People

American Association of School Librarians (Chicago): Appointed Sandra Hughes, director of the Philadelphia Library Power Project, to be deputy executive director, effective June 1.

American Cancer Society-Westchester Division (White Plains, N.Y.): Appointed Rob Lucas, national account director at the Senior Network (Stamford, Conn.), to be senior vice-president for corporate sponsorships and promotions.

American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts (Napa, Cal.): Appointed James C. Murphy, associate vice-president for development at the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago), to be deputy director for external affairs, and Kurt Nystrom, director of business and finance at the New World School of the Arts (Miami), to be deputy director of operations.

American Heart Association-Midwest Affiliate (Chicago): Appointed Almarie Wagner, executive director of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago, to be executive vice-president.

American Society of Association Executives (Washington): Appointed Sheila Paige, director of meetings and conventions at the National Association of School Psychologists (Bethesda, Md.), to be director of meeting operations.

Association of America’s Public Television Stations (Washington): Appointed James S. Bernstein, former director of public affairs at the American Society for Cell Biology (Bethesda, Md.), to be grassroots field coordinator, and Sheva Farkas, a research consultant at the Arbitron Company (Columbia, Md.), to be senior research analyst.

Association of American Colleges and Universities (Washington): Appointed Natalie M. Johnson, assistant to the president of Olivet College (Mich.), to be national coordinator of the new “Racial Legacies and Learning: an American Dialogue” program.

Baptist Hospitals and Health Systems (Phoenix): AppointedMatthew E. Panos, West Coast director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis), based in Orange, Cal., to be vice-president for fund development.

Bentley College (Waltham,Mass.): Appointed Peter L. Kent, director of public information, to be director of marketing and public relations, and John A. Nissenbaum, associate director of major gifts at U. of Massachusetts Medical Center (Worcester), to be major-gifts officer.

Bowling Green State U. (Ohio): Appointed Marcia Sloan Latta, director of development at St. Charles Mercy Hospital (Toledo, Ohio), to be director of major gifts.

Brigham Young U. (Provo, Utah): Appointed K. Fred Skousen, dean of the School of Management, to be vice-president for advancement.

Burchfield-Penney Art Center (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Ted Pietrzak, executive director of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Canada), to be director.

CARE (Atlanta): Appointed Barbara Murphy-Warrington, deputy director of human resources at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be vice-president of human resources.

CDC Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Richard W. Tangum, former policy analyst at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (Atlanta), to be program officer. The CDC Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Centre for Development and Population Activities (Washington): Appointed Cecilia Snyder, former researcher and writer at Bread for the World-Institute on Hunger and Development (Silver Spring, Md.) and the Panos Institute (Washington), to be communications associate.

Chanticleer (San Francisco): Appointed Craig Hella Johnson, director of choral activities at the U. of Texas at Austin and artistic director of the Conspirare Choir of the New Texas Festival (Austin), to be artistic director. Chanticleer is an all-male vocal ensemble.

Chicago Botanic Garden: Appointed Elizabeth B. Roghair, an executive at Bonsall, Braund, Boruch & Associates (Evanston, Ill.), to be director of gift planning.

Child & Family Services (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Susan T. Siwiec, director of annual giving at Sisters of Charity Hospital (Buffalo), to be chief development officer.

Child Health Foundation (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Carmen L. Nieves, coordinator of the Center for Minority Health Research at the U. of Maryland’s School of Medicine (Baltimore), to be director.

Children’s Wish Foundation International (Atlanta): Appointed Christy Chappelear Andrews, director of public relations, to be vice-president of operations and communications.

Christopher House (Chicago): Appointed Steven D. LaVake, executive director of the Chippewa Indian Housing Authority (Lac du Flambeau, Wis.), to be executive director. Christopher House is a social-services organization.

City U. of New York, Medgar Evers College (Brooklyn, N.Y.): Appointed Niamo (Nancy) Mu’id, director of development and communications at the National Black United Fund (Newark, N.J.), to be senior development officer, based in the college’s Manhattan office.

