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Amelia’s House Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Eileen Heyn, a manager in engineering-data management at Boeing (Seattle), to be chief executive officer. Amelia’s House provides lodging and emotional support to the caregivers of critically or terminally ill hospital patients.

American Bible Society (New York): Appointed Patrick English, vice president and chief financial officer, to be executive vice president.

American Friends of the Hebrew U. (New York): Appointed Jeffrey L. Rouss, executive vice president at the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles, to be senior development director for the Western hub, based in the Los Angeles office.

American Heart Association-Mid-Atlantic Affiliate (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Appointed Zanna Worsham Cipriani, director of development at NAMI North Carolina (Raleigh), to be director of major and planned gifts.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters (Washington): Appointed Sandra Gibson, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Americans for the Arts (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.

Ball State U. (Muncie, Ind.): Appointed Heather S. Shupp, associate director of marketing at Indiana U. at Bloomington, to be executive director of university relations.

Henry Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital (New York): Appointed Arnold Plotnick, vice president of animal health, to be vice president. The hospital is a subsidiary of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Beth Abraham Health Services (Bronx, N.Y.): Appointed Joseph S. Gordon, former vice president for development at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (New York), to be vice president for development.

Bridgewater State College (Mass.): Appointed Jane Rae Bradford, director of planned giving at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Mass.), to be assistant vice president for development.

Cable Positive (New York): Appointed Steve Villano, vice president for corporate affairs at Episcopal Health Services (Bethpage, N.Y.), to be executive director. Cable Positive uses cable television and the communications industry to promote and finance AIDS education, research, and care.

Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland): Appointed Charlene S. Harner, director of special projects and assistant director of corporate and foundation relations for the School of Medicine, to be director of annual giving and special capital projects for the School of Medicine, and Bruce R. Keeler, a lawyer at Pepple & Waggoner (Cleveland), to be special-gifts director for the School of Medicine.

Center for the Advancement of Health (Washington): Appointed Ira R. Allen, assistant director of media relations at the U. of Maryland Medical System (Baltimore), to be director of public affairs.

Centre for Development and Population Activities (Washington): Appointed Julie Crudele, associate director of international marketing at Greenpeace International (Amsterdam), to be vice president of external relations, and Trish Shannon, chief financial officer, to be vice president of finance and administration.

Chicago Youth Centers: Appointed Miller R. Anderson, senior vice president and chief operating officer at the Children’s Home and Aid Society of Illinois (Chicago), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Delbert W. Arsenault, who retired after 21 years in the position.

Citizens for Adequate Housing (Peabody, Mass.): Appointed Kim Withers Brengle, a partner at Tremont Preservation Services (Boston), working from the Salem, Mass., office, to be director of development, and Elaine Capone, executive director of the Swampscott Council on Aging (Mass.), to be volunteer coordinator.

College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Va.): Appointed Dennis W. Cross, executive director of the Arts and Sciences Foundation and senior associate dean at the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to be vice president for university development.

Concordia College at Moorhead (Minn.): Announced the retirement of Jerry Anderson, vice president for development and professor of speech communication and theater art.

Council on Foundations (Washington): Appointed Khalil Munir, executive director of the Telecommunications Advocacy Project (Washington), to be director of government relations.

Eastern Connecticut State U. (Willimantic): Appointed Mark N. Levine, director of foundation relations and communications at the U. of Connecticut Foundation (Storrs), to be director of university relations.

Elmhurst College (Ill.): Appointed Katie Johnsen, assistant director of freshman admission, to be associate director of corporate and foundation relations.

Elmira College (N.Y.): Appointed Marilyn Lear, director of development, to be dean of development.

Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Susan H. Newton, director of finance, to be vice president of finance, and Kristin E. Siglin, director of public policy, to be vice president of public policy.

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York): Appointed Jeffrey Handler, acting vice president for student affairs, to be executive director for industry partnerships, building links with corporate, government, and non-profit organizations.

Friends of the Hermitage (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.): Appointed T. Robins Brown, development officer at the New Jersey Historical Society (Newark), to be executive director.

Goodwill Industries International (Bethesda, Md.): Announced the resignation of Fred Grandy, president and chief executive officer, effective in November.

Greater DC Cares (Washington): Appointed Siobhan Canty, deputy executive director, to be executive director. Greater DC Cares helps volunteers find community-based groups that need their assistance.

Health Reach (Columbia, S.C.): Appointed Donna M. Long, manager at the Blue Marlin Restaurant (Columbia), to be development coordinator.

Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia: Appointed Robin Heller, senior administrator at the Center for Bioethics at the U. of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia), to be director of external affairs.

Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle: Appointed Barry M. Goren, associate executive vice president for development, to be executive vice president.

Lamar U. (Beaumont, Tex.): Appointed Camille Mouton, executive director of the university’s foundation, also to be executive director of advancement. She succeeds James Simmons, who became president of the university September 1, 1999.

Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital (Baltimore): Appointed Stephanie Goldberg, admissions and marketing coordinator at FutureCare Health and Management (Baltimore), to be volunteer coordinator.

McKendree College (Lebanon, Ill.): Appointed Patricia S. Osley, marketing manager at U. of Missouri at St. Louis, to be director of marketing.

Mentoring USA (New York): Appointed Deborah E. Lans, a founding partner and chair of the litigation department at Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein (New York), to be executive director.

Museum Village of Old Smith’s Clove (Monroe, N.Y.): Appointed Mark Sutherland, director of programs, to be executive director.

National Arts & Learning Foundation at Walnut Hill (Natick, Mass.): Appointed Meredith Leigh Eppel, project manager for the “Arts Survive” and “Project Zero” programs at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), to be executive director.

