People

Access Living (Chicago): Appointed Max Lapertosa, a lawyer at the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, to be disability-rights attorney at this center that helps people with disabilities live independently.

Alliance of AIDS Services (Raleigh, N.C.): Appointed Justin Leach, a legislative aide to U.S. Rep. Patsy T. Mink (D-Hawaii) in Honolulu, to be director of development and public relations.

American Guild of Organists (New York): Appointed Jason D. Leister, program coordinator at Metron North America (Knoxville, Tenn.), to be assistant to the executive director.

Bridgeport Hospital Foundation (Conn.): Appointed Susan M. Chudwick, administrative director of the Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Program, to be director of development.

Cancer Research Foundation of America (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Tamra Bentsen, vice president at Susan Davis International (Washington), to be executive director of the Congressional Families Action for Cancer Awareness program.

Center for International Environmental Law (Washington): Appointed Daniel Magraw, associate general counsel and director of the International Environmental Law Office at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington), to be executive director and chief executive officer, effective January 1.

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Washington): Appointed Kathleen Enright, group director for marketing and communications at the National Center for Nonprofit Boards (Washington), to be executive director.

Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis): Appointed Susan Baird Trapnell, executive director of the Seattle Arts Commission, to be managing director, effective in February 2002.

Iowa State U. Foundation (Ames): Appointed Lisa Eslinger, controller, to be interim vice president for finance, and Jennifer Newcom, an intern in the office of alumni relations and annual giving at Western Kentucky U. (Bowling Green), to be program assistant.

Minneapolis Institute of the Arts: Appointed Christine Melloh, director of development at Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.), to be director of development, and Stephanie Stebich, assistant director at the Cleveland Museum of Art, to be assistant director.

National Fatherhood Initiative (Gaithersburg, Md.): Appointed Roland C. Warren, executive vice president and a former board member, to be president.

National Marrow Donor Program (Minneapolis): Appointed Michael Boo, vice president of strategic and corporate development at Allina Health Systems (Minneapolis), to be strategic development officer.

New York Academy of Art: Appointed Sandra April, a consultant for Eyebeam Atelier (New York), to be director of development.

New York City Mission Society: Appointed Jamie Chapin, director of development at Common Ground Community (New York), to be director of development.

Ohlhoff Recovery Programs (San Francisco): Appointed Stephen P. Langmaid, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Joe Boxer Corporation (San Francisco), to be chief financial officer.

Ox-Bow (Saugatuck, Mich.): Appointed June Bowman, director of development at the Florence Griswold Museum (Old Lyme, Conn.), to be executive director. Ox-Bow is a summer school for the arts and for artists’ residencies.

Parents as Teachers National Center (St. Louis): Appointed Susan S. Stepleton, executive director of Edgewood Children’s Center (St. Louis), to be president and chief executive officer, effective in February.

Progeria Research Foundation (Peabody, Mass.): Appointed Alison E. Reynolds, director of development at Resolve: the National Infertility Association (Somerville, Mass.), to be director of development.

Rhode Island School of Design (Providence): Appointed Michael Schrader, grant writer, to be assistant director of corporate and foundation relations.

Roosevelt U. (Chicago): Appointed Judith Lasker Kaufman, vice president for development and external affairs at the Chicago Historical Society, to be vice president for development.

Shakespeare Theatre (Washington): Appointed Brian H. Marcus, vice president for external affairs at the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (Washington), to be chief development officer and campaign director.

U. of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.): Appointed Heather Patchett, director of gift planning at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.), to be director of capital giving.

United Way of Central Indiana (Indianapolis): Appointed Michael L. Garrett, general manager at Kiva Networking (Bloomington, Ind.), to be director of major gifts and planned giving.

United Way Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.): Announced the resignation of Greg Larson, president and chief executive officer, effective in January, to run Steve Westly’s campaign for California State Controller.

GRANT MAKERS

Community Foundation of Wyandotte County (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Kelly Kultala, a former legislative consultant and lobbyist for the City of Overland Park (Kan.), to be executive director.

