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Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado (Denver): Appointed Bradley A. Friedman, executive

director of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (Denver), to be director of endowment and planned giving.

American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco): Appointed Candler Gibson, director of development at the U. of California at San Francisco, to be associate director of development.

American Foundation for the Blind (New York): Appointed Joy L. Relton, systems analyst at Unisys Corporation (Reston, Va.), to be government-relations representative in the Washington office, and Catherine Stanke, chief financial officer at Andco (New York), to be chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administrative services.

American Heart Association-Ohio Valley Affiliate (Columbus, Ohio): Appointed Mary Welter, vice president of the Minneapolis affiliate, to be vice president of development and field support.

American Medical Association Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Michael W. Cathey, director of major and planned giving at Boy Scouts of America-National Capital Area Council (Bethesda, Md.), to be director of development.

American Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Marsha Johnson Evans, executive director of Girl Scouts of the USA (New York), to be president and chief executive officer, effective August 5. She succeeds Bernadine P. Healy, who announced her resignation in October 2001.

Appalachia Service Project (Johnson City, Tenn.): Appointed the Rev. Susan Crow, a social worker at Denver Urban Ministries, to be executive director.

Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore: Darrell D. Friedman, president, has announced his resignation, effective in June 2003.

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston: Appointed Mia Roberts, director and senior consultant at the Efficacy Institute (Waltham, Mass.), to be chief operating officer.

Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Me.): Appointed William A. Torrey, vice president for planning and development, to be chief development officer and senior vice president for planning and administration.

Brookings Institution (Washington): Appointed Jane Grove Fishkin, chief information officer, to be vice president in charge of information technology, and Carol Graham, senior fellow and deputy director in the economics-studies program, to be vice president and director of the program on governance studies.

Camden County College (Camden, N.J.): Appointed Donna Weber, director of development at Rutgers U.’s School of Planning and Public Policy (New Brunswick, N.J.), to be executive director of strategic resource development.

Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Eileen Friedman, former vice president for membership and communications at Common Cause (Washington), to be development associate.

Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of America (St. Peter, Minn.): Appointed Margot Carroll Zelenz, project director for the organization’s Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, to be director of development.

Colorado School of Mines (Golden): Appointed Peter Han, interim vice president for institutional advancement, to be vice president for institutional advancement, and Maureen Silva, director of major gifts and assistant campaign director, to be associate vice president for development.

Columbia U. (New York): Appointed José R. Gonzalez, assistant director of alumni relations at Fordham U. (New York), to be director of alumni affairs.

Connecticut College (New London): Appointed Mark LaFontaine, director of programs in the development office at Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.), to be vice president for college advancement.

Connecticut Health Foundation (Farmington): Appointed William F. Crimi, director of education and training programs at Join Together (Boston), to be director of program.

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America-Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapter (Pittsburgh): Appointed Barry Rudel, executive vice president at the Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science (Toronto), to be executive director.

Developmental Disabilities Institute (Smithtown, N.Y.): Appointed John Angelone, assistant executive director and chief financial officer at the Association for the Advancement of the Blind and Retarded (College Point, N.Y.), to be chief financial officer.

Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation (Washington): Announced the retirement of Lee Cassidy, executive director, effective August 30.

Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania (Allentown): Appointed Cathy S. Corrigan, director of finance at the Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority (Reading, Pa.), to be chief financial officer.

Fitchburg State College (Fitchburg, Mass.): Appointed Christopher P. Hendry, former executive director of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Bethesda, Md.), to be director of the annual fund.

Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville): Appointed Martin D. Terrien, associate director for administration and finance at the Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge, Mass.), to be director of finance and operations.

Greyston Foundation (Yonkers, N.Y.): Appointed Julius Walls Jr., chief executive officer of the Greyston Bakery (Yonkers), to be chief operating officer. This organization operates various self-sufficiency programs, including housing and support services for formerly homeless, low-income, and working families, and a health-care center for individuals with HIV/AIDS.

Holocaust Museum Houston: Appointed Linda Toyota, director of external affairs at Search (Houston), to be development officer.

Independent Sector (Washington): Appointed Gordon W. Green Jr., chief of the governments division at the U.S. Census Bureau (Washington), to be vice president of research.

International Center in New York (New York): Appointed Aria Edry, development director at American Composers Orchestra (New York), to be director of development.

