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American Heart Association (Dallas): Appointed Suzie Upton, vice president of development, to be executive vice president of development, and Michael Wilson, executive vice president of the New York State affiliate (Syracuse, N.Y.), to be executive vice president of technology and customer strategies.

American Library Association (Chicago): Appointed Keith Michael Fiels, director of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (Boston), to be executive director, effective July 31

Brown U. (Providence, R.I.): Appointed Ronald D. Vanden Dorpel, vice president for university development at Northwestern U. (Evanston, Ill.), to be senior vice president for advancement, effective in August.

Carroll Community College (Westminster, Md.): Appointed Steven Wantz, senior vice president for retail banking at Westminster Union Bank (Westminster), to be executive director of institutional development.

Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland): Appointed Kittie D. Warshawsky, director of corporate and foundation relations at the School of Medicine, to be director of the office of gift planning.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington: Appointed Donna M. Finley, associate vice president of development at Pace U. (New York), to be vice president of development and communications.

Committed Partners for Youth (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Rose Craig, community-affairs director at Just Born (Bethlehem, Pa.), to be executive director.

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, U.S. Office (Eugene, Ore.): Appointed Alex Hanafi, a Henry Luce Foundation scholar in Bangkok, to be a staff attorney, and Shauna Whidden, public-lands policy director at Pacific Rivers Council (Eugene), to be development director.

Greater Twin Cities United Way (Minneapolis): Appointed Diane Hummon, vice president of relationship marketing at U.S. Bank (Minneapolis), to be vice president of strategic marketing.

Hale House (New York): Appointed Lawrence F. Davenport, deputy chief administrative officer of the U.S. House of Representatives (Washington), to be executive director. Hale House provides care to children born with HIV or exposed to drugs in utero, and those whose mothers are incarcerated. Mr. Davenport succeeds Lorraine E. Hale, a co-founder of the charity, who was forced to resign after she and her husband were indicted on charges that they stole more than $1-million from the charity. The couple have pleaded not guilty.

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, U. of Minnesota: William Díaz, director of the Program on Public Policy, Philanthropy, and the Nonprofit Sector, died May 18 at the age of 55.

Jewish Family & Children´s Services of Greater Philadelphia: Appointed Robin Heller, director of external affairs, to be director of resource development.

Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy (Philadelphia): Appointed Paul E. Macks, rehabilitation administrator at Elkins Park Hospital (Elkins Park, Pa.), to be executive director.

Lambs Farm (Libertyville, Ill.): Appointed Eric Schmidt, community-relations representative and grants manager at CLTV Kids Charities at Chicagoland Television News (Oak Brook, Ill.), to be fund-raising, special-events, and annual-fund coordinator. Lambs Farm provides programs to developmentally disabled adults.

Literacy Partners (New York): Appointed Debra Lynne, president and chief executive officer of Debra Lynne Consulting (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.

Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation: Appointed Mary Schmitz, a consultant in preventive health education in Los Angeles, to be director of corporations and foundations.

Mississippi Center for Nonprofits (Jackson): Nathan Woodliff-Stanley, executive director and founder, has announced that he will resign in July to pursue a career in the ordained ministry.

Newberry County Hospital Foundation (Newberry, S.C.): Appointed Mason B. Hardy, director of public relations at Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard (Columbia, S.C.), to be executive director.

Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington: Appointed Chuck Bean, a program officer at the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, to be executive director, effective in September.

North Carolina Dance Theatre (Charlotte): Appointed Cary Bernstein, planned-giving director at the Foundation for the Carolinas (Charlotte, N.C.), to be director of development, and Ambre Emory-Maier, a freelance choreographer and teacher based in Asheville, N.C., to be director of education.

Pace U. (New York): Appointed Laura Fredricks, associate vice president for development at Temple U. (Philadelphia), to be vice president for philanthropy.

Pittsburgh Action Against Rape: Appointed Karen McCalpin, development director at the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (Enola), to be development director.

Presidential Classroom (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Jack Buechner, a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (Washington) and a former U.S. Representative from Missouri, to be president and chief executive officer.

RAND (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed James Dobbins, U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan, to be director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center, based in the Washington office.

Ranken Technical College (St. Louis): Appointed Sally Everhardus, president of the St. Louis Arts & Education Council, to be director of annual giving, and Charlie Skaer, manager of corporate and foundation relations at Phoenix House (Los Angeles), to be director of grants.

St. Barnabas Health System (Gibsonia, Pa.): Appointed Michael Antonelli, associate director of the Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods (Sarasota, Fla.), to be director of communities.

Texas Tech U. (Lubbock): William G. Wehner, vice chancellor for institutional advancement, died April 28 at age 60.

U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee: Appointed Pierre N. Allaire, vice president for institutional advancement and executive director and secretary of the university foundation at the U. of North Florida (Jacksonville), to be vice chancellor for development.

