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August 27, 1998 | Read Time: 17 minutes

Alfred U. (N.Y.): Appointed Susan C. Goetschius, director of external affairs and communications at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred U., to be director of communications.

Alma College (Mich.): Appointed Carol Furrow Hyble, regional director of development, to be vice-president for development.

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (Washington): Appointed David A. Cole, regional director of operations at Alternative Living Services (Brookfield, Wis.), based in Philadelphia, to be director of continuing care.

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Appointed Martin Kraar, executive vice-president at the Council of Jewish Federations (New York), to be executive vice-president.

American Society of Association Executives (Washington): Appointed Toni Crouch, associate executive director at the Character Education Partnership (Washington), to be director of education.


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Andover Newton Theological School (Newton Centre, Mass.): Appointed Priscilla S. Bizer, director of development at Eden Theological Seminary (St. Louis), to be vice-president for development.

Animal Assistance Foundation (Denver): Appointed David L. Gies, former director of development and membership services at the National Stroke Association (Englewood, Colo.), to be executive director.

Arthritis Foundation-Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter (Philadelphia): Appointed Lyn Boocock-Taylor, vice-president of institutional advancement at the Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine (Philadelphia), to be president.

Bryn Mawr College (Pa.): Appointed Philip D. O’Connell III, director of annual giving for the School of Medicine at U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be director of deferred giving.

Castleton State College (Vt.): Appointed Donna Wolski, director of planning, research, and development at Haywood Community College (Clyde, N.C.), to be dean of institutional advancement.


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Central Michigan U. (Mount Pleasant): Appointed Michael A. Leto, executive director of development at the Indiana U. Foundation (Bloomington), to be vice-president for university advancement.

CH.A.D.D.-Children and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorder (Plantation, Fla.): Appointed John Heavener, future-directions implementation team leader at the American Diabetes Association (Alexandria, Va.), to be chief executive officer.

Clemson U. (S.C.): Appointed Neill Cameron, retired president of Ogilvy & Mather South (Atlanta), to be vice-president for advancement.

Community Council of Greater Dallas: Appointed Ronald G. Aldridge, former executive director of Child and Family Guidance Centers (Dallas), to be deputy director.

Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education (Washington): Appointed Juan A. McGruder, director of development for the Alliance for Higher Education at the Woodbine Community Organization (Nashville), to be assistant director.


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Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington): Appointed Eric Denker, director of tours and lectures at the National Gallery of Art (Washington), to be curator of prints and drawings.

Denver Public Library: Appointed Diane Schieman-Christman, director of development at the Denver Dumb Friends League-Humane Society of Denver, to be director of development.

DePaul U. (Chicago): Appointed Michael J. Bates, director of development at Barat College (Lake Forest, Ill.), to be director of development for the College of Law.

Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pa.): Appointed Karen Jenkins, vice-president for institutional advancement at the Council on International Educational Exchange (New York), to be associate dean and director of international education.

Elmhurst College (Ill.): Appointed James W. Winters, editor and senior writer at Lipman Hearne (Chicago), to be director of marketing communications.


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Film/Video Arts (New York): Appointed Eileen Newman, program officer at New Visions for Public Schools (New York), to be executive director.

Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.): Appointed Stephen T. Kimmons, former director of alumni relations at Ithaca College (N.Y.), to be director of alumni programs.

Gettysburg College (Pa.): Appointed William P. Deptula, associate director of annual giving, to be director of annual giving.

Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. (New York): Appointed Franmarie T. Kennedy, director at Kennedy-Keel Associates (Washington), to be national director for public affairs and development, a newly created position.

Glen Falls Hospital (N.Y.): Appointed F. Raymond Agnew, vice-president for college advancement at the State U. of New York College at Potsdam, to be vice-president for philanthropy and community relations and executive vice-president of the Glen Falls Hospital Foundation.


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Goucher College (Baltimore): Appointed Debra Rubino, associate vice-president of communication at the Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore), to be executive director of communications.

Guilford College (Greensboro, N.C.): Appointed Charles W. Patterson III, associate athletic director for development at Wake Forest U. (Winston-Salem, N.C.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.): Appointed Dwight Ozard, director of publications and public relations at Evangelicals for Social Action (Wynnewood, Pa.), to be director of public affairs.

Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Sally A. Baker, director of communications at Colby College (Waterville, Me.), to be assistant director of news and public affairs.

Helen Keller International (New York): Appointed Stephen A. Donato, national director for development at the American Lung Association (New York), to be vice-president for marketing.


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Historic Deerfield (Mass.): Appointed Patricia E. Ford, director of development at the Sacred Heart Academy (Hamden, Conn.), to be director of development.

Houston Grand Opera: Appointed Tammy E. Smithers, marketing specialist at OneCare Health Industries (Houston), to be director of corporate giving.

Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (Los Angeles): Appointed David Seth Grunwald, director of the H.I.V. & AIDS Legal Services Alliance (Los Angeles), to be vice-president of field operations and programs.

Israel Children’s Centers (Deerfield Beach, Fla.): Appointed Marlene Waldfogel, south Florida regional director for the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (North Miami Beach), to be national executive director. This organization was formerly known as Israel Tennis Centers.

Jewish Home and Hospital (New York): Appointed Sheldon Goldberg, president of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer, effective October 1.


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Jewish National Fund (New York): Appointed Renee Krause, development director at Wexner Heritage Village (Columbus, Ohio), to be regional director of its office in Columbus, and Seth Moskowitz, assistant executive director of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, to be chief development officer.

The Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore): Appointed Cynthia Beach-Smeltzer, director of advancement services at the U. of Rochester Medical Center (N.Y.), to be director of donor relations and stewardship at the Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine; Toni L. Condon, acting director of development at the National Aquarium (Baltimore), to be associate director of development for the Homewood schools; Paula Ferris Einaudi, director of development, to be associate dean of development and alumni affairs for the School of Nursing; Lori F. Kincaid, associate director of major gifts at U. of Kentucky (Lexington), to be associate director of development for the School of Arts and Sciences; Janet M. Schumann, major-gifts officer for the School of Continuing Studies, to be director of major gifts for the School of Engineering; Georgia V. Sullivan, acting director of development at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington), to be associate director of development for the School of Advanced International Studies; and Annemarie Sweeney, senior development officer at Catholic Charities (Baltimore), to be associate director of development for the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

Juvenile Protective Association (Chicago): Appointed Mary Lisowski, development coordinator at Community Health (Chicago), to be development associate.

Kennesaw State U. (Ga.): Appointed R. Bryan Ginn, Jr., director of annual giving at Georgia Southern U. (Statesboro), to be assistant to the vice-president for external affairs and fund development, and Gordon A. Harrison, assistant to the president for economic development and external affairs, to be associate vice-president for external affairs and university relations.

Kettering U. (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Christine K. Ervin, a member of the public-relations staff at Bayer Corporation (Morris Township, N.J.), to be associate vice-president for public relations and communications.


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King & Low-Heywood Thomas School (Stamford, Conn.): Appointed Gloria Veeder, director of development at the Family and Children’s Agency (Norwalk, Conn.), to be director of development.

Kuakini Foundation (Honolulu): Appointed Patricia Matsuo, director of training at American Savings Bank (Honolulu), to be director of development. The Kuakini Foundation is the fund-raising arm of the Kuakini Health System.

Lasell College (Newton, Mass.): Appointed Ruth S. Shuman, former associate dean for external affairs in the graduate school of management at Simmons College (Boston), to be dean of institutional advancement.

Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation (Brookline, Mass.): Appointed Peter Zheutlin, a communications and editorial consultant and freelance writer based in Needham, Mass., to be executive director.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Boston: Appointed Stephanie A. Kramp, former senior marketing manager at BayBank (Boston), to be executive director.


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Manatee Community College (Bradenton, Fla.): Appointed Katherine Walker, a businesswoman in Sarasota, Fla., to be director of strategic planning and communications.

March of Dimes-Capital Wisconsin Chapter (McFarland): Appointed Gregory L. Hollinger, executive director of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-Connecticut Chapter (Wethersfield), to be executive director.

Michigan Parkinson Foundation (Detroit): Appointed Susan A. Titus, executive director of Citizens for Better Care (Detroit), to be executive director.

Missouri Historical Society (St. Louis): Appointed A. T. Stephens, director of the Office of Historic Alexandria’s Alexandria Black History Resource Center (Va.), to be vice-president for programs.

Moraine Valley Community College (Palos Hills, Ill.): Appointed Patricia M. Bauhs, associate vice-president for resource development and extended programs, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.


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Museum of Modern Art (New York): Appointed Patty Lipshutz, senior vice-president for legal affairs and general counsel at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center (New York), to be general counsel and secretary to the Board of Trustees.

National Charities Information Bureau (New York): Appointed William P. Massey, executive director of the Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund (Greensboro, N.C.), to be president, effective September 14. He will succeed James J. Bausch, who is retiring.

National Tuberous Sclerosis Association (Landover, Md.): Appointed Nancy Nizankiewicz, director of development at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Phoenix), to be vice-president of resource development.

National Women’s Business Center (Washington): Appointed Beth Cole, director of her own consulting company based in Washington, to be executive director.

Nebraska Wesleyan U. (Lincoln): Appointed Paul Cramer, development officer, to be director of annual-fund programs.


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Philadelphia Futures: Appointed Carlean B. Mullen, program administrator and assistant to the president at the Allegheny West Foundation (Philadelphia), to be development coordinator.

