People

Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (Washington): Appointed David M. Levite, campaign director at Development Resources (Arlington, Va.), to be vice chancellor and chief development officer.

Association of Black Foundation Executives (New York): Appointed Kenneth W. Austin, interim executive director, to be executive director.

Beaver Street Enterprise Center (Jacksonville, Fla.): Appointed Rumbellis (Rum) Robinson, founder and owner of Flantastic Enterprises (Jacksonville), to be manager. The center is a religious organization that supports projects to spur economic development and restore homes in the Jacksonville area.

Bizworld Foundation (Redwood City, Calif.): Appointed Catherine Hutton, director of Fortrend International (San Francisco), to be executive director. The foundation provides elementary and secondary schools with teaching materials for classes on starting and operating a business.

Brookings Institution (Washington): Appointed Stephen G. Smith, former editor of both U.S. News & World Report (Washington) and National Journal (Washington), to be vice president for communications.

City of Hope (New York): Appointed Michael Friedman, senior vice president for research and development in medical and public policy at Pharmacia Corporation (New York) and former acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (Rockville, Md.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Cradle Beach Camp (Angola, N.Y.): Appointed Kate Gallivan, executive vice president of AIDS Community Services of Western New York (Buffalo), to be executive director of this group that provides respite services and other programs, including a summer camp for needy and disabled children.

Easter Seals Southwest Florida (Sarasota): Appointed Angel Cappar, chief financial officer at Hospice of Orlando, to be vice president; Mark Dobosz, director of development at Out of Door Academy (Sarasota), to be vice president; and Carrie Rasmussen, director of operations for APBA Offshore (St. Petersburg, Fla.), to be director of development.

Ellington Fund, Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Washington): Appointed Katha Kissman, president and chief executive officer of Leadership America (Dallas), to be executive director.

Emory U. (Atlanta): Appointed Michael J. Mandl, vice president for financial services at Duke U. (Durham, N.C.), to be executive vice president for finance and administration, and Phillipe Hills, interim senior associate vice president for development at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, to be senior associate vice president for development at the center.

Focus on the Family (Colorado Springs): Appointed Donald P. Hodel, a former president of the Christian Coalition (Chesapeake, Va.), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds James Dobson, who is retiring.

Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (Washington): Appointed Paula Shoecraft, outreach manager at the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (Arlington, Va.), to be communications and information-resources manager.

Friends of Freie Universitaet Berlin (New York): Appointed Hélène Sostarich-Barsamian, assistant dean of administration at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall U. (South Orange, N.J.), to be executive director.

Girl Scouts of San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Linda Boessenecker, executive director of the Girl Scout Council of Napa-Solano (Suisun City, Calif.), to be chief operating officer.

Illinois College of Optometry (Chicago): Appointed David P. Korajczyk, director of foundation relations at the U. of Chicago Medical Center, to be director of grant programs.

Jazz at Lincoln Center (New York): Appointed Walter Thinnes, managing director of the State Theater at Lincoln Center (New York), to be vice president of the Frederick P. Rose Hall, the center’s new performing-arts facility, scheduled to open in the fall of 2004.

Jewish Television Network (Sherman Oaks, Calif.): Appointed Jayne Braiman Rothblatt, director of development and public relations at Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services (Los Angeles), to be vice president of development.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (New York): Appointed Richard A. Insel, director of the Center for Human Genetics and Molecular Pediatric Disease at the U. of Rochester Medical Center (N.Y.), to be executive vice president for research.

Latino Public Broadcasting (Los Angeles): Appointed Luis Ortiz, program coordinator, to be program manager.

Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging (Reseda, Calif.): Appointed Lee A. Rosenblum, vice president of development and marketing at A Place Called Home (Los Angeles), to be chief of fund development.

Louisiana State U., Paul M. Hebert Law Center (Baton Rouge): Appointed Kathy M. West, director of development at the Nature Conservancy of Louisiana (Baton Rouge), to be director of development and alumni relations.

March of Dimes (White Plains, N.Y.): Appointed Robert Lucas, vice president of corporate relations at the American Cancer Society, Eastern Division (New York), to be vice president of corporate relations.

Mind Science Foundation (San Antonio): Appointed Joseph Dial, a marketing and political consultant (Austin, Tex.), to be executive director of this organization that supports research in areas related to the human brain and mind, including Alzheimer’s disease, brain mapping, creativity and learning, motivation, and intuition.

National Urban League (New York): Appointed Marc Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Hugh Price, who resigned in November.

New York U. School of Law, Brennan Center for Justice: Appointed Tom Gerety, president of Amherst College (Mass.), to be executive director.

Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, Fla.): Appointed Marceline Bunzey Murawski, editorial director at LRP Publications (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), to be manager for major gifts and sponsorships.

Parents for Public Schools (Jackson, Miss.): Appointed Ken C. Rolling, executive director of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, to be executive director, based in Chicago.

Partnership for the Homeless (New York): Appointed Leslie Kantor, vice president of education and training at Planned Parenthood of New York City, to be senior vice president for programs and advocacy.

Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington: Appointed Steven Emmert, senior vice president for internal affairs at Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles, to be executive vice president.

Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.): Appointed Cynthia Wood, assistant vice president for alumni relations, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Roosevelt U. (Chicago): Appointed John Allerson, vice president for business and finance, to be senior vice president and chief financial officer; Paul Reis, associate vice president for finance and planning, to be associate vice president for operations; and Beth Reissenweber, associate vice president and controller, to be associate vice president for finance.