Lincoln College (Lincoln, Ill.): Appointed Debbie Ackerman, director of the annual fund and alumni relations, to be associate dean for advancement, and Alison Rumler, admission recruiter, to be director of the annual fund and alumni relations.

MassBay Foundation (Wellesley Hills, Mass.): Appointed Mary Becotte, interim director, to be executive director.

May Institute (Norwood, Mass): Appointed Kevin G. Courtney, associate vice chancellor for development and chief development officer at the U. of Massachusetts Memorial Foundation (Worcester), to be chief development officer. The May Institute supports behavioral health-care, education, and rehabilitation services.

Maymont Foundation (Richmond, Va): Appointed Carol A. Atkin, a senior consultant at VisionLink (Richmond), to be director of development. The Maymont Foundation operates a park and museum complex near Richmond.

Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.): Appointed Steve Mitchell, vice president of commercial banking at US Bank (Portland), to be vice president of finance.

Milken Institute (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed James W. Osterholt, executive director of RAND (Santa Monica, Calif.), to be vice president for development. The Milken Institute is an economic think tank.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations (Washington): Appointed Alejandro Amezcua, a former program associate at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.), to be associate director of communications and outreach, and Lora L. Pollari-Welbes, a consultant at BDO Seidman (Bethesda, Md.), to be director of member relations and services.

Joseph Papp Public Theater (New York): Appointed Mara Manus, program officer for economic development at the Ford Foundation (New York), to be executive director.

Performing Arts Center Foundation of Greater Miami: Appointed Richard G. Miller, a principal at Miller, Calhoun, and Company (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), to be associate director.

Rider U. (Lawrenceville, N.J.): Appointed Kenneth R. Ashworth, vice president for development at the General Theological Seminary (New York), to be vice president for development and university relations.

Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.): Appointed Daniel E. Montplaisir, director of development at the U. of Central Florida’s College of Arts and Sciences (Orlando), to be director of development for the graduate school of business.

St. John’s College (Annapolis, Md.): Appointed Jeffrey A. Bishop, vice president for advancement, to be vice president for collegewide advancement at the Maryland and New Mexico campuses.

Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, Pa.): Appointed Jay T. Carson, vice president for development and donor relations at the Pittsburgh Foundation, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington): Appointed Michael Blakeslee, former manager of design and production at the Brooklyn Museum of Art (N.Y.), to be assistant director.

State U. of New York College at Oswego: Appointed Deborah J. Armstrong, director of development and major-gifts officer at Syracuse U. (N.Y.), to be director of development.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Alan D. Lincoln, director of manufacturing at Manth Bronwell (Kirkville, N.Y.), to be director of corporate relations.

Trinity Children and Family Services (Colton, Calif.): Appointed Ellen Cokinos, former executive director of the Children’s Assessment Center (Houston), to be chief development and strategy officer.

U. of Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Patricia A. Corcoran, development director at Mercy Health Partners Foundation (Cincinnati), to be director of development for the College of Applied Science.

U.S. Naval Institute (Annapolis, Md.): Appointed Eve Nolan, former major gifts officer at the Naval Academy Foundation (Annapolis), to be associate director of the Naval Institute Foundation.

Washington Health Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Robert Gelder, executive director of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (Rochester, N.Y.), to be director of development.

Washington Opera (Washington): Walter Arnheim, executive director, retired June 30.

World Wildlife Fund (Washington): Appointed Jan Jennings, director of planned giving at the Ocean Conservancy (Washington), to be director of planned giving.

GRANT MAKERS

Cleveland Foundation: Announced the retirement of Steven A. Minter, president, effective in June 2003.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed John R. Jenks, chief investment officer for the State of Alaska (Juneau), to be chief investment officer and treasurer.

New Wyoming Community Foundation (Laramie): Appointed Michael J. Lindsey, operations director at the National Outdoor Leadership School (Lander, Wyo.), to be president. He succeeds John F. Freeman, who will serve as president emeritus and senior adviser.

Overbrook Foundation (New York): Appointed Stephen A. Foster, head of Stephen A. Foster Associates (New York), to be executive director.

Piton Foundation (Denver): Appointed Hi Howard, director of labor-force development at Shorebank Corporation (Chicago), to be a program officer, directing the foundation’s economic-opportunity programs.

Regenstein Foundation (Chicago): Announced the resignation of Robert A. Mecca, president.

