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The Advertising Council (New York): Appointed Alan Zipkin, controller at Time Warner Cable (New York), to be controller.

AIDS Action (Washington): Appointed Jeanne White, founder of the Ryan White Foundation (Indianapolis), which recently ceased operations, to be the national spokesperson for the Ryan White Project.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute (New York): Appointed Sara Seims, associate director of population sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), to be president. She succeeds Jeannie I. Rosoff, who is retiring.

Alfred U. (N.Y.): Appointed Mark S. Shardlow, head football coach at State U. of New York College of Technology at Alfred, to be director of alumni relations.

Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales (Center Valley, Pa.): Appointed Thomas A. Nesfeder, relationship manager in U.S. sales at Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (Bethlehem, Pa.), to be director of alumni.

American Association of Community Colleges (Washington): Announced the retirement of David R. Pierce, president and chief executive officer, effective August 1, 2000.

American Foundation for the Blind (New York): Appointed Scott McCall, executive director of the Center for the Visually Impaired (Atlanta), to be vice-president for national programs.

American Lung Association (New York): Appointed Ron Streitz, director of planned giving at Gleaners Community Food Bank (Detroit), to be senior director for major and planned gifts.

Arizona’s Children Foundation (Tucson): Appointed Jenny Porter, director of development at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson, to be director of development for southern Arizona.

Bank Street College of Education (New York): Appointed Teresa S. Karamanos, director of leadership gifts at EMILY’s List (New York), to be dean of the division of external affairs.

The Bible League (South Holland, Ill.): Betty Chapman, who co-founded this organization with her late husband, William, in 1938, died on October 7. She was 97.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (Philadelphia): Appointed Clayton I. Brewer, executive director of Big Brothers of Greater Indianapolis, to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer, and Joseph R. Radelet, president and chief executive officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit, to be vice-president for program and technology development.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta): Appointed Rob Parker, president of the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County (Seattle), to be senior vice-president for resource development.

Brenau U. (Gainesville, Ga.): Appointed Jim Barco, former director of development at Middle Tennessee State U. (Murfreesboro), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Catalyst (New York): Appointed Jamie A. Parilla, executive director of communications, to be vice-president of communications; Rennie Roberts, a consultant based in New York, to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer; and Betty Spence, vice-president of communications, to be vice-president of publishing. Catalyst conducts research and advises businesses on women and their advancement in the work force.

Center for Health Care Rights (Los Angeles): Appointed Peter V. Lee, director of consumer-protection programs, to be executive director.

Christopher Newport U. (Newport News, Va.): Appointed Jack Sims, director of the Virginia Commonwealth U. Foundation (Richmond), to be vice-president for university advancement.

Community College of Baltimore County (Baltimore): Appointed Harold Kanarek, a former member of the public-affairs staff at Maryland Department of Agriculture (Annapolis), to be director of media relations.

Community College of Vermont (Brattleboro): Appointed Richard Waite, foundation director at Norwich U. (Northfield, Vt.), to be director of development.

Community Living for Alcoholics by Rehabilitation and Education (CLARE) Foundation (Santa Monica, Cal.): Appointed Nicholas Vrataric, director of finance at the Los Angeles Free Clinic, to be executive director.

Crittenton Services (Wheeling, W.Va.): Appointed Lorrie Henderson, vice-president of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch (Safety Harbor), to be president and chief executive officer at this human-services organization.

Detroit Youth Foundation: Appointed Judith D. Jackson, executive director of Franklin-Wright Settlements (Detroit), to be vice-president.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. (Daytona Beach, Fla.): Appointed Terry J. Mularkey, a professor of military science and an Army lieutenant colonel, to be director of development for athletics.

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York): Appointed Jacqueline L. Venable, director of major gifts at Fordham U. (New York), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Film the Bible Ministries (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Appointed Kent C. Cobb, a lawyer in Tulsa, Okla., to be director of development and internal legal counsel. FBM is committed to filming a dramatic rendition of the entire Bible.

Foundation for End-of-Life Care (Miami): Appointed Ilene Zweig, community-programs director for the Southeast region at American Friends of the Hebrew U. (New York), to be vice-president of development and communications. FELC was created by VITAS Healthcare Corporation and will house its charitable fund.

Foundation for National Progress (San Francisco): Appointed Wendy Roberts, a management and fund-raising consultant based in Belmont, Cal., to be national-affairs director at this organization that raises money for Mother Jones magazine and other projects.

Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.): Appointed Stefanie Valar, assistant director of major gifts, to be associate director of major gifts and director of regional campaigns.

Franklin College (Lugano, Switzerland): Appointed Timothy J. Runion, director of development at the Calhoun School (New York), to be director of advancement, based in New York.

Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance: Appointed Karen Lewis, vice-president at the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, to be senior director.

The Guild Complex (Chicago): Appointed Julie Parson-Nesbitt, college-relations associate at Columbia College (Chicago), to be executive director. She succeeds founding executive director Michael Warr at this literary-arts organization.

Hartwick College (Oneonta, N.Y.): Appointed Debra Leigh Ferrari, director of events management at CenterStage Events (Syracuse, N.Y.), to be director of planned and major gifts; Michael C. Sposili, assistant vice-president for admissions and financial aid at Sage Colleges (Troy, N.Y.), to be executive director of college relations; and Toivo Tammerk, director of regional development at U. of Maryland at College Park, to be executive director of development.

Heart of America United Way (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Bob Glaser, president and chief executive officer of the Truman Heartland Community Foundation (Independence, Mo.), to be director of planned giving.

Iowa State U. (Ames): Appointed Lynda Jacobson, a member of the development staff at Mankato State U. (Minn.), to be planned-giving officer.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (Lexington): Appointed Timothy R. Burcham, interim vice-president for external affairs, to be senior executive assistant to the president for institutional advancement.

Laramie County Community College Foundation (Cheyenne, Wyo.): Appointed Anne Sundeen, director of development at CHINS UP Youth and Family Services (Colorado Springs), to be executive director.

Lions Clubs International Foundation (Oak Brook, Ill.): Appointed Gordon M. Garrett, vice-president for marketing and promotions at Oral Health America (Chicago), to be division manager.

Mount St. Clare College (Clinton, Iowa): Appointed Heather Hilgendorf-Cooley, news director and morning co-host at KCLN/KZEG-Radio (Clinton), to be director of alumni services.

Neighborhood Youth Association (Los Angeles): Appointed Louise A. Simon, development manager at Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center (Culver City, Cal.), to be development director.

New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark): Appointed Jacquelynn Rhodes, senior advancement officer, to be an assistant vice-president for university advancement and senior officer for corporate and foundation relations.

New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury): Appointed Irwin Brod, managing director and partner at Brakeley, John Price Jones (New York), to be vice-president for development.

Northern Michigan U. (Marquette): Appointed Martha B. Van Der Kamp, director of alumni events at Iowa State U. (Ames), to be director of alumni relations.

Oregon Health Sciences U. (Portland): Appointed Bryan Boehringer, associate in government relations, to be director of state and local government relations.

Penn State at Erie: Appointed Edward Blagueszewski, director of public information at Allegheny College (Meadville, Pa.), to be manager of university relations for the Behrend College.

Philadelphia Theatre Caravan: Appointed Thomas Stephens, the national tour director at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Montgomery), to be executive director.

Project Concern International (San Diego): Appointed Paul B. Thompson, president and chief executive officer of MAP International (Brunswick, Ga.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Regent U. (Virginia Beach, Va.): Appointed Dan Smith, development officer at Hillsdale College (Mich.), to be director of development.

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed John L. Jaco, executive director of the American Counseling Association (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute (Portland, Me.): Appointed Timothy Kane, vice-president for advancement and college relations at Maine College of Art (Portland), to be director of development.

Southwestern College (Winfield, Kan.): Appointed Paul Bean, director of development at Ottawa U. (Kan.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.): Appointed the Rev. Gregory L. Eubanks, former pastor of the Pineview Presbyterian Church (Hattiesburg, Miss.), to be director of development and church relations.

Swarthmore College (Pa.): Appointed Nathan Crandall, administrative assistant, to be information and communications manager in the office of annual giving; Kay Draper, senior researcher and writer, to be director of research in the office of advancement operations; Florence Ann Roberts, a freelance writer and editor based in Swarthmore, to be research associate for the office of advancement operations; and Carole Roinestad, a recruiting associate and researcher at R. D. Raab and Company (Chadds Ford, Pa.), to be research associate in the office of advancement operations.

Thirteen/WNET New York: Appointed Timothy P. Barr, executive director of the office of institutional advancement at Pace U. New York, to be director of development.

U. of California at San Francisco: Appointed Candler Gibson, former director of development for the basic sciences at the Johns Hopkins U. School of Medicine (Baltimore), to be director of development for clinical neuroscience, and David N. Randall, former assistant dean for development and external relations in the College of Engineering at U. of Washington (Seattle), to be director of school and constituent development programs.

U. of Wisconsin at Green Bay: Appointed Susan K. Olson, membership director at Anthem Country Club (Green Bay), to be coordinator of annual giving.

United Jewish Communities (New York): Appointed David Altshuler, founding director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (New York), to be president of its as-yet-unnamed foundation. (This corrects an item from the October 21 issue.)

