director.

Hofstra U. (Hempstead, N.Y.): Appointed Michael DeLuise, public-relations officer at New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury), to be executive director of university relations, and Ginny Erlich, public-relations officer at New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury), to be associate director of university relations.

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Robert E. Kaufmann, director at Spencer Stuart (Stamford, Conn.), an executive-search consulting firm, to be executive director.

InterAction (Washington): Announced the resignation of Carolyn Long, director of development programs.

Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia: Appointed Harry Freedman, a fund-raising consultant and former senior development officer at the U. of Miami School of Medicine, to be vice-president of communications and development.

Le Moyne College (Syracuse, N.Y.): W. Richard Merriman, Jr., vice-president for institutional advancement, has been appointed president of Southwestern College (Winfield, Kan.).

MDC Inc. (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Appointed Leah D. Totten, manager of communications and public relations at the Southern Growth Policies Board (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), to be communications director. MDC is a non-profit research firm specializing in economic and work-force development.

Medic Alert (Turlock, Cal.): Appointed Effie DeBow, vice-president of finance and administration and chief financial officer, to be senior vice-president for operations, and Dennis Himes, executive assistant to the president, to be vice-president for business development. Medic Alert is a non-profit organization that provides information on emergency medical services.

Mental Health Association in Delaware (Wilmington): Appointed Jim Lafferty, support-group coordinator, to be assistant director.

Minneapolis Urban League: Appointed Clarence Hightower, president of the City Inc. (Minneapolis), a non-profit group that serves disadvantaged youths and their families, to be president and chief executive officer.

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (Washington): Appointed Roland H. King, director of university relations at U. of Maryland at College Park, to be vice-president for public affairs.

National Family Caregivers Association (Kensington, Md.): Appointed Angela McArdell, direct-marketing coordinator at the National Organization for Women (Washington), to be membership manager.

North Carolina A&T State U. (Greensboro): Announced the retirement of Velma Speight, director of alumni affairs.

Oberlin U. (Ohio): Appointed Kay Thomson, director of major gifts and acting vice-president, to be vice-president of development and alumni affairs.

Opera Colorado (Denver): Appointed Stephen Seifert, interim executive director, to be executive director.

Pahl Inc. (Troy, N.Y.): Appointed Vera Nuspliger, communications specialist at the Retired Public Employees Association (Albany, N.Y.), to be director of development and public information. Pahl provides treatment services to chemically dependent youths and their families.

Partners of the Americas (Washington): Appointed Norman A. Brown, president emeritus of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.), to be president, effective November 1. He succeeds William S. Reese, who resigned in May to become chief operating officer of the International Youth Foundation (Baltimore).

Queens College (Charlotte, N.C.) Appointed Jerry S. Stockdale, director of college relations at Davidson College (N.C.), to be associate vice-president for communications.

Refugees International (Washington): Appointed Shep Lowman, director of international refugee affairs at United States Catholic Conference Migration and Refugee Services (Washington), to be vice-president for policy.

Regent U. (Virginia Beach, Va.): Appointed Baxter Ennis, outreach coordinator at the Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses (Washington), to be director of public relations.

Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.): Appointed Anne B. Kerr, assistant vice-president for development, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Santa Fe Opera (N.M.): Appointed Richard Gaddes, associate general director, to be general director, effective September 2000.

Silvermine Guild Arts Center (New Canaan, Conn.): Appointed Cynthia B. Clair, executive director of the Huntington Arts Council (N.Y.), to be executive director.

Spelman College (Atlanta): Appointed Trisa Long Paschal, interim vice-president and associate vice-president of institutional advancement, to be vice-president of institutional advancement.

Thomas College (Thomasville, Ga.): Appointed Ann Gaines, a businesswoman in Thomasville, to be director of development.

U. of Alabama (Tuscaloosa): Appointed Sybil R. Todd, vice-president for institutional advancement and vice-chancellor of the U. of Houston System, to be vice-president for student affairs.

U. of Kentucky (Lexington): James P. Chapman, vice-chancellor for public service and outreach, has been appointed president of Shawnee State U. (Portsmouth, Ohio).

