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Abraham Fund Initiatives (New York): Appointed Ami Nahshon, chief executive officer of the Jewish Community Federation and Foundation (Oakland, Calif.), to be president and chief executive officer.

All Kinds of Minds (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Appointed Donald H. Grace, president of Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School (Waltham, Mass.), to be chief development officer. All Kinds of Minds adapts research on how children learn to create programs for struggling students.

Arts Council (Winston-Salem, N.C.): Appointed George Alexsovich, interim vice president for development and marketing, to be vice president for development and marketing.

Berkshire School (Sheffield, Mass.): Appointed Warren E. Toland Jr., public-relations manager at State Street Research (Boston), to be director of alumni and parent relations.

Boston College: Appointed Hallie G. Sammartino, senior associate director of marketing communications, to be deputy director.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston: Appointed Virginia Wise, managing director of the Harvard College Fund (Cambridge, Mass.), to be vice president of development.

Carolina Youth Development Center (North Charleston, S.C.): Appointed Barbara Kelley Duncan, vice president for enterprise development in the Washington office of Casey Family Programs, to be chief executive officer.

Center for Family Life (Brooklyn, N.Y.): Appointed Julia Jean-François, director of operations for the Puerto Rican Family Institute (New York), to be co-director.

Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Alan Landever, director of network support, to be vice president for network support.

Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia: Appointed Robert Elias, president and chief executive officer of the Warren County Foundation (Lebanon, Ohio), to be executive director.

Christian Appalachian Projects (Lancaster, Ky.): Michael Sanders, president, died July 19 of cancer. He was 53.

Christian Schools International (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Appointed James DeKorne, national field director at International Students (Colorado Springs), to be director of support services, and Lori Feenstra, marketing manager, to be director of advancement.

Clark U. (Worcester, Mass.): Appointed Darcy Lee, senior associate director of the Clark Fund, to be director of the fund.

Colorado Springs Crime Stoppers: Appointed Judith A. Slason, director of development at the Pikes Peak Foundation for Mental Health (Colorado Springs), to be executive director.

Columbus Jewish Federation (Ohio): Appointed Nancy Glazer, associate executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis, to be vice president of financial-resource development; Cydney Singer, community-engagement director at the Children’s Hunger Alliance (Columbus), to be young-leadership director; and Kathe Turiel, director of the community-campaign division, to be assistant campaign director.

Earlham College (Richmond, Ind.): Appointed Jim McKey, director of advancement at the George School (Newtown, Pa.), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Elmhurst College (Ill.): Appointed Kate Sutfin, annual-fund director, to be director of alumni relations.

Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (Washington): Appointed Anne Heald, a consultant in Washington, to be director of New Ventures in Philanthropy, a project to expand philanthropy in the United States.

Frick Collection (New York): Appointed Anne Little Poulet, curator emerita of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), to be director.

Gettysburg College (Pa.): Appointed Lara Baadte, project manager assistant at Conewago Enterprises (Hanover, Pa.), to be assistant director of annual giving, and Amy Boeke, an independent contractor for Dexell Marketing Services (Dallas), to be director of annual giving.

Glenville State College (Chicago): Appointed Donna Shaffner, director of annual giving and alumni, to be director of development and marketing.

Greater Boston Food Bank: Appointed Carla Kindt, director of major gifts at the Unitarian Universalist Association (Boston), to be director for development and campaigns.

Groundspring.org (San Francisco): Appointed John Kenyon, director of information-technology consulting services at the Management Center (San Francisco), to be consulting director. Groundspring.org provides technology services to nonprofit organizations.

House Ear Institute (Los Angeles): Howard Payne House, founder, died August 1 at age 95. The institute conducts research and educational projects on the science of hearing.

Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh: Appointed Mayda Roth, development associate, to be development director.

Jewish Women’s Archive (Brookline, Mass.): Appointed Jaymie Saks, director of strategy at BostonCoach, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments that provides transportation services, to be chief operating officer.

KERA (Dallas): Appointed Kevin Ann Marcyes, director of human resources, to be vice president for strategy and human resources, and Diane Braiden Radspinner, director of the Educational Resource Center, to be vice president for education.

Kids in Distressed Situations (New York): Appointed Janice Weinman, executive director of the American Association of University Women (Washington), to be president.