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg): Appointed Ann Cassell, assistant director of development for the Pamplin College of Business, to be assistant director of alumni and the conference-center campaign; Anne Carter Grove, a lawyer at Contracting Enterprises (Roanoke, Va.), to be associate director of gift planning; Kylie H. Johnson, director of development at Nevada Ballet Theatre (Las Vegas), to be regional director of major gifts; Amy Parker, donor-relations manager at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children´s Health (Palo Alto, Calif.), to be director of special events; Lindsay A. Raymond, officer of development at the Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park, N.Y.), to be director of development at the College of Architecture and Urban Studies; R. Daniel Shephard, director of planned giving at the Florida State U. Foundation (Tallahassee), to be director of development for the Pamplin College of Business; Robert L. Stamp Jr., executive director of development at the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (Silver Spring, Md.), to be regional director of major gifts; and Michael Westfall, director of annual giving at Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to be director of annual giving.

Washington College (Chestertown, Md.): Appointed William R. MacIntosh, a financial consultant, to be vice president for development and alumni relations.

Watson Clinic Foundation (Lakeland, Fla.): Appointed Phillip Perry, executive director of the ACV Foundation (Johnson City, Tenn.), to be executive director.

Waubonsee Community College (Sugar Grove, Ill.): Appointed David G. Klepitsch, senior income-development representative at the Batavia, Ill., chapter of the American Cancer Society, to be executive director of institutional advancement.

Welborn Baptist Foundation (Evansville, Ind.): Appointed Carol Havens, commissioned minister of health and parish nurse at Salem United Church of Christ (Darmstadt, Ind.), and Mary Titzer, a retired faculty member at the School of Nursing and Health Professions at the U. of Southern Indiana (Evansville), to be coordinators of health ministries.

GRANT MAKERS

Claneil Foundation (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.): Appointed Cathy Weiss, program officer at the Rockefeller Family Fund (New York), to be executive director. This family foundation makes grants in the arts, community development, education, and health and human services to Philadelphia-area groups.

Community Foundation Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Sue Covey, associate campaign director at Santa Clara U. (Calif.), to be director of gift planning.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Richard D. Klausner, former director of the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, Md.) and senior fellow and special adviser to the presidents of the National Academies for Counter Terrorism and liaison to the White House, to be executive director of the foundation’s global health program.

Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado (Colorado Springs): Appointed Jan Brennan, senior program officer, to be director; Karen A. Harding, senior program manager for America’s Breast Cancer Ride at Eventures Marketing (San Diego), to be grants assistant; and Babette Stedman, program assistant, to be program associate.

JEHT Foundation (New York): Appointed Scott Bane, assistant to the president, to be program manager in the community justice program. This new grant-making institution focuses on human-rights and social-justice issues.

Real Estate Charitable Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed George S. Bittner, vice president of advanced giving at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, to be executive director.

Charles Schwab Corporation Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Carrie Schwab Pomerantz, vice president of consumer education and founder of the Women Investing Now program, to be president.

Skoll Community Fund (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Christy Chin, a San Francisco-based consultant to software companies, to be director of strategy and programs.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Advertising Council (New York): Elected David Bell, vice chairman of the Interpublic Group of Companies (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Council on Foundations (Washington): Elected Luc Tayart de Borms, managing director of the King Baudouin Foundation (Brussels), to the Board of Directors. (This corrects an item that appeared in the May 16 issue.)

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (Richmond, Va.): Elected Jerry W. Jenkins, a senior vice president at Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley (Richmond), to be president of the Board of Directors.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Molly Munger, an attorney at English, Munger & Rice (Los Angeles) and director of the Advancement Project (Los Angeles), to the Board of Directors.

New York Regional Association of Grantmakers: Elected Emily Tow Jackson, executive director of the Tow Foundation (Stamford, Conn.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Rosenberg Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Hugo Morales, executive director of Radio Bilingue (Fresno, Calif.), to the Board of Directors.

Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research (Newark, Del.): Elected David D. Mooberry, retired vice president of research at the DuPont Company (Wilmington, Del.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Volunteers of America Oregon (Portland): Elected Malia Wasson, a senior vice president at U.S. Bank (Portland), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

AB&C Group (McLean, Va.): Appointed Charles S. Cadigan, client team associate at Acxiom Corporation (Little Rock, Ark.), to be senior vice president.

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Germaine Ward, vice president of media and applications at Iomega Corporation (San Diego), to be vice president of products.

Rigel Capital Management (Seattle): Appointed Ann Moe, director of global corporate marketing and communications at Frank Russell Company (Tacoma, Wash.), to be senior vice president.

SAH Consultancy (New York): Appointed Sally-Ann Hard, consultant at Witt/Kieffer (New York), to be president of this recently established search-consulting service.

Williams Young (Madison, Wis.): Appointed Raymond Bantum, consulting manager at Clifton Gunderson (Baltimore), to be a director in its information-technology practice.