People

Aid Association for Lutherans (Appleton, Wis.): Appointed Walter S. Rugland, a consulting actuary and equity principal at Milliman & Robertson (Hartford, Conn.), to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer, effective July 1.

Alliance for Community Media (Washington): Appointed Bunnie Riedel, field director at Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Washington), to be executive director.

American Council on Education (Washington): Appointed Timothy J. McDonough, vice-president for public affairs at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (Washington), to be director of the office of public affairs.

American Kidney Fund (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Karen M. Sendelback, senior director for major and planned gifts at the American Lung Association (New York), to be executive director.

Bridge Focus (Van Nuys, Cal.): Appointed Irene Brennick, campaigner at the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, to be director of development. Bridge Focus provides various services for families and youths, including counseling and substance-abuse and child-rearing programs.

Carson-Newman College (Jefferson City, Tenn.): Charles Ambrose, vice-president for advancement, has been appointed president of Pfeiffer U. (Misenheimer, N.C.), effective July 1.

Cleveland Museum of Art: Appointed Karen L. Jackson, a lawyer specializing in the areas of estate planning and corporate and entertainment law at Kohrman Jackson & Krantz (Cleveland), to be senior planned-giving officer.

Consumers Union (Yonkers, N.Y.): Appointed Marc S. Kaplan, senior communications officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), to be director of the office of public information.

Council of Independent Colleges (Washington): Appointed Candace Groudine, associate vice-president for development at the State U. of New York at Albany, to be vice-president for development.

Dole Foundation for Employment of People With Disabilities (Washington): Paul G. Hearne, president, died of pneumonia on May 3. He was 49.

Easter Seal Society of North Carolina (Chapel Hill): Heather A. Lee, vice-president for human resources, has been appointed assistant professor of human resources at Peace College (Raleigh, N.C.).

Edmonds Community College (Lynnwood, Wash.): Appointed Susan Kostick, director of college advancement and executive director of the foundation at South Puget Sound Community College (Olympia, Wash.), to be vice-president for college relations and advancement, effective in midJune.

Edward Waters College (Jacksonville, Fla.): Appointed Stephen A. Kingson, a former consultant at Joel S. Friedman & Associates (Harrison, N.Y.), a fund-raising and philanthropic consulting firm, to be vice-president for development.

Emerson College (Boston): Appointed Joseph E. Cofield, chief development officer at Babson College (Babson Park, Mass.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement, and Scott A. MacPhetres, interim director of alumni relations, to be director of alumni relations.

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York): Appointed Joyce F. Brown, a professor of clinical psychology at the City U. of New York Graduate School and University Center, to be president of F.I.T. and chief executive officer of the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries, effective June 8.

George Mason U. (Fairfax, Va.): Appointed Thomas C. Gutenberger, director of major gifts at San Diego State U., to be director of university development.

Georgian Court College (Lakewood, N.J.): Appointed Patricia T. Walsh, former senior vice- president at Muhlenberg Hospital Foundation (Plainfield, N.J.), to be director of development.

Goucher College (Baltimore): Appointed Deidra Wright Hill, community-relations manager at Inova VNA Home Health (Fairfax, Va.), to be associate director of communications.

Jewish Funders Network (New York): Appointed Jeremy Burton, the former assistant to former Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger, the 1997 Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York, to be associate executive director.

Junior Achievement (Colorado Springs): Appointed Tedd Davis, director of application development at CommNet Cellular (Denver), to be senior vice-president and chief information officer; Kent Schescke, senior regional director and co-team leader at the National FFA Foundation (Alexandria, Va.), to be vice-president of development and foundations and individual giving; and Kurt Stenerson, a consultant at Anderson Creative (Colorado Springs), to be manager of public relations.

Lynchburg College (Va.): Appointed Dawn M. Blankinship, associate director of development at Sweet Briar College (Va.), to be director of development, and Jane L. Hope, assistant director of annual giving at Mary Washington College (Fredericksburg, Va.), to be director of the annual fund.

Mercy Corps International (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Matthew De Galan, editorial manager at CARE (Atlanta), to be marketing and communications manager.

Metropolitan State U. (Minn.): Appointed Douglas B. Hartford, vice-chancellor for external affairs at Indiana U. at South Bend, to be vice-president for public affairs.

Millard Fillmore Health, Education and Research Foundation (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Barbara J. Hole, director of development, to be executive director.

Minneapolis Jewish Federation: Appointed Sandra Hokanson, vice-president for finance and administration at the Northwest Area Foundation (St. Paul), to be chief financial officer.

Monmouth Conservation Foundation (Middletown, N.J.): Appointed Jennifer Rose, former promotion planner at Roman Oskiera Creative Associates (Robbinsville, N.J.), to be public-relations and special-events coordinator.

Museum of Discovery and Science (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Appointed Cathy C. Lee, vice-president for development and communications at Discovery 2000 (Birmingham, Ala.), to be vice-president of development.

National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Elizabeth Cary, development coordinator, to be director of corporate development.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Southern New York Chapter (Westchester): Appointed Ken E. Mongold, regional director of the Arthritis Foundation-Southern New England Chapter (Rocky Hill, Conn.), to be president.

New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury): Appointed Jeffrey S. Morosoff, a consultant based in North Babylon, N.Y., to be director of alumni relations.

Newberry Library (Chicago): Appointed J. Sean McKenna, a freelance marketing consultant based in Los Angeles, to be director of marketing.

Northern Illinois U. (De Kalb): Appointed Michael P. Malone, interim vice-president for development and university relations, to be vice-president for development and university relations.