City Year Chicago: Appointed Craig Huffman, former assistant to the president of the Chicago Urban League and director of the Urban League’s Youth Development Fund, to be executive director.

College of American Pathologists Foundation (Northfield, Ill.): Appointed Diana B. Kelker, executive director of the Research and Education Foundation of the Michael Reese Medical Staff (Chicago), to be executive director.

Concordia College (Ann Arbor, Mich.): Appointed Krissa Carlson, assistant director of development, to be director of alumni relations.

Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington): Appointed Deborah Berman, development officer at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery (Washington), to be director of major gifts.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Washington): Appointed Katherine R. R. Carpenter, former U.S. programming consultant at Granada International Television (Manchester, England), to be vice-president for programming.

Covenant Health Inc. (Knoxville, Tenn.): Laura Carpenter Bingham, senior vice-president for philanthropy, has been appointed president of Peace College (Raleigh, N.C.), effective in July.

Detroit Institute of Arts: Appointed Renecia Y. Lowery-Jeter, former director of human resources at United Way Community Services (Detroit), to be director of human resources.

Do Something National (New York): Appointed Andrew Lee, former organizational-effectiveness specialist for the City of San Diego’s Diversity Commitment, to be executive director of the San Diego Do Something Community Network office, and Anna-Maria Nieves-Bryant, former Do Something Networks national manager, to be executive director of the New York Do Something Community Network office.

EcoSystems Institute and Phinizy Swamp Nature Park (Augusta, Ga.): Appointed Susan L. Evans, assistant director of development at the Nature Conservancy of Georgia (Atlanta), to be development director.

Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art (Indianapolis): Appointed Lynn Lambuth, director of development at Big Sisters of Central Indiana (Indianapolis), to be director of development.

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (New York): Appointed Leonard S. Glickman, executive assistant at the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement at the U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services (Washington), to be executive vice-president.

Heritage Foundation (Washington): Appointed Andrew T. Olivastro, a news reporter at the Waterbury Republican-American (Conn.), to be public-relations associate and editor of the Heritage Today newsletter, and Michael Spiller, a former manager of computer-network and Internet systems at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Washington), to be director of information systems.

Houston Grand Opera: Appointed Patrick Summers, former music director of the San Francisco Opera Center, to be music director and principal conductor, effective August 1.

Howard Brown Health Center (Chicago): Appointed Fred Rachman, medical director at the Erie Family Health Center (Chicago), to be medical director.

International Foundation for Art Research (New York): Appointed Sharon Flescher, director of institutional relations at the Central Park Conservancy (New York), to be executive director.

International Youth Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed William S. Reese, president of Partners of the Americas (Washington), to be chief operating officer, effective May 26.

Kansas Health Institute (Wichita): Appointed Robert F. St. Peter, senior medical researcher at the Center for Studying Health System Change and Mathematica Policy Research (Washington), to be president.

Longwood College (Farmville, Va.): Appointed Barbara S. Burton, director of development at the Richmond Symphony (Va.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement and chief operating officer of the college foundation.

Mercy Corps International (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Janet Sawaya, a human-rights lawyer and a law clerk at the Oregon Supreme Court (Salem), to be program manager for the “Civil Society Initiatives” program.

Middlebury College (Vt.): Appointed Penelope Peoples, director of development and public relations for the MGH Institute of Health Professions at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston), to be director of the capital campaign.

Middlesex Community-Technical College (Middletown, Conn.): Appointed Barbara Mase, former director of communications at Marriott Health Care Services (Washington), to be director of institutional advancement.

Montreat Conference Center (Montreat, N.C.): Appointed Emile H. Dieth, Jr., executive director of alumni affairs and annual giving at Tulane U. (New Orleans), to be president, effective May 1. Montreat is a conference center of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles): Announced the resignation of Richard Koshalek, director. He has served in that position since 1980 and will remain as a consultant for a five-year period, beginning next summer.