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg): Appointed David H. Brugh, finance director for the Boy Scouts of America-Longhorn Council (Fort Worth), to be director of development for university libraries; Thim Corvin, director of development for the university’s Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Educational Conference Center, to be senior director of capital support; David E. Everett, director of development for the Pamplin College of Business, to be director of major gifts for intercollegiate athletics; Catherine Larmore, director of development for the New Bolton Center at the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be director of development for equine programs; David R. Murray, vice-president of development and marketing at the Warm Hearth Village Retirement Community (Blacksburg), to be director of development for the Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Educational Conference Center; Connie G. Talbott, executive director of the Cheyenne Frontier Days and Old West Museum (Cheyenne, Wyo.), to be director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences; and T. O. Williams III, director of development for university programs, to be director of the campaign for the alumni center.

WCPN (Cleveland): Appointed David Kanzeg, director of programming, to be vice-president for programming, and Maureen Paschke, marketing manager, to be vice-president for marketing and development.

Women Employed Institute (Chicago): Appointed Christine D’Arpa, development director at the Crossroads Fund of Chicago, to be director of development and communications.

GRANT MAKERS

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Laura Hogan, executive director at CommuniCare Health Centers (Davis, Cal.), to be a program officer in the Sacramento office, and George Nicholas, interim finance director, to be treasurer and chief financial officer.

Community Memorial Foundation (Hinsdale, Ill.): Appointed Nanette Silva, coordinator of research and evaluation at the City of Chicago Mayor’s Office on Domestic Violence, to be program officer.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Cal.): Appointed Laurance R. (Laurie) Hoaglund, president and chief executive officer of Stanford Management Company (Palo Alto, Cal.), to manage the foundation’s investment program. The appointment is effective when SMC finds a successor or August 31, 2000, whichever comes sooner.

Jewish Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Baruch S. Littman, executive director of the California-Israel Chamber of Commerce (Los Angeles), to be vice-president of development, and Simone Savlov, senior vice-president of finance and administration, to be chief operating officer.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Kole A. Shettima, a visiting political-science professor at Ohio State U. (Columbus), to be country coordinator for the Nigerian “Fund for Leadership Development” program, based in Nigeria.

Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Wanda Y. Newell, principal investigator and chief officer at the Montgomery office of the Alabama Child Care Quality Enhancement Consortium, to be education-program director.

John Templeton Foundation (Radnor, Pa.): Appointed Paul K. Wason, director of foundations and corporations at Bates College (Lewiston, Me.), to be director of programs in science and religion.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program (Malvern, Pa.): Appointed Susan J. Smith, a communications associate at the Vanguard Group (Malvern), to be marketing director.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield, Ill.): Elected Edward McCormick Blair, Jr., a principal at William Blair & Company (Chicago), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Flinn Foundation (Phoenix): Elected Eric M. Reiman, scientific director at the Good Samaritan PET Center (Phoenix) and professor and associate head of psychiatry at the U. of Arizona College of Medicine (Tucson), to be a member of the Board of Directors.

Hadassah Foundation (New York): Elected Barbara Dobkin, founder of Ma’yan: the Jewish Women’s Project (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors. (This corrects an item from the October 21 issue.)

Marin Agricultural Land Trust (Point Reyes Station, Cal.): Elected Ellen Straus, co-owner of Straus Organic Dairy and Creamery (Marshall, Cal.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Rochester Area Community Foundation (N.Y.): Elected Sanford J. Liebschutz, a partner at the firm of Chamberlain D’Amanda Oppenheimer & Greenfield (Rochester), to be chair of the Board of Directors. RACF also elected the following to the board: Francis R. Antonelli, a principal at LeCesse Construction Company (Rochester); Michael F. Buckley, a partner at Harter, Secrest & Emery (Rochester); Essie L. Calhoun, director of community relations and contributions and vice-president for communications and public affairs at Eastman Kodak (Rochester); Hanna S. Cohn, executive director of Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County (Rochester); and Michael B. Millard, first vice-president at Merrill Lynch (Rochester).

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

The Alford Group (Skokie, Ill.): Appointed Barbara L. Ciconte, associate dean for development and alumni relations for the Washington College of Law at American U. (Washington), to be vice-president, based in the Bethesda, Md., office of this consulting firm.

The Gable Group (San Diego): Appointed Jennifer Stein, a marketing coordinator at the San Diego Natural History Museum, to be assistant account executive for the division of public affairs and social marketing at this marketing-communications firm.

IssueSphere (Washington): Appointed George Strait, a medical correspondent for ABC News, based in Washington, to be senior counselor for health-care issues at this management-consulting and public-relations firm.