Northwestern U. (Evanston, Ill.): Appointed Drew E. Scopelliti, director of alumni relations at Columbia U. (New York), to be director of alumni relations.

San Diego Natural History Museum: Appointed Ann Laddon, director of development at the U. of California at San Diego Medical Center, to be director of planned giving and major gifts, and Linda Giannelli Pratt, a staff member at the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health, to be director of community sustainability programs. The museum also appointed Exequiel Ezcurra, a plant ecologist, scientist, teacher, and government official in Mexico, to be director of the Biodiversity Research Center of the Californias, the museum’s scientific-research and collections division.

Southern Rural Development Initiative (Raleigh, N.C.): Appointed Paul Stephens, former vice-president for operations at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science (Durham), to be development director for its land-based centers.

St. John’s U. (Jamaica, N.Y.): Appointed Susan Gordon Ryan, senior vice-president of agency and public relations at the United Way of Long Island (Deer Park, N.Y.), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

U. of Connecticut Foundation (Storrs): Appointed Brian Ibsen, senior leadership-gift officer at Clark U. (Worcester, Mass.), to be director of development for southwestern Connecticut, based in Stamford.

U. of Maryland at College Park: Appointed Donald R. Riley, associate vice-president and chief information officer at U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis), to be associate vice-president and chief information officer.

U. of Minnesota at Duluth: Appointed William D. Wade, vice-president for institutional advancement at Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kan.), to be director of development and university relations.

U. of New Hampshire (Durham): Appointed Ernie Gale, director of volunteer management and global outreach for the alumni association at Pennsylvania State U. (University Park), to be executive director of the office of alumni affairs, effective in July.

Union Institute (Cincinnati): Appointed J. Stephen Dobbins, former president and chief executive officer of Community (Cincinnati), to be community-relations officer.

United Way of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh): Appointed John G. Sava, owner and principal of J. G. Sava Associates (Farrell, Pa.), a consulting firm serving communities and schools, to be vice-president for early-care and education services.

World Vision U.S. (Federal Way, Wash.): Appointed Richard E. Stearns, president and chief executive officer of Lenox Inc. (Lawrenceville, N.J.), the china-manufacturing company, to be president, effective June 15. He will succeed Robert A. Seiple, who has headed the U.S. office for 11 years.

GRANT MAKERS

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), to be vice-president for program investments.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York): Appointed Peter L. Howell, a program officer at the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund (New York), to be senior program officer for the environment.

W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Ali Webb, director of communications at the Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.), to be communications manager for the areas of leadership and food systems and rural development.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Adele Simmons, president, has announced that she will step down in September 1999.

Merck Family Fund (Takoma Park, Md.): Appointed Jenny Russell, executive director of the Island Foundation (Marion, Mass.), to be executive director. The fund will move its headquarters to Milton, Mass., effective July 1.

Open Society Institute (New York): Appointed Antonio Maciel, director of the Emma Lazarus Fund, to be director of grant and program development.

Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia): Appointed Stephen K. Urice, director of the Rosenbach Museum and Library (Philadelphia), to be culture program officer.

Philadelphia Foundation: Appointed Lynette E. Campbell, vice-president for programs, also to be interim president. Carrolle Fair Perry, the foundation’s president for seven years, recently left to establish a community foundation in the Caribbean. BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities (Washington): Elected John Morning, a trustee at the City U. of New York, the Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, N.Y.), and Wilberforce U. (Ohio), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (Philadelphia): Elected Senator Dan Coats, Republican of Indiana, to be president of the national board, effective in June.

Commonwealth Community Foundations (Harrisburg, Pa.): Elected David W. Kraybill, president of the Community Foundation Serving Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset Counties (Johnstown, Pa.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Enterprise Foundation (New York): Elected David J. Callard, president of Wand Partners (New York), a private-equity investment firm, to be chair of the New York Advisory Board.

ICD-International Center for the Disabled (New York): Elected Harry G. Hohn, retired chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the New York Life Insurance Company, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

NAACP (Baltimore): Elected Roger Wilkins, civil-rights activist and professor of history and American culture at George Mason U. (Fairfax, Va.), to be chairman of the board of Crisis magazine.

Philadelphia Foundation: Elected H. Craig Lewis, regional vice-president at the Norfolk Southern Corporation (Philadelphia) and a former Pennsylvania state senator, to be chair of the Board of Managers. The fund also elected Lyn M. Ross, a volunteer who serves on the boards of several Philadelphia-area organizations, and Kelly S. Woodland, executive director of the Eighteenth Street Development Corporation (Philadelphia), to be members of the board.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Burnett Associates (London): Appointed Marc Nohr, creative director, to also be deputy managing director of this fund-raising and social-marketing firm.

Ghiorse & Sorrenti (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.): Appointed Sarah C. Varner, executive director of the Institute of Business Travel Management (Alexandria, Va.), to be senior account executive and director of the new Washington, D.C., office, and Christopher D. Watson, senior account executive, to be vice-president and managing director.

Leventhal/Kline Management (San Francisco): Appointed Harald J. Leventhal, former chief financial officer at the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Marin, the Peninsula, and Sonoma, to be president, and Benita R. Kline, former director of planning at the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay (Oakland, Cal.), to be vice-president. Leventhal/Kline provides management and philanthropic services to foundations.

Phillips & Associates (Los Angeles): Appointed Richard B. Ashworth, partner and president of Snyder, Hancock & Ashworth (Pasadena, Cal.), to be senior counsel specializing in estate planned giving, and Terry Knowles, senior counsel, to be vice-president.