Museum of Jewish Heritage-a Living Memorial to the Holocaust (New York): Appointed Andrew J. Schiff, an account executive at the Cooney/Waters Group (New York), a public-relations firm, to be public-relations manager.

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (Miami): Appointed William F. Reeder, executive director of the Levine School of Music (Washington), to be president.

National Safety Council (Itasca, Ill.): Appointed Bob Harrigan, former executive director of the Washington Insurance Council (Seattle), to be director of the Foundation for Safety and Health.

National U. (La Jolla, Cal.): Allyson Hughes Handley, vice-president for development and alumni relations, has been appointed president of Midway College (Ky.), effective July 1.

Nature Conservancy-Connecticut Chapter (Middletown): Appointed Myles H. Alderman, president and chief executive of Bullard’s Furniture (Branford, Conn.), to be corporate and foundation relations manager; Mark Queirolo, a copy writer at Micro Warehouse (Norwalk, Conn.), to be development associate; and Lyn Traverse, director of institutional advancement at St. Joseph College (West Hartford, Conn.), to be director of development and communications.

The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (Washington): Appointed Clarence J. Snuggs, vice-president for community-development lending at Signet Bank (Columbia, Md.), to be deputy executive director and treasurer.

New Jersey Conservation Foundation (Far Hills): Appointed David Yaskulka, former vice-president for marketing at Erbach Communication Group (Hoboken, N.J.) and president of Take the Lead (Fort Lee, N.J.), an environmental marketing and design company, to be director of communications.

Ohio State U. (Columbus): Appointed Laura J. MacDonald, a vice-president at Goettler Associates (Columbus), a fund-raising and marketing consulting firm serving non-profit groups, to be director of development for the university’s Wexner Center for the Arts.

Phoenix Boys Choir: Appointed Robin Dunn, director of community relations at the Christian Family Care Agency (Phoenix), to be development director.

Prescott College (Ariz.): Appointed Rodney F. Ossowski, executive director of Arizona Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Phoenix), to be director of annual giving, and Cindy S. Vanover, executive director of the Hutchinson Hospital Foundation (Kan.), to be chief advancement officer.

Public Allies of Washington, D.C.: Appointed Lisa Burford, assistant director of education at the National Center for Nonprofit Boards (Washington), to be chief executive officer.

Quincy U. (Ill.): Appointed Melanie Lechtenberg, director of the annual fund, to be associate director of university advancement, and Kevin Reller, director of development, to be executive director of university advancement.

James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association (Indianapolis): Appointed Kevin G. O’Keefe, vice-president of marketing at Indy Festivals (Indianapolis), to be president.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Appointed David A. Ross, director of the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), to be director.

Save the Children (Westport, R.I.): Appointed Jay Zimmerman, program manager and children and war adviser at the Pakistan/Afghanistan field office (Kabul, Afghanistan), to be director of the Ethiopia field office.

Southeast Missouri State U. (Cape Girardeau): Appointed Anita Eby, admissions counselor, to be director of alumni services.

Southern California PGA Foundation (Brea): Appointed Frank Talarico, Jr., director of business development at the LTC Corporation (Orange, Cal.), to be director.

St. Barnabas Charitable Foundation (Gibsonia, Pa.): Appointed Charles M. Knox, Jr., an agent specializing in estate planning at Nationwide Insurance (Cranberry Township, Pa.), to be planned-giving officer, and Patricia Lonsbary, executive director of the American Cancer Society-Westmoreland, Indiana, and Fayette Counties (Greensburg, Pa.), to be development coordinator.

St. Louis Community College Foundation: Appointed Renee L. Dietrich, director of institutional advancement and executive director of the foundation at Reading Area Community College (Pa.), to be executive director.

