People

Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado (Denver): Appointed Doug Seserman, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Qwest Digital Media (Denver), to be president and chief executive officer.

Anderson House (Whitehouse Station, N.J.): Appointed Leslie M. Lukas, assistant to the executive director at the Electrochemical Society (Pennington, N.J.), to be development director. Anderson House provides transitional housing for women recovering from alcohol and drug addiction.

Arts Center Stage (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Mary Herr, executive director of the American Diabetes Association’s central Texas affiliate (Austin), to be director of development.

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Washington): Appointed K. Todd Houston, director of communication services for the Office of Education Services at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (Raleigh), to be executive director.

Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kan.): Appointed Karen Humphrey, director of planned giving, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington): Appointed Karen Jacob, director of communications at Meridian International Center (Washington), and Scott Nathanson, executive director of Citizens for a Responsible Budget (Washington), to be communications managers.

Christian Church Homes of Kentucky (Louisville): Appointed Nancy H. Strapp, senior vice president for development at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation (Jeffersonville, Ind.), to be director of mission advancement.

Cleveland State U.: Appointed William J. Spiker, associate vice president for university relations and development at Kent State U. (Kent, Ohio), to be vice president for university relations and development and executive director of the university foundation.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Va.): Appointed Phoebe Kent, a writer in the development division, to be director of research and writing; Albert Louer, director of the events office, to be senior director of major gifts; and Jill Trott, manager of comprehensive campaign events, to be director of events.

Council of Chief State School Officers (Washington): Appointed Patricia Sullivan, principal of Sullivan Consulting Services (Arlington, Va.), to be deputy executive director of the division of advocacy and strategic alliances.

Hazelden Foundation (Center City, Minn.): Appointed Anne Benedict Hovland, senior vice president for development and marketing at Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul), to be executive vice president of development.

H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment (Washington): Appointed Thomas E. Lovejoy, chief biodiversity adviser and lead specialist for environment for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank (Washington), and senior adviser to the president of the United Nations Foundation (Washington), to be interim president. He succeeds William J. Merrell Jr., who is leaving the center after seven years to pursue oceanic research.

Heritage Foundation (Washington): Appointed Paul Rosenzweig, an attorney in private practice and former senior litigation counsel and associate independent counsel at the Office of the Independent Counsel (Washington), to be senior legal research fellow at the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.

In the Life Media (New York): Appointed Michael Peyton, membership coordinator, to be membership director, and Gary Scharfman, director of membership and foundation relations, to be director of annual giving and foundation relations.

Indiana U. Center on Philanthropy (Indianapolis): Appointed Linda Brimmer, director of philanthropic services at Sigma Theta Tau International (Indianapolis), to be chief development officer.

Institute for Justice-Arizona Chapter (Phoenix): Appointed Tom Liddy, an attorney at Bess Kunz (Phoenix), to be executive director.

Iowa State U. (Ames): Appointed Monica G. Porter, director of planned-giving administration at the Iowa State U. Foundation (Ames), to be senior development officer for the college of veterinary medicine.

Japan ICU Foundation (New York): Appointed David W. Vikner, president of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (New York), to be president. This organization supports programs at the International Christian U., in Tokyo.

Kaleidoscope (Chicago): Appointed Thomas Finnegan, chief of staff operations at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (Chicago), to be executive director. Kaleidoscope provides child-welfare services to children and families in metropolitan Chicago.

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District: Appointed Suzanne Hackett-Morgan, director of corporate and foundation relations at California State U. at Northridge, to be director of development.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society-New York City Chapter: Appointed Dolores Swirin, chief development officer at the American Red Cross in Greater New York, to be executive director.

Maryland Humanities Council (Hunt Valley): Appointed Margaret Burke, director of museums at the Society for the Preservation for New England Antiquities (Boston), to be executive director.

MRCI Foundation (Mankato, Minn.): Appointed Greg Schlichter, a fund-raising consultant in Northfield, Minn., to be director of development. This organization is the fund-raising arm of MRCI, which provides job-training and rehabilitation services to disabled people throughout Minnesota.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (Baltimore): William F. Gibson, chairman of the board from 1985-95, died May 2 at the age of 69.

National Park Trust (Washington): Appointed James L. Coffin, general counsel for negotiations at Negotiations Plus Sports Management (Charlotte, N.C.), to be vice president for land preservation and general counsel.

Near East Foundation (New York): Appointed Ryan A. LaHurd, president of Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, N.C.), to be executive director. The foundation supports community-level, self-help programs in the Middle East and Africa.

New England Forestry Foundation (Groton, Mass.): Appointed Amos Eno, president of Resources First Group (South Freeport, Me.) and former executive director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Washington), to be executive director, and Charles Thompson, managing director, to be director of forests.

New York City Police Museum: Appointed Ninfa Segarra, president of the New York City Board of Education, to be executive director.

