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American Arts Alliance (New York): Appointed Jan Denton, a vice-president at Chambers Associates (Washington), to be executive director. She succeeds Lee Kessler, who resigned January 5.

American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel (New York): Gabriel G. Rudney, a trustee of the AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy, died January 10. He had served as director of research for the Filer Commission on Private Philanthropy and as a member of the advisory committee for methodology for AAFRC’s Giving USA.

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Appointed Marlynn Littauer, a partner in the consulting firm of Love, Littauer and Associates (Seattle), to be director of the Pacific Northwest region, based in Mercer Island, Wash., and Joan Kemeny Paru, director of campaign development, to be senior director of major gifts.

American Library Association (Chicago): Appointed Sandra Rios Balderrama, supervising librarian for recruitment, staff training, and retention at the Oakland Public Library (Cal.), to be diversity officer.

American Society of Association Executives (Washington): Appointed Karl Ely, assistant advertising director, to be advertising director and associate publisher of Association Management magazine, and Edward Potter, a consultant based in Arlington, Va., to be director of international activities.

Boise State U. (Idaho): Appointed Bill Ruud, dean of the College of Business and Economics, to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Me.): Appointed Robert A. Barr, associate director of annual giving at Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.), to be director of annual giving.

Camden County College (Blackwood, N.J.): Appointed Stephen T. Bell, director of marketing at the Free Library of Philadelphia, to be director of media relations.

Campbellsville U. (Ky.): Appointed Nancy L. Money, district manager at Junior Achievement of Hardin County (Elizabethtown, Ky.), to be director of development.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington): Appointed Larry H. Slesinger, vice-president of the National Center for Nonprofit Boards (Washington), to be vice-president and secretary.

Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens (Jamaica, N.Y.): Appointed Kathleen Galvin, vice-president for managed care at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (New York), to be vice-president of strategy and network development, and G. Malcolm Murray, chief information officer at Children’s Hospital (Columbus, Ohio), to be vice-president and chief information officer.

Center for Plant Conservation (St. Louis): Appointed Faith D. Maddy, director of development for the School of Architecture at Washington U. (St. Louis), to be director of development.

Chapman U. (Orange, Cal.): Appointed Charles W. Knox, assistant dean for development at the Graduate School of Management at the U. of California at Irvine, to be assistant vice-president of university relations and campaign director.

College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, Minn.): Appointed Sharon Toogood Froehle, former director of fund development and director of product sales at the Land of Lakes Girl Scout Council (St. Joseph, Minn.), to be senior officer for planned giving and leadership gifts.

Colorado College (Colorado Springs): Appointed Todd A. Wilson, interim director of college relations, to be director of college relations.

The Conference Board (New York): Appointed David J. Vidal, vice-president for the Project for Diversity in International Affairs at the Council on Foreign Relations (New York), to be director of research for the global-corporate-citizenship department.

The Correctional and Osborne Associations (New York): Appointed Ilene S. Wittner, director of development at Choice In Dying (New York), to be director of development. These affiliated organizations work to reform the U.S. criminal-justice system.

Daemen College (Amherst, N.Y.): Appointed Sister DeSales Hattenberger, director of development at Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity (Stella Niagara, N.Y.), to be director of the annual fund.

Delaware Valley College (Doylestown, Pa.): Appointed Michelle C. Allen, director of development for the school of business and management at Temple U. (Philadelphia), to be director of major gifts, and Sean Dallas, a staff member at Image IV (Norristown, Pa.), to be assistant director of communications and public relations.

Denver Museum of Natural History: Appointed D. D. Hilke, senior associate at Science Learning Inc. (Annapolis, Md.), to be director of exhibits.

Devereux Foundation (Devon, Pa.): Appointed Thomas McCool, executive director of Devereux California (Santa Barbara), to be vice-president of development. The Devereux Foundation serves children and adults with developmental disabilities.

East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System (Tyler): Appointed Richard P. Green, president of the Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation (Omaha), to be vice-president of development.

Episcopal Community Services (Philadelphia): Appointed Cheryl Lynn White, clinical director at Family Service of Philadelphia, to be supervisor of family counseling.

