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American Ballet Theatre (New York): Appointed Wallace Chappell, director of the Hancher Auditorium at the U. of Iowa (Iowa City), to be executive director. He succeeds

Louis G. Spisto,

who resigned in July.

Beginning with Books (Pittsburgh): Appointed Kathleen Likeness, executive director of the Early Childhood Alliance (Fort Wayne, Ind.), to be executive director.

Changemakers (San Francisco): Appointed Cynthia Carey-Grant, public-affairs director at the Presidio Trust (San Francisco), to be executive director. Changemakers provides financial and other types of assistance to community-based organizations.

Claremont School of Theology (Calif.): Appointed the Rev. Bronnie F. McNabb Jr., president of United Methodist Foundation of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference (Charlotte), to be chief development officer.

Consumers Union (Yonkers, N.Y.): Appointed Beau Brendler, editorial director of ABCnews.com at ABC News (New York), to be director of the Consumer WebWatch program; Leslie Marable, research editor at Inside.com (New York), to be researcher and writer; and Donna Taliercio, Web producer at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (New York), to be communications specialist for the program.

Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (Hollywood, Fla.): Appointed Robert A. Pearlman, executive vice president, to be president and chief operating officer, and Shelley Niceley Groff, associate general counsel at the U. of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.), to be associate executive vice president. The organization raises funds for the Diabetes Research Institute in the School of Medicine at the U. of Miami.

Ethics and Public Policy Center (Washington): Appointed Hillel Fradkin, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (Washington), to be president. He succeeds Elliott Abrams, who has been appointed senior director for democracy, human rights, and international operations on the White House National Security Council.

Girl Scouts of the USA (New York): Appointed Elizabeth Sheppard, senior vice president of marketing at Hallmark Entertainment (New York), to be senior director for marketing and communications.

Jane Goodall Institute (Silver Spring, Md.): Appointed Frederick G. Thompson, president and senior managing partner in the Stamford, Conn., office of Earle Palmer Brown (New York), to be president and chief operating officer. This group conducts research on chimpanzee behavior and works to conserve wildlife around the world.

Harbor-UCLA Research & Education Institute (Torrance, Calif.): Appointed Kenneth P. Trevett, chief operating officer and general counsel at the Schepens Eye Research Institute (Boston), to be president and chief executive officer.

Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Alan Stone, vice president for public affairs at Columbia U. (New York), to be vice president for government, community, and public affairs.

Kiwanis International Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Daniel P. Borba, assistant executive director at Kiwanis International (Indianapolis), to be director of administration and secretary; Daniel J. Folta, director of corporate relations at Kiwanis International, to be director of planned giving; and Terrence G. Harper, financial adviser at UBS PaineWebber (Indianapolis), to be director of fund raising.

League for People with Disabilities (Baltimore): Appointed Christiane Walker, director of corporate and foundation relations at Villa Julie College (Stevenson, Md.), to be director of development and public relations.

Lutheran Summer Music (Minneapolis): Appointed David D. Eaton, university organist and professor of organ at Hardin-Simmons U. (Abilene, Tex.) and a former faculty member of LSM, to be executive director.

Mothers Against Violence in America (Seattle): Appointed Ann Stjern, development officer for corporate and foundation relations at the Technology Access Foundation (Seattle), to be development director.

National Conference for Community and Justice (New York): Appointed Nyala Hunt, youth-program director, to be executive director.

National Hospice Foundation (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Norton Garfinkle, chairman of Oxford Management Corporation (New York), also to be president and chief executive officer.

Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation (New Hyde Park, N.Y.): Appointed Barry Cosel-Pieper, development manager for major gifts and planned giving at WLIW New York Public Television (Plainview), to be director of planned giving, and Douglas Davidson, development director at the Coalition on Child Abuse & Neglect (Garden City, N.Y.), to be director of special events and annual giving.

Philadelphia Youth Tennis: Appointed David Goodman, co-founder and chief executive officer of the Tennis Network (Seattle), to be executive director.

Population Council (New York): Appointed Melissa May, director of marketing and business development at Digevent (Irvine, Calif.), to be director of public information, and Ruth Kalla Ungerer, vice president for development at New School U. (New York), to be director of development.

September 11th Fund (New York): Appointed Joshua Gotbaum, executive associate director and controller of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (Washington) in the Clinton administration, to be executive director and chief executive officer. The fund was created by the United Way of New York City and the New York Community Trust.

