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Alabama Public Television (Birmingham): Appointed Despina Vodantis, promotion director at WZZK (Birmingham), to be membership director.

America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (Washington): Appointed James Grabowski, chief of party for the organization’s Administration for Justice Support Project, to be Egypt country director.

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (Washington): Appointed Lauren Harris-Kojetin, a senior researcher at RTI International (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), to be director of research at the Institute for the Future of Aging Services, and Debra Lipson, a health-policy analyst at the World Health Organization (Geneva), to be a deputy program director.

American National Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Robert P. McDonald, North American chief executive officer at Standard Chartered Bank (New York), to be chief financial officer.

American Society of Clinical Oncology (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Charmaine J. Cummings, acting director of the office of education and special initiatives and chief of the continuing professional-education branch at the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, Md.), to be director of education.

Bellewood Presbyterian Home for Children (Louisville, Ky.): Appointed Jerry Cantrell, interim executive director, to be executive director.

Blues Foundation (Memphis): Appointed Jay Sieleman, assistant general counsel of the Panama Canal Commission (Balboa, Panama), to be director of administration at this music-heritage organization.

Childhelp USA (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Appointed Carolyn Novicoff, a consultant, to be chief operating officer.

Emory U., Woodruff Health Sciences Center (Atlanta): Appointed Philippe Hills, interim senior associate vice president for development, to be senior associate vice president for development.

Historical Society of Washington, D.C.: Appointed Pamela Woolford, regional public-affairs and development coordinator at the Trust for Public Land (Baltimore), to be public-relations and marketing coordinator for the City Museum of Washington, D.C.

Immune Deficiency Foundation (Towson, Md.): Appointed Candace Steele, vice president in the Washington office of Ketchum (Dallas), to be vice president of marketing and communications.

Inner-City Scholarship Fund (New York): Appointed Linda Spencer, director of the appeals office for the Archdiocese of New York, to be executive director. This group provides tuition assistance to enable needy students to attend Roman Catholic schools.

Iowa State U. Foundation (Ames): Appointed Brian E. Campbell, executive director at the U. of Virginia Medical Alumni Association (Charlottesville), to be senior director of development for the College of Business.

Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Pa.): Appointed Mark L. Goldstein, executive vice president of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater (Virginia Beach) to be executive director and chief executive officer.

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate: Appointed Nancy Mickelson, practice director in the plastic-surgery office of John Q. Owsley (San Francisco), to be executive director.

KQED (San Francisco): Announced the resignation of Brian Eley, director of media relations, advertising, and brand promotion.

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (Los Angeles): Appointed Lorri L. Jean, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (Washington), to be chief executive officer.

Logan College of Chiropractic (Chesterfield, Mo.): Appointed Dennis Lane, executive director of the St. Clement Health Services Foundation (Red Bud, Ill.), to be associate vice president of institutional advancement.

Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education (New York): Appointed Carole Wacey, director of the interactive media for children program at the Markle Foundation (New York), to be executive director.

Marriott Foundation for People With Disabilities (Washington): Appointed Tad Asbury, senior officer for communications and program development at the WorldCom Foundation (Ashburn, Va.), to be executive director.

Mercy Hospital Foundation (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Dan McCormack, director of corporate and foundation relations at the State U. of New York at Buffalo, to be executive director.

National Academy of Social Insurance (Washington): Appointed Bob Rosenblatt, a Washington correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, to be a senior fellow.

North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center (Research Triangle Park): Appointed Samuel H. Houston, vice president for educational policy and programs at Edgate (Gig Harbor, Wash.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Parenthesis Parent Child Center (Oak Park, Ill.): Appointed Kathy Kern, director of the Ravenswood Hospital Child Care Center (Chicago), to be executive director.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (Washington): Appointed Brian Baenig, senior legislative assistant for environmental issues to the late Senator Paul Wellstone, of Minnesota, to be legislative director for the environmental-health program, and Mark Epstein, executive director and chief executive officer of the World Federalist Association (Washington), to be deputy director and chief operating officer.

Portland Center Stage (Ore.): Appointed Kathy Budas, director of marketing at Oregon Ballet Theatre (Portland), to be assistant director of marketing and development; Laurene Jennings, events and promotions manager at Fred Meyer Stores (Portland), to be marketing and sales manager; Brooke Klein, membership and special-events coordinator, to be corporate-relations manager; and Kate McCarthy, development manager at Broadway Rose (Tigard, Ore.), to be individual-giving manager.

Project Sunshine (New York): Appointed Elizabeth S. Goldburg, a former solicitation chair for the Abraham Joshua Heschel School (New York), to be senior development officer. Project Sunshine provides programs and services to children with cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses.

Regent U. (Virginia Beach): Appointed Maureen C. McDonnell, client executive for the State of Ohio at IBM (Columbus), to be vice president for development and communications.

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (Washington): Appointed Helen L. Crowley, director of grants development at the Centre for Development and Population Activities (Washington), to be development director.

San Francisco Symphony: Appointed James E. Robinson, chief operating officer and vice president for human resources and information technology at Andronico’s Markets (Berkeley, Calif.), to be director of human resources.

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission: Appointed Julie Sun, development officer at the Seattle Chinatown-International District Preservation and Development Authority, to be corporation-relations officer.

South North Development Initiative (New York): Appointed Alicia Ferreirós, director of the regional book office in the United States Embassy to Argentina (Buenos Aires), to be a program associate, based in Buenos Aires, and Matthew Meehan, a senior analyst at Morgan Stanley (New York), to be an institutional-development associate, based in New York.

