People

Access Living (Chicago): Appointed Karen Tamley, housing-policy coordinator, to be director of programs.

American Leprosy Missions (Greenville, S.C.): Appointed Bill Ellenberger, chief executive officer of Cornerstone Portable Computers (Lake San Marcos, Cal.), to be Western-area director, based in the Escondido, Cal., office, and Steven Kilmer, former director of business development and marketing at Columbia/HCA Healthcare (Nashville) and Health Midwest (Kansas City, Mo.), to be Midwest-area director, based in the Kansas City, Mo., office.

Anti-Defamation League (New York): Appointed Michael A. Kellman, chief financial officer and associate executive director of finance and administration at the International Center for the Disabled (New York), to be chief financial officer and director of finance and administration.

Boston U.: Appointed Lynn Hendricks, director of major gifts for the School of Medicine, to be assistant vice-president and director of development for the School of Medicine.

Bryant College (Smithfield, R.I.): Appointed Robert W. Beggs, interim executive director of college relations, to be executive director of college relations.

Cedar Valley College (Lancaster, Tex.): Appointed Katy Hubener, former associate director of admissions at Northwood U. (Midland, Mich.), to be director of public information.

Child Welfare League of America (Washington): Appointed Shay Bilchik, administrator for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington), to be executive director.

Columbia Theological Seminary (Decatur, Ga.): Appointed James O. Speed, former pastor of First Presbyterian Church (Marietta, Ga.), to be director of alumni/ae and church relations, and CaitlinWay, director of development at the Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta), to be director of the annual fund.

Council for Excellence in Government (Washington): Appointed Robert J. Walker, president of Handgun Control and the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence (Washington), to be a vice-president directing the “Partnership for Trust in Government” program.

Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne): Appointed John A. Selter, director of external resources for the College of Engineering at U. of Central Florida (Orlando), to be senior director of development.

Greenville Hospital System Foundation (S.C.): Appointed Anthony J. Meyer, Jr., vice-president of development and estate planning, to be president and chief executive officer.

The Hadassah Foundation (New York): Appointed Linda Altshuler, director of development at the Hillels of New York, to be director.

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International (New York): Appointed Peter Van Etten, president and chief executive officer of the U. of California at San Francisco Stanford Health Care (San Francisco), to be president and chief executive officer.

Lewis U. (Romeoville, Ill.): Appointed Stuart G. Lang, executive director of institutional advancement at St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wis.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement.

Loyola U. of Chicago: Appointed Laura M. Charles, director of development for the Los Angeles office of the Alzheimer’s Association, to be regional director of development in the university’s Los Angeles office, and Jim Damron, director of marketing and major gifts at Opportunity International (Chicago), to be director of corporate and foundation relations.

Save the Family (Mesa, Ariz.): Appointed Ashley Gasque, a consultant based in Phoenix, to be director of community relations.

U. of Illinois (Urbana): Appointed Karen S. Tow, associate executive director of the alumni association at Iowa State U. (Ames), to be chief operating officer for the system’s alumni association.

U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor: Appointed Daryl Weinert, director of procurement strategy at Aon Corporation (Chicago), to be director of corporate relations for the College of Engineering.

U. of Minnesota at Duluth: Appointed Colleen Hattemer Holwerk, development director at Northwood Children’s Services (Duluth), to be director of development for the College of Education and Human Service Professions and the College of Liberal Arts.

U. of Nevada at Las Vegas: Appointed Deborah Young, director of gift planning at the St. Rose Dominican Health Foundation (Las Vegas), to be director of development for the College of Hotel Administration.

U. of New Haven (West Haven, Conn.): Appointed Maggie Ford, development officer at Village for Families & Children (Hartford, Conn.), to be director of development.

The U. of Wisconsin System (Madison): Appointed Linda L. Weimer, former assistant vice-chancellor for public affairs at U. of California at Berkeley, to be vice-president for university relations, effective February 1.

United States Catholic Conference (Washington): Appointed Msgr. John J. Strynkowski, pastor of Holy Cross Parish (Maspeth, N.Y.), to be assistant secretary for education for Catholic higher education and ministry.

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg): Appointed James R. (Bobby) Couch, director of major gifts at the Greenville Hospital System Foundation (S.C.), to be director of development for the Pamplin College of Business, and David L. Spracher, business-development manager at Veridian Engineering (Hampton, Va.), to be director of development for the Corps of Cadets and class-reunion gifts.

Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa): Appointed Scott Leisinger, director of athletic development at U. of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls), to be director of development.

Washington Opera: Appointed Walter Arnheim, former treasurer of Mobil (Fairfax, Va.), to be chief operating officer.

