People

American Bible Society (New York): Appointed Liliana Nealon, executive director

and treasurer of global trading at American Express Bank (New York), to be chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance and administration.

American Liver Foundation (New York): Appointed Gerald J. Jeglinski, vice president for health systems at Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York), to be chief operating officer, and Karen Wertheimer, director of the Mothers March and telemarketing at the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.), to be director of development.

American Red Cross (Washington): Dismissed Elizabeth McNulty, manager of technical support at the Disaster Operations Center, and Anne D. Miller, manager of the Disaster Operations Center. (For more, see article on Page 14.)

Banner Health Foundation of Arizona (Phoenix): Appointed Steve Owen, managing consultant in the Phoenix office of Staley/Robeson/Ryan/St. Lawrence (Cincinnati), to be vice president of major gifts.

Benedictine U. (Lisle, Ill.): Appointed Michael J. Wall, deputy associate chancellor for advancement at the U. of Illinois Medical Center (Chicago), to be vice president of advancement.

Bunker Hill Community College (Boston): Appointed Barbara Olson, vice president for community leadership in the Institute for Healthy Communities at the Pennsylvania Hospital Association (Harrisburg), to be executive director of the BHCC Foundation.

Camden County College (Blackwood, N.J.): Appointed William C. Thompson, a consultant in Philadelphia, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Center for Policy Alternatives (Washington): Appointed Tim McFeeley, political director at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (Washington), to be chief executive officer.

Centre for Development and Population Activities (Washington): Appointed Rosann Wisman, senior adviser for international advocacy at Population Action International (Washington), to be senior adviser to the president.

Charity Navigator (Mahwah, N.J.): Appointed Trent Stamp, vice president of communications at Teach For America (New York), to be executive director of this group that will evaluate and rate charities beginning next year.

Duke U. (Durham, N.C.): Appointed David Jarmul, deputy director of communications at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.), to be associate vice president for news and communications.

Families First (Davis, Calif.): Appointed Patricia Charles-Heather, executive director of the River Oak Center (Sacramento, Calif.), to be vice president for foster care.

George Washington U. (Washington): Appointed Richard N. Sawaya, a consultant in Washington, to be vice president for government, international, and corporate affairs.

Girls Incorporated (New York): Appointed April Osajima, group-services manager at Grassroots Enterprise (San Francisco), to be director of public policy.

Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, Calif.): Appointed Tanya Mink, director of principal and major gifts at California Institute of Technology (Pasadena), to be vice president for college advancement.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, N.Y.): Appointed Karen Amico, director of development and alumni relations at the Eastman School of Music at U. of Rochester (N.Y.), to be major-gifts officer.

Iowa State U. Foundation (Ames): Appointed Jenni Cushman, director of planned giving at Grand View College (Des Moines), to be development officer for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Jennifer Jennings Davis, associate director of planned giving at the U. of Nebraska Foundation (Lincoln), to be director of development for the College of Design; and Lisa Stephany, director of development and communications at Catholic Charities-Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, to be senior development officer for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore): Appointed Bret A. Schreiber, coordinator of city and community relations, to be assistant director of state relations.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America (Phoenix): Appointed Mary Kay Phelps, senior director of direct-response fund raising at the American Red Cross (Washington), to be vice president of marketing and development, and Paul Velaski, director of development at Exploris Children’s Museum (Raleigh, N.C.), to be vice president of national operations.

Midwestern U. (Downers Grove, Ill.): Appointed Rod Ossowski, former associate director of development at the U. of Arizona Cancer Center (Tucson), to be director of university relations for the Glendale, Ariz., campus.

Music Center (Los Angeles): Appointed Catherine Babcock, communications director at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, Calif.), to be director of marketing and communications.

National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington): Announced the resignation of Ellen D. Reeder, director. Susan Fisher Sterling, who was recently promoted from chief curator to deputy director for art and programs, will assume the director’s duties until a new director is named.

New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (New York): Appointed Mary L. Pulido, executive director of the Child Protection Center at Montefiore Medical Center (New York), to be executive director.

92nd Street Y (New York): Appointed Rabbi Phil Miller, director of the department of Jewish life and program director at the Jewish Community Center (St. Louis), to be director of the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life.

Old Fort Niagara (Youngstown, N.Y.): Appointed Terry L. Yonker, executive director of the Lake Erie Alliance (Youngstown), to be director of development.

