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Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Sid Mallory, vice president for

development at U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, to be president.

Albright College (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Patricia R. Helfenstein, assistant vice president at Independent Community Banks of North Dakota (Bismarck), to be director of grants, and Pamela Panarella, senior communications and marketing specialist at GPU Advanced Resources (Reading), to be development-events coordinator.

Alzheimer’s Association (Chicago): Appointed Sheldon Goldberg, president and chief executive officer of Jewish Home and Hospital (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.

AmeriCares (New Canaan, Conn.): Appointed Curtis R. Welling, chief executive officer of Princeton eCom Corporation (N.J.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Auburn U. (Ala.): Appointed D. Robert McGinnis, vice president for development at Georgia State U. (Atlanta) and president of the university’s foundation, to be vice president for development.

Bailey House (New York): Appointed Yvonne Ervin, development director at the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center (New York), to be deputy director of fund raising.

Brooklyn College Foundation (N.Y.): Appointed Michelle Arrington, senior major-gifts officer at American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (New York), to be director of stewardship; Tim Heimerle, director of membership and volunteer services at the Newark Museum (N.J.), to be director of annual funds; Talib Nichiren, senior major-gifts officer at American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (New York), to be director of major gifts; Erin Troya, development-events coordinator at the Chicago Historical Society, to be special-events manager; and Joe Woodward, director of development at the Webb Schools (Claremont, Calif.), to be director of development.

Center for Community Change (Washington): Appointed Deepak Bhargava, director of public policy, to be executive director.

Chemical Heritage Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed John R. Van Ness, vice president for program development, to be vice president for administration.

Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe, Ill.): Appointed Anne-Marie St. Germaine, senior vice president at Jasculca/Terman and Associates (Chicago), to be vice president of external affairs.

Childhelp USA (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Appointed Adrienne Gill, director of client relations at Jennings, Strouss, and Salmon (Phoenix), to be director of development.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington): Appointed W. Albert Hamwright Jr., vice president for finance and administration at the Community Associations Institute (Alexandria, Va.), to be vice president of business and finance, and chief financial officer.

Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.): Appointed Sylvia Racca, director of development at Scripps College (Claremont, Calif.), to be executive director of the Dartmouth College Fund.

Eureka Los Angeles: Appointed Lon M. Burns, a consultant and former president of the Southern California Association for Philanthropy (Los Angeles), to be executive director. Eureka Los Angeles provides professional-development fellowships for leaders of nonprofit groups serving children, women, and families.

Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching (Chicago): Appointed Marshall Rosenthal, director of communications at Evanston/Skokie School District 65 (Evanston, Ill.), to be director of communications and government relations.

Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Beth Balmuth Raffeld, vice president for development at Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, to be associate vice president and dean for development for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle: Appointed Paul Stone, president and chief executive officer of the Fairview Foundation (Minneapolis), to be assistant executive vice president for Jewish philanthropy.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America (New York): Appointed Amy Barer, manager of marketing events at Arthur Andersen (New York), to be director of special events; Elise Kahn, president of Kahn Consulting (New York), to be director of communications; Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner, senior director of national development, to be senior director of institutional advancement; Jennifer Notis Lyss, director of the seminary’s boards of overseers, to be senior director of strategic development; and Rabbi Marc Wolf, a graduate of the seminary, to be director of community development.

Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation (Tallahassee, Fla.): Appointed Robert J. Martin, national ombudsman at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington), to be president.

Mississippi Sheriff’s Boys and Girls Ranches (Columbus): Appointed Carol Carpenter, director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Columbus), to be executive director.

National D-Day Museum Foundation (New Orleans): Appointed Trish Eubanks, director of development at Covenant House New Orleans, to be assistant vice president of development and capital-campaign manager, and Stephen Watson, director of development and marketing at National Public Radio affiliate WWNO (New Orleans), to be director of membership.

National Neighborhood Coalition (Washington): Appointed Jeanne Engel, a consultant on housing finance, housing policy, and program development, to be interim executive director.

Neighborhood Writing Alliance (Chicago): Appointed Carrie E. Spitler, director of development at Access Living (Chicago), to be executive director.

Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida (Jacksonville): Appointed Jonathan Lever, associate at Choate, Hall, and Stewart (Boston), to be executive director, and Annelise Wilcox, assistant museum educator at the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, to be associate director.

Northern Westchester Hospital Center Foundation (Mount Kisco, N.Y.): Appointed Priscilla S. Goldfarb, executive director of the African Medical and Research Foundation (Nairobi), to be president.

Partnership for Public Service (Washington): Appointed Marta Tellado, director of domestic-policy programs at the Center for National Policy (Washington), to be vice president for communications, and Jeffrey Yeager, executive director and chief executive officer of the American Canoe Association (Springfield, Va.), to be vice president for development.