Western Kentucky U. (Bowling Green): Appointed Richard L. Sowers, a consultant based in Bowling Green, to be director of development for university libraries and the Kentucky Museum.

The Wilderness Society (Washington): Appointed Barrington L. McFarlane, chief financial and operations officer at the American Medical Groups Association (Alexandria, Va.), to be vice-president for finance and administration.

GRANT MAKERS

J.B. Fuqua Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Anne Sterchi, a consultant based in Atlanta, to be program director.

Great Lakes Protection Fund (Chicago): Appointed David Rankin, program director, to be vice-president.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Cal.): Appointed Nancy Strausser, the president’s assistant, also to be corporate secretary. The foundation also announced the retirement of Marianne Pallotti, vice-president and corporate secretary.

Hitachi Foundation (Washington): Appointed Susan Jenkins, program director at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.), to be senior program officer.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.): Appointed Nestor V. Santiago, investment adviser at the International Monetary Fund (Washington), to be vice-president and chief investment officer.

Jacksonville Community Foundation (Fla.): Appointed Judy P. Hall, resource-development director at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida (Jacksonville), to be program officer.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Jon R. Blyth, team coordinator for the civil-society program, to be program director for the civil-society program; Lois R. DeBacker, team coordinator for the environment program, to be program director for the environment program; Karen B. Aldridge Eason, team coordinator for the Flint-area program, to be program director for the Flint-area program; and Kevin Walker, team coordinator for the “Pathways Out of Poverty” program, to be program director for the “Pathways Out of Poverty” program.

Nellie Mae Foundation (Braintree, Mass.): Appointed Pam Brodil, an executive assistant for the senior vice-president of marketing and sales at the Nellie Mae Corporation (Braintree), to be assistant to the president; Michael Flannery, vice-president and controller at the Nellie Mae Corporation, to be vice-president and controller; Gene Lee, program coordinator and project developer at Cambridge Community Services (Mass.), to be grants manager; Michelle Morash, a program assistant at the Nellie Mae Fund for Education (Braintree), to be program associate; Sylvia Salas, director of the Nellie Mae Fund for Education, to be director of grants and programs; and Diane Saunders, vice-president of communications and public affairs at the Nellie Mae Corporation, to be vice-president of communications and public affairs.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Cal.): Appointed Hugh C. Burroughs, director of special projects and external affairs, to be director of external affairs; Barbara D. Kibbe, director of the “Organizational Effectiveness” program, to be director of the “Organizational Effectiveness and Philanthropy” program; and Carol S. Larson, director of programs, also to be vice-president.

Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds (New York): Appointed Mary Lee Fitzgerald, a senior fellow at the New Jersey Institute for School Innovation (Newark), to be director of the education unit; Michael Moore, a senior program officer at the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund (New York), to be director of the arts unit; and Sheila Murphy, program officer at the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund, to be interim director of the communities unit. The DeWitt Wallace- and Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds recently reorganized to operate under this new name, although they are still legally separate organizations.

Washington Mutual (Seattle): Appointed Christine Park, director of the Dayton Hudson Foundation (Minneapolis), to be first vice-president and manager of the corporate-giving division.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (San Francisco): Elected Tony Jones, president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, to be chair.

Denver Public Schools Foundation: Elected Ed Timmins, senior attorney and manager at the firm of Timmins and Associates (Denver), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Gifts In Kind International (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Jeffrey Rodek, chairman and chief executive officer of Hyperion Solutions (Sunnyvale, Cal.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Health Foundation of South Florida (Miami): Elected Staffan R.B. Nordqvist, a surgeon on staff at several Miami-area hospitals, to be chairman of the board.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: Elected James B. Steichen, senior vice-president at the Indiana Hand Center (Indianapolis), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

International Rescue Committee (New York): Elected Winston Lord, former assistant secretary of state for east Asian and Pacific affairs (Washington), and James C. Strickler, professor emeritus at the Medical School of Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.), to be co-chairmen of the Board of Directors.

Opportunity International (Oakbrook, Ill.): Elected David L. Simms, senior executive vice-president at MBNA America (Wilmington, Del.), to be chairman of the board.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington): Announced the resignation of Miles Lerman, chairman of the museum’s council, effective when President Clinton appoints a successor. Mr. Lerman will continue to be a member of the council.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Gonser Gerber Tinker Stuhr (Naperville, Ill.): Appointed Ronald D. Gunden, vice-president for seminary relations and development at McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago), to be an associate at this fund-raising firm.

Robert F. Sharpe & Company (Memphis): Robert F. Sharpe, Sr., founder and former chief executive, died on January 7 at the age of 73.