People

Access Living (Chicago): Appointed Ann Shillinglaw, director of development at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart Graduate School of Business (Chicago), to be director of development. Access Living is a nonresidential center that provides disabled people with independent-living services.

American Liver Foundation–New York Chapter: Appointed Carson Tang, president and chief executive officer of Carson Entertainment (New York), to be director.

A Sporting Chance Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Amy L. Skeen, director of family services at the Children’s Place Association (Chicago), to be executive director. A Sporting Chance provides girls with sports and fitness opportunities designed to enhance their physical well-being, self-esteem, and team-building skills.

Attack on Asthma Nebraska (Omaha): Appointed Eleanor B. Kittelson, vice president at Nonprofit Strategy Partners (Omaha), to be executive director.

Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield, Mass.): Appointed Maria Mingalone, grant writer at Smack Mellon Studios (New York), to be director of education and public programs, and Mary Jo Murphy, development director at the Museum of Art and History (Santa Cruz, Calif.), to be director of development.

Bethany Homes (Fargo, N.D.): Appointed Grant Richardson, membership-development manager at the Chamber of Commerce of Fargo Moorhead (Moorhead, Minn.), to be director of development and community relations.

Cass Community Social Services (Detroit): Appointed Kristine Ritter, management-training and consultant specialist at Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Mich.), to be volunteer coordinator.

Center for Community Change (Washington): Appointed Stephanie Robinson, majority general counsel in the Washington office of Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, to be national director of public policy.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Annapolis, Md.): Appointed Edward T. Allenby, vice president for institutional advancement at the U. of Connecticut (Storrs) and president of the university’s foundation, to be vice president for development.

Children’s Hope Foundation (New York): Appointed Scott A. Cotenoff, director of administration for Community HealthWorks at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to be executive director.

Community Foundations of America (Louisville, Ky.): Appointed Susan Herr, a consultant on accountability issues and software, to be managing director of accountability initiatives.

Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (Dallas): Appointed Amy Lewis, director of education, to be executive director.

Episcopal Community Services (Philadelphia): Appointed Cindy Ricker, annual-giving manager, to be director of development.

For the Love of Children (Washington): Appointed Mustafa Abdul-Salaam, a consultant on family-support and child-welfare issues, to be executive director. He succeeds founding executive director Fred Taylor, who is retiring.

General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (New York): Appointed J. Frederick Rogers, vice president for development at the YMCA of Greater New York, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Girl Scouts of San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland, Calif.): Appointed Joyce Richards, senior vice president of marketing and development at Girl Scouts of the USA (New York), to be executive director.

Good Shepherd (Allentown, Pa.): Appointed James A. Ciminelli, director of development at DeSales U. (Center Valley, Pa.), to be planned-giving officer, and Brian R. Leidy, development director at the Boy Scouts of America-Baltimore Area Council, to be annual-fund officer. Good Shepherd provides rehabilitation services in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Jewish Home & Hospital LifeCare System (New York): Appointed Audrey S. Weiner, chief operating officer and executive vice president, to be president and chief executive officer.

Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chi-cago: Appointed David R. Brief, senior vice president and senior consultant at CRA RogersCasey (Darien, Conn.), to be chief investment officer.

Jobs for Youth–Boston: Appointed Paula Paris, director of development, to be deputy director.

Kamehameha Schools (Honolulu): Appointed Kirk Belsby, Western U.S. regional managing partner for real-estate consulting at Arthur Andersen (Chicago), to be chief investment officer.

Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival (Minneapolis): Appointed Daniel Eness, communications manager at Bentz Whaley Flessner (Minneapolis), to be director of development and communications.

Methodist College (Fayetteville, N.C.): Appointed Cynthia Curtis, director of development, to be director of public relations, and Robin Davenport, a financial adviser at Merrill Lynch, to be director of development.

Metropolitan Career Center (Philadelphia): Appointed Kevin A. Peter, coordinator of foundation support at the School District of Philadelphia, to be director of individual gifts.

National Urban League (New York): Announced the resignation of Hugh B. Price, president and chief executive officer, effective April 2003.

Ohio Grantmakers Forum (Columbus): Appointed George E. Espy, director of the forum’s northeast Ohio office (Cleveland), to be president.

Orange County’s United Way (Irvine, Calif.): Appointed Colleen Sandrin, vice president of resource development and marketing, to be executive vice president.

RAND (Santa Monica, Calif.): Appointed Robert Reville, acting director of its Institute for Civil Justice, to be director of the institute.

Sam Houston State U. (Huntsville, Tex.): Appointed Frank R. Holmes, assistant head-master for advancement at Christ School (Asheville, N.C.), to be vice president for university advancement.