Evangel College (Springfield, Mo.): Appointed Jim Williams, associate professor of mathematics and computer science, to also be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Franklin College (Ind.): Appointed Traci Baumgartner, director of alumni services, to be director of capital-campaign administration, and Mike McClure, head football coach, to be acting director of alumni services.

Friends Select School (Philadelphia): Appointed Pamela Gutlon, assistant director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern U. (Boston), to be director of development.

Geneva College (Beaver Falls, Pa.): Appointed Katharine L. Householder, director of planned giving, to be director of development and capital-campaign director, and David J. Kuder, director of foundation and corporate relations, to be director of strategic constituency development.

Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches: Appointed Don R. Riggs, former senior associate at Wilson & Associates (Portland, Ore.), to be associate executive director for institutional advancement. He succeeds Kathleen Cullen, who recently retired.

Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.): Appointed Richard Torgerson, vice-president for development at Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa), to be vice-president for development.

HALT-an Organization of Americans for Legal Reform (Washington): Appointed James C. Turner, director of investigations for the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (Washington), to be executive director.

Hartford Consortium for Higher Education (Conn.): Appointed Rosanne Druckman, former vice-president of the United Way of the Capital Area (Hartford), to be executive director.

Human Service Charities of America (Annandale, Va.): Appointed Susan Holliday, Washington, D.C., representative for the Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund (Littleton, Colo.), to be communications and marketing representative. H.S.C.A. is a federation that represents 20 national human-services charities in workplace-giving campaigns.

Indiana U. Center on Philanthropy (Indianapolis): Appointed Timothy L. Seiler, director of the Fund Raising School, to also be director of public service.

Indiana U. East (Richmond): Appointed Joanne Lally Matika, vice-president of development at Catholic Social Services (Ann Arbor, Mich.), to be vice-chancellor for external relations and development.

Institute for EastWest Studies (New York): Appointed Mark S. London, director of planned giving at Hackensack U. Medical Center (N.J.), to be vice-president for development.

The Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore): Appointed Beth Dochinger, director of conservatory development and assistant director of major gifts at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music (Ohio), to be senior associate director of development for the School of Medicine at the Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine; Joyce Ritchie, director of marketing and communications at Indiana U. at South Bend, to be associate director of development for the Peabody Institute; and Pam King Sams, director of development and operations officer at the Camden-Clark Foundation (Parkersburg, W.Va.), to be director of development for the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the children’s hospital of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington): Appointed Robert C. Jones, president of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, to be vice-president of music and president of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Kennesaw State U. (Ga.): Appointed E. Kathleen Neitzel, director of regional development and senior associate director of corporate relations at Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta), to be director of development.

Lamar U. (Beaumont, Tex.): Appointed Brian Sattler, director of public relations at Olivet Nazarene U. (Kankakee, Ill.), to be director of public relations.

Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago): Appointed Paul Nebenzahl, vice-president for development at Window to the World Communications (Chicago), to be vice-president for development.

Long Island Alzheimer’s Association (New Hyde Park, N.Y.): Appointed Debbi Honorof, director of public relations and development, to be vice-president.

Manhattan School of Music (New York): Appointed Susan B. Blumstein, a consultant based in New York, to be vice-president for development.

Marquette U. (Milwaukee): Appointed James P. Lyddy, vice-president for institutional advancement at Sacred Heart U. (Fairfield, Conn.), to be vice-president for university advancement.

Metropolitan Family Services (Chicago): Appointed Richard L. Jones, president and chief executive officer of the Center for Families and Children (Cleveland), to be president and chief executive officer, effective April 1. He will succeed A. Gerald Erickson, who has led the organization since 1970 and who will become president emeritus.

Miami-Dade Community College (Miami): Appointed Sandra Gonzalez-Levy, senior vice-president at Barnett Bank (Miami), to be president of the college foundation.

Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pa.): Appointed Amy Jeffries, a staff member at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington), to be assistant director of alumni relations; Deb Kipp, development officer at Northampton County Area Community College (Bethlehem, Pa.), to be associate vice-president for development; Tilghman Moyer, director of the Muhlenberg Fund, to be associate vice-president for development and director of capital projects; Neal Norris, director of corporate and foundation relations, to be associate vice-president for development; Stephanie Schweder-Kratzer, assistant director of the Muhlenberg Fund, to be director of the fund; and Matt Weinstein, a staff member at the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Pa.), to be assistant director of the Muhlenberg Fund and director of the phonathon.