Trust for America’s Health (Washington): Appointed Kim Elliott, legislative director to Senator Dean Barkley, Independent of Minnesota, to be deputy director for external affairs, and Laura Segal, director of corporate communications at Health Venture Partners (Washington), to be director of communications.

U. of Cincinnati Foundation: Appointed Shari Fox, president of Beech Acres Foundation (Cincinnati), to be director of gift planning.

U. of South Florida Foundation (Tampa): Appointed Albert W. Sistrunk, senior major-gift officer, to be executive director of development.

United Way of New York City: Ralph Dickerson Jr., president for 15 years, has announced his retirement, effective later this year.

Volunteers for Hospice (Sun City, Ariz.): Appointed Raoul E. Sada, executive director of the American Diabetes Association Arizona Affiliate (Tucson), to be president and chief executive officer.

WETA (Washington): Appointed Polly Heath, vice president for key audiences at America Online (Dulles, Va.), to be senior vice president and chief financial officer.

World Wildlife Fund (Washington): Appointed Philip B. Kavits, vice president for communications at the National Wildlife Federation (Washington), to be vice president for communications.

Youth Service America (Washington): Appointed Kelita Svoboda Bak, a lobbyist at the American Motorcyclists Association (Washington), to be director of government relations; Dave DeCicco, communications and grants manager, to be director of communications; and Andrea Felix, a program coordinator, to be manager of the Youth Voice Initiative.

GRANT MAKERS

Capital Region Community Foundation (Lansing, Mich.): Appointed Dennis W. Fliehman, director of development at Concordia U. (Ann Arbor, Mich.), to be president.

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation (New York): Appointed Mark J. Cardillo, director of broadband-access research at the Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, N.J.), to be executive director.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Ray McNulty, education commissioner for the State of Vermont (Montpelier), to be program director for the education program.

Glaucoma Research Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Tom Brunner, executive vice president at Lumenis (Santa Clara, Calif.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Global Fund for Women (San Francisco): Appointed Leanne A. Grossman, senior communications officer, to be director of communications, and Amelia Wu, senior program officer, to be vice president for programs and evaluation.

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health: Appointed King Davis, commissioner of mental health, mental retardation, and substance-abuse services for the Commonwealth of Virginia (Richmond), to be executive director. The foundation is based at the U. of Texas at Austin.

Initiative Foundation (Little Falls, Minn.): Appointed Sandy Voigt, partnership director at Minnesota Technology (Minneapolis), to be technology-program manager.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Lande Ajose, associate program officer, to be a program officer; Sally Allen, program associate, to be an associate program officer; Jeff Brandenburg, an information-technology manager at ROI Direct (San Francisco), to be manager of information technology; Dion Hudson, human-resources specialist at the California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco), to be human-resources manager; and Daliz E. Perez-Cabezas, program assistant, to be a program associate.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Daniel J. Kingston, managing director at the Stanford Management Company (Calif.), to be chief investment officer.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Appointed Denise Tom, an editor and sports journalist, to be journalism-initiatives program officer.

William Penn Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed Ronnie L. Bloom, a program officer, to be director of the children, youth, and families program.

Skillman Foundation (Detroit): Appointed Julie Ermler, an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers (Detroit), to be accounting manager, and Alan Harris, senior portfolio manager at Munder Capital Management (Birmingham, Mich.), to be director of investments.

Winston-Salem Foundation (N.C.): Appointed Keri Strano, assistant director of donor relations at Georgetown U. (Washington), to be donor-services officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

AirLifeLine (Minneapolis): Elected William S. Ayer, president and chief executive officer of Alaska Airlines (Seattle), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

AOL Time Warner Foundation (New York): Elected Richard D. Parsons, chairman of AOL Time Warner (New York), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. He succeeds Steve Case, who resigned in January.

Camp Fire USA Wathana Council (Southfield, Mich.): Elected Linda Tarjeft, interim executive director, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Capital Region Community Foundation (Lansing, Mich.): Elected David Donovan, founder of the Donovan Company (Okemos, Mich.), to be a trustee.

Community Foundation of Morgan County (Mooresville, Ind.): Elected to the Board of Directors: Ann Lankford, director of South Central Indiana REMC (Martinsville); Vikki Poynter, president of the Perennial Exchange (Morgantown, Ind.); and Jacki Shields, chief financial officer and co-owner of Form-Tec Plastics (Martinsville, Ind.).

McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis): Elected Zeke Brown, a freelance graphic designer (Spokane, Wash.), to the Board of Directors.

Oregon Food Bank (Portland): Elected James Youde, former executive director of the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association (Vancouver, Wash.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

United Way of Greater Williamsburg (Va.): Elected Karen Jamison, a board member and campaign chair, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Verity Foundation (Philadelphia): Elected Robert F. Zielinski, a partner at Wolf, Block, Schorr, and Solis-Cohen (Philadelphia), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

WGBH (Boston): Elected Charles J. Beard II, a partner at Foley Hoag (Boston), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Bennett Kuhn Varner (Atlanta): Appointed Olivia K. Smith, account director at Huntsinger & Jeffer (Richmond, Va.), to be vice president, management supervisor at this direct-response advertising agency.

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Mark Anello, manager of development operations at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), and Stu Manewith, senior director of finance and administration at the Barnes Jewish Hospital Foundation (St. Louis), to be consultants at this firm that provides technology assistance to nonprofit organizations.

Demont & Associates (Portland, Me.): Appointed David W. Lawrence, president of the Northwestern Memorial Foundation (Evanston, Ill.), to be a senior associate at this fund-raising consulting firm.

Gelman, Rosenberg, & Freedman (Bethesda, Md.): Appointed Terri Marrs, an audit partner, to be director of the audit department at this accounting firm that provides services to nonprofit organizations.