Matthew Shepard Foundation (Casper, Wyo.): Appointed Christopher Maluck, outreach coordinator at New Light Media (Denver), to be director of development.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Boychoir (Princeton, N.J.): Elected Donald B. Edwards, former vice president at Rutgers University (Cranbury, N.J.), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Arcadia U. (Glenside, Pa.): Elected Eileen R. Heisman, president of the National Philanthropic Trust, to its Board of Trustees.

Bermuda Biological Station for Research (St. George’s): Elected Michael R. Naess, president and chief executive officer of Shipping Development Company (South Shore, Warwick), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Committee for Economic Development (New York): Elected Roy J. Bostock, chairman of the executive committee of B/Com3 Group (Chicago), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Detroit): Elected Cynthia J. Pasky, president of Strategic Staffing Solutions (Detroit), and Gary Torgow, chief executive officer at Sterling Group (Detroit), to be trustees.

Connecticut Health Foundation (Farmington): Elected Maria Alexander Lopez, a pediatrician in East Lyme, Conn., to the Board of Directors. The foundation supports programs in the state that promote access to oral-health services, mental-health systems for children, and the elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes.

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers: Elected Pauline M. Seitz, director of the Local Initiative Funding Partners Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Education Commission of the States (Denver): Elected Roy E. Barnes, governor of Georgia, to be chairman.

Emergency Fund for Needy People (Chicago): Elected Jason Tyler, vice president of American National Bank (Chicago), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (New York): Elected Dana W. Hiscock, a partner at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Elected Robert W. Briggs, board chairman of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs (Akron, Ohio), and Mariam Noland, president of the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Detroit), to be trustees.

International Union Against Cancer (Geneva): Elected John R. Seffrin, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society (Atlanta), to be president.

Museum of Modern Art (New York): Elected Robert B. Menschel, senior director at the Goldman Sachs Group (New York), to be president of the Board of Trustees. He succeeds Agnes Gund, who served as president for 11 years.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations (Washington): Elected to the board: Ilene Mack, senior program officer at the Hearst Foundation (New York); Jon Pratt, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (St. Paul); Ben Shute Jr., secretary of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (New York); Sam Singh, president and chief executive officer of the Michigan Association of Nonprofits (Lansing); and Lynn Helbling Sirinek, president of the Ohio Grantmakers Forum (Columbus).

Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.): Elected John H. Clinton Jr., former publisher of The Times of San Mateo County (San Mateo, Calif.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. The foundation also elected to the board: Nylda Gemple, a retired public-health administrator (Hillsborough, Calif.); Ebon Richard Jones, owner and manager of the Jones Family Vineyards (Napa Valley, Calif.); Jennifer Raiser, president of Raiser Senior Services (San Mateo); and Jane H. Williams, president of San Hill Advisors (Menlo Park, Calif.).

Pets Helping People (New Berlin, Wis.): Elected David G. Tucker, head of his own consulting company, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Phillips Collection (Washington): Elected George Vradenburg, a strategic adviser for AOL Time Warner (Dulles, Va., and Washington), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

St. Luke’s Health Initiatives (Phoenix): Elected Michael V. Mulchay, an attorney at Fennemore Craig (Phoenix), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

San Francisco Ballet: Elected James H. Herbert II, co-founder, president, and chief executive officer of First Republic Bank (San Francisco), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Washington Opera (Washington): Elected Michael R. Sonnenreich, chairman and chief executive officer of Kikaku America International (Washington), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers (Washington): Elected David Belkin, director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s United Jewish Endowment Fund (Rockville, Md.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

West Suburban YMCA (Newton, Mass.): Elected Thomas Elkind, a partner at Epstein, Becker & Green (Boston), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Women’s Way (Philadelphia): Elected Stephanie Resnick, an attorney with Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel (Philadelphia), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Conservation Company (Philadelphia and New York): Appointed Marcy Hinand Cady, affiliate consultant, to be senior consultant; Paul Connolly, vice president, to be senior vice president; Tom Knowlton, senior consultant, to be vice president of corporate practice; and Peter York, consultant, to be senior consultant and director of evaluation.

Paradis Group (Pemberville, Ohio): Karen Lucas, former director of development at the Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio), has founded this company that provides institutional-advancement counsel to nonprofit organizations.

Phillips & Associates (Los Angeles): Appointed Linda Frace Parton, senior counsel, to be vice president.