Public Radio International (Minneapolis): Appointed Sue Winking, program director of news and information service at Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul), to be director of station relations.

Quinnipiac College (Hamden, Conn.): Appointed Michael J. Barrett, director of alumni relations, to be director of annual giving; Daniel S. Gooley, director of team services and major-league baseball at the Starter Corporation (New Haven, Conn.), to be director of athletic development; Diana L. Timlin, director of development, to be director of development and alumni relations for the School of Law; and Richard J. Tuchman, director of annual giving, to be director of development.

Rider U. (Lawrenceville, N.J.): Appointed Richard D. Chamberlain, vice-president for development at Cook Children’s Medical Center (Fort Worth), to be vice-president for development and university relations.

Saint Anselm College (Manchester, N.H.): Appointed Anne Broderick Botteri, director of corporations and foundations, to be assistant vice-president for college advancement, and Mike MacNeil, annual-fund director, to be director of development for annual programs.


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Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.): Appointed Joanne Nelson, assistant director for alumni relations, to be associate director for reunion giving and the parents fund.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, Cal.): Appointed Thomas W. Anderson, former vice-president for institute relations at the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena), to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer.

Schools and Libraries Corporation (Washington): Announced the resignation of Ira Fishman, chief executive officer. Kate L. Moore, chief operating officer, has been named acting chief executive officer.

Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.): Appointed Vaughan Laird, a paralegal at Kilborn & Roebuck (Mobile), to be director of estate and gift planning.

St. John’s U. (Jamaica, N.Y.): Appointed Joyce S. Schader, senior associate director of annual giving at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), to be director of annual giving.


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St. Mary’s Foundation for Children (Bayside, N.Y.): Appointed Elizabeth P. Zimmer, executive director, to be president and chief executive officer.

State U. of New York at Binghamton: Appointed John E. Hachtel, director of media relations at U. of Maryland at Baltimore, to be associate vice-president for university relations.

Stephens College (Columbia, Mo.): Appointed Patricia A. Harris, director of planned giving at Park College (Parkville, Mo.), to be associate vice-president for advancement.

U. of Central Florida (Orlando): Appointed Robert J. Holmes, Jr., vice-president for university development at U. of Maine at Orono, to be vice-president for development and alumni relations.

U. of Dallas: Appointed Ilene Stern, executive vice-president for development at the Y.M.C.A. of Metropolitan Dallas, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.


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U. of Maryland-Baltimore County: Appointed Mela Kucera, media-relations officer at U. of Maryland at Baltimore, to be associate director of news and on-line information.

U. of Maryland at College Park: Appointed Beth Wade, product-marketing manager at Group 1, Software Inc. (Lanham, Md.), to be assistant dean for external relations in the School of Business.

U. of Michigan at Dearborn: Appointed Julie M. Lichtenberg, director of development and alumni relations for the College of Business Administration and Economics at California State U. at Northridge, to be director of development for the Henry Ford estate, and Phillip Snyder, director of development at Community Care Services (Lincoln Park, Mich.), to be director of development for the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

U. of Tulsa (Okla.): Appointed Janis I. Cavin, former director of development and alumni relations at U. of Texas at El Paso, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

U. of Virginia (Charlottesville): Appointed Steven Oliveira, co-director of development at Brown U. (Providence, R.I.), to be vice-president for development for the Darden School Foundation.


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Volunteers of America-Southeast Michigan (Southfield): Appointed Ina Martin Rexford, former director of planned giving at Eastern Michigan U. (Ypsilanti), to be vice-president for development.

Walsh U. (Canton, Ohio): Appointed Susan E. Calvo, a former member of the public-relations staff at U. of Akron (Ohio), to be director of university relations.

WCPN-Cleveland Public Radio: Appointed Rob Bauer, development director at the Cleveland Signstage Theatre, to be membership director.

Wells College (Aurora, N.Y.): Appointed Christine Franquemont, former associate director of foundation relations at Cornell U. (Ithaca, N.Y.), to be director of corporate and foundation support.

Wentworth Institute of Technology (Boston): Appointed Sally Schmalz, director of development at the U.S. Gulf of Maine Association (Boston), to be director of alumni programs.


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Western Maryland College (Westminster): Appointed Richard G. Kief, senior vice-president for development at Suburban Hospital and executive vice-president of the Suburban Hospital Foundation (Bethesda, Md.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Western U. of Health Sciences (Pomona, Cal.): Appointed Laura Wensley, a development consultant and former executive director of Friends of the Junior Arts Center (Los Angeles), to be assistant director of campaign development.

William Paterson U. (Wayne, N.J.): Appointed Charles Croce, director of corporate communications for the Americas at Lufthansa German Airlines (New York), to be associate vice-president for marketing and public relations.

