People

American Library Association (Chicago): Appointed William R. Gordon, director of the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (Hyattsville, Md.), to be executive director.

Anna Jaques Community Health Foundation (Newburyport, Mass.): Appointed Anthony DeSpirito, executive director of the Southern Ocean County Hospital Foundation (Manahawkin, N.J.), to be executive director.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Va.): Appointed Frederick C. Nahm, president of Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.), to be senior vice-president, effective this summer.

Combined Health Agencies Drive of Nebraska (Omaha): Appointed Gerri L. Plautz, program director, to be associate director.

Dollars for Scholars (St. Peter, Minn.): Appointed Greg Holey, vice-president of software development at the Learning Company (Minneapolis), to be national director.

The Family Place (Dallas): Appointed Paige Flink, interim executive director and former development director, to be executive director. The Family Place works to prevent domestic violence and provides emergency shelter, referrals, and counseling.

Independent Sector (Washington): Appointed Matthew W. Hamill, vice-president for administration and director for tax policy at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (Washington), to be vice-president for government relations.

National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Denver): Appointed Patrick Hayes, director of development at the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (Boulder, Colo.), to be director of corporate and foundation relations and director of the Grateful Patient Program.

Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase, N.Y.): Appointed Jill Ann Westgard, development associate at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center (Madison, Wis.), to be director of development.

Nichols College (Dudley, Mass.): Appointed Antonio E. Piotti, former vice-president for institutional advancement at St. Bonaventure U. (N.Y.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

NJN Foundation (Trenton, N.J.): Appointed Jan McDavitt, vice-president for development at the American Heart Association-New Jersey Affiliate (North Brunswick), to be vice-president.

Northern Arizona U. (Flagstaff): Appointed Kurt Davis, vice-president at Rural/Metro Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.), to be vice-president for public affairs and marketing.

San Diego State U.: Appointed Theresa M. Mendoza, executive vice-president of the university foundation at Arizona State U. (Tempe), to be vice-president for university advancement.

Southern California Association for Philanthropy (Los Angeles): Announced the retirement of Lon M. Burns, president.

St. Mary’s Foundation for Children (Bayside, N.Y.): Appointed Dale Fisher, regional associate at the New York State Education Department (New York), to be advocacy manager.

U. of Baltimore: Appointed Neil McCabe, executive director of the Maryland Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (Towson), to be director of development and alumni services.

U. of California at Irvine: Appointed Regina Fodor, acting associate vice-chancellor of university advancement, to be assistant vice-chancellor and executive director of development.

U. of Idaho (Moscow): Appointed Joanne Carr, assistant to the president and director of external affairs at the Colorado School of Mines (Golden), to be vice-president for advancement.

U. of Michigan (Ann Arbor): Appointed Susan K. Feagin, director of university development at Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), to be vice-president for development.

U. of Notre Dame (Ind.): Appointed Daniel G. Reagan, executive director of development, to also be assistant vice-president for university relations.

U. of San Francisco: Appointed Rebecca Herring Mitchell, director of development for the School of Dentistry at the U. of California at San Francisco, to be director of alumni relations and development for the School of Law.

United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County (N.C.): Appointed Margot H. Knight, executive director of the Idaho Commission on the Arts (Boise), to be president and chief executive officer.

United Nations Association of the USA (New York): Appointed Michele Cohn Tocci, executive director of American Friends of the Israel Museum (New York), to be vice-president for development.

United States Organization for Disabled Athletes/America’s Athletes with Disabilities (Takoma Park, Md.): Appointed Deborah J. Bonsack, director of global field services at Special Olympics International (Washington), to be executive director.

Valley Forge Military Academy and College (Wayne, Pa.): Appointed David R. Gallagher, executive director of the Community Counseling Service Company (New York), to be director of development.

Wentworth Institute of Technology (Boston): Appointed Donald C. Main, director of development at U. of Massachusetts at Lowell, to be associate vice-president for development, and Holly Malnati, admissions counselor, to be assistant director of alumni programs.

Women Executives in State Government (Washington): Appointed Julienne A. Nelson, executive director of the Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects and executive vice-president of the Washington Architectural Foundation, to be executive director.

The Women’s Center (Vienna, Va.): Appointed Paula Levy, director of development at the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital (Washington), to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Samuel Bronfman Foundation (New York): Appointed Richard Marker, vice-president of special projects and international affairs at Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Washington), to be executive vice-president.

Fund of the Four Directions (New York): Appointed Ingrid Washinawatok, co-director, to be executive director. The fund also named Alexa Aviles, program assistant and grants administrator, to be program officer. The Fund of the Four Directions was created in 1990; its grant making focuses on American Indians, with an emphasis on language restoration.

W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Barbara J. Sabol, former president and chief executive of the NorthStar Group (Washington) and commissioner for New York City’s Human Resources Administration, to be program director in health, and Philip J. Scamihorn, a professor in the computer-information-systems program at U. of Detroit Mercy, to be senior business analyst.

Marin Community Foundation (Larkspur, Cal.): Appointed Michael Groza, vice-president for community programs, to be acting chief executive officer and president. He succeeds Stephen M. Dobbs, who resigned in January to pursue a career in publishing and higher education. The foundation also appointed Marsha Bonner, former associate director of the Aaron Diamond Foundation (New York), to be vice-president for programs.

William Penn Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed Helen Davis Picher, senior program officer for the natural environment, to be vice-president for programs. She succeeds C. Richard Cox, who retired in January.

Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia): Appointed Ronald B. Lewis, a member of the law firm of Caplin & Drysdale (Washington), to be executive vice-president and general counsel, effective May 1.

Philadelphia Foundation: Carrolle Fair Perry, president, has announced her resignation, effective April 22. She will remain active on several Philadelphia-area boards and will work to establish a community foundation in the Caribbean.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Appointed Linda Carlson, associate director of grants management, to be program officer, focusing on issues of concern to the elderly.

Stuart Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Jane Henderson, deputy superintendent for the Child, Youth, and Family Services Branch of the California Department of Education (Sacramento), to be program officer in the area of education; Pat Reynolds, director of community-health services at the San Francisco Public Health Department, to be program officer in the area of child welfare; and Kristen Stevens, a recent graduate of Brown U. (Providence, R.I.), and Beckley Wooster, community-gardening coordinator at the Atlanta Community Food Bank, to be program assistants in the area of education.

The United States-Japan Foundation (New York): Appointed George R. Packard, director of the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins U.’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (Washington), to be president.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Chicago Community Trust: Elected James Glasser, chairman emeritus of GATX (Chicago), to be chairman of the Executive Committee. The foundation also elected the following to the committee: Prudence Beidler, a volunteer in the Chicago area; Heather Morgan Bilandic, founding executive director of the Chicago Council on Fine Arts; and Martin (Mike) Koldyke, chairman of the Frontenac Company (Chicago).

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation (Dearborn, Mich.): Elected Eugene M. Nelson, director of advanced manufacturing pre-program engineering at the Ford Motor Company (Dearborn), to be president.