State U. of New York at Buffalo: Appointed Jennifer A. McDonough, vice president for development and alumni relations at U. of Vermont (Burlington), to be vice president for development and alumni relations.

Support Center of Washington: Appointed Carol Daugherty, president of the Center for Innovative Leadership (Washington), also to be interim executive director.

U. of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.): Appointed Sergio M. Gonzalez, chief of staff for the mayor of Miami-Dade County, Fla., to be vice president for university advancement.

Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (West Hollywood, Calif.): Appointed Jane Warner, chief development officer, to be deputy chief executive officer.

Washington State U. (Pullman): Appointed Joe Barnes, vice president and news director at KOMO-TV (Seattle), to be director of strategic communications and media relations.

Western U. of Health Sciences (Pomona, Calif.): Appointed E.J. Omakwu, director of operations at Odyssey Charter School (Pasadena, Calif.), to be director of alumni and constituent relations.

World Relief (Baltimore): Appointed Dale Hanson Bourke, publisher of the Religious News Service in the Washington office of Advance Publications (New York), to be senior vice president of marketing.

GRANT MAKERS

Benton Foundation (Washington): Appointed Andrea L. Taylor, managing founder and partner of Davis Creek Capital (New York), to be president. She succeeds Larry Kirkman, who is now dean of the School of Communications at American U. (Washington).

Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida (Jacksonville): Appointed Susan B. Towler, public-relations director at the foundation’s corporate parent Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (Jacksonville), to be executive director.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed David Lane, chief of staff of the Commerce Department (Washington) in the Clinton administration, to be director of the foundation’s new East Coast office in Washington.

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Mo.): Appointed Jane Chu, assistant vice president of community investment, to be vice president of community investment; Brenda Chumley, assistant vice president of donor services, to be vice president of business strategy; Larry Jacob, public-relations director, to be vice president of external relations; Laura McKnight, executive director of the Community Foundation of Johnson County (Overland Park, Kan.), an affiliate of this foundation, also to be vice president of development; and Susan Tolleson, director of customer communications, to be vice president of customer communications.

KeyCorp (Cleveland): Appointed Margot James Copeland, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Cleveland Roundtable, to be director of civic affairs and corporate diversity and chair of the Key Foundation (Cleveland).

Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis): Appointed Deborah G. Bonnet, president of DBonnet Associates (Indianapolis), to be vice president of evaluation for this organization formerly known as the USA Group Foundation.

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington): Appointed Albert Ruesga, director of New Ventures in Philanthropy at the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (Washington), to be vice president for programs and communications.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.): Appointed Helen J. Doyle, acting director of science, to be director of science. She will direct and manage the foundation’s science grant-making program.

Santa Barbara Foundation (Calif.): Appointed James S. Rivera, president and chief executive officer of Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara, to be assistant to the president for special projects.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Berks County Community Foundation (Reading, Pa.): Elected Robert W. Cardy, who retired in June as president and chief executive officer at Carpenter Technology Corporation (Reading), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. The board also elected to be members Dennis M. Draeger, chairman, president, and chief executive officer at Carpenter Technology Corporation (Reading), and Ronald J. Foy, president and chief executive officer at Baldwin Hardware Corporation (Reading).

CDC Foundation (Atlanta): Elected Kent C. (Oz) Nelson, a member of the board of directors and former chairman and chief executive officer of the United Parcel Service (Atlanta), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Chicago Foundation for Women: Elected Suzanne Gombrich, president of the Upstart Foundation (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Directors. The foundation also elected to the board Mae P. Hong, senior program officer at the Field Foundation of Illinois (Chicago), and Dana M. Mikstay, managing director of Mesirow Financial (Chicago).

September 11th Fund (New York): Elected Franklin Thomas, former president of the Ford Foundation (New York), to be chairman of the board. The fund was created by the United Way of New York City and the New York Community Trust.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Creative Direct Response International (Crofton, Md.): Appointed Carol C. Folsom, senior vice president of marketing at Shop2u.com (Fairfax, Va.), to be a marketing consultant.

Tecker Consultants (Trenton, N.J.): Appointed Paul D. Meyer, vice president of member resources at the American Society of Association Executives (Washington), to be principal partner.