St. Vincent Hospitals and Health Services (Indianapolis): Appointed F. Duke Haddad, executive director of the St. Vincent Mercy Hospital Foundation, to also be vice-president of development and executive director of the St. Vincent Hospital Foundation.

U. of Maryland at College Park: Appointed Judith T. Phair, assistant dean for external relations in the School of Continuing Studies at the Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to be vice-president for institutional advancement for the Biotechnology Institute.

U. of Minnesota Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Judy Y. Kirk, vice-president of operations and financial-services administration, to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer.

U. of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (Brownsville): Appointed Margarita Roque, executive secretary of the Interamerican Commission of Women (Washington), to be associate vice-president for institutional advancement.

Union County College (Cranford, N.J.): Roy W. Smith, secretary to the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors and former vice-president for institutional advancement, has announced his retirement, effective July 1.

The Urban Institute (Washington): Appointed Drew S. Wynn, director of development at the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (Washington), to be director of development.

Wake Forest U. (Winston-Salem, N.C.): Appointed Joshua Else, development officer, to be director of the college fund and annual support for the university’s Reynolda campus; Bobby Finch, a member of the alumni staff, to be director of alumni and development for the School of Law; and Cherin C. Poovey, associate university editor and director of publications, to be associate university editor for publications and director of public-affairs projects.

Western New England College (Springfield, Mass.): Appointed Erica Broman, director of public relations at Holyoke Community College (Mass.), to be director of marketing.

WGBH (Boston): Appointed Erin Martin, an account manager at Feinstein Kean Partners (Cambridge, Mass.), to be promotion supervisor for community outreach and fund raising.

William Paterson U. (Wayne, N.J.): Appointed Connie Alexis-Laona, associate director of Partnership in Philanthropy (Newark, N.J.), to be assistant director of the annual fund, and Stephen D. Laruccia, director of annual giving at St. John’s U. (Jamaica, N.Y.), to be director of development.

WNYC (New York): Appointed Mitchell Heskel, former controller at the Metropolitan Opera Association (New York), to be vice-president for finance and administration.

GRANT MAKERS

Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.): Appointed John R. Redick, an associate professor in continuing education and academic lecturer in government and foreign affairs at the U. of Virginia (Charlottesville), to be executive director.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York): Appointed Olga Garay, director of cultural affairs at Miami-Dade Community College’s Wolfson Campus, to be senior program officer for the arts.

Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (Wis.): Appointed Kenneth Strmiska, a recent doctorate recipient from North Carolina State U. (Raleigh), focusing on fund-raising education, and a former development officer at the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra (N.C.), to be executive director.

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Mo.): Appointed Patti Glass, executive director of Jewish Family & Children Services (Overland Park, Kan.), to be vice-president for grant making and evaluation.

Lincoln National Corporation (Fort Wayne, Ind.): Appointed Mary J. Johnson, corporate public-involvement officer and vice-president of the Lincoln National Foundation, to be assistant vice-president.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Paul D. Goren, executive director of policy and strategic services for the Minneapolis Public Schools, to be director of the child- and youth-development area of the Program on Human and Community Development.

Merrill Lynch & Company (New York): Appointed Westina Matthews, a trustee and secretary of the Merrill Lynch Foundation, to also be first vice-president and senior director of corporate responsibility. She will lead the company’s diversity programs in addition to continuing to oversee its philanthropic activities.

Minneapolis Foundation: Appointed Dianne Lev, associate director at the Allina Foundation (Minneapolis); Nancy Nagler, coordinator of homeless projects at Ramsey Action Programs (St. Paul); and Shirlee Stone, director of the Golden Eagle Program at the Minneapolis American Indian Center, to be program officers.

Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia): Appointed Elizabeth Williams, a communications consultant and former vice-president of marketing at The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News, to be director of operations and special projects.

Joseph E. Seagram & Sons (New York): Appointed Patricia Glazer, director of public affairs, to be vice-president for public affairs. She will be responsible for the company’s charitable activities and for the Samuel Bronfman Foundation.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Chicago Foundation for Women: Elected Katherine James, vice-president of private banking and the legal team at the Northern Trust Company (Chicago), to the Board of Directors.