Roswell Park Alliance Foundation (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Ellen W. Augello, director of income development and corporate relations at the Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce (Niagara Falls, N.Y.), to be director of corporate relations.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed John C. Senall, director of public relations and fund development at the Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers, to be manager of marketing communications for development, and Susan N. Siegel, coordinator of volunteer services at Compeer West (Buffalo), to be director of volunteer services.

Saint Louis U. (St. Louis): Appointed Alan A. Bleiweiss, executive director of the St. Vincent Hospital Foundation (Santa Fe, N.M.), to be executive director of the office of development and alumni relations for the Health Sciences Center.

San Francisco Art Institute: Ella King Torrey, president from 1995 to 2002, died April 30. Ms. Torrey had also been a program officer at the Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia) from 1985 to 1991. She was 45.

Scholarship America (Minneapolis): Appointed Sheila Bayle-Lissick, major-gifts officer at the Raptor Center (St. Paul), a part of the College of Veterinary Medicine, U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis), to be director for grants and research.

Share With the Other L.A. (Los Angeles): Appointed Sarah Piehl, a consultant (Los Angeles), to be executive director. Share With the Other L.A. seeks to raise awareness of hunger and poverty in Los Angeles County.

U. of Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Bob Arkeilpane, director of athletics and associate athletic director of development at the State U. of New York at Buffalo, to be associate vice president for west-campus colleges, units, and campaign planning.

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida (Orlando): Appointed Al Salanitro, chief financial officer at Pius XII Youth and Family Services (Bronx, N.Y.), to be senior director of finance.

United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.): Christopher Fairfield Edley, president from 1973 to 1991, died on May 5. He was 75.

United States Fund for Unicef-Chicago Chapter: Appointed Marjorie Schaffner, president and chief executive officer of Success Lab (Chicago), to be executive director.

Washington International School: Appointed Naomi S. Woolsey, principal of the lower school at the International School of Luxembourg, to be primary-school head.

Washington Opera: Appointed Plácido Domingo, artistic director, to be general director, effective in September.

Whitney Museum of American Art (New York): Maxwell L. Anderson, director, has resigned. He will become a leadership fellow at the Chief Executive Leadership Institute at the Yale School of Management (New Haven, Conn.).

Winthrop U. (Rock Hill, S.C.): Appointed Kathryn Holten, acting vice president for advancement, to be vice president for advancement.

WNET (New York): Appointed Kent Steele, station manager and vice president of operations at WLIW (Plainview, N.Y.), to be executive director of broadcasting.

YouthBuild USA (Somerville, Mass.): Appointed Sangeeta Tyagi, chief operating officer at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (Cambridge, Mass.), to be national education director.

GRANT MAKERS

Berks County Community Foundation (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Thomas J. Moore, a lawyer at Stevens and Lee (Reading), to be director of philanthropic services.

Cleveland Foundation: Appointed Ronald B. Richard, chief operating officer and managing partner of In-Q-Tel (Arlington, Va.), a venture-capital fund supported by the Central Intelligence Agency, to be president, effective July 1. He succeeds Steve Minter, who is retiring.

Commonwealth Fund (New York): Appointed Barbara S. Cooper, deputy director at the Institute for Medicare Practice at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York), to be a senior program officer for the program Medicare’s Future.

Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York): Appointed Armanda Famiglietti, associate corporate secretary, director of grants management at the Carnegie Corporation (New York), to be director of grants-management systems and community grants, and Peter Teague, executive director of the Horizons Foundation (San Francisco), to be program director for the environment.

William T. Grant Foundation (New York): Appointed Robert C. Granger, senior vice president, to be president. He succeeds Karen Hein, who will resign July 1.

Santa Barbara Foundation (Calif.): Appointed Alice N. Sykes, vice president and senior trust officer at Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, to be vice president of development.

Unity Foundation (Unity, Me.): Appointed Lori Roming, administrative assistant, to be research and program officer.

Vermont Community Foundation (Middlebury): Appointed Brian T. Byrnes, deputy executive director of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, to be president, effective July 1. He succeeds David Rahr, who is retiring.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Commonwealth Fund (New York): Elected Samuel C. Fleming, chairman and chief executive officer of Decision Resources (Waltham, Mass.), to the Board of Directors.

Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis: Elected G. Elaine Johnson, former director of compensation and former human-resources manager at ITT Educational Services (Indianapolis), to the Board of Directors.

Nonprofit Financial Center (Chicago): Elected Sheryl C. Holman, founder and executive director of Community Assistance Programs (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Directors. S. Anthony Frank, chief revenue analyst for the City of Chicago; Kenneth J. Hunt, a principal at A.T. Kearney (Chicago); Victoria Lakes-Battle, vice president and senior commercial lender at the Community Bank of Lawndale (Ill.); and Jaison G. Morgan, senior policy analyst for the City of Chicago, were also elected to the Board of Directors.

Philadelphia Foundation: Elected Peggy Amsterdam, president of the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, and Pamela H. Godwin, president of Change Partners (Havertown, Pa.), to the Board of Managers.

Waterbury Foundation (Conn.): Elected Fred L. Baker, principal of Baker Law Firm (Danbury, Conn.), to be president of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Alexander Haas Martin & Partners (Atlanta): Appointed Del Martin, senior vice president, to be executive vice president of this fund-raising consulting firm.

Seedco (New York): Appointed Anne M. Rader, senior manager for housing and community development at Fannie Mae (Washington), to be deputy vice president of work-force development and housing. Seedco provides financial and management assistance to nonprofit organizations that serve low-income neighborhoods.