Museum of Jewish Heritage-a Living Memorial to the Holocaust (New York): Appointed Sallie Y. Slate, founder and principal of S.Y. Slate Associates (New York), a marketing-communications firm, to be director of communications.

NACME-National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (New York): Appointed Keith W. McIver, senior donor-relations coordinator in the office for university development at New York U., to be manager of the annual campaign.

National Campaign for Freedom of Expression (Washington): Appointed Gary D. Schwartz, co-executive director of the Fund of the Four Directions (New York), to be executive director.

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (Washington): Appointed Brian H. Marcus, former director of external affairs at the Levine School of Music (Washington), to be vice-president of development.

National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Denver): Appointed Daniel Fuchs, director of development and marketing at the Arizona Humane Society (Phoenix), to be director of major and planned gifts.

National Neurofibromatosis Foundation (New York): Appointed Robert Laconi, former senior development officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) and major-gifts officer at God’s Love We Deliver (New York), to be director of development.

Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation (Lincoln): Appointed Jackie Spahn, development officer at Nebraska Wesleyan U. (Lincoln), to be executive director.

New York Medical College (Valhalla): Appointed Marjorie Roberts, assistant director of public relations, to be director of public relations.

Nova Southeastern U. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Appointed Lisa Davis, interim director of alumni relations, to be director of alumni relations.

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe, N.M.): Appointed George G. King, executive director of the Katonah Museum of Art (N.Y.), to be executive director, effective April 1. He succeeds Peter H. Hassrick, who resigned soon after the museum opened last summer.

Overseas Development Council (Washington): Appointed Michael McDowell, senior editorial producer and manager at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s U.S. bureaus (Washington and New York), to be senior director for strategic communications.

Peace College (N.C.): Appointed Eugenia Leggett, director of planned and annual giving, to be director of development.

Peirce College (Philadelphia): Appointed Renee J. Byng, director of alumni and development, to be assistant vice-president for development.

Public Library Association (Chicago): Appointed Mark Knoblauch, acting director of the Office for Library Personnel Resources at the American Library Association (Chicago), to be deputy executive director. The P.L.A. is a division of the A.L.A.

Saint Mary’s College (Notre Dame, Ind.): Appointed Richard Russell, director of development and communications at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, to be vice-president for college relations.

San Diego Youth & Community Services: Appointed Kipra Heermann, executive director of Daybreak (Dayton, Ohio), a shelter program for at-risk teen-agers, to be executive director.

Sea Research Foundation (Mystic, Conn.): Appointed Lynn Clapham, director of major gifts at the U. of Connecticut (Storrs), to be director of development at the Mystic Marinelife Aquarium and at the Institute for Exploration.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland and the Saint Ann Foundation: Appointed Julie A. Rittenhouse, project manager for the Center for Neighborhood Development of Cleveland State U.’s Levin College of Urban Affairs, to be program coordinator.

Smith College (Northampton, Mass.): Appointed Laurie Fenlason, executive director of college relations at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.), to be director of media relations.

Soroptimist International of the Americas (Philadelphia): Appointed Jeanette Iversen, a recent recipient of a master’s degree in public relations and graduate assistant for the annual fund at Rowan U. (Glassboro, N.J.), to be public-relations coordinator.

Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester (New Rochelle, N.Y.): Appointed Betty Jackson, development coordinator, to be director of development.

Starlight Children’s Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Phyllis Folb, senior assistant director for public relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, to be marketing and communications director.

Stetson U. (Deland, Fla.): Appointed Brian G. Miller, manager of corporate-brand planning at Lexmark International (Lexington, Ky.), to be executive director of marketing and communications.

SUN Home Health Services (Northumberland, Pa.): Appointed Jeffrey N. Goldsmith, director of development and community relations at the Pennsylvania Business-Education Partnership (Harrisburg), to be director of development.

Trevecca Nazarene U. (Nashville): Appointed Troy L. Munn, director of alumni services at Mount Vernon Nazarene College (Mount Vernon, Ohio), to be director of campaigns, effective April 1.