The Chimes (Baltimore): Elected Stephen S. Kramer, vice-president and regional trust officer at First Union National Bank (Baltimore), to be chairperson of the Board of Directors, and Allan Levine, executive vice-president at Madison Capital LLC (Baltimore), to be chairperson of the Chimes Foundation’s board. The Chimes provides vocational and other services that help disabled people live independently.

Corporation for National Service (Washington): President Clinton has nominated Thomas Ehrlich, a senior scholar at theCarnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Washington) and a visiting professor at Stanford Law School (Palo Alto, Cal.), and Dorothy A. Johnson, president of the Council of Michigan Foundations (Grand Haven), to the Board of Directors.

Dade Community Foundation (Miami): Elected the following to the Board of Governors: Albert E. Dotson, Jr., a lawyer at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott (Miami); Guillermo J. Fernandez-Quincoces, a lawyer at Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart (Miami); Sergio M. Gonzalez, a lawyer and executive director of the South Florida 1999 Super Bowl Host Committee (Miami); Anna K. Rentz, president of Northern Trust Bank in Dade County (Miami); Constance Ridder, a lawyer at Holland & Knight (Miami); Robert H. Traurig, co-founder of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel (Miami); and Hugh Westbrook, chairman of the VITAS Healthcare Corporation (Miami).

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation (Chicago): Elected Howard M. (Scott) McCue III, a lawyer at Mayer, Brown, and Platt (Chicago), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. He succeeds Edmund A. Stephan, who died in January.

Jewish Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Elected the following to be trustees: Leah M. Bishop, a partner in the tax department of O’Melveny & Myers (Century City, Cal.); Jonathan R. Bloch, a senior vice-president at Chanin and Company (Westwood, Cal.) and the managing partner of Santa Monica Amusements (Cal.); Jake J. Farber, chairman of the board of Alpert & Alpert Iron and Metal (Los Angeles); Andrew P. Harwood, a tax partner at Price Waterhouse (Los Angeles); Raymond Kurtzman, director of the legal and business-affairs department of the Creative Artists Agency (Beverly Hills, Cal.); Robert M. Mirvis, chief executive officer of MGT Industries (Los Angeles); Todd M. Morgan, founding member of Bel Air Investment Advisors (Century City, Cal.); and Richard S. Volpert, a partner in the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson (Los Angeles).

Mayo Foundation (Rochester, Minn.): Elected Frances D. Fergusson, president of Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Faye McBeath Foundation (Milwaukee): Elected Steven J. Smith, president and chief operating officer of Journal Communications (Milwaukee), to the Board of Trustees.

Public Health Research Institute (New York): Elected Robert K. Lifton, chairman of Medis El (Jerusalem) and of Cell Diagnostics (New York), to be chairman.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Bank of America (Chicago): Appointed Peggy Abood, former development assistant and head of the annual fund at the U. of Chicago Law School, and Susan Gilpin, former director of major and planned gifts at the Children’s Home & Aid Society of Illinois (Chicago), to be vice-presidents for the bank’s Global Private Bank Sales Team, focusing on opportunities in the non-profit world.

Dodd Smith Dann & Layher (Larkspur, Cal.): Appointed Ellen P. Layher, director, to be managing director and chief operating officer. She succeeds Christopher S. Dann, who was appointed president and chief executive officer.

Open Minds (Gettysburg, Pa.): Appointed Sally Ann M. Groody, assistant controller at TriStar Management (Towson, Md.) and at JHP Development (Towson), to be finance and business manager. Open Minds provides research and consulting services on behavioral health and social services.

John Snow Inc. (Boston): Appointed Richard S. Greif, president of New Hat Publishing (Boston), to be a marketing consultant, working primarily with non-profit groups and government agencies.