Partnership for Public Service (Washington): Appointed Max Stier, deputy general counsel for litigation at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Washington), to be chief executive officer and president. The group also appointed Kevin M. Simpson, deputy general counsel for programs and regulations at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Washington), to be executive vice president and general counsel, and Joan Timoney, chief of staff at the Peace Corps (Washington), to be vice president for programs. This organization promotes employment with the federal government as a means of civil service.

Phi Beta Kappa Society (Washington): Appointed John Churchill, interim president of Hendrix College (Conway, Ark.), to be executive secretary, effective December 3. He succeeds Douglas W. Foard, who resigned in June, and Susan Howard, acting executive secretary, who will resume her position as associate secretary.

The Philanthropy Roundtable (Washington): Appointed Adam Meyerson, vice president for educational affairs at the Heritage Foundation (Washington), to be president. He succeeds John P. Walters, who is President Bush’s nominee to be director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Playing for Keeps (Chicago): Appointed Susan J. Oliver, director of external affairs at the National Lekotek Center (Evanston, Ill.), to be executive director. Playing for Keeps promotes the importance of play in child development.

Public Interest Law Office of Rochester (N.Y.): Appointed Kristi Hughes, director of development for the College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology, to be director of development and administration.

Quinnipiac U. (Hamden, Conn.): Appointed Kevin McGinniss, director of alumni affairs at Southern Connecticut State U. (New Haven), to be director of athletic development.

Saint John’s Health Center (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed Paula Golden, director of development for neuroscience at the U. of California at Los Angeles, to be vice president of development and foundation relations.

Salvation Army of Northeast Florida (Jacksonville): Appointed Tania R. Yount, social-services director, to be development director for Clay, Duval, Nassau, and St. Johns Counties.

Shady Side Academy (Pittsburgh): Appointed Gena M. Kovalcik, senior director of development for the School of Engineering at the U. of Pittsburgh, to be vice president of development.

Students in Free Enterprise (Springfield, Mo.): Appointed Tanja Heinen, former vice president of the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.), to be vice president of development, and Bruce A. Nasby, senior vice president, to be senior vice president of the global division.

U. of Rochester (N.Y.): Appointed Charla Stevens Kucko, assistant director of public relations at Nazareth College of Rochester (N.Y.), to be associate director of public affairs for the graduate school of business administration.

U. of the Sciences in Philadelphia: Appointed Susan E. Barrett, associate director of development for the School of Veterinary Medicine at U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

Virginia State U. (Petersburg): Appointed Thomas Reed, a staff member at the Virginia Tourism Corporation (Richmond), to be director of university relations.

Washington Performing Arts Society:Announced the retirement of Douglas Wheeler, president, effective in September 2002. Mr. Wheeler has served the group for 31 years and has been president for 20.

GRANT MAKERS

J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): Appointed Ken Robinson, professor of arts education at the U. of Warwick (England), to be senior adviser for education.

Grotto Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Ellis Bullock, executive director of Youth Trust (Minneapolis), to be executive director.

Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund (San Francisco): Appointed Cheryl Rogers, senior associate at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (Washington), to be special-projects officer.

Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.): Appointed Terence Mulligan, vice president of business development at Imix.com (San Francisco), to be senior manager of philanthropic services.

Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage): Appointed Diane Kaplan, owner of Diane Kaplan & Company (Anchorage) and the foundation’s administrator, to be chief executive officer.

Rochester Area Community Foundation (N.Y.): Appointed Jeffrie B. Leahy, vice president for finance and administration, to be vice president and chief operating officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Central Minnesota Community Foundation (St. Cloud, Minn.): Elected Don Watkins, owner of Tanner Systems (Sauk Rapids, Minn.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Regional Housing Legal Services (Philadelphia): Elected Gloria Guard, executive director of the People’s Emergency Center (Philadelphia), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Starbright Foundation (Los Angeles): Elected Norman B. Anderson, professor of health and social behavior in the School of Public Health at Harvard U. (Boston), to be president of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Christopher South, vice president of service operations at DealerGain (Atlanta), to be chief information officer.

Briscoe Group (San Francisco): Appointed Irwin Brod, vice president for development at the New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury), to be principal in the New York office, and Abbie J. von Schlegell, chief development officer at the Shakespeare Theatre (Washington), to be principal in the Washington office.