U. of Southern Maine (Portland): Appointed Vincent M. Pellegrino, vice-chancellor for development and university relations at U. of Tennessee at Chattanooga, to be vice-president for advancement.

U. of Wisconsin-Stout (Menomonie): Appointed Pat Reisinger, executive director of the Stout University Foundation, to be assistant chancellor for university development.

Vermont Public Radio (Colchester): Appointed Robin Turnau, development manager, to be director of development.

Virginia College Fund (Richmond): Appointed William E. Pearson, vice-president for institutional advancement at U. of Rio Grande (Ohio), to be president.

Visiting Nurse/VNA Care Network Foundation (Wilton, Conn.): Appointed Patricia Kriss, community-affairs director at Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut (Bridgeport), to be executive director.

Whitney Museum of American Art (New York): Appointed Maxwell L. Anderson, director of the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), to be director, effective in September. He succeeds David A. Ross, who left in March to become director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

World Resources Institute (Washington): Appointed Lucy Byrd Dorick, director of development for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington), to be vice-president for development.

GRANT MAKERS

Arlington Health Foundation (Va.): Appointed S. Abbott Bailey, assistant executive director of the Millennium Society (Washington), to be program officer for Virginia policy and program director; Leonard N. Berman, former program officer at the Public Welfare Foundation (Washington), to be program officer and director of philanthropic policy and activities; Delia Reid, a manager in the corporate community-strategies group at APCO Associates (Washington), to be program officer and director of community affairs; Joanna E. Siegel, an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health (Boston), to be program officer and director of evaluation; and Wendy J. Susswein, former director of affinity-group services at the Council on Foundations (Washington), to be program officer and director of philanthropic outreach.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Boston): Appointed Kenneth Olson, director of alumni, development, and public relations at Central Catholic High School (Lawrence, Mass.), to be director of development for the Massachusetts Caring for Children Foundation.

Cummins Engine Foundation (Columbus, Ind.): Appointed Tracy H. Souza, director of community relations, to be executive director, effective October 1. She will succeed Adele J. Vincent, who is retiring.

Fannie Mae Foundation (Washington): Appointed Ann Marie Wheelock, executive vice-president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer.

GE Fund (Fairfield, Conn.): Appointed Joyce Hergenhan, vice-president for public relations at General Electric, to be president, effective September 1.

Koret Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Jeffrey Fearn, vice-president of finance and administration at the Pacific Cheese Company (Hayward, Cal.), to be chief financial and administrative officer. He succeeds Jack Curley, who recently retired after 13 years with the foundation.

Overture Foundation (Madison, Wis.): Appointed George E. Austin, director of the City of Madison Department of Planning and Development, to be president, effective in late September. The foundation was created in 1997 by W. Jerome (Jerry) Frautschi, retired vice-chairman of Webcrafters, to support the arts in Madison and Dane County, Wis.

Philadelphia Foundation: Appointed R. Andrew Swinney, executive director of the Oshkosh Foundation (Wis.), to be president, effective October 1.

West Central Initiative (Fergus Falls, Minn.): Lowell Larson, executive director, has announced his resignation, effective December 31. W.C.I. is a public foundation serving nine counties in west-central Minnesota.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Bottomless Closet (Chicago): Elected Connie L. Lindsey, vice-president and division manager of treasury-management marketing at Northern Trust Bank (Chicago), to be president of the board.

Colorado Trust (Denver): Elected Jerome M. Buckley, chairman and chief executive officer of Copic Insurance Company (Englewood, Colo.), and Judith B. Wagner, president of Wagner Investment Management (Denver), to the Board of Trustees.

Thomas L. Conlan Education Foundation (Cincinnati): Elected Joseph P. Tomain, dean and professor of law at the U. of Cincinnati College of Law, to be chairman of the board. This newly formed foundation, which has assets of approximately $100-million, will focus on improving educational opportunities for disadvantaged youths in Ohio.

Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries (Washington): Elected Linda Chandler, senior vice-president of finance and administration at the National Association of Manufacturers (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

El Pomar Foundation (Colorado Springs): Elected the following to be trustees: Cortlandt Dietler, chairman and chief executive of the TransMontaigne Oil Company (Denver); David Palenchar, vice-president for programs at the El Pomar Foundation and president and chief executive officer of the Colorado Springs World Arena; and Brenda Smith, a partner in the accounting firm Baird, Kurtz & Dobson (Springfield, Mo.).

Freddie Mac Foundation (McLean, Va.): Elected the following to the Board of Directors: Jeffrey A. Hayman, vice-president of sales at Freddie Mac (McLean); Jay Inouye, manager of the Supplier Diversity Unit at Freddie Mac; Ronald F. Poe, chairman and chief executive officer of Legg Mason Dorman & Wilson (Baltimore); and Ann Schnare, senior vice-president of corporate relations at Freddie Mac.

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation (Chicago): Elected Stephanie Pace Marshall, founding president and chief executive officer of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (Aurora), to the Board of Directors.

Fund for New Jersey (New Brunswick): Elected Clement Alexander Price, a professor of history and chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies at Rutgers U. (Newark, N.J.), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

International House (New York): Elected Paul A. Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve System, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

League of Women Voters of the United States (Washington): Elected Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, vice-president of curriculum at Junior Achievement (Colorado Springs), to be president and chair of the League of Women Voters Education Fund.

Levine School of Music (Washington): Elected Anne Borden Evans, former executive officer and administrator of the National Gallery of Art (Washington), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Literacy Partners (New York): Elected Clare Russell Gregorian, a community volunteer, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Mail Advertising Service Association (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Michael D. Dzvonik, chairman and chief executive officer of Grizzard (Atlanta), to be chairman of the board.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (Baltimore): Elected Lakin Ray Cook, executive director of the West Virginia Commission on the Arts (Charleston), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Nellie Mae Foundation (Braintree, Mass.): Elected the following to the Board of Directors: J. Bonnie Newman, interim dean of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the U. of New Hampshire (Durham); John M. Ryan, principal of Ryan Partners (Springfield, Mass.), a business-advisory firm; O. Rogeriee Thompson, associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court; and Arthur H. White, vice-chairman of Yankelovich Partners (Norwalk, Conn.).

North Carolina Dance Theatre (Charlotte): Elected Amy Brinkley, executive vice-president at NationsBank (Charlotte), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation (New York): Elected the following to the Board of Directors: Miriam Ballert, vice-president for foundations, endowments, health-care, and religious organizations at Mellon Equity Associates (Pittsburgh); Fred Kirschenmann, an organic farmer in Windsor, N.D.; and Linda Singer, executive director of the Appleseed Foundation (Washington).

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (Tulsa, Okla.): Elected the following to be trustees: Barbara Smith Campbell, controller at Circus Circus Development Corporation (Las Vegas, Nev.); G. Fulton Collins III, chairman of Summit Acceptance Corporation and chairman and chief executive officer of Collins Investments (Tulsa); and Linda Petree Lambert, president of the LASSO Corporation (Oklahoma City).

Westchester Association of Development Officers (Chappaqua, N.Y.): Elected Beryl Hay, senior director of the United Way of Westchester & Putnam (White Plains, N.Y.), and Katrinka Walker, public-relations manager at the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement (Garrison, N.Y.), to be co-presidents.

Women In Need (New York): Elected Katherine Farley, senior managing director at Tishman Speyer Properties (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Cone Communications (Boston): Appointed Mark A. Feldman, a director, to be vice-president, responsible for the agency’s cause-related-marketing practice.

The Development Center (Philadelphia): Appointed Anthony Brocchi, Jr., former vice-president for institutional advancement at Cabrini College (Radnor, Pa.), to be assistant vice-president of client development.

Epsilon (Burlington, Mass.): Appointed Michael Iaccarino, senior audit manager in the Technology Industry Group at Price Waterhouse (Boston), to be vicepresident for finance and chief financial officer.