People

American Association of University Women (Washington): Appointed Lisa Maatz, vice president for government relations at the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (Washington), to be director of public policy and government relations.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier: Appointed Sherre Jennings Cullen, vice president of development and communications at the Music Institute of Chicago, to be director of institutional advancement.

Chicago Theological Seminary: Appointed the Rev. Matthew J. Smucker, assistant director of the comprehensive campaign, to be director of development operations.

Children’s Defense Fund (Washington): Appointed Paula Jameson, senior vice president and counsel at the Public Broadcasting Service (Washington), to be chief operating officer.

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (Washington): Appointed Jill Ward, director of the violence-prevention and youth-development office at the Children’s Defense Fund (Washington), to be executive director.

Combined Health Agencies Drive (Omaha): Appointed Kara Schweiss, communications specialist at Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (Lincoln), to be marketing and communications director.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington): Appointed Joanna Motion, executive director of CASE Europe (London), to be vice president for international operations.

Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, Calif.): Appointed Andrew Lay, vice president of development at the Union Rescue Mission (Los Angeles), to be executive director of development.

Garden Club of America Casey Trees Endowment Fund (Washington): Appointed James Lyons, a professor in natural-resources management at the Yale U. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (New Haven, Conn.), to be executive director.

Georgia Southwestern State U. (Americus): Appointed Roger L. Congdon, vice president for development at Habitat for Humanity International (Americus), to be director of development.

Sol Goldman 14th Street Y of the Educational Alliance (New York): Appointed Margo J. Bloom, senior management consultant at Bronznick Jacoby (New York), to be director.

Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (Washington): Appointed Stephanie McGencey, deputy director for training and technical assistance at the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute at the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (Alexandria, Va.), to be executive director.

Healthcare Foundation at Glendale Adventist Medical Center (Calif.): Appointed David Burghart, vice president of development at Southern Adventist U. (Collegedale, Tenn.), to be president.

H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment (Washington): Appointed Thomas E. Lovejoy, interim president, to be president; Anthony Janetos, vice president at the World Resources Institute (Washington), to be vice president; and Sharon Phenneger, chief financial officer at the Holton-Arms School (Bethesda, Md.), to be treasurer and chief financial officer.

International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (San Francisco): Appointed Paula L. Ettelbrick, former family-policy director at the Policy Institute of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (Washington), to be executive director.

International Youth Foundation (Baltimore): Appointed David Hornbeck, founder and chairman of Good Schools Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be president and chief executive officer.

Jerusalem Foundation-North American Office (New York): Appointed Dorothy Kauffman, senior director for music marketing and label relations in the New York office of Bertelsmann (Gütersloh, Germany), to be executive director. The foundation’s headquarters are in Jerusalem.

Jesuit Volunteer Corps: Southwest (San Francisco): Appointed Yvonne Prowse, program director at the St. John’s Shelter for Women & Children (Sacramento), to be executive director.

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (Los Angeles): Appointed Steven W. Wallace, senior associate director of development at the U. of Chicago Graduate School of Business, to be director of development.

Lower East Side Service Center (New York): Appointed Allan J. Mathis, director of the narcotics-rehabilitation program at Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York), to be president and chief executive officer.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York (Port Washington): Appointed Melaine Francis, assistant director of public and corporate international television and products group at Sesame Street Workshop (New York), to be development specialist; Claire Hamilton, marketing writer at Computer Associates (Islandia, N.Y.), to be communications specialist; and Beth Shackel, coordinator of client services at Major League Baseball (New York), to be marketing associate.

Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems (San Rafael, Calif.): Appointed Mark Pertschuk, associate director of the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence (Washington), to be executive director.

Marty Lyons Foundation (New York): Appointed Linda J. Murray, special assistant to the county executive of Nassau County (Mineola, N.Y.), to be executive director of this organization that serves terminally ill children and youths.

Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (Berea, Ky.): Appointed Justin Maxson, executive director of the Progressive Technology Project (Washington), to be president.

National Crime Prevention Council, Center for Youth as Resources (Washington): Appointed Shuan Butcher, the center’s regional director for southeast Ohio, eastern Kentucky, and West Virginia, based in McArthur, Ohio, to be executive director.

National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington): Appointed Aileen Moffatt, associate director of development for major gifts at the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington), to be director of development.

92nd Street Y (New York): Appointed Jane Slotin, a consultant, to be director of the Makor/Steinhardt Center, which houses cultural weekend and evening events and lifelong-learning opportunities for adults.

No Place Like Home Communities (Robbinsdale, Minn.): Appointed Emily Fuerste, a consultant, to be president and executive director.

Plains Art Museum (Fargo, N.D.): Appointed Edward E. Pauley, executive director of the Cultural Center of Fine Arts (Parkersburg, W.Va.), to be president and chief executive officer, effective in May.

Planned Parenthood-Chicago Area: Appointed Nancy Ali, national director for chapter and event-fund development at the Alzheimer’s Association (Chicago), to be vice president for development, and Tracy Fischman, director of policy and legislative affairs at the Chicago Department of Public Health Division of STD/HIV/AIDS, to be vice president for public policy.

