People

AARP (Washington): Appointed William D. Novelli, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (Washington), to be associate executive director for public affairs.

Alzheimer’s Association-Northern Connecticut Chapter (Hartford): Appointed Joseph O. Ierna, a senior consultant at Decision Strategies/Fairfax International (Hartford), to be director of development and community relations.

American Association for Higher Education (Washington): Announced the resignation of Margaret A. Miller, president, effective August 1 or once a successor is named, whichever comes first.

American National Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Jacquelyn Frederick, acting chief operating officer for blood services and former vice-president for blood services in the North Central Area (Detroit), to be chief operating officer for blood services.

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (New York): Appointed Leida Snow, director of development in the New York office of People For the American Way (Washington), to be senior communications officer.

Barry U. (Miami Shores, Fla.): Appointed Timothy Wroblewski, former executive director and president of Junior Achievement of Elkhart County (Elkhart, Ind.), to be director of major gifts.

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (Washington): Appointed Matthew L. Myers, executive vice-president and general counsel, to be president. He succeeds William D. Novelli, who resigned to take a position with AARP (Washington).

Center for Marine Conservation (Washington): Appointed Roger T. Rufe, Jr., a vice-admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard serving as commander of the Atlantic area based in Portsmouth, Va., to be president.

Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of America (St. Peter, Minn.): Appointed Douglas H. Scott, director of gift planning at Fairview Foundations/Fairview Health Services (Edina, Minn.), to be director of major and planned giving.

Colgate U. (Hamilton, N.Y.): Appointed Sarah Jarvis, manager of media relations at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, to be director of media relations.

Detroit Youth Foundation: Appointed Gerald K. Smith, regional director of the “Kellogg Youth Initiatives Partnership” at the W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.), to be president and chief executive officer.

The Foundation Fighting Blindness (Hunt Valley, Md.): Appointed Amy Bagley, a recent graduate of Plymouth State College (N.H.), and Janet Marino, assistant manager at the Cosmetic Center (Baltimore), to be prospect research and relations coordinators; and Sue Vetere, affiliate coordinator, to be national planned-giving manager.

Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.): Appointed Justin Mazur, admissions counselor at Bucknell U. (Lewisburg, Pa.), to be special assistant to the vice-president for college advancement, and Jeffrey Zufelt, associate director of major gifts and director of regional campaigns, to be director of the annual fund.

Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. (New York): Appointed Michael Watson, a human-resources partner at IBM Global Services (Somers, N.Y.), to be national director of human resources.

Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.): Appointed Dennis Bender, director of communications, to be vice-president for communications services.

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (New York): Appointed Erica S. Frederick, vice-president for college advancement at Baruch College of City U. of New York, to be vice-president for development.

InterAction (Washington): Appointed Anita M. Malley, a recent graduate of the U. of Toledo (Ohio), to be program associate for the disaster-response committee.

International Aid (Spring Lake, Mich.): Appointed Sonny Enriquez, program officer for Asia at World Vision Canada (Toronto), to be disaster-relief coordinator.

Iowa State U. (Ames): Appointed Gregory S. Gissendanner, a graduate student at the university, also to be assistant director of annual giving, and Frank Nogel, Jr., vice-president for marketing and operations at Iowa Barnstormers Arena Football Team (Des Moines), to be associate director of development for the College of Engineering.

Iowa State U. Foundation (Ames): Appointed Angela Joens, marketing manager at RuffaloCODY (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), to be director of donor relations.

Judson College (Elgin, Ill.): Appointed Doug Banbury, assistant professor for the Excel program and director of development at Mount Vernon Nazarene College (Ohio), to be vice-president for advancement.

Kansas City Art Institute (Mo.): Appointed Diane Anthes, campaign coordinator for major gifts at the American Lung Association of Western Missouri (Kansas City), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

Kentucky Wesleyan College (Owensboro): Appointed Kathryn Farmer, vice-president for marketing at Bank One (Owensboro), to be director of public relations, and Berry Major, director of the Charlotte, N.C., M.B.A. program of Wake Forest U. (Winston-Salem, N.C.), to be director of alumni relations.

Massachusetts Bay Community College (Wellesley): Appointed Pam Yue Eddinger, director of public information, to be executive director of college relations.

MetroWest Community Health Foundation (Framingham, Mass.): Appointed Martin D. Cohen, executive director of the Technical Assistance Collaborative (Boston), to be president and chief executive officer.

Morningside College (Sioux City, Iowa): Appointed Lynne T. Dean, director of development at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History (Tex.), to be director of major gifts.

National Academy of Social Insurance (Washington): Appointed Jill Braunstein, director of communications at the Institute for Women’s Policy (Washington), to be director of communications, and June Eichner, a senior associate in the public-policy practice at the Lewin Group (Falls Church, Va.), to be a member of the health-policy research staff. NASI is a non-partisan research and education center that informs policy makers and the public about government programs that provide individuals with supplemental income, such as Social Security, and health insurance.

National Air and Space Museum (Washington): Appointed John R. Dailey, associate deputy administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington), to be director, effective in January. He succeeds Donald D. Engen, who died in a glider accident in July, and Donald S. Lopez, who has been serving as acting director.

