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American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Appointed Arthur S. Berger, director of public relations and communications at the American Jewish Committee (New York), to be vice-president for marketing and communications.

American Foundation for the Blind (New York): Appointed Frank B. Cermak, former president of Barton & Brett Publishers (Huntington, N.Y.), to be vice-president for the AFB Press.

American Jewish World Service (New York): Appointed Ruth W. Messinger, former New York City mayoral candidate and Manhattan borough president, to be president and executive director.

American Technion Society (New York): Appointed Alan Golden, an independent sales agent at Marathon Communications (Seattle), to be assistant director of the new Seattle office. A.T.S. is the fund-raising arm of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa.

Amherst College (Mass.): Appointed Kerry A. Dinneen, assistant director of alumni and parent programs, to be director of alumni and parent programs, and Thomas G. Esch, assistant director of admissions at U. of Chicago, to be assistant director of alumni and parent programs.

Austin Community College (Tex.): Appointed Ana M. (Cha) Guzman, vice-president for administration and institutional advancement, to be executive vice-president for administration and institutional advancement.

Bethlehem Center Food Bank (St. Charles, Ill.): Appointed H. Dennis Smith, president of JDS Associates (Wheaton, Ill.), a marketing and communications company, to be executive director.

Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Me.): Appointed Elizabeth D. Orlic, acting director of annual giving, to be director of annual giving, and Kevin P. Wesley, assistant director of public affairs, to be director of alumni relations.

California State U.-Monterey Bay: Appointed Beverly Grova, executive director of the Cabrillo College Foundation (Aptos, Cal.), to be director of university development.

Camp Fire Boys and Girls-Minnesota Council (St. Paul): Appointed Jerry Samargia, former campaign manager for Mark Dayton, a Minnesota gubernatorial candidate, to be director of development.

Community Council of Greater Dallas: Appointed Gail Chancey, director of development at Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, to be director of marketing and development.

Elmhurst College (Ill.): Appointed Elizabeth S. Downey, executive director of the McHenry County College Foundation (Crystal Lake, Ill.), to be senior development officer, and Rebecca M. Stewart, development assistant at Advocate Health Care’s Lutheran General Hospital (Oak Brook, Ill.), to be director of the annual fund.

Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Abbie J. von Schlegell, a consultant at Marts & Lundy (Chicago) and editor of Women as Donors, Women as Philanthropists, to be senior director of resource development. The Enterprise Foundation also named Ben Etheridge, project manager, to be director of development for Enterprise Homes.

Facing History and Ourselves (Brookline, Mass.): Appointed Michael Durney, director of philanthropy and community affairs at the Lotus Development Corporation (Cambridge, Mass.), to be director of operations. F.H.A.O. uses lessons from the Holocaust and other examples of genocide to educate students about racism and prejudice.

Girls Inc. (New York): Appointed Alexander Kopelman, director of public relations and communications at the New York Association for New Americans, to be director of communications, and Sandra E. Timmons, executive associate and chief of staff at the College Board (New York), to be chief operating officer.

Goucher College (Baltimore): Appointed Penny R. Breitstein, assistant director of development at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, and Anita Nowery Durel, director of development for the “Buildings of the United States” project at the Society of Architectural Historians (Chicago), based in Baltimore, to be associate directors of major gifts.

Horticultural Society of New York: Appointed Ashley March, director of development at the Churchill School and Center for Learning Disabilities (New York), to be director of development.

Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute (New York): Appointed William J. Horan, former vice-president for planning and development at the General Hospital Center at Passaic (N.J.), to be director of development.

Jewish Community Foundation of the North Shore (Salem, Mass.): Appointed Ellen-Ann Lacey, former director of development at the Solomon Schechter Academy (Dallas), to be director of planned giving and endowments. J.C.F. is the fund-raising arm of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore.

John Marshall Law School (Chicago): Appointed Ilene Breitbarth, a lawyer in Chicago, to be alumni director.

Lawrence U. (Appleton, Wis.): Appointed Andrea M. Powers, a consultant at CRM Ecosystems (Mt. Horeb, Wis.), to be assistant director of alumni relations.

Lindsay Wildlife Museum (Walnut Creek, Cal.): Appointed Stephen Becker, president of the Turtle Bay Museums and Arboretum (Redding, Cal.), to be deputy director for development and external affairs.

Loyola College in Maryland (Baltimore): Appointed Sarah L. Achenbach, executive director of development at Hollins U. (Va.), to be director of foundation relations.

Mankato State U. (Minn.): Appointed Philip C. Oswald, director of development and public and alumni relations at the U. of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine (Minneapolis), to be director of university development.

Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, Va.): Appointed Martha R. Masters, director of development at U. of the Ozarks (Clarksville, Ark.), to be director of planned giving, and Shea Shannon, assistant director of alumni activities at the Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne), to be executive director of alumnae activities.

Miss America Organization (Atlantic City): Appointed Robert L. Beck, executive director of the U.S. Soccer Federation Foundation (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

New York U.: Appointed Jean M. Llewellyn, director of public relations for the School of Public Health at Columbia U. (New York), to be director of communications for the faculty of arts and science.

North Park U. (Chicago): Appointed Alice Hartley, director of development, to be assistant vice-president for development.

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe, N.M.): Appointed Susan Wider, former director of development at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (Albuquerque, N.M.), to be director of development.

Oberlin College (Ohio): Appointed Sharon F. Patton, an associate professor of art history and director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies at U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor, to be director of the Allen Memorial Art Museum.

Oregon Health Sciences Foundation (Portland): Appointed David L. Mitchell, president of the Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science (La Jolla, Cal.), to be president of the foundation and vice-president for development at the Oregon Health Sciences U. O.H.S.F. also appointed Amanda Foshay, development and services manager at the Salem Convention and Visitors Association (Ore.), to be director of alumni relations for the School of Dentistry; Sharon O. Heth, a lawyer at Bullivant Houser Bailey (Portland), to be associate director of planned giving; Chris Kabel, manager of special projects at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation (Portland), to be associate director of development for women’s health; Cathy Kemmerer, director of alumni relations for the School of Nursing, to be director of annual giving for the School of Nursing; Kirsten C. Meneghello, personal-trust administrator at the U.S. Trust Company (Portland), to be associate director of planned giving; David Rubin, director of advancement services at U. of San Francisco, to be director of donor relations; and Kathleen Shelton, director of development at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation (Portland), to be director of development for women’s health.

Philadelphia Orchestra: Appointed A. William Dana, deputy executive director of Catholic Relief Services (Baltimore), to be vice-president for finance and administration, and Cheri M. Perron, manager of human resources at Advanta Information Services (Spring House, Pa.), to be manager of human resources.

Public Radio International (Minneapolis): Appointed Julia Mears, director of marketing services at GE Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation (Raleigh, N.C.), to be director of program marketing.

Ramapo College of New Jersey (Mahwah): Appointed Christopher H. Ross, associate vice-president for institutional relations at the College of Insurance (New York), to be assistant vice-president for institutional advancement.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America (Haddonfield, N.J.): Appointed James W. Broatch, executive director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation (Milford, Conn.), to be executive director.

Southern Methodist U. (Dallas): Appointed Laura Dean, special-events planner at the Dallas Symphony Association, to be director of reunions for the alumni association.

Southern Ocean County Hospital Foundation (Manahawkin, N.J.): Appointed Maria Landofi, a consultant at Semple Bixel Associates (Nutley, N.J.), to be executive director.

St. John’s U. (Jamaica, N.Y.): Appointed Catherine A. Camera, vice-president for corporate communications at AccuStaff Inc. (New York), to be director of alumni relations, and Anthony Martignetti, director of planned giving at Iona College (New Rochelle, N.Y.), to be director of planned giving.

St. Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.): Appointed Patrick Gallivan, associate director of admission, to be director of alumni and parent relations; Anne Whitmore Hansen, director of medical development and alumni affairs at U. of Vermont College of Medicine (Burlington), to be director of special gifts; and June Heston, director of alumni relations, to be associate director of annual giving.

St. Paul’s School (Brooklandville, Md.): Appointed Len Doran, former director of development at the Blue Ridge School (Dyke, Va.), to be director of development.

State U. of New York at Buffalo: Appointed William H. Rost, director of gift planning and campaign director at Briar Cliff College (Sioux City, Iowa), to be senior director of the office of university development.

State U. of New York at Plattsburgh: Appointed Don Garrant, executive assistant to the president for college relations and development, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Sunbury Community Hospital and Outpatient Center (Pa.): Appointed J. Alexander MacMurtrie, former Northeast regional representative for Holt International Children’s Services (Eugene, Ore.), to be chief development officer.

U. of Georgia (Athens): Appointed Kathryn R. Costello, vice-president for university advancement at Rice U. (Houston), to be senior vice-president for external affairs.

U. of Maryland at College Park: Appointed George Cathcart, former director of media relations at Arizona State U. (Tempe), to be director of university relations.

U. of the Pacific (Stockton, Cal.): Appointed Lynn Kubeck, assistant vice-president at Old Dominion U. (Norfolk, Va.), to be assistant provost and chief information officer.

U. of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg): Appointed Robert D. Pierce II, manager of operations at Sigma Chi International Headquarters (Evanston, Ill.), to be director of alumni affairs.