Ford Foundation (New York): Appointed Akwasi Aidoo, representative for West Africa in the Lagos, Nigeria, office, to be director of the Special Initiative for Africa for the peace and social-justice program; Ngozi M.T. Amu, a consultant based in New York, to be communications associate in the office of communications; Clemin Cicek, program specialist in the office of the directorate at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (New York), to be grants administrator for the human-development and reproductive-health unit; Gary Hawes, program officer in the Manila office, to be program officer for governance for the peace and social-justice program in the Johannesburg office; Mary A. Lampson, community-resource specialist at the “I Have A Dream” National Foundation (New York), to be grants administrator in the office of management services; Steven W. Lawry, representative for the Middle East and North Africa in the Cairo office, to be director in the office of management services; Sonali Mukerjee, administrative and grants assistant at the Carnegie Corporation of New York (New York), to be senior grants information specialist in the office of management services; Randy L. Quan, a consultant based in New York, to be information-technology project portfolio manager in the information-technology unit; Lynn E. Stern, a consultant to the media, arts, and culture unit in the education, media, arts, and culture program, to be a project specialist for that unit; and Urvashi Vaid, program officer for the governance and civil-society unit in the peace and social-justice program, to be deputy director of that unit.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Mary G.F. Bitterman, president and chief executive officer of KQED (San Francisco), to be president and chief executive officer, effective in February. She succeeds Dennis Collins, who is resigning. The foundation also appointed Lande Ajose, a doctoral student in the department of urban studies and planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge), to be associate program officer; Shelby Heitman, an account executive at Pacific Visions Communications (Los Angeles), to be communications associate; and Kelly Martin, training-program assistant at CompassPoint (San Francisco), to be grants assistant.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Marguerite M. Johnson, former vice president for programs at the Rose Community Foundation (Denver), to be vice president for the health program, and Robert F. Long, program director, to be vice president for philanthropy and volunteerism.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Appointed Katherine Peck, a partner at Holme Roberts & Owen (Denver), to be vice president for programs.

Saint Paul Foundation (Minn.): Appointed Gary Stoos, director of planned and endowed gifts at Saint John’s Abbey and U. (Collegeville, Minn.), to be senior gift planner, and Arlene Wheaton, public-relations manager at ReliaStar Financial Corporation (Minneapolis), to be senior marketing communications specialist.

Skillman Foundation (Detroit): Appointed Alison J. Harmon, a former professor in the department of leadership and counseling at Eastern Michigan U. (Ypsilanti), to be senior program officer; Halcyon Liew, communications manager for the health program at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.), to be communications officer; and Robin McCants, program associate in racial justice and cultural collaboration at New Detroit, to be program associate.

St. Louis Community Foundation: Appointed David R. Luckes, senior philanthropic consultant for the Merrill Lynch Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management (Chicago), to be president and chief executive officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The Achelis and Bodman Foundations (New York): Elected Horace I. Crary Jr., senior vice president and head of the New York private-client group at Brown Brothers Harriman & Company (New York), and Sarah Henry Lederman, an author and an instructor at New York U., to be trustees.

Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.): Elected Paul Leonard, retired executive vice president of Centex Real Estate Corporation (Dallas), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Geneva): Elected Juan Manuel Suárez del Toro Rivero, president of Cruz Roja Española (Spanish Red Cross) (Madrid), to be president of the Governing Board.

Meridian International Center (Washington): Elected James R. Jones, chief executive officer of Manatt Jones Global Strategies (Washington) and a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, to be chairman of the board.

CONSULTANT AND OTHERS

Foundation Source (Norwalk, Conn.): Appointed Douglas K. Mellinger, co-founder of this financial-services company and a partner at Interactive Capital Partners (Rowayton, Conn.), to be chairman and chief executive officer. The company also appointed Andrew C. Bangser, senior vice president and chief financial officer for Financial Fusion (Concord, Mass.), to be chief operating officer and chief financial officer; Sara Battista, controller for Financial Fusion, to be controller and senior vice president of foundation financial operations; Robert Charney, senior vice president of sales at Financial Fusion, to be senior vice president of sales; Thomas S. Dittrich, vice president of marketing at Financial Fusion, to be senior vice president of marketing; and Dawn Harpin, consulting-services director at Financial Fusion, to be vice president of foundation implementation.

Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates (Franklin, Ind.): Appointed Jeffrey M. Lozer, community-relations and operations director at the Christel DeHaan Family Foundation (Indianapolis), to be foundation-services senior associate.