Wilmington College (Ohio): Appointed Edward F. Leonard, director of development at Georgia College and State U. (Milledgeville), to be vice-president for college advancement.

Women’s Opportunity Fund (Oak Brook, Ill.): Appointed Beth Houle, director of development at City Year Chicago, to be director of marketing and planning.


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Xaverian Brothers High School (Westwood, Mass.): Appointed Mark Resnick, alumni and public-affairs coordinator at Fairfield College Preparatory School (Conn.), to be associate director of alumni and development.

GRANT MAKERS

Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation (Brookline, Mass.): Appointed Pamela Tesler Howitt, executive director of the FIRSTFED Charitable Foundation (Swansea, Mass.), to be executive director.

Dekko Foundation (Kendallville, Ind.): Appointed Richard C. Mappin, vice-president for programs, to be president.

First Union Regional Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed Migdalia O’Leary, senior vice-president and risk manager at CoreStates Financial Corp (Philadelphia), to be executive director. The foundation also appointed Kimberly Allen, program officer in the contributions area and investment manager at CoreStates’ Community Development Corporation, to be program officer. This new $100-million foundation was established by the First Union Corporation following its merger with CoreStates Financial Corp in April; it will make grants in Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania.

Frey Foundation (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed Milton W. Rohwer, president of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, to be president, effective October 12.


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Frist Foundation (Nashville): Appointed Lani Wilkeson, executive director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (Nashville), to be a program officer.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Deborah Gribbon, chief curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum, also to be deputy director of the museum, and John Walsh, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum, also to be vice-president of the trust>.

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Steven M. Hilton, vice-president of programs, to be president, and Donald H. Hubbs, president, to be chairman and chief executive officer.

The Milwaukee Foundation: Appointed Robert A. Lange, planned-giving coordinator at Waukesha Memorial Hospital Foundation (Wis.), to be director of financial planning.

Sierra Health Foundation (Sacramento, Cal.): Appointed Faye Kennedy, program supervisor of community education at Child Action (Sacramento), to be program associate for the Community Partnerships for Healthy Children Program.


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Dr. W. C. Swanson Family Foundation (Ogden, Utah): Appointed Julie Snowball, director of development at Weber State U. (Ogden), to be president and chief executive director. The foundation also named Annabel Hofer, a recently retired schoolteacher, to be executive vice-president.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Elected Robert H. Asher, chairman of the American Friends of the Israel Arts and Science Academy and chairman emeritus of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Washington), to be chairman.

American Society of Association Executives (Washington): Elected Robert J. Dolibois, executive vice-president of the American Nursery and Landscape Association (Washington), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Arlington Health Foundation (Va.): Elected Charlene Connolly, division chair of health technologies at Northern Virginia Community College (Annandale), and Steven Zimmet, a clinical associate professor of medicine at Georgetown U. (Washington) and a physician with Pulmonary and Medical Associates of Northern Virginia (Arlington), to the Board of Directors.

Asia Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Chang-Lin Tien, professor of engineering and former chancellor of the U. of California at Berkeley, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.


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Auxiliary of Good Samaritan Hospital (Los Angeles): Elected Sharyl Stephens Mendez, a long-time member, to be president.

Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (Washington): Elected Donald S. Beyer, Jr., president of Don Beyer Volvo/Land Rover Alexandria (Va.) and former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, to be a trustee.

First Union Regional Foundation (Philadelphia): Elected Stephanie W. Naidoff, president and chief executive officer of the Regional Performing Arts Center (Philadelphia), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

CharityVillage (Brampton, Canada): Appointed Maggie Leithead, former assistant Webmaster at CharityVillage and associate editor at Canadian Fund Raiser, to be vice-president, directing the new western Canada office, in Vancouver.

Fleet Financial Group (Boston): Appointed Lynn C. Wiatrowski, manager of the health-care and institutions division, to be executive vice-president of the division. The division’s lending portfolio includes health-care, educational, and non-profit organizations.


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Fund Evaluation Group and Fund Evaluation Group Portfolio Services (Cincinnati): Appointed Christopher M. Meyer, senior vice-president, to be managing principal.

Greene Associates (Buffalo, N.Y.): Finley R. Greene, Jr., former director of development and marketing at the Buffalo Museum of Science, has formed this fund-raising, public-relations, and marketing firm for non-profit organizations.

Hoffman Marketing Group (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio): John Hoffman, former senior vice-president at InfoCision Management Corporation (Akron, Ohio), has formed this direct-marketing company specializing in non-profit organizations.

O’Neill & Associates (Atlanta): Appointed David R. Pass, a former intern, to be a campaign manager.

U.S. Bancorp (Minneapolis): Appointed Craig Wruck, vice-president of development at the Saint Paul Foundation, to be vice-president of the Charitable Management Group, a new division within the bank’s private-financial-services area.


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