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Access Living (Chicago): Appointed Jerry Rauman, vice president and controller of Rezko Enterprises (Chicago), to be director of finance and administration.

Advertising Council (New York): Appointed Elizabeth Kilcline, administrative assistant for corporate development, to be associate manager of corporate development; Abha Palmer, media analyst, to be manager of media measurement and analysis; and Chris Villarreal, assistant campaign manager, to be campaign manger.

Aging in America (the Bronx, N.Y.): Appointed Pincus D. Zagelbaum, chief financial officer at Lifetime Care Foundation for the Jewish Disabled (Brooklyn, N.Y.), to be chief financial officer.

Alaska Center for the Performing Arts (Anchorage): Appointed Julie C. Alfred, director of development at the Anchorage Museum Association, to be director of development.

Alliance for Excellent Education (Washington): Appointed Scott Joftus, director of policy, research, and evaluation at the MacKenzie Group (Washington), to be director of public policy, and Cynthia Harlow Sadler, director of development at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington), to be director of external relations.

American Friends of the Hebrew U. (New York): Appointed Peter Willner, senior associate national director at the Anti-Defamation League (New York), to be executive vice president.

America’s Second Harvest (Chicago): Appointed Al Brislain, executive director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest (Spokane, Wash.), to be vice president of affiliate relations.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Central Ohio (Columbus): Appointed David Bubis, vice president for development at the Center of Science and Industry (Columbus), to be chief executive officer.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area (Ore.): Appointed Joseph and Lisabeth Marziello, former chief executive officers of Boys & Girls Clubs of Green Bay (Wis.), to be chief executive officers.

Case Western Reserve U. School of Medicine (Cleveland): Appointed Karen L. Thompson, assistant director of corporate and foundation relations, to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

Center for Health Strategies (Lawrenceville, N.J.): Appointed Carolyn M. Ballard, chief operating officer and vice president for several campuses at Virtua West Jersey Hospital (Marlton, N.J.), to be director of the State Action for Oral Health Access Program.

Cleveland Museum of Art: Appointed Karen W. Carr, executive director of university programs and events at Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland), to be director of constituent relations.

Equal Rights Advocates (San Francisco): Appointed Jennifer N. Brown, former director of development at Antioch U. (Seattle), to be director of development.

Food Bank of Oakland County (Pontiac, Mich.): Appointed John Dziurgot, branch manager at John Adams Mortgage (Southfield, Mich.), to be director of operations, and Roberta Trzos, director of resource development at the United Way of Oakland County (Pontiac), to be development director.

Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum Foundation (Washington): Appointed Elliot H. Gruber, vice president of membership and development at the Ocean Conservancy (Washington), to be vice president for external affairs.

Habitat for Humanity (Americus, Ga.): Appointed Anthony DiSpigno, vice president for university relations at the U. of Portland (Ore.), to be senior vice president of development.

Hampshire College (Amherst, Mass.): Appointed Holland L. Hendrix, former president of the faculty at Union Theological Seminary (New York), to be chief advancement officer.

Hampshire Community United Way (Northampton, Mass.): Appointed Sarah Tanner, director of development for the library and special projects at the U. of Massachusetts (Amherst), to be marketing director.

Independent Sector (Washington): Announced the resignation of Sara E. Meléndez, president since 1994, effective at the end of the year. She plans to be a professor of nonprofit management at George Washington U. School of Business and Public Management (Washington).

Institute for Justice (Washington): Appointed Joseph Holt, associate in the corporate and securities group at Sachnoff & Weaver (Chicago), to be director of the Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the U. of Chicago Law School (Chicago), and Patricia H. Lee, founding director of the Clinic on Entrepreneurship, to be managing vice president and national director of clinical programs.

Kansas State U. Foundation (Manhattan): Appointed Vaughn Studer, director of development at Nebraska Wesleyan U. (Lincoln), to be director of development for the College of Agriculture.

Maine Island Trail Association (Portland): Appointed Kippy Rudy, director of development and marketing at the Portland Stage Company, to be development director.

Milwaukee Art Museum: Appointed David Gordon, secretary of the Royal Academy of Arts (London), to be director. He will succeed Russell Bowman, who is leaving to start an art-consulting business in Chicago.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Irving, Tex.): Appointed Bobby Heard, director of programs, to be director of marketing and development.

Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College (Chicago): Appointed Rod Slemmons, affiliate faculty member and acting director of graduate museum studies at the U. of Washington (Seattle), to be director.

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (New York): Appointed J. Diane Redd, director of development for foundations and major gifts at Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York), to be development director.

Nasher Sculpture Center (Dallas): Appointed Dakin Hart, artistic director and director of artist residency at Montalvo (Saratoga, Calif.), to be assistant director.

National Corporate Theatre Fund (New York): Appointed Bruce E. Whitacre, managing director at Signature Theatre Company (New York), to be executive director.

Ohio Grantmakers Forum (Columbus): Announced the resignation of Lynn Helbing Sirinek, president. She will serve as associate director for business development and planning at the RAND Corporation’s Pittsburgh office.

Our Lady of the Lake U. (San Antonio): Appointed Jim Eskin, director of advancement of the College of Business at the U. of Texas at San Antonio, to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Pennsylvania State U. (University Park): Appointed Elaine F. Rhodes, director of university development, to be director of planned giving and endowments.

Prevent Blindness Ohio-Northeast Ohio Chapter (Cleveland): Appointed Meg Martines, former acting executive director of the Catherine Horstmann Home (Cleveland), to be director.

Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.): Appointed Anne Whitmore Hansen, director of special gifts, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Salvation Army-Southern California Division (Los Angeles): Appointed Robin R. Harvill, director of development at the Alzheimer’s Association of Los Angeles, to be executive director of development.

San Francisco Ballet: Appointed Lesley Koenig, consultant and former producer and director of productions at the Metropolitan Opera (New York), to be general manager.

Singing City (Philadelphia): Appointed Angela M. Scully, director of development at Friends School Haverford (Pa.), to be executive director. Singing City is a choir that promotes diversity, arts education, and expanded access to choral music.

St. Edward’s U.: (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Nicole Elston, director of alumni relations at the Northwestern School of Law (Chicago), to be director of leadership giving.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed David E. Robertson Jr., data-analyst specialist at Philips Broadband Networks (Manlius, N.Y.), to be senior director for advancement research services.

Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Meredith Taylor, principal at Catalyst Consulting (Woodside, Calif.), to be chief operating officer.

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (San Francisco): Appointed Hilmon Sorey, director of property management at ILMG Management (San Francisco), to be director of property management.

U. of South Florida (Tampa): Appointed Richard Dearolf, senior vice president of development at Overseas Council International (Indianapolis), to be director of development in the College of Education.

United Way of Burlington County (Rancocas, N.J.): Appointed Donna Fanticola, senior account executive at United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be director of resource development.

Wilberforce U. (Ohio): Eric V.A. Winston, vice president for development and university relations, has announced his retirement.

Willows Way (St. Charles, Mo.): Appointed Stephen E. Phelps, day-treatment and development coordinator at Human Support Services (Waterloo, Ill.), to be director of development. Willows Way provides supported-living and employment services to county residents with developmental disabilities.

Yale School of Management-the Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed Samantha L. Beinhacker, a consultant at Langbaum Associates (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.), and Cynthia W. Massarsky, a consultant at CWM Marketing Group (Tenafly, N.J.), to be co-deputy directors.

GRANT MAKERS

Akron Bar Association Foundation and the Akron Bar Scholarship Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Lori J. Karasek, former director of corporate communications at Child Guidance Centers (Akron), to be executive director.

California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills): Appointed David B. Littlefield, a grant writer at the Los Angeles Free Clinic, to be communications officer, and Charlie Padow, a reporter at Benicianews.com (Benicia, Calif.), to be communications associate.

Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta: Appointed Lesley Grady, senior program officer, to be vice president of community programs and initiatives.

Dayton Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Beth W. Schaeffer, an attorney at Pickrel, Schaeffer, & Ebeling (Dayton), to be senior development officer.

Deaconess Community Foundation (Cleveland): Appointed Deborah Vesy, associate director and chief financial officer, to be executive director.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Sylvia Mathews, executive vice president at the foundation and former deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget for the Clinton administration (Washington), to be chief operating officer and executive director of libraries, Pacific Northwest giving, and special projects.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Appointed Susan Knudten, communications assistant, to be communications officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Appleseed Foundation (Washington): Elected Diana M. Daniels, vice president, general counsel, and secretary of the Washington Post Company (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Directors, and Robert H. Mundheim, senior counsel of Shearman & Sterling (New York), to be president of this legal advocacy organization.

Mary Black Foundation (Spartanburg, S.C.): Elected to the Board of Trustees: H. Walter Barre, chairman of the Colonial Trust Company (Spartanburg); Sheila S. Breitweiser, president of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind (Spartanburg); and Marvin C. Woodson, retired superintendent of District Five Schools of Spartanburg County. The foundation also elected Sally D. Foster, a board member, to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Commonwealth Fund (New York): Elected Cristine Russell, former special correspondent and medical and science reporter for The Washington Post, to the Board of Directors.

Community Foundations for Pennsylvania (Harrisburg): Elected Kevin K. Murphy, president of the Berks County Community Foundation (Harrisburg), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (Hartford): Elected Mary-Ellen Powell, president of the New Britain Foundation for Public Giving (Conn.), to be chairperson. The council is the state’s regional association of grant makers.

CSJ Ministries Connection (Boston): Elected Chad D. McEachern, director of development at the National Catholic Bioethics Center (Boston), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Kansas City Art Institute (Mo.): Elected Charles S. Sosland, president and chief executive officer of Sosland Companies (Kansas City), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis): Elected John M. Mutz, retired president of PSI Energy (Plainfield, Ind.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Mercy Housing SouthWest (Denver): Elected David W. Herlinger, chief executive officer of Puma Housing Investments (Denver), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

New York Foundation for the Arts (New York): Elected to the Board of Trustees: Laura Callanan, associate director for investments at the Rockefeller Foundation (New York); Mary Lynn Putney, managing director at Citibank Global Private Equity (New York); and Susan F. Shafton, partner at Deloitte Consulting (New York).

Sisters of Charity Foundation and the Saint Ann Foundation (Cleveland): Elected Patrick Sullivan, president of Parkwood Trust Corporation (Cleveland) to the Board of Directors.

United Way of the Bay Area (San Francisco): Elected William Meehan III, chairman of the West Coast offices of McKinsey & Company (San Francisco), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Washington Area Women’s Foundation: Elected Ruth L. Goins, former interim director of Women & Philanthropy (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Washington Grantmakers: Elected David Belkin, director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s United Jewish Endowment Fund, to be chair of the Board of Directors.