New York Philharmonic: Appointed Zarin Mehta, president and chief executive officer of the Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, Ill.), to be executive director, effective in September. The orchestra also appointed Eric Latzky, acting associate director of public relations, to be acting director of public relations.

Save the Children (Westport, Conn.): Appointed Trudi Schutz, managing director in public affairs at Burson-Marsteller (New York), to be senior adviser to the president.

Social Entrepreneurs Alliance for Change (San Francisco): Appointed Jim Pitofsky, acting president, to be chief executive officer. SEA Change also appointed Patty Burness, executive director of Entrepreneurs’ Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.), to be vice president of communications, effective July 17.

Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences (N.Y.): Appointed Henryk J. Behnke, director of marketing and development at Little Sisters of the Assumption (Walden, N.Y.), to be vice president for development.

Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (Los Angeles): Appointed Douglas Greenberg, president of the Chicago Historical Society, to be president and chief executive officer, effective September 5.

U. of California at Riverside: Appointed Pamela Hillman, former vice president for institutional advancement at Mount Saint Mary’s College (Los Angeles), to be associate vice chancellor for development.

U. of Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Linda Ball, director of development at the National Benevolent Association Florida Christian Center (Jacksonville), and Matthew Dietz, an underwriter at Cincinnati Financial Insurance, to be development officers in area programs.

U. of Toledo (Ohio): Appointed Gregory C. Bobonich, president of the GCB Group (Gettysburg, Pa.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee: Appointed Tom Luljak, director of corporate communications at Blue Cross and Blue Shield United of Wisconsin and United Wisconsin Services (Milwaukee), to be director of communications and marketing.

United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.): Announced the resignation of Betty Stanley Beene, president, effective within the next 18 months.

United Way of Summit County (Akron, Ohio): Appointed James W. Horne Jr., executive vice president of the United Way of Eastern Fairfield County (Bridgeport, Conn.), to be resource-development director.

Wheat Ridge Ministries (Itasca, Ill.): Appointed Rebecca L. Balko, executive director of the Valparaiso U. Guild (Ind.), to be director of communications.

Wilberforce U. (Ohio): Appointed Rosalyn Lake, community-relations specialist at Reynolds and Reynolds Company (Dayton, Ohio), to be associate vice president for development and university relations.

WNYC (New York): Appointed Judy Goss Boyd, vice president and campaign director at the Foundation at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark), to be vice president for development.

GRANT MAKERS

American Legacy Foundation (Washington): Appointed Lyndon Haviland, vice president for program development, to be executive vice president for program development and research; Sharon Natanblut, deputy director of the office of tobacco programs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to be vice president of marketing and communications; Anthony O’Toole, associate vice president for financial services and systems in the health-sciences division of Columbia U. (New York), to be executive vice president and chief financial officer; and Mitch Zeller, director of the office of tobacco programs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to be executive vice president. The foundation also announced the resignation of Charles A. Wolfe, chief operating officer. ALF was created using funds from a legal settlement between several tobacco companies and 46 state attorneys general, and supports programs and research to prevent tobacco use.

The California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Robert K. Ross, director of health and human services for San Diego County, to be president and chief executive officer, effective July 17.

Columbus Foundation (Ohio): Appointed David S. Baker, affiliate-relations product manager at Lexis-Nexis (Dayton, Ohio), to be planned-giving associate.

Entrepreneurs’ Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.): Appointed F. Robert Miller, former chief executive officer of Envirotest Systems (Sunnyvale, Calif.), to be chief executive officer.

Girl’s Best Friend Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Karen Zeitlin, program officer and administrative director at the Moriah Fund (Washington), to be executive director.

Greater Bridgeport Area Foundation (Conn.): Appointed Cindy S. Kissin, executive director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra (Conn.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Susan M. Stanton, chief operating officer at La Petite Academy (Overland Park, Kan.), to be vice president of program and administrative services.

The Minneapolis Foundation: Appointed Mary Ann Dorsher, program consultant, to be director of special projects.

William E. Simon Foundation (Morristown, N.J.): William E. Simon, chairman and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Nixon and Ford, died June 3 in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the age of 72. He was also president of the John M. Olin Foundation, in New York.

The Trust for Jewish Philanthropy (New York): Appointed Michael Abidor, director of the general assembly of United Jewish Communities (New York), also to be director of project development, and Lawrence A. Cohen, director of development at the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (New York), to be director of resource development.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The Advertising Council (New York): Elected John H. Costello, chief executive officer of MVP.com (Chicago), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York): Elected Kenneth Olden, director of environmental-health sciences and the natural-toxicology program at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.), to be a member of the Board of Trustees.

Charles A. Dana Foundation (New York): Elected William Safire, a columnist for The New York Times, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

The Marrow Foundation (Washington): Elected Harry J. Pearce, vice chairman of General Motors (Detroit), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

The Minneapolis Foundation: Elected the following to the Board of Trustees: Mary Ellen Barrett, executive director of Storefront (Richfield, Minn.); Dorothy Bridges, president and chief executive officer of Franklin National Bank (Minneapolis); Joan Anderson Growe, former Minnesota secretary of state; and John M. Lavander, founder and president of Caliber Development (Plymouth, Minn.).

Museum Village of Old Smith’s Clove (Monroe, N.Y.): Elected P. Patterson Russell, a retired nephrologist, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Goulston & Storrs (Boston): Appointed Edward M. Robinson, vice president of development at America’s Promise-The Alliance for Youth (Alexandria, Va.), to be a principal in its philanthropic-advisers practice. He will be based in the law firm’s Washington office.