People

American Heart Association (Dallas): Appointed Gordon L. McCullough,

executive vice president of field operations and development, to be chief operating officer of field operations.

American ORT (New York): Appointed Paul B. Firstenberg, a consultant for KKP (New York), to be executive director. American ORT provides technology-education services.

AmeriCares (New Canaan, Conn.): Appointed Duncan Edwards, headmaster of the Brunswick School (Greenwich, Conn.), to be president and chief operating officer.

Arthritis Foundation-Washington/Alaska Chapter (Seattle): Appointed Thom Murray, director of individual and foundation giving at the American Cancer Society-Northwest Division (Seattle), to be president and chief executive officer.

Association of Lutheran Development Executives (Verona, Wis.): Appointed Phyllis Castens Wiederhoeft, an assistant to the bishop at the South Central Synod of Wisconsin (Madison), to be executive director.

Bentley College (Waltham, Mass.): Appointed Robert M. Turcotte, former assistant vice president for institutional development and director of the college foundation at Massachusetts Bay Community College (Wellesley), to be director of development operations.

Brookings Institution (Washington): Appointed Strobe Talbott, director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization (New Haven, Conn.) and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, to be president, effective September 1. He will succeed Michael H. Armacost, who is retiring.

Center for Law and Human Services (Chicago): Appointed Tim Walker, grants officer at the American Friends Service Committee (Philadelphia), to be development director.

Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago): Appointed Tom Sullivan, vice president of philanthropy at MedStar Health (Columbia, Md.), to be president.

Christopher House (Chicago): Appointed Lori Ann Baas, interim executive director, to be executive director of this group that provides human services and educational programs to low-income families.

Gleaners Community Food Bank (Detroit): Appointed Cynthia J. Harkaway, vice president at Fifth Third Bank (Detroit), to be vice president of corporate and foundation relations.

International Rescue Committee (New York): Appointed George Rupp, president of Columbia U. (New York), to be president, effective in July. He succeeds Reynold Levy, who announced his resignation last year.

Lupus Foundation of America (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Sandra Claire Raymond, executive director of the National Osteoporosis Foundation (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

MVPhilanthropy (Newton, Mass.): Appointed E. Hadley Morash, assistant director of the Sports Philanthropy Project (Newton), to be executive director. This new organization advises professional athletes and their charities on programs and management.

National Corporate Theatre Fund (New York): Appointed Amy Mugavero, director of the Staten Island chapter of the American Red Cross (New York), to be executive director. The group also appointed Alice Ann Gentry, corporate-relations manager at Reading Is Fundamental (Washington), to be director of external relations.

National Parkinson Foundation (Miami): Appointed Jose Garcia-Pedrosa, city manager for Miami Beach and the City of Miami, to be chief operating officer.

North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed Donna Meindt Mitchell, vice president for development and marketing at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science (Durham, N.C.), to be vice president of development.

Presbyterian Homes of New Jersey Foundation (Princeton): Appointed Evelyn M. Gehres, a senior associate for institutional services at the Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation (Jeffersonville, Ind.), to be vice president and chief development officer.

Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Dirck (Dutch) Barhydt Jr., associate director of major gifts, to be director of alumni relations.

United Way of Greater Los Angeles: Appointed Harry Fulmore, senior community director at the Los Angeles division of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.), to be director of resource development, and Debra Valentine-Gray, Los Angeles metro community-services coordinator for United Airlines (Chicago), to be director of resource development for the Chairman’s Circle.

Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (Washington): Appointed Sarah J. Dufendach, former chief of staff for U.S. Representative David Bonior (D-Mich.) (Washington), to be chief operating officer at this organization that supports humanitarian and global-security efforts worldwide.

GRANT MAKERS

California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills): Appointed Cecilia Laiché and Julio Marcial, communications associates, to be communications officers.

Daniels Fund (Denver): Appointed Hank Brown, president of the U. of Northern Colorado (Greeley) and a former U.S. Senator (R-Colo.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Dayton Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Michael M. Parks, president and chief executive officer of the YMCA-Metropolitan Dayton, to be president, effective March 4. He succeeds Darrell L. Murphy, who will retire.

Hitachi Foundation (Washington): Appointed Mark Popovich, co-founder and senior partner of the Public’s Work (Washington), to be senior program officer.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (New York): Appointed Glenda Burkhart, a partner at Deltech Consulting Group (Farmington, Conn.), to be vice president for operations and planning, and John E. Hull, deputy comptroller for investments and cash management in the Office of the State Comptroller for the State of New York (Albany), to be financial vice president, effective April 8.

Open Society Institute (New York): Appointed Morton H. Halperin, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (Washington), to be director of the Washington office.

Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona (Scottsdale): Appointed Carol G. Peck, superintendent of the Alhambra School District (Phoenix), to be president and chief executive officer.

Shasta Regional Community Foundation (Redding, Calif.): Appointed Kathy Ann Anderson, program officer at the McConnell Foundation (Redding), to be executive director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

America’s Promise (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Harris Wofford, chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service (Washington) and former U.S. Senator (D-Pa.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

American Association of Fundraising Counsel (Indianapolis): Elected John J. Glier, president and chief executive officer of Grenzebach Glier & Associates (Chicago), to be chair.

Atlanta Union Mission: Elected James F. Nellis Jr., senior partner at Alston & Bird (Atlanta), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills): Elected Luz A. Vega Marquis, president of the Casey Family Grants Program (Seattle), to be chair.

CLAL-the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (New York): Elected Thomas O. Katz, a partner at Ruden, McClosky, Schuster & Russell (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Denver Foundation: Elected Elmer C. Jackson, president of Jackson & Goldstine (Denver), to be chair of the Board of Trustees. The foundation also elected to be trustees Nancy Benson, a community volunteer; Cindy Ehnes, legislative-affairs director at the Commission on Family Medicine (Denver); Brother Jeff Fard, executive director of Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center & Cafe (Denver); Marva Hammons, executive director of the Colorado Department of Human Services (Denver); Anna Jo Haynes, executive director of Mile High Child Care (Denver); Jeff Hirota, director of community affairs at Channel 7 News (Denver); and Fred Taylor, principal at North Star Investment Advisors (Denver).

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.): Elected David A. Kessler, dean of the School of Medicine at Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.) and former Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Washington), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Saint Paul Foundation (Minn.): Elected John Clymer, managing director and chief executive officer of the Minnesota headquarters of U.S. Trust (Minneapolis), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.