Maine Public Broadcasting (Lewiston): Appointed Curtis Chadbourne, a director and commercial producer at WGME (Portland, Me.), to be assistant membership manager, and Elena Simpson, an administrative associate in the development office at U. of Maine at Orono, to be a membership associate.

Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul): Appointed Jon Gossett, interim director for development at the Boston Ballet, to be senior vice president for development.

National Center for Children in Poverty (New York): Announced the resignation of Larry Aber, director. Mr. Aber will become a professor of applied psychology at New York U.’s Steinhardt School of Education.

National Eating Disorders Association (Seattle): Appointed Lynn Grefe, national director of the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition (New York), to be chief executive officer.

92nd Street Y (New York): Appointed Adam Hammerman, deputy director for finance at the Museum of the City of New York, to be director of finance, life safety, and security.

North Carolina State U. (Raleigh): Appointed Barbara Metelsky, director of the Nonprofit Sector Resource Institute at Seton Hall U. (South Orange, N.J.), to be director of the Nonprofit Institute.

Oberlin College (Ohio): Appointed Ernest B. Iseminger, director of principal gifts, to be vice president for development and alumni affairs.

Ohio State U., Colleges of the Arts and Sciences (Columbus): Appointed Nicholas Perlick, annual-giving development officer at Florida State U. Foundation (Tallahassee), to be director of development.

Pine Cobble School (Williamstown, Mass.): Appointed Sean McGrath, business-development associate at Street Mail.com (North Adams, Mass.), to be assistant director of institutional advancement.

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (New York): Appointed Cesar A. Perales, senior fellow at the City U. of New York’s Baruch College School of Public Affairs, to be interim president and general counsel.

Quinnipiac U. (Hamden, Conn.): Appointed Dianna L. Pategas, major-gifts officer at St. Bonaventure U. (N.Y.), to be major-gifts officer.

Rutgers U. (New Jersey): Appointed Deanna K.G. Ferrante, director of communications at Princeton U.’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (N.J.), to be assistant dean for external affairs and strategic planning for Douglass College.

San Diego Hospice Foundation: Appointed Blair T. Blum, vice president of development, to be chief executive officer.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Appointed Paul Johnson, director of development at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), to be deputy director of development and external affairs.

Sixth and I Synagogue (Washington): Appointed Judith Levy, deputy managing director of campaigns at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, to be executive director.

Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences (Tempe, Ariz.): Appointed Sheila Jacobs, vice president of financial development at the Arthritis Foundation-Greater Southwest Chapter (Tucson), to be chief development officer.

St. Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.): Appointed Brendan Kinney, assistant director of special gifts, to be director of both advancement services and the St. Michael’s Fund.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Deborah Armstrong, director of university development at the State U. of New York at Oswego, to be director of development and major gifts for the College of Arts and Sciences; James H. O’Connor, development director of special projects, to be senior director of international development; John White, a grants writer for the City of Syracuse, to be communications coordinator; and Richard Zollinger, founding partner of the Funding Factor (Champaign, Ill.), a consulting company, to be senior director for development for the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Thirteen/WNET New York: Appointed Ronald Thorpe, senior program officer for education at the Wallace Foundation (New York), to be director of the Educational Resources Center.

Tilton School (N.H.): Appointed Nicholas S. Zaharias, major-gifts officer at Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford, Conn.), to be director of development.

U. of Aberdeen Development Trust USA (Paterson, N.J.): Appointed Theodore Malloch, chairman and chief executive officer of the Roosevelt Group (Queenstown, Md.), a management-consulting firm, to be president.

U. of Connecticut at Storrs: Appointed John M. Barry, associate director of university communications, to be director of university communications.

U. of Connecticut Foundation (Storrs): Appointed Sally J. Weisman, associate director of gift planning, to be director of major and planned gifts for the U. of Connecticut Health Center.

U. of San Diego: Appointed Trevin Hartwell, associate director of West Coast development for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard U. (Los Angeles), to be director of development and alumni relations for the School of Law.

United Cerebral Palsy of New York City: Appointed Dara Richardson-Heron, director of operations support at ConEdison (New York), to be assistant executive director and chief medical officer.

Wellness House (Hinsdale, Ill.): Appointed Barbara A. Graham, associate manager in the international-business division of the State of Illinois Trade Office (Chicago), to be director of development.