National Cathedral Association (Washington): Appointed Patricia Pickard, assistant director, to be interim director of this organization for individuals who participate in and support activities at the Washington National Cathedral.

National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Denver): Appointed Cindy Haugland, a marketing consultant based in Denver, to be new-business-opportunities specialist.

Pact (Washington): Appointed Paola Lang, principal associate at Nathan Associates (Arlington, Va.), to be vice-president for programs. Pact supplies technical and financial support to grassroots and non-governmental organizations in underdeveloped countries.

Pomona College (Claremont, Cal.): Appointed Don Pattison, director of public affairs, to be associate director of major gifts, and Mark Wood, associate director of public affairs, to be director of public affairs.

Poverty & Race Research Action Council (Washington): Appointed Sandra Paik, a recent graduate of the School of Education at Stanford U. (Palo Alto, Cal.), to be education specialist.

Roosevelt U. (Chicago): Appointed Ellen M. Woods, a consultant based in Chicago, to be director of alumni development.

Saint Louis U.: Appointed Robert Woodruff, former vice-president for corporate communications at Deutsche Financial Services (St. Louis), to be associate vice-president for public relations.

Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.): Appointed Paul Leduc, development assistant at the International Institute of Rhode Island (Providence), to be assistant director of annual giving.

The School Sisters of Notre Dame-Milwaukee Province: Appointed Ann Marie Carini, community coordinator at United Community Center/Centro de la Comunidad Unida (Milwaukee), to be communications and marketing manager, and Sister Eileen McKeever, director of associates at School Sisters of Notre Dame-Northeastern Province (Wilton, Conn.), to be development manager. SSND is an international Catholic religious order and organization with headquarters in Rome.

St. Edward’s U. (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Christina Read, executive director and chief fund-raising officer at Arts Center Stage (Austin), to be vice-president for university relations.

Stowers Institute for Medical Research (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Robert E. Krumlauf, head of the division of developmental neurobiology at the National Institute for Medical Research (London), to be scientific director.

U. of Washington (Seattle): Appointed Chong Porter, former development officer at the Seattle Symphony, to be director of development for the School of Nursing.

Washington National Cathedral: Appointed Dennis L. Fruitt, director of the National Cathedral Association (Washington), to be executive director for external relations.

GRANT MAKERS

The Elkhart County Community Foundation (Elkhart, Ind.): Appointed Earl Taylor, executive director of the Omaha Community Foundation, to be executive director, effective January 1. He succeeds William H. Myers, who is retiring.

The Goldman Sachs Foundation (New York): Appointed Stephanie Bell-Rose, foundation counsel and program officer for public affairs at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (New York), to be president of this new foundation created in May by the Goldman Sachs Group (New York).

Indianapolis Foundation: Appointed Rosemary Dorsa, vice-president for programs at the Central Indiana Community Foundation (Indianapolis), to be executive vice-president and senior associate director at this CICF affiliate.

The Norfolk Foundation (Va.): Appointed Angelica D. Light, associate director, to be executive director. She succeeds Lee C. Kitchin, who recently retired. The foundation also appointed Martha B. Ambler, controller at Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management (Norfolk), to be controller.

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation (New York): Appointed Kolu Zigbi, program consultant at the Citizens Committee for New York City, to be program officer for sustainable agriculture and the New York metropolitan area.

The United Nations Foundation (Washington): Appointed Charles B. Curtis, director of the energy group at Hogan & Hartson (Washington) and former deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer.

USA Group Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Kenneth E. Redd, senior research associate for education and student-loan research at the Sallie Mae Education Institute (Washington), to be director for higher-education research for this philanthropic arm of the USA Group, which manages student loans.

The Whitaker Foundation (Rosslyn, Va.): Announced the retirement of Miles J. Gibbons, president and chief executive officer, effective June 30. He will be succeeded by Peter G. Katona, president of biomedical-engineering programs.

The Winston-Salem Foundation (N.C.): Appointed Annette Lynch, director of major and planned gifts at the Salem Academy and College (Winston-Salem), to be donor-services officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The Goldman Sachs Foundation (New York): Elected John C. Whitehead, chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and former co-chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

New England Foundation for the Arts (Boston): Elected John M. Plukas, co-chairman of Wainwright Bank (Boston), to be chairman of the board.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Epsilon (Burlington, Mass.): Appointed Michael Penney, a client partner at the Washington office of AT&T Solutions (Floral Park, N.J.), to be executive vice-president of Internet services.

O’Neill & Associates (Atlanta): Appointed Natalie L. Updike, associate campaign manager, to be campaign manager.

Prospect Information Network (New York): Appointed Carol McConaghy Thorp, director of prospect research at Brown U. (Providence, R.I.), to be director of client services.

Steege/Thomson (Philadelphia): Appointed Carson Connor Clark, director of marketing at Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia), to be marketing director, and Greg Fornia, director of college relations at David N. Myers College (Cleveland), to be an account executive at this marketing-communications firm.