People

Accion International (Somerville, Mass.): Appointed Roy A. Jacobowitz, senior director of resource development, to be vice-president for resource development.

African Wildlife Foundation (Washington): Appointed Nina Tanner Robbins, director of development at the World Resources Institute (Washington), to be vice-president for development.

American Academy of Audiology (McLean, Va.): Appointed Carol Fraser Fisk, vice-president for public policy at Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

American Parkinson Disease Association (Staten Island, N.Y.): Appointed Mary Lee Montalvo, director of the Staten Island chapter of the American Red Cross of Greater New York, to be director of public relations and development. APDA also named John Amber, director of People Promo (Los Angeles), a graphic-design company, to be assistant director of the West Coast regional office, and Sharin Klisser, a regional campaigner at the United Way of Greater Los Angeles-Metropolitan Region, to be director of the West Coast regional office.

Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed Elizabeth A. Jones, senior public-relations administrator at the Amway Corporation (Ada, Mich.), to be director of institutional marketing, and David T. Mix, director of the Grand Rapids, Mich., chapter of the Leukemia Society of America, to be director of business and corporate relations.

Asbury College (Wilmore, Ky.): Appointed Russell Williams, director of alumni relations, to be senior advancement associate.

Baylor U. (Waco, Tex.): Appointed Lori W. Scott-Fogleman, a broadcast journalist at KWTX-TV (Waco), to be director of media relations.

The Boggy Creek Gang (Eustis, Fla.): Appointed Kathy Beattie, a fund-raising consultant based in Longwood, Fla., to be director of major gifts and corporate development. This organization provides camp opportunities and other activities for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses.

Broward Community College (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Appointed Richard T. Schuster, former director of development operations at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, to be director of development and alumni relations.

Cabrillo College (Aptos, Cal.): Appointed Melinda H. Silverstein, interim development officer for the natural-sciences division at U. of California at Santa Cruz, to be executive director of the college foundation.

Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland): Appointed Diana Cook, director of development and external affairs at U. of Cincinnati Foundation, to be director of external relations for the School of Medicine.

Cazenovia College (N.Y.): Appointed Sheila Smith Marsh, assistant director of the higher-education-opportunity program, to be director of alumni affairs.

Children’s Defense Fund (Washington): Appointed Patricia A. Owens, former executive director of the Freedom Valley Girl Scout Council (Valley Forge, Pa.), to be chief operating officer.

Community Boards (San Francisco): Appointed Gail Nugent, executive director of the Mediation Center (Costa Mesa, Cal.), to be executive director. Community Boards provides conflict-resolution services and technical assistance to individuals, schools, and community groups.

Concordia College at Moorhead (Minn.): Appointed Brian Walz, director of promotions at WDAY-TV (Moorhead), to be director of the news bureau.

Dance Heritage Coalition (Washington): Appointed Michelle Forner, archivist at the Library of Congress for the coalition’s Access to Dance Research Resources Project, to be director. She succeeds Catherine Johnson, who will continue as project manager for the coalition’s Access Project and will work on other projects on a part-time basis. (This corrects an item in the February 12 issue.)

The Development Exchange (Minneapolis): Appointed Robert Stein, president of Robert Stein Communications (Winchester, Va.), to be director of the new Center for Major Giving. The Development Exchange is a non-profit membership organization that provides fund-raising, marketing, public-relations, and other services to public-radio stations.

Easter Seal Society (Dallas): Appointed Rebecca S. Rabinowitz, president and chief executive officer of Family Service Agency (Phoenix), to be president and chief executive officer. E.S.S. is the Dallas-area affiliate of the National Easter Seal Society.

Education Law Center (Newark, N.J.): Appointed Mary C. Wink ler, vice-president for development at the Post Graduate Center for Mental Health (New York), to be director of communications and development.

Fairfield U. (Conn.): Appointed Steven R. DiSalvo, executive assistant to the president at Loyola U. of Chicago, to be director of major gifts.

Gay Men’s Health Crisis (New York): Appointed Gregory R. Lugliani, director of communications at the International Women’s Health Coalition (New York), to be director of communications.

Goldman Memorial Band (New York): Appointed Gene C. Wenner, president of Arts & Education Consultants (Pittsfield, Mass.), to be director of development.

Hadley School for the Blind (Winnetka, Ill.): Appointed Greg Simoncini, director of development at the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching (Chicago), to be vice-president of development and planned giving.

Hartwick College (Oneonta, N.Y.): Michael A. MacDowell, vice-president of institutional advancement, has been named president of College Misericordia (Dallas, Pa.), effective July 1.

Heritage Foundation (Washington): Appointed William Beach, a senior fellow in economics, to be director of the newly created Center for Data Analysis, and Ralph Rector, a manager in the Tax Policy Economics Group at Coopers & Lybrand (Washington), to be project manager for the center.

Institute of International Education (New York): Appointed David Arnold, executive vice-president, to be acting president.

Kentucky Opera Association (Louisville): Appointed Deborah Sandler, general director of Opera Festival New Jersey (Princeton), to be general director.

Kirov Mariinsky Opera International (New York): Appointed Wes York, grant-program manager at the American Music Center (New York), to be executive director. This organization supports the Kirov Mariinsky Opera in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Lehigh U. (Bethlehem, Pa.): Appointed Barbara B. Caldwell, executive assistant to the mayor of Bethlehem, to be director of community relations.

Lewis U. (Romeoville, Ill.): Appointed Blair Whitney, grants writer at Elgin Community College (Ill.), to be director of grants and foundation relations.

Massachusetts Bar Foundation (Boston): Appointed Heather P. Robinson, acting foundation manager and former grants administrator, to be director.

