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ACCION New York: Appointed Robert Espaillat, former director of

operations at Greenpath (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.

Albright College (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Kristine L. Douglass, former events manager at KPMG Consulting (Radnor, Pa.), to be director of special gifts.

America’s Second Harvest (Chicago): Appointed Michael J. Halligan, senior manager of operations at the Quaker Foods and Beverages unit of PepsiCo (Chicago), to be senior vice president in charge of food business development and logistics.

American Humane Association (Englewood, Colo.): Appointed Kathryn Strickland, account director at BRW LeGrand (Denver), to be director of public information.

Audubon Texas (Austin): Appointed Annie Hanson, national account consultant at Convio (Austin), to be director of development of this organization, which is dedicated to wildlife conservation.

Case Western Reserve U., School of Medicine (Cleveland): Appointed Jason C. Jaffery, former director of development at the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland, to be director of annual giving and special capital projects.

Charities Aid Foundation America (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Susan K.E. Saxon-Harrold, director of Saxon-Harrold and Co. (Salisbury, England) and former vice president for research at Independent Sector (Washington), to be chief executive officer.

Claremont School of Theology (Calif.): Appointed Daesun Chung, executive director of the Center for Pacific and Asian American Ministries (Claremont), to be development associate.

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta: Appointed Bentley Marane, director of development at AID Atlanta, to be director of development.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington): Appointed Donna Hasslinger, vice president for member services at the National Geographic Society (Washington), to be vice president for member and volunteer relations.

Elder Care Alliance of Oakland (Calif.): Appointed Sterrin Bird, former chief development officer at the American Red Cross-Bay Area Chapter (San Francisco), to be vice president of development.

Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (New York): Announced the retirement of Megan E. McLaughlin, chief executive officer and executive director, effective in December.

Ray Graham Association for People with Disabilities (Downers Grove, Ill.): Appointed Bob Scanlan, metro-network bureau chief at the State of Illinois Department of Human Services (Springfield), to be chief operating officer.

Hanover College (Hanover, Ind.): Appointed Richard T. Haskins, senior principal with Jerold Panas, Linzy, and Partners (Chicago, Ill.), to be vice president of development.

Hastings College Foundation (Hastings, Neb.): Appointed Mike Karloff, director of admissions at Hastings College, to be director of development.

Heartspring (Wichita, Kan.): Appointed Gary Singleton, former president and chief executive officer at Community Care of America (Naples, Fla.), to be president and chief executive officer. Heartspring is a school for children with multiple disabilities.

Idaho State U. Alumni Association (Pocatello): Appointed Pauline Thiros, director of the capital campaign at Idaho State U. (Pocatello), to be director.

Indiana State U. (Terre Haute): J. Robert Quatroche, vice president for university advancement and executive vice president of the Indiana State U. Foundation, has announced his retirement.

Institute of International Education (New York): Appointed Edith Vanderbuilt Cecil, director of operations at Concurrent Technologies Corporation (Washington), to be vice president for professional exchange and community outreach, and Mary E. Kirk, executive director of the institute’s Fulbright and academic-services division, to be vice president of student exchanges.

Aldo Leopold Nature Center (Monona, Wis.): Appointed Laura A. Bird, annual-gifts manager at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, to be director of development and communications.

May Institute (Norwood, Mass.): Appointed Pamela M. Bush, manager of media relations at Lahey Clinic (Burlington, Mass.), to be vice president of public relations and communications. The May Institute supports behavioral health-care, education, and rehabilitation services.

Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (Boston): Appointed Gregg Chambers, associate director of development at Beaver Country Day School (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), to be director of development.

Meredith College (Raleigh, N.C.): Appointed Connie Harris, assistant dean for leadership gifts at Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Ind.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Muslim American Society (Falls Church, Va.): Appointed Mahdi Bray, former political director at the Muslim Public Affairs Council (Washington), to be executive director of its Freedom Foundation project.

National D-Day Museum Foundation (New Orleans): Appointed Hugh Ambrose, a member of the Board of Directors and president of Ambrose, Tubbs Inc. (Helena, Mont.), to be vice president of development.

National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington): Appointed Judy L. Larson, executive director of the Art Museum of Western Virginia (Roanoke), to be director.

National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington): Appointed Katie Callahan, press secretary for former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat of New York (Washington), to be media specialist, and Hap Connors, deputy director of communications and director of media relations at the General Services Administration (Washington), to be deputy director of communications.