Western Center on Law and Poverty (Los Angeles): Appointed Angela Glover, major-gifts officer at Spelman College (Atlanta), to be director of development.

Whitney Museum of American Art (New York): Appointed Adam D. Weinberg, director of the Phillips Academy’s Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, Mass.), to be director.

Window to the World Communications (Chicago): Appointed Anne Gleason, marketing manager, to be director of marketing, direct response.

WLVT (Bethlehem, Pa.): Appointed Hillary Glatt Kwiatek, coordinator of foundation relations, to be senior director of marketing and communications.

YouthBuild USA (Somerville, Mass.): Appointed Tim Cross, vice president of field services, to be chief operating officer.

GRANT MAKERS

Community Technology Foundation of California (San Francisco): Appointed Timothy C. Wu, deputy and program director of the September 11th Fund (New York), to be director of programs.

Girl’s Best Friend Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Yasmin Ahmed, youth-health advocate at Health Initiatives for Youth (San Francisco), to be director of Sisters Empowering Sisters.

Maine Health Access Foundation (Augusta): Appointed Kim Crichton, director of operations for the gubernatorial campaign of John Baldacci (Portland), to be program officer.

Stuart Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Ken Jones, a consultant in San Francisco, to be director of administration.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Diabetes Association (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Terrance H. Gregg, adviser to Medtronic MiniMed (Northridge, Calif.), to be chair of the National Board of Directors.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Calif.): Elected Roger Strauch, chairman of the Roda Group, a venture-capital firm in Berkeley, to be president of the Board of Trustees.

La Casa de Don Pedro (Newark, N.J.): Elected Zoraya Lee-Hamlin, former director of economic self-sufficiency and technology initiatives at the National Urban League (New York), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Larkin Street Youth Services (San Francisco): Elected Paul R. Mohun, a partner at Reed Smith Crosby Heafey (San Francisco), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation (King of Prussia, Pa.): Elected Toni Crawford-Major, regional representative for the Southeast Regional Office (Philadelphia) of the Governor’s Action Team, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Maine Health Access Foundation (Augusta): Elected Wesley Davidson, executive director of the Aroostook Mental Health Center (Caribou, Me.), to be president of the Board of Directors. Also elected to the board were Kevin P. Gildart, vice president of human resources at Bath Iron Works (Me.); Maroulla Gleaton, president-elect of the Maine Medical Association (Manchester); and Richard L. Marston, manager of human resources at Nexfor Fraser Paper (Madawaska, Me.).

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Irving, Tex.): Elected Cynthia Roark, of San Diego, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Optimist Youth Homes & Family Services (Los Angeles): Elected Scott Graham, general manger of Airport Propane Service (Inglewood, Calif.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Special Olympics (Washington): Elected Timothy Shriver, president and chief executive officer of Special Olympics, also to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Voices for America’s Children (Washington): Elected Jerome Stermer, president of Voices for Illinois Children (Chicago), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Young Audiences/New York: Elected Lynne S. Randall, managing director for media and telecom finance at BNP Paribas (New York), to be president of the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Alexander Haas Martin & Partners (Atlanta): Appointed Kathryn R. Costello, senior vice president for external affairs at U. of Georgia and president of the university’s foundation (Athens), to be a senior associate; and Jerry Henry and Hall Powell, senior consultants, to be associate vice presidents. Alexander Haas Martin & Partners is a fund-raising consulting firm.

Foundation Source (Norwalk, Conn.): Appointed Andrew C. Bangser, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Financial Fusion, to be chief operating officer and chief financial officer; Christopher P. Infurchia, a general manager at Sybase (Dublin, Calif.), to be president; Douglas K. Mellinger, co-founder, to be vice chairman; and Daniel M. Schley, chairman and chief executive officer of Financial Fusion (Concord, Mass.), to be executive chairman.

Gidley Consulting (Tower Lakes, Ill.): Appointed Cheryl Gidley, chief marketing officer at Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman (Chicago), to be managing partner and performance-improvement consultant. Gidley Consulting is a management-consulting company that serves businesses and nonprofit groups.

Halstead Communications (New York): Appointed William J. Johnson, director of institutional relations and research communications at Lehigh U. (Pa.), to be president.