Medical Foundation (Boston): Appointed Diane B. Gordon, national coordinator for resident leadership initiatives at the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (Boston), to be executive director of Management Consulting Services, and Elena Letona, project manager at the Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy (Boston), to be associate director. M.C.S. is a recently affiliated organization that provides technical assistance and management and leadership development to non-profit groups.

Minnesota Environmental Fund (Minneapolis): Appointed Eleanor B. Kittelson, acting executive director and director of development at the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization (Chicago), to be executive director and chief executive officer.

NAFSA: Association of International Educators (Washington): Appointed Marlene M. Johnson, vice-president for people and strategy at Rowe Furniture Corporation (Salem, Va.) and a former Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, to be executive director.

National Building Museum (Washington): Announced the resignation of Susan Henshaw Jones, president and director.

National Equity Fund (Chicago): Appointed Mary Tingerthal, president and chief operating officer, to be president and chief executive officer. N.E.F. also appointed Julia Parks, former managing director at JMB Realty Corporation (Chicago), to be chief financial officer.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles): Appointed Vahe Simonian, senior vice-president for development at the California Science Center (Los Angeles), to be senior vice-president for development.

Penland School of Crafts (N.C.): Appointed Jean McLaughlin, director of the Office of Statewide Initiatives at the North Carolina Arts Council (Raleigh), to be director.

Princeton Theological Seminary (N.J.): Appointed Nancy Oliver Gray, vice-president of development and university relations at Rider U. (Lawrenceville, N.J.), to be vice-president for seminary relations, effective July 1. She will succeed Fred W. Cassell, who is retiring.

RARE Center for Tropical Conservation (Philadelphia): Appointed Peter T. Hazlewood, coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme’s Small Grants Program (New York), to be president.

Rochester General Hospital Foundation (N.Y.): Appointed Carolyn E. Kourofsky, development coordinator at the Strong Museum (Rochester), to be associate director of development.

Roosevelt U. (Chicago): Appointed Rebecca Banfield, former research and development associate at the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind, to be senior grants writer.

Salem State College (Mass.): Appointed George Constant, an estate-planning attorney at the law firm of Gordon & Friedler (Boston), to be director of planned giving.

Tuskegee U. (Ala.): Appointed Frank H. Lee, former chief administrator of the Macon County Commission (Ala.), to be director of alumni affairs.

United Jewish Appeal (New York): Appointed Gail Hyman, group vice-president for marketing and communications at United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, to be vice-president of marketing and public affairs.

West Virginia U. Foundation (Morgantown): Announced the retirement of James A. Robinson, president, effective in December.

GRANT MAKERS

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Deva Hirsch, director of the Metropolitan Atlanta Grantmakers Forum at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, and Elise Eplan, program director at the America Project of the Carter Center (Atlanta), to be program officers.

The Community Foundation of Greater Greenville (S.C.): Appointed James M. Richmond, president of the Frey Foundation (Grand Rapids, Mich.), to be president.

Ford Foundation (New York): Appointed Viera Adriana Crout, manager of the advanced-technology center at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to be deputy manager of the management-information-services division; Kim Y. Lew, senior securities analyst for equity investments, to be portfolio strategist in the investment division; Kevin M. Mathewson, serials cataloguer at the New York Public Library, to be supervisor of cataloging services in the information-services division; and Loraine A. Priestley-Smith, compensation specialist, to be assistant manager for compensation in the office of human resources.

Frey Foundation (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed Roger L. Martin, retired vice-president of community relations at Steelcase (Grand Rapids), to be interim president.

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Stephen D. Rountree, director of operations and planning and director of the Getty Center Building Program, to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer, and Gwen Walden, special assistant to the president, to be director of program planning and evaluation.

Greater Birmingham Foundation (Ala.): Appointed Mary D. Boehm, interim president of the Alabama Power Foundation (Birmingham), to be program officer.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Ellen M. Gilligan, manager of special gifts and endowment at the United Way & Community Chest of Greater Cincinnati, to be strategic-initiatives director.

John A. Hartford Foundation (New York): Appointed Corinne H. Rieder, associate executive director, to be executive director. She succeeds Stephen C. Eyre, who retired December 31.

Jewish Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Lawrence R. Greenfield, a lawyer based in Los Angeles, to be vice-president of development.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Janine Lee, senior director of community programs for the Youth Development division, to be vice-president of community programs, and Susan Wally, senior director of education programs for the Youth Development division, to be vice-president of education programs.

Million Dollar Round Table Foundation (Park Ridge, Ill.): Appointed Nick M. Falco, program coordinator, to be executive director. The foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Million Dollar Round Table, an association of sales professionals in the life-insurance-based financial-services industry.

Social Ventures Partners (Seattle): Appointed Paul Shoemaker, group manager for the Microsoft Corporation’s Worldwide Online Operations Group (Redmond, Wash.), to be executive director. S.V.P. was founded last year by Seattle-area technology professionals to encourage giving among their peers and innovative ways of working with Puget Sound-area non-profit groups.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills): Elected Ezra C. Davidson, Jr., a professor and former chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science (Los Angeles), to be chair of the Board of Directors, and Barbara Marshall, a registered nurse and co-founder of the Barbara and Garry Marshall Family Foundation (Los Angeles), to be vice-chair.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (Baltimore): Elected Julian Bond, a professor of history at the U. of Virginia (Charlottesville) and a former Georgia state senator, to be chairman of the Board of Directors. He succeeds Myrlie Evers-Williams, who recently announced that she will not seek re-election to that post.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Marketing General (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Katharine Dixon, senior account executive, to be account supervisor.

Micro Information Product (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Kent Hollrah, vice-president of sales and marketing, to be chief executive officer. MIP also appointed Ray Bechtold, vice-president of operations, to be chief operations officer.