U. of Tennessee at Martin: Appointed Odell Horton, Jr., associate general counsel, also to be vice-chancellor for university relations.

Underwood-Memorial Hospital Foundation (Woodbury, N.J.): Appointed Daniel A. Di Donato, vice-president of public relations and stewardship at BCM International (Upper Darby, Pa.), an evangelical-missionary organization, to be executive director.

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Donaldson Hill, former director of development at Andover Newton Theological School (Newton Centre, Mass.), to be director of development.

Xaverian Brothers High School (Westwood, Mass.): Appointed Matthew J. Curran, marketing graduate intern in the athletic department at Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), to be assistant director of alumni and development.GRANT

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Berks County Community Foundation (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Kay A. Haring, account executive at the eastern Pennsylvania division of Time Warner Cable (Reading), to be manager of consulting services.

Cleveland Foundation: Appointed Teri A. Hansen, vice-president for external relations at the Central Indiana Community Foundation (Carmel) and president and founding director of the Legacy Fund of Hamilton County (Carmel), to be vice-president for development.

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Morristown, N.J.): Appointed David Grant, principal of Grant Associates (Norwich, Vt.), an education-consulting firm, to be executive director. He succeeds Scott McVay, who is retiring after serving as executive director since the foundation’s creation in 1976.

Health Foundation of South Florida (Miami): Appointed Kathryn Gutstein, program manager, to be program officer.

W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Alice M. Warner, a consultant to the foundation and former program associate for leadership, to be program associate for devolution, and Freddye Webb-Petett, director of the Kellogg International Leadership Program, to be coordinator of the Mid South Delta Initiative.

John and Mary R. Markle Foundation (New York): Appointed Andrew Blau, director of communications policy and practice at the Benton Foundation (Washington), to be program director, effective October 16, and Julia Moffett, vice-president of communications at NBC News and former director of communications and strategic planning at the National Security Council (Washington), to be vice-president of public affairs.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Cal.): Appointed Lorraine Zippiroli, former president and chief executive officer of the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford (Palo Alto, Cal.), to be director of the children, families, and communities program.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Technion Society (New York): Elected Larry Jackier, a partner in the law firm of Jackier, Gould, Bean, Upfal & Eizelman (Detroit), to be national president, and Hal Marcus, president of American Villages Inc. and of Hal Marcus Inc. (Seattle), a real-estate development and brokerage firm, to be president of the new Seattle office.

William G. McGowan Charitable Fund (Washington): Elected William E. Conway, Jr., managing director of the Carlyle Group (Washington), to the Board of Directors.

Public Radio International (Minneapolis): Elected Roger Hale, chairman and chief executive officer of the Tennant Company (Minneapolis), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Elected Anna Jo Haynes, executive director of the Mile High Child Care Association (Denver), to be a member of the Child and Family Development Committee.

Washington Ballet (D.C.): Elected John T. Schwieters, managing partner of the mid-Atlantic offices of Arthur Andersen (Washington), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Young Audiences/New York: Elected Douglas A. Morse, vice-president at Alliance Capital Management Corporation (New York), to be president of the board.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

A.B. Data (Milwaukee): Appointed Krista Birr, a recent graduate of Marquette U. (Milwaukee) with a degree in public relations, and Laura Hoffmann, associate program director at Artreach Milwaukee, to be account assistants.

Alexander Haas Martin & Partners (Atlanta): Appointed Jerry W. Henry, assistant vice-president for institutional advancement at Brenau U. (Gainesville, Ga.), to be a consultant, and Susan A. Hoffman, project manager for the Winfield Group (Atlanta), to be campaign coordinator.

ASR Philanthropic Publishing (Wichita, Kan.): Appointed William Handy, president of IntelliSports Publishing Group (Overland Park, Kan.), to be president.

Fund Evaluation Group (Cincinnati, Ohio): Appointed Fran Coopersmith, chief financial officer at the Quantum Foundation (West Palm Beach, Fla.), to be vice-president for the new office in West Palm Beach, and Richard M. Gryzmajlo, securities-transfer manager at Fifth Third Bank (Cincinnati), to be vice-president of business development for Fund Evaluation Group Portfolio Services.

Kalish & Associates (New York): Mark I. Kalish, former vice-president and national campaign director at the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York), has formed this fund-raising and management-consulting firm serving non-profit groups.

SofTrek (Getzville, N.Y.): Appointed Eric Brooks, controller and chief accounting officer at TriCo (Buffalo, N.Y.), to be vice-president of finance; Janet Mayer, communication instructor at the State U. of New York College at Fredonia, to be training coordinator; and Jim Rimmer, marketing-services director at Azerty Inc. (Buffalo), to be director of marketing.