SeaWeb (Washington): Appointed Will Ferretti, executive director of the National Recycling Coalition (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director, and Vikki N. Spruill, founding executive director, to be president. SeaWeb is a marine-conservation organization focusing on oceans and their ecosystems.

Sister Kenny Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed John B. Greving, headmaster of Saint Thomas Academy (Mendota Heights, Minn.), to be executive director. The foundation raises funds to support the physical-rehabilitation programs of Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Services.

Southern Arkansas U. Foundation (Magnolia): Appointed Art Horne, founder and vice president of development at Magnolia Hospital Foundation (Ark.), to be executive director.

Syracuse U. (N.Y.): Appointed Lowell H. Lustig, senior director of development, to be associate dean for development in the College of Law; Joseph Manhertz, associate director of development for athletics, to be director of development for athletics; and Tammy S. Schlafer, senior director of annual giving, to be executive director of annual giving.

United Way in Chicago: Announced the resignation of Brian Hassett, president and chief executive officer. Arnold Henning, chief financial officer, will serve as interim president in addition to his duties as CFO.

WAMU (Washington): Appointed Walt Gillette, director of development at WLRN (Miami), to be director of membership; Mark McDonald, director of programming, to be senior director of programming; Carey Needham, senior budget officer at American U. (Washington), to be senior director of business administration; and Ruth Thompson, public-affairs director, to be senior di-rector of marketing and communications.

Western U. of Health Sciences (Pomona, Calif.): Appointed Douglas C. Colby, assistant director at U. of Southern California Associates (Los Angeles), to be director of corporate relations.

Women Donors Network (San Francisco): Appointed Donna P. Hall, associate director of the Global Inclusion Program at the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), to be executive director.

World Neighbors (Oklahoma City): Appointed Jennifer Harrison, director of development at the School Sisters of Notre Dame (Dallas), to be major-gifts officer, and Jaqi Ross, quality-assurance training coordinator at Genzyme Pharmaceuticals (Oklahoma City), to be grants administrator.

WNYC (New York): Appointed Ellen J. Reynolds, assistant vice president for development at Fordham U. (New York), to be senior director of development.

GRANT MAKERS

California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Carole S. Chamberlain, executive director of the Barrio Comprehensive Family Health Care Center (San Antonio), to be program officer for the Central Valley, based in the Fresno office.

Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (Washington): Appointed Patty Briotta, director of external communications at Lafarge North America (Herndon, Va.), to be director of communications.

Delaware Community Foundation (Wilmington): Appointed Fred C. Sears II, president of Commerce Bank/Delaware (Wilmington), to be president and chief executive officer.

Fannie Mae Foundation (Washington): Appointed Sheila F. Maith, senior counsel on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in the office of Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, to be vice president of leadership and practice development.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Ashok Alexander, senior partner and director of the New Delhi office of McKinsey and Company, to be director of the new India AIDS Initiative.

The Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh): Appointed Grant Oliphant, director of planning and communications, to be associate director, and Kerry Spindler, a program associate, to be program officer in arts and culture.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.): Appointed Mary Anne Rodgers, a program analyst, to be foundation counsel.

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health (Palo Alto, Calif.): Appointed Ron G. Rosenfeld, chair of the department of pediatrics at Oregon Health and Sciences U. (Portland), to be senior vice president for medical affairs.

Siragusa Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Irene Siragusa Phelps, executive director, to be president and chief executive officer, and Meta Godsell, grants manager, to be program officer.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Elected Lon Morton, president and chief executive officer of Morton Capital Management (Calabasas, Calif.), to be chairman of the Southern California region.

The Colorado Trust (Denver): Elected Judith Wagner, president of Wagner Investment Management (Denver), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America (Phoenix): Elected Stephen J. O’Brien, an executive leadership consultant at the Turknett Leadership Group (Atlanta), to be chairman of the National Board of Directors.

Skoll Community Fund (San Jose, Calif.): Elected Kirk O. Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara U. (Calif.), and Michael S. Malone, a writer and reporter (San Jose), to the Board of Directors.

United Hospital Fund (New York): Elected William E. Ford, a general partner at General Atlantic Partners (Greenwich, Conn.), to the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Creative Direct Response (Crofton, Md.): Appointed Jim McLachlan, development director at Paralyzed Veterans of America (Washington), to be a creative director.

Hyde Park Communications (Washington): Appointed Cecilia O. Arradaza, senior media adviser at the American Psychiatric Association (Washington), to be a senior account executive; Nadine Kane, a senior account executive at Manning Selvage and Lee (Wash-ington), to be account supervisor in the New York office; and Natalie Wyeth, account coordinator, to be associate account executive.

UMB Bank (Kansas City, Mo.): Appointed Patti B. Glass, chief operating officer at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Mo.), to be senior vice president and managing director of charitable trusts and private foundations.