NCB Development Corporation (Washington): Appointed Carola Gallant, vice president for development at the Development Training Institute (Baltimore), to be director of foundation relations.

Nevada Museum of Art (Reno): Appointed Thomas L. Jackson, senior vice president of marketing and planning at KETC-TV (St. Louis), to be director of development.

Northfield Mount Hermon School (Northfield, Mass.): Appointed Peter J. Ticconi Jr., planned-giving adviser at Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to be dean of development and alumni relations.

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago): Appointed Tracy Shepherd, director of finance and administration, to be vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer; Kim Swinton, director of development and major gifts at WTTW (Chicago), to be vice president of external affairs; and Doug Widener, director of education, to be vice president of education.

Oregon State U. Foundation (Corvallis): Appointed Dwayne Foley, executive director of the Oregon State U. Alumni Association (Corvallis), to be chief executive officer.

Phoenix Symphony: Appointed William C. Roche, senior vice president of human resources and facilities planning at the FINOVA Group (Scottsdale, Ariz.), to be acting president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Joan Squires, who accepted a position as president of the Omaha Performing Arts Society.

Prologue (Pikesville, Md.): Appointed Sendy Rommel, executive director, to be president and chief executive officer. Prologue provides life-skills educational programs for people who are or have been homeless, and for people recovering from mental illness.

Rhode Island School of Design (Providence): Appointed Patricia McLaughlin, director of administration for the City of Providence, to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

Sea Education Association (Woods Hole, Mass.): Appointed John K. Bullard, executive director of the Family Business Center at the U. of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (North Dartmouth), to be president.

Trickle Up Program (New York): Appointed Byron Flores, coordinator of the monitoring and evaluation unit for a rural-development project in Guatemala, to be program officer for Latin America. Trickle Up works to alleviate poverty in Central and South America through microenterprise development.

UCP Child Development Centers (Orlando, Fla.): Appointed Ilene E. Wilkins, vice president of program operations, to be president.

United Neighborhood Houses of New York: Appointed Nancy Wackstein, executive director of the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House (New York), to be executive director.

Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund (Milwaukee): Appointed Nina M. Jones, former director of development at New Dramatists (New York), to be executive director.

Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle): Appointed Deborah B. Jensen, vice president of the conservation-science division at the Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.), to be president and chief executive officer.

World Children’s Choir (McLean, Va.): Appointed Randy A. Carswell, vice president of creative development at PCI Communications (Alexandria, Va.), to be managing director.

GRANT MAKERS

Atlanta Women’s Foundation: Appointed Nancy E. Nolan, executive director of the Chattahoochee Nature Center (Atlanta), to be director of development.

Arthur M. Blank Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Ira A. Jackson, director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard U.’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, Mass.), to be president.

Christensen Fund (Palo Alto, Calif.): Appointed Kenneth Wilson, senior director of the education, media, arts, and culture program of the Ford Foundation (New York), to be executive director. The fund makes grants in the expressive arts, conservation science, and education.

Eurasia Foundation (Washington): Appointed Horton Beebe-Center, vice president for foundation projects and development, to be executive vice president, and Gabor Beszterczey, former director of new media and archives at the magazine Semana (Bogota, Colombia), to be communications officer.

Francis Families Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Jerry Kitzi, executive director of the Kansas City Metro Fund, to be executive director.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, senior vice president and director of the foundation’s health-care group, to be president and chief executive officer.

Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis): Appointed Henry J. Fernandez, a consultant (New York) and former director of the Peace Corps Fellows Program (Washington), to be program officer focusing on programs to improve post-secondary access and retention.

Precious Moments Foundation (St. Charles, Ill.): Appointed A. James Heynen, founder and president of the Greystone Group (Grand Rapids, Mich., and Washington), to be president.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Elected to the Board of Directors: Beverly L. Hamilton, former deputy comptroller for the City of New York; Maria Tripp, board chair of the United Indian Health Services (Eureka, Calif.); and Winnie Willis, professor at San Diego State U.

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.

Philadelphia Foundation: Elected Eliana Papadakis, former assistant director of children’s services at Catholic Social Services (Ann Arbor, Mich.), and Mark C. Twyman, executive director for international marketing and sales at Merck & Company (West Point, Pa.), to the Board of Managers.

U. of Wyoming Foundation (Laramie): Elected Frank Mendicino, former assistant city attorney and partner at Smith, Stanfield, & Mendicino (Laramie), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

West Central Initiative (Fergus Falls, Minn.): Elected Elizabeth Morrison, WCI representative from Stevens County, to be chair of the Board of Directors.