U. of Arizona (Tucson): Appointed Lynda Weigel-Firor, development associate at CODAC Behavioral Health Services (Tucson), to be director of development for the College of Education.

U. of Baltimore: Appointed C. (Winkie) Campbell-Notar, manager of public education at Parents Anonymous/Child Abuse Prevention Center of Maryland (Baltimore), to be director of media relations.

U. of Maryland at Baltimore: Appointed Jo R. Martin, former director of the external-affairs office at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center of the Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to be senior director of communications and publications.

U. of Miami: Roy J. Nirschel, vice-president for university advancement, has been appointed president of Newbury College (Brookline, Mass.).

U. of Portland (Ore.): Appointed Andrew Asato, development associate at Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation (Portland), to be associate director of development.

U. of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg): Appointed Curt Redden, vice-president for external affairs at Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne), to be vice-president for development.

U. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston: Appointed Susan H. Coulter, vice-president for university advancement at Colorado State U. (Fort Collins), to be vice-president for university relations.

U. of Toledo (Ohio): Appointed Dave Nottke, development officer for special projects in the Office of University Development, to be development officer for intercollegiate athletics; Susan Sweeney, director of special events at the Multiple Sclerosis Society-Northwest Ohio Chapter (Maumee), to be development officer for the College of Pharmacy; and Milva Weber, director of development and public relations at the St. Francis Home (Tiffin, Ohio), to be development officer for the College of Business Administration.

U. of Wisconsin at Oshkosh: Appointed Christine M. Gantner, assistant director of alumni programs at U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, to be director of alumni affairs.

United Way Services (Cleveland): Appointed Judith G. Simpson, senior program officer and director of the health and human-services program at the George Gund Foundation (Cleveland), to be director of program performance and government relations.

Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa): Appointed the Rev. Alvin B. Koeneman, senior development officer, to be vice-president for development.

Wayland Baptist U. (Plainview, Tex.): Appointed Benjamin Akande, chair of the business department, to also be a special assistant to the president for the capital campaign.

Western New England College (Springfield, Mass.): Appointed Brenda A. Marsian, assistant director of major gifts at the U. of Connecticut Foundation (Storrs), to be director of special gifts.

WETA (Washington): Appointed Ed Harvey, director of on-air promotion at WJLA-TV (Washington), to be vice-president and general manager of the production center in Arlington, Va., and Lynn Smith, regional sales manager at Paracel Online Systems (Dallas), to be national sponsorship director.

Wheat Ridge Ministries (Itasca, Ill.): Appointed Pamela Y. Mattox, senior director of resource development at Concordia U. (River Forest, Ill.), to be director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

Chicago Foundation for Women: Appointed Karla D. Thomas, account supervisor at R. J. Dale Advertising and Public Relations (Chicago), to be communications director.

Community Foundation of Greater Flint (Mich.): Appointed Victor J. Papale, a human-services consultant for the Educare Colorado Initiative (Denver) and former vice-president for resource management at United Way of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), to be president.

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed Rhett N. Mabry, associate director of the health-care division, to be director of the child-care division. He succeeds Robert A. Mayer II, who is retiring in May. The foundation also appointed Philip B. Belcher, a partner in the law firm of Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein (Charlotte), to be associate director of the health-care division.

Howard Gilman Foundation (New York): Announced the death of Howard Gilman, president of the foundation and chairman and chief executive of the Gilman Paper Company, on January 3. He was 73. The foundation’s grant making focuses on the arts, natural-resource conservation, wildlife preservation, and AIDS and other medical research.

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Mo.): Appointed Yvonne J. Kean, director of finance, to be vice-president for finance.

John A. Hartford Foundation (New York): Appointed Laura A. Robbins, program officer, to be senior program officer.

Hasbro Children’s Foundation (New York): Appointed Theresa Acquaviva, executive assistant to the executive director, to be foundation administrator, and Jason Schwartzman, director of child and family services at the Christian Children’s Fund (Richmond, Va.), to be program officer.

Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Broward County (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Appointed Laura Raybin Miller, executive director of the Downtown Fort Lauderdale Transportation Management Association, to be director of government, corporate, and foundation relations.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed Richard J. Toth, assistant director of the Office of Proposal Management, to be director of the office. He succeeds Edward Robbins, who is retiring after 25 years in the position. The foundation also appointed Katherine J. Parker, proposal manager, to be deputy director of the office.

W. M. Keck Foundation (Los Angeles): Sandra A. Glass, program vice-president, has left to become a consultant for education and philanthropy at Philanthropy Advisors, based in Claremont, Cal.

W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Nancy J. Grossmann, human-resources manager of the Environmental Policy and Technology Project at CH2M Hill (Washington), to be human-resources manager and internal consultant.

Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.): Appointed William F. L. Moses, executive director of the Thomas J. Watson Foundation (Providence, R.I.), to be program officer, and Gregory M. Smith, manager of trust investments and financial specialist for corporate finance at MCN Energy Group (Detroit), to be investment analyst.

Northwest Area Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Jean Adams, executive director of the Charities Review Council of Minnesota (St. Paul), to be director of operations.

Open Society Institute (New York): Appointed Sushma Raman, former director of the Los Angeles Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Food and Shelter Program, to be program officer for the Emma Lazarus Fund, based in Los Angeles.

Rhode Island Foundation (Providence): Appointed Meredith Swan, administrative assistant at the Women’s Mentoring Program (Cranston, R.I.), to be donor-services officer.

Stonewall Community Foundation (New York): Appointed William Epke, acting vice-president for membership and development at the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce, to be executive director. The foundation supports projects that benefit gay men and lesbians in the New York area, including in the fields of health, civil rights, and AIDS.

DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund (New York): Appointed Samuel D. Cargile, program director for education at the Lilly Endowment (Indianapolis), to be program officer.

Women’s Foundation of Colorado (Denver): Appointed Marla J. Williams, former partner in the law firm of Holme Roberts & Owen (Denver), to be executive director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Abilities of Florida (Clearwater): Elected Patrick M. Keller, engagement partner at Price Waterhouse (Tampa, Fla.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Association of Independent Research Institutes (Washington): Elected Patricia Tanski, director of institutional relations at the Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Me.), to be president.

Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation (Winston-Salem, N.C.): Elected Akosua Barthwell Evans, a lawyer at Kilpatrick Stockton (Atlanta), and Nathaniel Irvin II, a columnist and founder of Future Focus 2020 (Winston-Salem), to the Board of Directors.

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Elected Peter H. Pennekamp, executive director of the Humboldt Area Foundation (Bayside, Cal.), and Robert K. Ross, director of the Health and Human Services Agency for San Diego County (San Diego), to the Board of Directors.

Literacy Volunteers of America (Syracuse, N.Y.): Elected Norman Broadhurst, chairman of Double Eagle Holdings (Tarzana, Cal.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

McGregor Fund (Detroit): Elected Ruth R. Glancy, a volunteer in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., to the Board of Trustees.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Elected Claire Mott White, president of the C. S. Harding Foundation (Flint) and chairman and treasurer of the Isabel Foundation (Flint), to the Board of Trustees.

National Building Museum (Washington): Elected Harold L. Adams, chairman of the architectural firm RTKL Associates (Baltimore), to be chairman.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Advantage Fund-Raising Consulting (Fairfield, N.J.): Appointed Casey Jacobs, former annual-giving supervisor at Bucknell U. (Lewisburg, Pa.), to be program director.

Alexander O’Neill Haas & Martin (Atlanta): Appointed Julie Anderson, group counselor and coordinator at the Parent-Child Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.), and Kathy Grimes, former development manager at the Diamond Head Theatre (Honolulu), to be campaign coordinators.

Influence (New York): Appointed Samuel I. Cohen, retired executive vice-president of the Jewish National Fund (New York), to be senior philanthropic consultant at this advertising agency.

Pride Philanthropy (Flowery Branch, Ga.): Appointed Jim Lyons and Patti Lyons, vice-presidents at Lyons Associates (Aspen, Colo.), to be partners in this new organization that specializes in health-care fund raising.

Woodburn, Kyle & Company (Madison, Ind.): Appointed Bruce A. Bell, director of foundations at Alliant Health System (Louisville, Ky.), to be senior consultant at this fund-raising consulting firm.