New York Regional Association of Grantmakers (New York): Appointed Jennifer Ahern Lammers, vice president of the Better Business Bureau serving metropolitan New York and director of its New York Philanthropic Advisory Service, to be director of leadership initiatives.

NHP Foundation (Washington): Appointed LaSalle Doheny Leffall III, a director in the mergers and acquisitions group of UBS Warburg (New York), to be executive vice president. The NHP Foundation operates and supports affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families.

Omaha Performing Arts Society: Appointed Joan Squires, president and chief executive officer of the Phoenix Symphony, to be president, effective in August.

Partnership for the Homeless (New York): Appointed John Spear, national field director at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (New York), to be director of community relations and volunteer programs.

Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Mass.): Appointed Bradford Voigt, assistant dean for development at Harvard U.’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, Mass.), to be director of development.

Prologue (Pikesville, Md.): Appointed David W. Jones, director of development at Interstitial Cystitis Association (Rockville, Md.), to be director of development. Prologue provides programs and services for people recovering from mental illnesses.

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.

RISE Learning Solutions (Cincinnati): Appointed O’dell M. Owens, a pediatrician and reproductive-health specialist and former senior vice president of United Health Services (Cincinnati), to be president and chief executive officer.

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.

Saint Mary’s Health Network (Reno, Nev.): Appointed Dan Porter, a consultant in the human-resources department, to be vice president of human resources.

The Shakespeare Theatre (Washington): Appointed Nicholas T. Goldsborough, vice president for capital programs and presentations at the Music Center of Los Angeles County, to be managing director.

Spaulding Youth Center Foundation (Northfield, N.H.): Appointed Dorothy Treisner, associate and acting director of Lakes Region Community Services Council (Laconia, N.H.), to be chief executive officer.

St. Bonaventure U. (St. Bonaventure, N.Y.): Appointed Kate Brooks, a consultant in New York, to be director of university grants, and John Hoover, director of nationwide corporate accounts at the American Cancer Society (Atlanta), to be director of development for the New York metropolitan area.

St. Cloud State U. (Minn.): Appointed Jill Rudnitski, director of corporate and foundation relations at the U. of Minnesota Foundation (Minneapolis), to be vice president for university advancement.

U. of Maine (Orono): Appointed Jeffery N. Mills, president and chief executive officer of the alumni association, to be vice president for university advancement.

U. of Rochester (N.Y.): Roger D. Lathan, former director of the U. of Rochester Fund, died on April 8 at the age of 69.

U. of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.): Appointed Tom Sanders, director of communications at Holston United Methodist Home for Children (Greenville, Tenn.), to be foundation and development communications officer.

U. of South Florida (Tampa): Appointed Christie McDermott, recruiter at Tampa Electric Company, and Steve Knight, information-analysis manager at the American Cancer Society-Florida Division (Tampa), to be assistant directors of research in the Office of Development.

U. of Washington (Seattle): Appointed Denise Miller, director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), to be director of corporate and foundation relations for the academic medical center.

Washington State U. Foundation (Pullman): Appointed Richard L. Frisch, interim president of the U. of Hawaii Foundation (Honolulu), to be president of the foundation and vice president of development for the university.

GRANT MAKERS

Chicago Foundation for Women: Appointed Candace D. Anderson, program associate, to be grants manager, and Serena L. Moy, grants manager, to be program officer for human rights.

Colorado Trust (Denver): Appointed Lynn Dierker, regional compliance officer and vice president for corporate integrity and business practices at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Indianapolis), to be program officer.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Alandra L. Byrd-Washington, chief executive officer of the Greater East St. Louis Community Fund (Ill.), to be a program director for philanthropy and volunteerism.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Kennette Benedict, director of the peace and international security area of the Program on Global Security and Sustainability, to be senior adviser on philanthropy, and Okechukwu Ibeanu, a senior lecturer of political science at the U. of Nigeria (Nsukka), to be program officer in the foundation’s office in Abuja, Nigeria.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Legacy Foundation (Washington): Elected Jaime Fiorucci-Hughes, a high-school student in Louisburg, Kan., to the Board of Directors.

Association of United Way Agencies (Calif.): Elected Jeanne C. Labozetta, president and chief executive officer of Family and Children Services (Palo Alto, Calif.), to be president.

Council on Foundations (Washington): Elected to the Board of Directors: Nancy Jones, president of the Community Foundation of Abilene (Tex.); Christine Park, first vice president and manager of corporate giving at Washington Mutual (Seattle); Julie L. Rogers, president of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington); and Luc Tayart de Borms, managing director of the King Baudouin Foundation (Atlanta).

San Francisco Medical Society: Elected Robert J. Lull, a nuclear-medicine physician at San Francisco General Hospital, to be president of the Board of Directors.