Project HOPE (Millwood, Va.): Appointed Debbi Iwig, vice president of international lodging finance at Marriott International (Bethesda, Md.), to be vice president and chief financial officer, and Randy Wykoff, deputy assistant secretary of health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Washington), to be senior vice president of international operations.

Smithsonian Institution (Washington): Appointed Martha Fuller Wertz, vice president of development at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington), to be director of external affairs at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

St. Joseph Health System (Tawas City, Mich.): Appointed David Aussicker, vice president for advancement at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy (Midland, Mich.), to be executive for fund development and communications.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Joanne Gocek, senior director of Parents Giving Programs in the office of institutional advancement, to be senior director of development and major gifts for the School of Management.

World Relief (Baltimore): Appointed Galen Carey, Africa regional director, to be director of advocacy and policy.

Yale U. (New Haven, Conn.): Appointed John Lindner, director of institutional campaigns at Hackensack U. Medical Center (N.J.), to be director of development for the Divinity School.

GRANT MAKERS

BellSouth Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Mary Boehm, director of community affairs at BellSouth-Alabama (Birmingham), to be president.

Callaway Golf Company Foundation (Carlsbad, Calif.): Appointed Paul B. Thompson, chief executive officer of Project Concern International (San Diego), to be executive director and director of the company’s global community affairs.

Harold K.L. Castle Foundation (Kailua, Hawaii): Appointed H. Mitchell D’Olier, president and chief executive officer of Victoria Ward (Honolulu), to be president and chief executive officer.

Community Foundation Silicon Valley (San Jose): Appointed Leo E. Chavez, chancellor of Foothill-De Anza Community College District (Cupertino, Calif.), to be executive vice president.

Fetzer Institute (Kalamazoo, Mich.): Appointed Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Burnett Foundation (Fort Worth), to be president and chief executive officer. The Fetzer Institute is an operating foundation focusing on the relationship between “mind and spirit … action and service.”

FJC, A Foundation of Donor Advised Funds (New York): Appointed Gilbert H. Jacobson, associate executive director of planned giving and endowments at UJA Federation of New York, to be chief administrative officer.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Regina Rabinovich, director of the Malaria Vaccine Initiative at PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) (Rockville, Md.), to be director of the infectious-disease program, effective in January.

George Gund Foundation (Cleveland): Appointed David Abbott, president of University Circle Incorporated (Cleveland), to be executive director. Mr. Abbott succeeds David Bergholz, who is retiring in January.

Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles: Appointed Steven E. Price, managing director for new ventures at Mattel (El Segundo, Calif.), to be vice president of advancement.

Pride Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Sara Elward, gift-planning officer at the Seattle Foundation, to be director of development of this organization that supports programs for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The Admiral (Chicago): Elected William Bennett, director of the Metropolitan YMCA of Chicago, to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Center for Grieving Children (Portland, Me.): Elected Kurt Shisler, a management consultant, to be president of the Board of Directors.

Frazer Center (Atlanta): Elected Robert E. Reed III, chief of residential design at Preston & Associates (Atlanta), to be chairman of the Board of Directors. The Frazer Center serves people with physical and mental disabilities.

Hadassah Foundation (New York): Elected to the Board of Directors: Ruth G. Cole, national chair of Hadassah College of Technology (Jerusalem); Mirele Goldsmith, a consultant; and Michal Zellermayer, chair of the literacy-education program at the Levinsky Teachers College (Tel Aviv).

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed the following to be consultants in its Professional Senior Services Group: Venta Cantwell, director of development at the Hastings Center (Garrison, N.Y.); April Castro, database administrator at Piedmont park conservancy (Atlanta); and Melissa McDonald, senior consultant at Arthur Andersen (Charlotte, N.C.).

Dini Partners (Houston): Appointed Paul Scannell, managing partner of Scannell Resources (Houston), to be senior consultant at this consulting firm for philanthropy and nonprofit groups.

Fund Evaluation Group (Cincinnati): Appointed Michael A. Cheney, chief financial officer, to be a vice president in the investment consulting practice.

IFF Advisors (Irvine, Calif.): Appointed Sandra J. Champion, treasurer and chief financial officer at the Wildize Foundation (Aspen, Colo.), to be partner and national director of fiduciary advisory services.

Newcastle Limited (Chicago): Appointed Kristine B. Westerberg, director of development at the Illinois Facilities Fund (Chicago), to be a project manager at this real-estate firm that serves nonprofit organizations.

Carol O’Brien Associates (Durham, N.C.): Appointed Michelle Schaufler, director of development for the Ackland Art Museum at the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to be an associate at this fund-raising consultancy.

Steptoe & Johnson (Washington): Appointed Suzanne Ross McDowell, vice president and deputy general counsel at the National Geographic Society (Washington), to be partner in the Business Solutions Group, focusing primarily on the legal needs of tax-exempt organizations.