Public Interest Registry (Reston, Va.): Appointed Edward G. Viltz, co-founder and president of Enterprise Integration Corporation (Rockville, Md.), to be president and chief executive officer of this nonprofit organization that manages the .org registry.

Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.): Appointed Susan J. Moses, director of planned giving at the U. of Vermont (Burlington), to be director of planned giving.

San Francisco Ballet: Appointed Thomas W. Flynn, vice president for external relations at the Asia Foundation (San Francisco), to be development director.

San Francisco School Volunteers: Appointed Alan Lessik, deputy director of the Community School of Music and Arts (Mountain View, Calif.), to be executive director.

Save the Children (Westport, Conn.): Appointed Mark Shriver, a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates (Annapolis), to be managing director of U.S. programs. He will work in the organization’s Washington office.

Spectrum Youth and Family Services (Burlington, Vt.): Appointed Mark Redmond, associate executive director at the Domus Foundation (Stamford, Conn.), to be executive director.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Appointed Peter Oundjian, music director of the Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, to be music director, effective July 2004.

Virginia Mason Foundation (Seattle): Appointed Michael VanDerhoef, acting executive director and acting vice president of the Virginia Mason Medical Center, to be vice president of the medical center and executive director of the foundation.

Wyman Center (Eureka, Mo.): Appointed John Fitzpatrick, director of development at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (St. Louis), to be capital-campaign director; Cheryl Riley, vice president of camping services, to be senior vice president for programs and services; Allison Williams, project director for community connections, to be assistant vice president for mission programs; and Ginny Zarinelli, corporate-training and development manager at MEMC Electronic Materials (St. Peters, Mo.), to be vice president of human resources and organizational development. The Wyman Center runs camps for needy youths and their families.

YMCA of the USA (Chicago): Appointed Sam Evans, chief administrative officer, to be director of movement advancement, and Joanna Taylor, assistant vice president for marketing at Soft Sheen-Carson (Chicago), to be chief marketing officer.

GRANT MAKERS

Avon Products (New York): Appointed Kathleen Walas, president of the Avon Foundation (New York), also to be corporate social-responsibility officer.

California Endowment (Woodland Hills): Appointed Ignatius Bau, deputy director for policy and programs at the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (San Francisco), to be program officer for cultural competence in health in the San Francisco office; Annette Hughes, a deputy director and division director at Mental Health and Social Services (Culver City, Calif.), to be a program officer in the Los Angeles office; and Adele James, program officer at the Women’s Foundation (San Francisco), to be a program officer in the Sacramento office.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed Donna Lartigue, senior program officer at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.), to be Battle Creek program director.

Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis): Appointed Leah Meyer Austin, program director for youth and education at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.), to be vice president for program development.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Larry Norton, head of the solid-tumor division and chair of clinical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Association of Fundraising Professionals-North Dakota Area Chapter (Fargo): Elected Ritch Houge, director of development at the Northwest Minnesota Foundation (Bemidji), to be president.

Baltimore Community Foundation: Elected to the Board of Trustees: Benjamin Carson, director of the division of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore); Mychelle Farmer, former medical director for the STD clinic at the Druid Health Center (Baltimore); Stephon Jackson, investment-portfolio manager and analyst at Brown Capital Management (Baltimore); and Edward J. Kelly III, president and chief executive officer of Mercantile Bankshares Corporation (Baltimore).

Coalition for New Philanthropy in New York: Elected Cao K. O, executive director of the Asian American Federation of New York, to be chairman of the Executive Committee.

Columbus Foundation (Ohio): Elected Archie M. Griffin, associate director of athletics at Ohio State U. (Columbus), to the Governing Committee.

Ford Foundation (New York): Elected Juliet V. Garcia, president of the U. of Texas at Brownsville, to the Board of Trustees.

Little Flower Children’s Services of New York: Elected W. Douglas Singer, senior vice president and treasurer at GreenPoint Financial (New York), to be president of the Board of Directors.

Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations (Baltimore): Elected Steve Morgan, executive director of the ARC of Baltimore, to be president of the Board of Directors.

National Collaboration for Youth (Washington): Elected Shay Bilchik, president and chief executive officer of the Child Welfare League of America (Washington), to be chair of this network of nonprofit organizations that serve young people.

Project Cuddle (Costa Mesa, Calif.): Elected Andrew B. Leeka, president and chief executive officer of the Good Samaritan Hospital (Los Angeles), to be president of the Board of Directors. Project Cuddle works to reduce the number of abandoned babies nationwide.

Rivers Foundation of the Americas (Portland, Ore.): Elected Peter J. Paquet, fish and wildlife division manager at the Northwest Power Planning Council (Portland), to the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.): Appointed the following to be consultants in the professional-services division: Katie S. Campbell, technical-support specialist; Mark W. Moormans, director of engineering at Siebel Systems (Durham, N.C.); and Lucy Ruiz, fund-raising coordinator at United Synagogue Day School (Toronto), who will work in the Toronto office.

Touchstone Consulting Group (Washington): Appointed Peter DiGiammarino, president of Aquilent (Laurel, Md.), to be president of this management-consulting firm.